mvp-comment-87-1 τοιαῦτ’ ἔφραζε … πόνων ¹ τῶν Ἡρακλείων πόνων ²

mvp-comment-87-2 (1) It is a gen. of connection, equiv. to the gen. with

, and going with the whole phrase εἱμαρμένα ἐκτελευτᾶσθαι ³

mvp-comment-87-3 (2) It is also possible, though less probable, that the gen. should be taken as partitive with ἐκτελευτᾶσθαι ⁴

mvp-comment-87-4 (3) πόνων ⁵ πρὸς θεῶν εἱμαρμένα ⁶

mvp-comment-87-5 (4) πόνων ⁷ ἐκτελευτᾶσθαι ⁸

mvp-comment-88-1 ὡς τὴν παλαιὰν φηγὸν ⁹

mvp-comment-88-2 Others understand:—(1) ‘by the agency of two doves’: i.e., the signs from the oak were somehow combined with, or explained by, signs derived from birds. (2) ‘The oak spake from between two doves’; i.e. a symbolical dove, of stone or metal, stood on either side of the tree. The Appendix will show what can be said for or against each of these theories. Here it may be noted that neither seems to accord so well with the phrase αὐδῆσαι ἐκ ¹⁰

mvp-comment-88-3 Δωδῶνι ¹¹

mvp-comment-89-1 ναμέρτεια ¹²

mvp-comment-89-2 τῶνδε ¹³ ναμέρτεια ¹⁴ συμβαίνει ¹⁵ ὡς ¹⁶ τελεσθῆναι χρεών ¹⁷ ὡς ¹⁸ ᾧ ¹⁹

mvp-comment-89-3 Others understand:—(1) ‘The true fulfilment of these words as (

) they are to be accomplished’; or (2) ‘the truth of the prediction that ( ) these things are to be accomplished.’

mvp-comment-89-4 This is one of those passages in which the manner of Sophocles recalls that of Vergil. The general meaning is simple and clear<*> but a verbal analysis demands the nicest care.

mvp-comment-90-1 ἡδέως ²⁰

mvp-comment-90-2 φόβῳ ²¹ ταρβοῦσαν ²²

mvp-comment-91-1 εὐφημίαν ²³

mvp-comment-91-2 πρὸς χαρὰν λόγων ²⁴

mvp-comment-92-1 πρῶτος ἀγγέλων ²⁵

mvp-comment-93-1 γὰρ ²⁶

mvp-comment-93-2 κρατοῦντα ²⁷

mvp-comment-93-3 ἀπαρχὰς ²⁸ τοῖς ἐγχωρίοις ²⁹

mvp-comment-94-1 τίνα … τόνδε ³⁰

mvp-comment-95-1 πολύζηλον ³¹

mvp-comment-95-2 φανέντα ³²

mvp-comment-95-3 κράτει νικηφόρῳ ³³

mvp-comment-96-1 ἀστῶν ἢ ξένων ³⁴

mvp-comment-97-1 βουθερεῖ ³⁵

mvp-comment-98-1 τοι ³⁶

mvp-comment-99-1 εἴπερ εὐτυχεῖ ³⁷

mvp-comment-99-2 193 (

), οὐκ εὐμ. χρώμενος ³⁸

mvp-comment-100-1 Μηλιεὺς ³⁹

mvp-comment-100-2 ἅπας ⁴⁰

mvp-comment-101-1 κρίνει ⁴¹

mvp-comment-101-2 παραστάς ⁴² κύκλῳ ⁴³ περιστάς ⁴⁴

mvp-comment-101-3 βῆναι ⁴⁵

mvp-comment-102-1 τὸ γὰρ ποθοῦν ⁴⁶ τὸ … ποθοῦν ⁴⁷ τὰ γὰρ ποθείν’ ⁴⁸

mvp-comment-102-2 (1) If τὸ … ποθοῦν ⁴⁹

mvp-comment-102-3 (2) τὸ ποθοῦν ἐκμαθεῖν ⁵⁰ ἐκμαθεῖν ⁵¹ τὸ ποθοῦν ⁵²

mvp-comment-102-4 (3) It remains, then, to take τὸ ποθοῦν ⁵³

mvp-comment-103-1 οὐχ ἑκών, ἑκοῦσι δὲ ⁵⁴

mvp-comment-104-1 τὸν Οἴτης ἄτομον … λειμῶν’ ⁵⁵ ἄτομον ⁵⁶

mvp-comment-105-1 ἀλλὰ ⁵⁷ σὺν χρόνῳ ⁵⁸

mvp-comment-106-1 εἴσω ⁵⁹ ἔσω ⁶⁰

mvp-comment-106-2 στέγης … αὐλῆς ⁶¹

mvp-comment-106-3 ὄμμα φήμης τῆσδε, ἄελπτον ἐμοὶ ἀνασχόν ⁶²

mvp-comment-106-4 The wording here, ὡς … ἀνασχόν ⁶³ τῆσδε ⁶⁴ τῆσδ’ ὃ ⁶⁵ ἄελπτον ⁶⁶

