[30] a. Some such line as that supplied by Hermann seems necessary. Without it ῎Αρτεμι, κ.τ.λ., becomes quite a pointless address to the goddess; with it Megara expresses a double wish either that she had been slain by Heracles or had died at the hands of Artemis. This accords well with what follows, 31-35.
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The Idylls of Theocritus. R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901.
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