Sophocles Trachiniae 1178

ed. Lewis Campbell

κάλλιστον ἐξευρόντα, πειθάρχεῖν πατρί.

Trachiniae. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.

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Translations (1)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1179 focus
Mir bangt, o Vater, daß du mir mit solchem Wort
Entgegentratest; doch befolg' ich dein Gebot.

Commentary

Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))

mvp-comment-608-1 ἐξευρόντα 1

mvp-comment-608-2 Cp. Eur. fr. 219

τρεῖς εἰσιν ἀρεταὶ τὰς χρεών σ’ ἀσκεῖν, τέκνον
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θεούς τε τιμᾶν τούς τε θρέψαντας γονεῖς
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νόμους τε κοινοὺς Ἑλλάδος
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Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus

1178. mvp-comment-836-1 ἐξευρόντα] 'Adhering to,' or, 'Bringing to mind.' This word has been suspected on the ground that Hyllus could not be said to discover' so time-honoured a principle as obedience to parents. But this is to require too much exactness: for ἐξευρεῖν is used elsewhere of bringing old thoughts to mind. Cp. Ο. Τ. 304, ἧς σὲ προστάτην | σωτῆρά τ', ὧναξ, μοῦνον ἐξευρίσκομεν. (The saving power of Oedipus was no new idea to the Thebans.) Ellendt would supply ὄντα ('Finding this to be,' etc.)