mvp-comment-107-1 This lively ‘dance-song’ (

) is the direct response of the Chorus to Deianeira's appeal (202 ),—expressing their delight at the good news. As Dr. W. Christ, who calls it ‘a paean to Artemis and Apollo,’ justly remarks ( Metrik § 443), its contents clearly point to a distribution of the verses between different singers. (1) The first part, down to v. 215 ( ), is an invitation to song and dance; this would be given either by the coryphaeus, or by the leader of one semichorus. (2) The second part, vv. 216—220 ( ), is the response, delivered by the leader of the other semichorus. (3) Then, at v. 221, the whole Chorus joins in with the refrain of the paean, . (4) The coryphaeus then gives the last three verses, which introduce the next scene.—For the metres, see Metrical Analysis.

mvp-comment-107-2 ἀνολολυξάτω ⁶⁷ δόμοις ⁶⁸ ἁ ⁶⁹ ὁ ⁷⁰ δόμοις ⁷¹ ἐφεστίοις ⁷² ἐν δὲ κοινὸς ἀρσένων ⁷³

mvp-comment-107-3 Hence we have to choose between these views, of which I prefer the first. (1) ἁ μελλόνυμφος ⁷⁴ ἁ μελλόνυμφος ⁷⁵ δόμος … ὁ μελλόνυμφος ⁷⁶

mvp-comment-107-4 ἀνολολυξάτω ⁷⁷

mvp-comment-107-5 δόμοις ⁷⁸ ἀλαλαῖς ⁷⁹

mvp-comment-108-1 κοινὸς ⁸⁰ τὸν εὐφ. Ἀπ ⁸¹ ἴτω κλαγγὰ ⁸²

mvp-comment-109-1 ἀνάγετ’ ⁸³

mvp-comment-110-1 Ἄρτεμιν Ὀρτυγίαν ⁸⁴

mvp-comment-110-2 Artemis was worshipped on the coasts near Malis (637 n.), but we have no proof that the name

was specially given to her there. Perhaps the poet uses it here merely as one of her standing epithets.

mvp-comment-110-3 ἐλαφαβόλον ⁸⁵

mvp-comment-110-4 ἀμφίπυρον ⁸⁶

mvp-comment-110-5 Νύμφας ⁸⁷

mvp-comment-111-1 ἀείρομ’ ⁸⁸

mvp-comment-112-1 τὸν αὐλόν ⁸⁹ ὦ τύραννε ⁹⁰ τᾶς ἐμᾶς φρενός ⁹¹

mvp-comment-113-1 ἰδού μ’ ⁹² εὐοῖ ⁹³ ἀναταράσσει ⁹⁴

mvp-comment-113-2 ὁ κισσός ⁹⁵

mvp-comment-113-3 βακχίαν … ἅμιλλαν ⁹⁶

mvp-comment-114-1 ἰὼ ἰὼ Παιάν ⁹⁷

mvp-comment-115-1 ἵδ’ ⁹⁸ ἴδε ἴδ’ ⁹⁹

mvp-comment-116-1 τάδ’ ¹⁰⁰

mvp-comment-116-2 ἐναργῆ ¹⁰¹ ἀντίπρῳρα ¹⁰²

mvp-comment-117-1 οὐδέ μ’ ὄμματος φρουρὰν παρῇλθε ¹⁰³ παρῆλθε ¹⁰⁴ φρουρὰ ¹⁰⁵

mvp-comment-118-1 προὐννέπω ¹⁰⁶

mvp-comment-118-2 φέρεις ¹⁰⁷ καὶ ¹⁰⁸

mvp-comment-119-1 ἀλλ’ ¹⁰⁹

mvp-comment-120-1 κατ’ ἔργου κτῆσιν ¹¹⁰

mvp-comment-120-2 ἄνδρα γὰρ ¹¹¹

mvp-comment-120-3 καλῶς πράσσοντ’ ¹¹² καλῶς ¹¹³ καλά ¹¹⁴

mvp-comment-121-1 ἃ πρῶτα βούλομαι ¹¹⁵ ‐εα ¹¹⁶

mvp-comment-122-1 ἔγωγέ τοι ¹¹⁷

mvp-comment-122-2 ἔλειπον ¹¹⁸ ζῶντα ¹¹⁹ τε καί ¹²⁰ ἰσχύοντα ¹²¹ καί ¹²² θάλλοντα ¹²³

