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It made unbidden feast;
With blood the house was watered,
To household came a woe there was no staying:
Great mischief many-slaying!
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From God it was-some priest
Of Até, in the house, by nurture thus increased.
At first, then, to the city of Ilion went
A soul, as I might say, of windless calm
Wealths quiet ornament,
An eyes’-dart bearing balm,
Loves spirit-biting flower.
But from the true course bending
She brought about, of marriage, bitter ending:
Ill-resident, ill-mate, in power
Passing to the Priamidai by sending
Of Hospitable Zeus
Erinus for a bride, to make brides mourn, her dower.
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Spoken long ago
Was the ancient saying
Still among mortals staying:
Mans great prosperity at height of rise
Engenders offspring nor unchilded dies;
And, from good fortune, to such families,
Buds forth insatiate woe.
Whereas, distinct from any,
Of my own mind I am:
For t is the unholy deed begets the many,
Resembling each its dam.
Of households that correctly estimate,
Ever a beauteous child is born of Fate.

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