Sophocles Trachiniae 1227

ed. Lewis Campbell

ἀλλ᾽ αὐτός, ὦ παῖ, τοῦτο κήδευσον λέχος.

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)) — 1230 focus
Weh mir!

Commentary

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mvp-comment-640-1 ἀλλ’ αὐτός 1

mvp-comment-640-2 τοῦτο … λέχος 2 κήδευσον 3

Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus

1227. mvp-comment-868-1 κήδευσον λέχος] ‘Be thyself the maker of this marriage bond.' An instance of the cognate verb: i. e. κήδευσον is used instead of ποίησον, in order to emphasize the main idea. Hyllus was to bring about his own marriage. Cp. Eur. Med. 367, where τοῖσι κηδεύσασι refers to Creon, who had contrived the marriage between his daughter and Jason.