Sophocles Trachiniae 1266

ed. Lewis Campbell

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μεγάλην δὲ θεῶν τε θεῶν ἀγνωμοσύνην

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

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1266. mvp-comment-898-1 μεγάλην.. εἰδότες] 'But to the gods attributing great unkindness.' The antithesis is more formal than real. For the expression, cp. εἰδέναι χάριν, and for θεῶν ἀγνωμοσύνην, Ο. C. 86, μὴ γένησθ᾽ ἀγνώμονες.