Note 83 — Chapter VI · —(Continued.) (continued 2)
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The word χρεών is explained by Herodotus (7. 11. 7.) as that which an oracle declares, and τὸ χρεών is given by Plutarch (Nic. 14.) as “fate,” “necessity.” Vide Herod, 7. 215; 5. 108; and Sophocles, Phil. 437.