Deianira
Am I so indeed ?
Am I thy mistress ?
Lie. Doubtless.
Trachiniae. Sophocles. Thomas Francklin (Translator). London. 1758–1759.
Trachiniae. Sophocles. Thomas Francklin (Translator). London. 1758–1759.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759))
Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.
mvp-comment-224-1 πολλοῖσιν ἀστῶν 1 ποίοις ἐν ἀνθρώποισι 2
mvp-comment-224-2 ἀγορᾷ 3
mvp-comment-224-3 ταῦτά 4 γ’ 5 γε 6
mvp-comment-224-4 425 If the MS. ναί 7 γε 8 κλύειν 9 ναί 10
mvp-comment-224-5 ταὐτὸ 11
mvp-comment-224-6 426 The antithesis is between the whole phrases, δόκησιν 12 ἐξακριβῶσαι 13
423. mvp-comment-321-1 πολλοῖσιν ἀστῶν] The dative answers ποίοις ἐν ἀνθρώποισι in l. 421, so that ev is easily supplied. Essay on L. §35. p. 60.
424. mvp-comment-322-1 ταῦτά γ'] 'This, ay, this!' γε adds emphasis to ταῦτα, but also qualifies the whole sentence as affirming what Lichas denies.