I. “While shattering Fate his iron moulds doth fill!”
Ἀλλ’ ἁ μοιριδία τις δύνασις δεινά·
Οὔτ’ ἄν νιν ὄμβρος, οὔτ’ Ἄρης,
Οὐ πύργος, οὐχ ἁλίκτυποι
Κελαιναὶ νᾶες ἐκφύγοιεν.
Soph. Antig. 951.
“Crushing is the power of Fate! which neither the elements, nor Mars, nor a tower, nor the black wave-roaring ships can flee.”
III. “Nor fairer Hella on the Ægean flood.”
Utque fugam rapiant, aries nitidissimus auro