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[182] μοιρηγενές, child of fortune, born to a happy fate. Döderlein explains ‘born for destruction (of enemies),’ on the ground that “μοῖρα” means evil fate. But this is only the case in phrases like “μοῖραι θανάτοιο” and others; in Od. 20.76 it is opposed to “ἀμμορίη”, and clearly means ‘good fortune’; “μοίρηι γενόμενος” would answer to the “κακῆι αἴσηι τέκον” of 1.418.

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