mvp-comment-123-1 ποῦ γῆς ¹²⁴ πατρῴας εἴτε βαρβάρου ¹²⁵ εἴτε ¹²⁶ εἴτε ¹²⁷

mvp-comment-123-2 ποῦ γῆς; πατρῴας εἴτε βαρβάρου; λέγε ¹²⁸

mvp-comment-123-3 ποῦ γῆς; πατρῴας εἴτε βαρβάρου, λέγε ¹²⁹

mvp-comment-123-4 πατρῴας ¹³⁰

mvp-comment-124-1 Εὐβοίς ¹³¹

mvp-comment-124-2 ὁρίζεται βωμοὺς ¹³² βωμοὺς ¹³³

mvp-comment-124-3 τέλη τ’ ἔγκαρπα ¹³⁴

mvp-comment-125-1 εὐκταῖα … ἢ )πὸ μαντείας ¹³⁵

mvp-comment-125-2 φαίνων ¹³⁶

mvp-comment-126-1 εὐχαῖς ¹³⁷

mvp-comment-126-2 ἀνάστατον ¹³⁸

mvp-comment-127-1 ὧν ¹³⁹

mvp-comment-127-2 ἐν ὄμμασιν ¹⁴⁰

mvp-comment-128-1 τοῦ ποτ’ εἰσὶ ¹⁴¹ ἐκεῖνος ¹⁴²

mvp-comment-129-1 οἰκτραὶ γάρ ¹⁴³

mvp-comment-129-2 ξυμφοραὶ ¹⁴⁴ ξυμφορᾷ ¹⁴⁵

mvp-comment-130-1 ἐξείλεθ’ ¹⁴⁶ αὑτῷ ¹⁴⁷ θεοῖς ¹⁴⁸

mvp-comment-131-1 ἦ κἀπὶ ¹⁴⁹

mvp-comment-131-2 ἄσκοπον ¹⁵⁰

mvp-comment-131-3 ἡμερῶν ¹⁵¹ ἀνήριθμον ¹⁵² χρόνον ¹⁵³

mvp-comment-131-4 The form

is of a frequent type. When the second part of a compound adj. has a disyllabic stem (usu. a verbal stem), beginning with a short vowel, this vowel may be lengthened. Such forms were oft. convenient in poetry (as ), but many of them were equally current in good prose (as ). The restriction of to classical poetry and late prose (as Athen. p. 253 F) is not due to 1ts form, but to the fact that classical prose preferred . Tragedy uses ( ) where it suits the metre (as in El.225 ). In Theocr. 15. 45 ( ) is Doric for .

mvp-comment-132-1 τὸν μὲν πλεῖστον … χρόνον ¹⁵⁴ ὡς φήσ’ αὐτός ¹⁵⁵

mvp-comment-133-1 ἐμποληθείς ¹⁵⁶

mvp-comment-133-2 τοῦ λόγου … φθόνον ¹⁵⁷

mvp-comment-133-3 προσεῖναι ¹⁵⁸

mvp-comment-133-4 ὅτου ¹⁵⁹ ὅτου ¹⁶⁰ τοῦ λόγου ¹⁶¹

mvp-comment-133-5 πράκτωρ φανῇ ¹⁶²

mvp-comment-133-6 The meaning is:—‘You may think that the humiliation of Heracles ought not to be related by his servant to his wife. But this humiliation was imposed by Zeus himself, and can therefore be related without reflecting upon Heracles.’

mvp-comment-134-1 κεῖνος δὲ ¹⁶³ ἐν Λυδοῖς ¹⁶⁴ χρόνον ¹⁶⁵

mvp-comment-134-2 πραθεὶς … Ὀμφάλῃ ¹⁶⁶

mvp-comment-134-3 Two tragic poets of the fifth century B.C., Ionof Chios and Achaeus, had written an

