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Euripides had alluded to the story a century before in his Erechiheus;
and either he or some later author gave it a sentimental turn^by

Fig. 149.

making the priestess fall in love with one of the envoys1. The same

1 Appendixproverbiorum Bodleiana, Vaticana, Coisliniana 3. /xlacr/xa opvbs ■ Trap' Eupt-
Tridrj ev'Yipexdel (Jim.frag. 368 Nauck2) alviTTOfxevovToQrjjSaluv Trapavop.rjfxa eisrb ev Audwvy
/xavTelov, acp' ov Kal irapoifxia Holcotois fxa.VTevcra.es. 7]ffej3ricrav yap els ttjv lepeiav e/x(3aX6vTes
avrrjv els tov ev Awdcbvrj \ej3rjra £eovTa, epWTiK&s SiaTeSeiaav els 'iva twv deupwv (so A. Schott
for codd. deQv). E. L. von Leutsch supposed a lacuna before f)cre(37]crav k.t.X.; but this is
unnecessary. The same source was utilised by Souid. s.v. Mvias daKpvov 5ia tt\v Qrifialuv
irapavofxiav els to ev Audicvy /xavTeiov a<p' ov eipyTai Kal to napa (wepl B.) Boiwto7s fxav-
Tevaaio (/xavTevcrais V.). r)a£fiy\crav yap Kal ovtoi els tt)v lepeiav, e/xfiaXovTes avTT)v els t6v ev
AioSiLvy X^prjTa, epwTiKios diaredeicrav els eva tQv dewpwv. Here two points call for com-
ment : (a) The saying Mulcts daKpvov is not really explained by the story related ; (b) The
name Mulct attached to a priestess at Dodona suggests comparison with the /xtXicraa of
Delphoi (supra i. 443 f.). It forms a good pendant to B6fxj3os (supra p. 214 n. 3), can be
readily connected with Zeus (supra i. 532), and may well have been altered into MvprlXa.