Sophocles Trachiniae 1276

ed. Lewis Campbell

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μεγάλους μὲν ἰδοῦσα ἰδοῦσα ἰδοῦσα νέους θανάτους,

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

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mvp-comment-664-1 θανάτους 1 μεγάλους 2

mvp-comment-664-2 πήματα … καινοπαθῆ 3 καινοπαγῆ 4

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1275-1278. mvp-comment-906-1 These lines are continued to Hyllus in some MSS., but they are most probably, as above explained, the exode of the Chorus. The Laurentian MS. heads them with χο. ἢ ὑλλ. A similar doubt occurs at O. C. 1777, viz. whether the concluding lines are spoken by the Chorus or by Theseus. The procession is now formed. Cp. Aj. sub fin.

1276. mvp-comment-907-1 μεγάλους μὲν θανάτους] Thou that hast been witness of a dreadful and strange death' (that of Deianira).