Sophocles Trachiniae 1198

ed. Lewis Campbell

καὶ πευκίνης λαβόντα λαμπάδος σέλας

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

Current edition Experimental

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Translations (1)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1203 focus
Was sagtest du, mein Vater? Weh! Was thust du mir?

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-623-1 πευκίνης 1

mvp-comment-623-2 πρῆσαι 2

mvp-comment-623-3 εἰσίτω 3

mvp-comment-623-4 The ordinary

ἐκφορά
was attended by wailing; but these obsequies, like those of the priests in Legg. 947 B, were to be
χωρὶς θρήνων καὶ ὀδυρμῶν
. Cp. Manoah's words in Samson Agonistes (1708), ‘Come, come; no time for lamentation now.’