. Two poets of the Middle Comedy, Antiphanes (Athen. 112 C) and Cratinus jun. (id. 669 B) wrote an , picturing Heracles abandoned to sensuous pleasures. Itis the more noteworthy how Sophocles, in lightly touching on this episode, has guarded his hero's dignity. For he speaks only of servile labours for the Lydian taskmistress (70 It, 356 ); and marks how the bondsman felt his disgrace (254).

mvp-comment-135-1 ἐνιαυτὸν ¹⁶⁷

mvp-comment-136-1 λαβὼν ¹⁶⁸

mvp-comment-137-1 ὅρκον αὑτῷ προσβαλὼν ¹⁶⁹

mvp-comment-137-2 ἦ μὴν ¹⁷⁰

mvp-comment-137-3 τὸν ἀγχιστῆρα τοῦδε τοῦ πάθους ¹⁷¹

mvp-comment-137-4 No emendation is probable. Nauck's αὐτόχειρα ¹⁷²

mvp-comment-138-1 ξὺν παιδὶ καὶ γυναικὶ ¹⁷³ παισὶ ¹⁷⁴

mvp-comment-138-2 ἔτι ¹⁷⁵

mvp-comment-139-1 κοὐχ ἡλίωσε τοὔπος ¹⁷⁶

mvp-comment-139-2 ὅθ’ ἁγνὸς ἦν ¹⁷⁷ ἁγνός ¹⁷⁸

mvp-comment-140-1 στρατὸν … ἐπακτὸν ¹⁷⁹

mvp-comment-140-2 ἔρχεται ¹⁸⁰

mvp-comment-140-3 πόλιν τὴν Εὐρυτείάν ¹⁸¹

mvp-comment-141-1 ἐφέστιον ¹⁸² ἐς δόμους ¹⁸³ ἐλθόντ’ … ἐφέστιον ¹⁸⁴

mvp-comment-142-1 ξένον παλαιὸν ὄντα ¹⁸⁵

mvp-comment-143-1 ἐπερρόθησε ¹⁸⁶

mvp-comment-143-2 From

a verb of more general sense, such as , is to be supplied with ἀτηρᾷ φρενί ¹⁸⁷ γόγοις ¹⁸⁸ φρενί ¹⁸⁹ δείπνοις δ’ ¹⁹⁰

mvp-comment-143-3 Others understand :—‘railed against him both with (rude) words and with evil intent.’ To this there are two objections. (1) Since all the supposed affronts are then verbal, the antithesis would require an epithet for λόγοις ¹⁹¹ ἀτηρᾷ ¹⁹² πολλὰ μὲν … πολλὰ δέ ¹⁹³

mvp-comment-143-4 The text is clearly (I think) sound. It is unwarrantable, as it is undesirable, to strike out πολλὰ δ’ … χεροῖν μὲν ¹⁹⁴

mvp-comment-144-1 λέγων χεροῖν μὲν ¹⁹⁵ δὲ ¹⁹⁶ λέγων ¹⁹⁷

mvp-comment-144-2 τῶν ὧν τέκνων ¹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-144-3 λείποιτο ¹⁹⁹

mvp-comment-145-1 φωνεῖ δὲ ²⁰⁰ ῥαίοιτο ²⁰¹

mvp-comment-145-2 ἀνδρὸς … ἐλευθέρου ²⁰² δοῦλος ²⁰³

mvp-comment-145-3 ῥαίοιτο ²⁰⁴

mvp-comment-145-4 The conject.

(cr. n.) has been received by several edd., who cite Ai.1020 . There, however, the force of depends on : ‘represented,’ ‘made out,’ in his taunting words, to be a slave. Here would mean simply, ‘found to be.’

mvp-comment-145-5 δείπνοις ²⁰⁵

mvp-comment-145-6 ᾠνωμένος ²⁰⁶

mvp-comment-145-7 ἔρριψεν ἐκτὸς αὐτόν ²⁰⁷

mvp-comment-145-8 ὧν ἔχων χόλον ²⁰⁸

mvp-comment-146-1 αὖθις ²⁰⁹

mvp-comment-146-2 Τιρυνθίαν … κλιτύν ²¹⁰ υ^ ²¹¹ κλιτύν ²¹²

mvp-comment-146-3 ἵππους νομάδας ²¹³ νομάδας ²¹⁴

mvp-comment-147-1 ἄλλοσ’ … ὄμμα, θατέρᾳ δὲ νοῦν ἔχοντ’ ²¹⁵ θατέρᾳ ²¹⁶ ἄλλοσε ²¹⁷

mvp-comment-147-2 πυργώδους πλακός ²¹⁸

mvp-comment-148-1 ὁ τῶν ἁπάντων ²¹⁹

mvp-comment-149-1 πρατόν νιν ἐξέπεμψεν ²²⁰ οὐδ’ ἠνέσχετο ²²¹ ὁθούνεκ’ ²²² μοῦνον ²²³

