GetPassage urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-eng2:955-960 urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-eng2:955-960

to others a life made dim by tears.

ChorusI forbid deadly and untimely fate for men; grant to lovely maidens life with a husband,you that have the rightful power; you, divine Fates, our sisters by one mother, divinities who distribute justly, who have a share in every home,