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[158] δμηθήτω, let him be overcome. Hades I ween yields neither to prayer nor violence (“μόνος θεῶν γὰρ θάνατος οὐ δώρων ἐρᾶι”, Aisch. fr. Niobe), for which very cause he is most hateful to men of all gods. The τε in 159 is gnomic or generalizing.

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