Note 429 — Chapter V · THE DEMONOLOGY OF GHOSTS AND SPRITES AND BOGEYS.

I prefer to read: ἅστ’ ἀνδράσι κῆρες ἔδωκαν, i.e. ‘grievous diseases which Keres gave to men,’ but I have translated the text as it stands, since possibly Hesiod, though he clearly knew of a connection between νόσοι and κῆρες, may have inverted cause and effect. I have already discussed the passage in the Journal of Hellenic Studies, XX. 1900, p. 104.