mvp-comment-150-1 ἠμύνατο ²²⁴

mvp-comment-151-1 χειρουμένῳ ²²⁵

mvp-comment-151-2 οὐδὲ δαίμονες ²²⁶

mvp-comment-152-1 κεῖνοι δ’ ²²⁷

mvp-comment-152-2 ὑπερχλίοντες ²²⁸

mvp-comment-152-3 ἐκ γλώσσης κακῆς ²²⁹

mvp-comment-152-4 282 For αὐτοὶ μὲν ²³⁰ κεῖνοι ²³¹ πόλις δὲ ²³²

mvp-comment-152-5 οἰκήτορες ²³³

mvp-comment-153-1 τάσδε ²³⁴ ἅσπερ ²³⁵ ἐξ ὀλβίων ²³⁶

mvp-comment-154-1 χωροῦσι πρὸς σέ ²³⁷

mvp-comment-154-2 πόσις τε … ἐγὼ δὲ ²³⁸ ἐφεῖτο ²³⁹ τελῶ ²⁴⁰

mvp-comment-155-1 ἁγνὰ θύματα ²⁴¹ τῆς ἁλώσεως ²⁴²

mvp-comment-156-1 φρόνει νιν ὡς ἥξοντα ²⁴³ νιν ²⁴⁴ ὡς ²⁴⁵

mvp-comment-157-1 καλῶς ²⁴⁶

mvp-comment-158-1 νῦν σοι τέρψις ἐμφανὴς κυρεῖ ²⁴⁷

mvp-comment-158-2 τῶν μὲν ²⁴⁸ τὰ δὲ ²⁴⁹

mvp-comment-159-1 πανδίκῳ φρενί ²⁵⁰

mvp-comment-160-1 τῇδε ²⁵¹ τοῦτο ²⁵²

mvp-comment-160-2 The rejection of this verse (see cr. n.) would be deplorable. Deianeira rejoices, but <*>ls a certain sadness, and knows that she cannot help showing it; all the more she wishes to assure them how real her joy is.

mvp-comment-161-1 τοῖσιν εὖ σκοπουμένοις ²⁵³

mvp-comment-161-2 ταρβεῖν τὸν εὖ πράσσοντα ²⁵⁴

mvp-comment-161-3 This shadow which flits across Deianeira's joy is the more dramatically impressive for the spectators, because it arises so naturally out of her tender sympathy for the captives. It is a touch worthy of the greatest master.

mvp-comment-162-1 ἐμοὶ … εἰσέβη ²⁵⁵

mvp-comment-162-2 δεινὸς ²⁵⁶

mvp-comment-163-1 ἀπάτορας ²⁵⁷

mvp-comment-163-2 301 f. For ἴσως ²⁵⁸ ἐξ ἐλευθέρων ἀνδρῶν ²⁵⁹ ἀνδρῶν ²⁶⁰ ἀπάτορας ²⁶¹

