[277] Cf. ἦτον γραφτό μου, ‘It was my written lot,’ i.e. destiny, and other similar phrases cited by Schmidt, das Volksleben, p. 212, and Πολίτης, Μελέτη, pp. 218, 219.
[278] Choeph. 464–5, which the Scholiast annotates thus, πέπηγε μὲν καὶ ὥρισται ὑπὸ Μοιρῶν τὸ τὴν Κλυταιμνήστραν ἀνδροκτονήσασαν ἀναιρεθῆναι κ.τ.λ.
[279] I regret to say that I cannot trace the source of this story. I incline to think that I took it from some publication, but it is possible that it was narrated to me personally.
[280] Except in Zacynthos, according to Schmidt (Volksleben, p. 211), where they number twelve.
[281] Schmidt, Volksleben, p. 220.
[282] Chants populaires de la Grèce moderne, Discours préliminaire, p. 83.
[283] According to Bent (Cyclades, pp. 292 and 437), the name Erinyes is still applied by the people of Andros and of Kythnos to the evil spirits who cause consumption.
[284] So Pouqueville, Voyage de la Grèce, VI. p. 160.
[285] Καμπούρογλου, Ἱστ. τῶν Ἀθην., III. pp. 67, 68.
[286] Cf. Πολίτης, Μελέτη κ.τ.λ. p. 218.