[67] ἔμελλεν the imperfect is correct here. Oratio Recta would use ἔμελλε--a thing is fixed from of old in destiny--not μέλλει. Odyss. ii. 156 ὥρμηναν δ᾽ ἀνὰ θυμὸν ἅ περ τελέεσθαι ἔμελλον: Arist. Vesp. 460 ἆρ᾽ ἐμέλλομέν ποθ᾽ ὑμᾶς ἀποσοβήσειν τῷ χρόνῳ.
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The Idylls of Theocritus. R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901.
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