mvp-comment-164-1 ὦ Ζεῦ τροπαῖε ²⁶²

mvp-comment-164-2 τοὐμὸν σπέρμα ²⁶³

mvp-comment-164-3 χωρήσαντα ²⁶⁴ εἰς ²⁶⁵ πρὸς ²⁶⁶ σε ²⁶⁷ που ²⁶⁸

mvp-comment-165-1 μηδ’, εἴ τι δράσεις ²⁶⁹ εἰ ²⁷⁰ ζώσης ²⁷¹

mvp-comment-165-2 This verse is a development of μή ποτ’ εἰσίδοιμι ²⁷²

mvp-comment-165-3 The objection to the verse as illogical assumes that the

in μηδέ ²⁷³

mvp-comment-166-1 τεκνοῦσσα ²⁷⁴ τεκοῦσα ²⁷⁵

mvp-comment-166-2 πρὸς … φύσιν ²⁷⁶ πάντων … τῶνδε ²⁷⁷

mvp-comment-166-3 γενναία ²⁷⁸

mvp-comment-167-1 ὁ φιτύσας πατήρ ²⁷⁹

mvp-comment-167-2 ᾤκτισα ²⁸⁰

mvp-comment-167-3 ὅσῳπερ ²⁸¹ μόνη ²⁸²

mvp-comment-167-4 φρονεῖν οἶδεν ²⁸³ φρονεῖν ²⁸⁴

mvp-comment-167-5 314 f. For καὶ ²⁸⁵ κρίνοις ²⁸⁶

mvp-comment-167-6 γέννημα τῶν ἐκεῖθεν ²⁸⁷ οὐκ ἐν ὑστάτοις ²⁸⁸

mvp-comment-168-1 μὴ τῶν τυράννων ²⁸⁹

mvp-comment-168-2 Εὐρύτου σπορά τις ἦν ²⁹⁰ τις ²⁹¹

mvp-comment-169-1 ἀνιστόρουν ²⁹²

mvp-comment-169-2 μακράν ²⁹³

mvp-comment-170-1 ξυνεμπόρων ²⁹⁴

mvp-comment-170-2 ἔχεις ²⁹⁵

mvp-comment-170-3 ἤνυτον ²⁹⁶

mvp-comment-171-1 ἀλλ’ ἡμὶν ²⁹⁷

mvp-comment-172-1 καὶ ²⁹⁸ ξυμφορά ²⁹⁹

mvp-comment-173-1 οὔ τἄρα ³⁰⁰ οὐδὲν ἐξ ἴσου ³⁰¹ τῷ γε πρόσθεν χρόνῳ ³⁰² ἐξ ἴσου ³⁰³ διοίσει ³⁰⁴ γλῶσσαν ³⁰⁵ διοίσει ³⁰⁶

mvp-comment-173-2 ἤτις ³⁰⁷

mvp-comment-173-3 οὐδαμὰ ³⁰⁸

mvp-comment-174-1 οὔτε μείζον’ οὔτ’ ἐλάσσονα ³⁰⁹

mvp-comment-175-1 ὠδίνουσα … βάρος ³¹⁰

mvp-comment-176-1 διήνεμον ³¹¹ πάτραν ³¹²

mvp-comment-176-2 ἡ … τὐχη ³¹³

mvp-comment-176-3 αὐτῇ γ’ ³¹⁴ γ’ ³¹⁵

mvp-comment-176-4 συγγνώμην ἔχει ³¹⁶

mvp-comment-177-1 ἡ δ’ οὖν ³¹⁷ ἡ δ’ ³¹⁸ ἥδ’ ³¹⁹

mvp-comment-177-2 οὕτως ὅπως ἥδιστα ³²⁰

mvp-comment-177-3 331 Among the attempts to amend

(cr. n.), the two best, I think, are, (1) ἄλλην … λύπην ³²¹ λύπην … διπλῆν ³²² διπλῆν ³²³

mvp-comment-177-4 Almost all edd. retain the optat. λάβοι ³²⁴ λάβῃ ³²⁵

mvp-comment-178-1 οἷ θέλεις σπεύδῃς ³²⁶

mvp-comment-178-2 ἐγὼ δὲ ³²⁷ σύ θ’ ³²⁸

mvp-comment-178-3 ἐξαρκῆ τιθῶ ³²⁹

mvp-comment-179-1 The

(180), who has listened in silence, now places himself between Deianeira and the door through which she is about to follow Lichas and the captives.

mvp-comment-179-2 αὐτοῦ γε πρῶτον βαιὸν ἀμμείνας’ ³³⁰ γε ³³¹

mvp-comment-179-3 ἀμμείνας’ ³³²

mvp-comment-180-1 ἄνευ ³³³ τ’ ³³⁴ μάθῃς ³³⁵ μάθῃς ³³⁶ ἐκμάθῃς ³³⁷ οὕστινας ³³⁸

mvp-comment-180-2 ὧν τ’ οὐδὲν εἰσήκουσας ³³⁹

mvp-comment-181-1 πάντ’ ³⁴⁰

mvp-comment-182-1 τί δ’ ἔστι ³⁴¹

mvp-comment-182-2 τοῦ ³⁴²

mvp-comment-182-3 ἐφίστασαί με ³⁴³ τήνδε βάσιν ³⁴⁴

mvp-comment-182-4 The midd.

does not elsewhere occur in a causal sense (except in the aor., as Xen. Cyr.8. 2. 19 ). But the causal use of ( Aesch. Eum.706 , Thuc.2. 6 ) appears to warrant a like use of , where, as here, the context helps to explain it. Cp. also Plat. Tim. 63 C

