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Verrall (Cl. Rev. xvii. 99) has ingeniously suggested that this maxim came from a tragedy, ὀδύνη δ᾽ ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ἐχθίστη πέλει αὕτη φρονοῦντα πολλὰ μηδενὸς κρατεῖν. For the sentiment cf. Soph. Oed. Rex 316.

Thersander and H. are at pains to prove that this story cannot be discredited as a mere vaticinium post eventum.

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