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HIPPOLYTUS.
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Hippolytus.
Yea, if men live by laws derived from Gods.
Servant.
Why not then greet a Goddess worshipful?
Hippolytus.
Whom?—have a care thy lips in no wise err.[1] 100
Servant.
Even Kypris, there above thy portals set.
Hippolytus.
From far I greet her, who am undefiled.
Servant.
Worshipful is she, glorious among men.
Hippolytus.
Of Gods, of men, each maketh still his choice.
Servant.
Now prosper thou;—be needful wisdom thine! 105
Hippolytus.
No God who hath night-homage pleaseth me.
Servant.
Guerdons of Gods, my son, ought men to use.
- ↑ "The Worshipful Goddesses" was the peculiar title of the Eumenides, whom it was ill-omened to name.
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