γεώδη γένη διϊστάμενοι

, ‘separating.’ [But we cannot properly compare O. C.916 , ‘you bring to your own side,’ ‘subjugate’: nor Plat. Rep. 565C : where there is a special reason for using the midd.] The midd. in Soph. O. C.244 is similarly unique, and has a like justification.

mvp-comment-182-5 A fact which confirms this view is that

were regularly used with ref. to a halt. Xen. An.2. 4. 26 . (For , ‘a halt,’ cp. Soph. Ant.225 n.) Polyb. 16. 34. 2 . Diod.17. 112 . Plut. Cim. 1 . Arrian 5. 16. 1 .

mvp-comment-182-6 Another explanation is: τοῦ με ἐφίστασαι ³⁴⁵ τήνδε βάσιν ³⁴⁶ με ³⁴⁷ μοι ³⁴⁸ τοῦ ³⁴⁹ ἐφ’ οὗ ³⁵⁰ με ³⁵¹

mvp-comment-183-1 οὐδὲ τὸν πάρος … οὐδὲ νῦν ³⁵² οὐδὲ ³⁵³ οὔτε ³⁵⁴

mvp-comment-183-2 μάτην ³⁵⁵

mvp-comment-183-3 δοκῶ ³⁵⁶

mvp-comment-184-1 ἐκείνους ³⁵⁷ τούτους δ’ ἔα ³⁵⁸ ἄνευ τῶνδ’ ³⁵⁹

mvp-comment-184-2 ἢ )μοὶ ταῖσδέ τ’ ³⁶⁰

mvp-comment-185-1 σοὶ ταῖσδέ τ’ οὐδὲν εἴργεται ³⁶¹ οὐδὲν ³⁶² σοὶ ταῖσδέ τ’ ³⁶³

mvp-comment-186-1 καὶ δὴ ³⁶⁴

mvp-comment-186-2 χὡ λόγος σημαινέτω ³⁶⁵

mvp-comment-187-1 δίκης ἐς ὀρθόν ³⁶⁶

mvp-comment-187-2 ἢ νῦν … ἢ πρόσθεν … παρῆν ³⁶⁷ κακός ³⁶⁸

mvp-comment-188-1 ἃ μὲν γὰρ ἐξείρηκας ³⁶⁹

mvp-comment-188-2 ἀγνοία ³⁷⁰

mvp-comment-189-1 μαρτύρων ³⁷¹

mvp-comment-189-2 Εὔρυτόν θ’ ἕλοι τήν θ’ ὑψίπ. Οἰχαλίαν ³⁷²

mvp-comment-189-3 τὴν ὑψίπυργον ³⁷³

mvp-comment-189-4 Οἰχαλίαν ³⁷⁴

mvp-comment-190-1 μόνος θεῶν ³⁷⁵

mvp-comment-190-2 θέλξειεν ³⁷⁶

mvp-comment-191-1 οὐ τἀπὶ Λυδοῖς ³⁷⁷ ὑπ’ ³⁷⁸ ἐπ’ ³⁷⁹ τἀπὶ ³⁸⁰ ἐπ’ ³⁸¹

mvp-comment-191-2 πόνων λατρεύματ’ ³⁸²

mvp-comment-191-3 ὁ ῥιπτὸς … μόρος ³⁸³

mvp-comment-191-4 Heracles had really killed Iphitus. The denial here refers only to the place which the murder held in the story told by Lichas. Heracles was instigated, not by the Lydian servitude which punished his crime, or by those affronts (262 ff.) which Lichas represented as having moved him to the crime, but, in reality, by the refusal of Eurytus to give him Iolè.

mvp-comment-192-1 ὃν ³⁸⁴ ὃ ³⁸⁵ ὃν … παρώσας ³⁸⁶

mvp-comment-193-1 ἀλλ’ ἡνίκ’ ³⁸⁷ οὐκ ἔπειθε ³⁸⁸

mvp-comment-193-2 τὸν φυτοσπόρον ³⁸⁹

mvp-comment-194-1 κρύφιον ὡς ἔχοι λέχος ³⁹⁰ αἰτίαν ³⁹¹

mvp-comment-194-2 ἑτοιμάσας ³⁹²

mvp-comment-194-3 362—

mvp-comment-195-1 ἐπιστρατεύει … ἄνακτα πατέρα ³⁹³ τόνδ’ ³⁹⁴ τῶνδ’ ³⁹⁵

mvp-comment-195-2 (1) It was needless to say that the girl's

was also the realm of Eurytus: cp. 244 f.: 283 ff.: 315. The excuse must be that the Messenger himself had not yet said so; he is wordy, and anxious, in his own fashion, to be lucid. The reading τόνδ’ ³⁹⁶ τῶνδ’ ³⁹⁷

