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[171] οὐδ᾽ αἰδοῦς μοῖραν ἔχουσιν. The notion is that there is a certain place or share in the mind to which “αἰδώς” is entitled, and which the Suitors do not assign to it. So in 19. 592 it is said that each thing—and therefore sleep —has its “μοῖρα” or claim upon men. Cp. also “ἐλπίδος αἶσα” (16. 101., 19. 84) ‘place to be given to hope’; and the later phrase “μοῖραν νέμειν” ‘to respect, value.’

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