[374] μιᾶς τρέφει πρὸς νυκτός thou art cherished by （thy life is passed in） one unbroken night: the pass. form of μία νύξ σε τρέφει. Cp. fr. 524 （N.(2)）, τερπνῶς γὰρ ἀεὶ πάντας ἁνοία τρέφει, folly ever gives a joyous life: fr. 532. 4 βόσκει δὲ τοὺς μὲν μοῖρα δυσαμερίας, ι τοὺς δ᾽ ὄλβος ἡμῶν: Eur. Hipp. 367 “ὦ πόνοι τρέφοντες βροτούς,” cares that make up the life of men. μιᾶς might be simply μόνης, but, in its emphatic place here, rather = “unbroken,” unvaried by day: cp. Aristot. Rh. 3.9.1 “（λέξιν） εἰρομένην καὶ τῷ συνδεσμῷ μίαν,” forming one continuous chain. The ingenious conj. μαίας （nurse） seems to me far less forcible.
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