ἀνάγκᾳ δ' οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται → but not even gods fight necessity (Simonides, fr. 37.1.29)
Mattĭum: ĭi, n.,I a city of Germany, the capital of the Chatti; acc. to some, Marburg; acc. to others, the town of Maden, near Fritzlar, Tac. A. 1, 56.