Sophocles Trachiniae 1191

ed. Lewis Campbell

οἶσθ᾽ οὖν τὸν Οἴτης Ζηνὸς ὕψιστον πάγον ;

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

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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-618-1 τὸν Οἴτης Ζηνὸς … πάγον 1 ὕψιστον 2 ὑψίστου 3

mvp-comment-618-2 The place traditionally known as the ‘Pyre’ was probably somewhere near ‘the proper summit of Oeta’ (Leake, Northern Greece, vol. II. pp. 19 f.), now Mount Patriótiko, about eight miles W.N.W. of Trachis. A Pyra is marked in Kiepert's Atlas von Hellas (ed. 1872, map 5), where the greatest height of Oeta is given as 2152 mètres, or about 7055 ft. It is mentioned by Theophr. Hist. Plant. 9. 10. 2 (

τῆς Οἵτης ἀμφὶ τὴν Πυράν
): cp. Liv.36. 30 , and Soph. Ph.1432.

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1191. mvp-comment-842-1 τὸν Οἴτης Ζηνὸς . . πάγον] 'The height of Oeta, sacred to Zeus.' For the two genitives, cp. Ant. 1204, λιθόστρωτον κόρης | νυμφεῖον ῞Αιδου. ὕψιστον] Some edd., following Wakefield, read ὑψίστου, a change which, though harmless (cp. Phil. 1289), is unnecessary. The topmost height of Oeta was most suitable for the purpose which Heracles had in view.