[177] ‘die Schöne der Erde’ in von Hahn’s translation. Unfortunately the original does not appear in Pio’s Νεοελληνικὰ παραμύθια, for which the MSS. of von Hahn provided the material.

[178] Cf. Plut. Vita Thes. 31, ad fin.

[179] For references see Schmidt, Das Volksleben der Neugr. p. 222.

[180] Passow, Popul. Carm. Graeciae recentioris. Carm. no. 408.

[181] Χασιώτης, Συλλογὴ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Ἤπειρον δημοτικῶν ἀσμάτων, p. 169.

[182] Passow, op. cit. no. 423.

[183] Πολίτης, Μελέτη ἐπὶ τοῦ βίου τῶν νεωτέρων Ἑλλήνων, p. 290.

[184] Bernhard Schmidt, Märchen etc. p. 81.

[185] Kindly communicated to me by Mr G. F. Abbott, author of Macedonian Folklore.

[186] B. Schmidt, Märchen etc. Song no. 39.