[197] e.g. Passow, Popul. Carm. nos. 426–429.
[198] Σακελλάριος, Κυπριακά, vol. III. p. 48. Cf. Πολίτης, op. cit. p. 239.
[199] The word for ‘black’ includes the sense of ‘grim,’ ‘gloomy,’ ‘sorrowful.’ Tears are commonly described as ‘black,’ μαῦρα δάκρυα.
[200] Passow, op. cit. distich no. 1155.
[201] Cf. Passow, no. 408.
[202] Cf. Passow, nos. 414, 415, 417.
[203] Passow, no. 424.
[204] Aesch. Eum. 237.
[205] Fauriel, Chants populaires de la Grèce Moderne, Discours préliminaire, p. 85.
[206] Schmidt, Märchen etc. Song no. 38.