They were spoken in an undisciplined manner.
" Nor did the prayers and the hostile curses against the god slip otherwise [= in vain]."[1]
Ôlisthon: ataktôs errêthêsan. oude ôlisthon allôs hai euchai kai hai kata tou theou echthrai arai.
Helma Dik (Strange that LSJ has only literal 'slips'. Perhaps do a search in later Greek? is second sentence given a source in Adler ed.? Note that allws = often "alternative def." in lexicon speak.) on 2 April 2000@21:08:05.
Helma Dik (See Claudius Aelianus fr. 224.) on 9 April 2000@19:58:23.
David Whitehead (modified translation and note) on 4 May 2001@09:33:43.
