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Book I Chapter 5 · I.5.7–I.5.11
Ancient Greek
p. 1707 Ἐκ τῶν Βίωνος Βουκολικῶν· εἰς Ὑάκινθον
8 ⟨Ἀδήλου τραγικοῦ ποιητοῦ⟩
9 ⟨Ἀδήλου τραγικοῦ ποιητοῦ⟩
10 Εὐριπίδου Πηλεῖ
11 Σοφοκλέους ἐκ Φαίδρας
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 5
p. 1717 From Bion’s Bucolic Poems: On Hyacinthus
Speechlessness seized Phoebus then, as he saw your suffering. He sought every remedy and called upon his skilled art; he anointed you with ambrosia and nectar, anointed the wound after chanting spells. But all wounds dealt by fate are incurable.187
8 ⟨An unidentified tragic poet⟩
Fate alone is ruled by none among the gods or among human beings; she herself holds sway.
9 ⟨An unidentified tragic poet⟩
O Fate, huntress of the worthy and the wicked.
10 Euripides, Peleus
Hear me, O Fates, who sit beside Zeus’s throne, nearest to him of all the gods.
11 Sophocles, from Phaedra
Fate weaves with adamantine shuttles inescapable designs that surpass counsels of every kind.188
Socrates
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Stobaeus gathered Greek philosophy and poetry for his son Septimius. Volume I presents the dedication testimony, On Arithmetic, Book I through chapter 60, and the ancient contents of all four books. This complete bilingual edition includes an introduction and 2,117 explanatory notes.
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