mvp-comment-195-3 (2) Heracles is subject to ἐπιστρατεύει ³⁹⁸ κτείνει ³⁹⁹ εἶπε ⁴⁰⁰ δεσπόζειν ⁴⁰¹ εἶπε ⁴⁰²

mvp-comment-195-4 (3) At v. 377 Deianeira asks,

| ; i.e., ‘is she of obscure birth?’—and then, for the first time, learns that the girl's father is Eurytus. So she must have understood ἄνακτα ⁴⁰³

mvp-comment-195-5 The only course which removes all these three difficulties is Hartung's,—who brackets the words τὴν ταύτης … πατέρα ⁴⁰⁴

mvp-comment-195-6 Others read τῶν Εὐρύτου τόνδ’, rendering: ‘in which (Lichas) said that Heracles (

) holds’ [or ‘wishes to hold’] the throne of Eurytus.’ But Heracles simply laid Oechalia waste; there was no question of his reigning there.—Wecklein ingeniously reads τὸν ἐργάτην ⁴⁰⁵ τῶνδ’ ⁴⁰⁶

mvp-comment-195-7 For the change of tenses, cp. Ant.406 n.

mvp-comment-196-1 ἥκει ⁴⁰⁷ ἔπερσε ⁴⁰⁸ ἐντεθέρμανται ⁴⁰⁹ ἥκει ⁴¹⁰

mvp-comment-196-2 δόμους ὡς τούσδε ⁴¹¹

mvp-comment-197-1 οὐδ’ εἰκός ⁴¹²

mvp-comment-197-2 ἐντεθέρμανται ⁴¹³ ἐν‐ ⁴¹⁴ ἐκ‐ ⁴¹⁵

mvp-comment-198-1 πρὸς μέσῃ Τραχινίων ἀγορᾷ ⁴¹⁶ ἐν ⁴¹⁷

mvp-comment-198-2 ἀγορᾷ ⁴¹⁸

mvp-comment-198-3 Join ὡσαύτως ἐμοί ⁴¹⁹

mvp-comment-199-1 τὸ δ’ ὀρθὸν ⁴²⁰

mvp-comment-200-1 ποῦ … πράγματος ⁴²¹

mvp-comment-200-2 ὑπόστεγον ⁴²²

mvp-comment-201-1 ὦ δὐστηνος ⁴²³ πέφυκεν ⁴²⁴

mvp-comment-201-2 This question seems strange after the words κτείνει τ’ ἄνακτα πατέρα τῆσδε ⁴²⁵

mvp-comment-201-3 διώμνυτο ⁴²⁶

mvp-comment-202-1 ἦ κάρτα ⁴²⁷

mvp-comment-202-2 The conject. ὄνομα ⁴²⁸ ὄμμα ⁴²⁹ ἆρ’ ἀνώνυμος πέφυκεν ⁴³⁰ ὄνομα ⁴³¹ φύσιν ⁴³² κατ’ ὄμμα ⁴³³

mvp-comment-202-3 φύσιν ⁴³⁴

mvp-comment-202-4 In some ancient texts this verse was given to Deianeira. Among recent editors, Paley shares that view. But: (1) If Deianeira has already answered her own question, the Messenger's speech opens weakly with v. 380. (2) It agrees best with the practice of Sophocles to suppose that ἦ κάρτα ⁴³⁵ ἢ ⁴³⁶ ἦ ⁴³⁷ φύσιν ⁴³⁸ διώμνυτο ⁴³⁹

mvp-comment-203-1 πατρὸς μὲν οὖσα ⁴⁴⁰ Ἰόλη )καλεῖτο ⁴⁴¹ ποτέ ⁴⁴² )καλεῖτο ⁴⁴³ οὖσα ⁴⁴⁴

mvp-comment-203-2 Ἰόλη ⁴⁴⁵

mvp-comment-203-3 τῆς ⁴⁴⁶

mvp-comment-204-1 βλάστας ⁴⁴⁷

mvp-comment-204-2 οὐδὲν ἱστορῶν ⁴⁴⁸

mvp-comment-204-3 Many editors place a comma after ἐφώνει ⁴⁴⁹ δῆθεν ⁴⁵⁰ δῆθεν ⁴⁵¹ οὐδὲν ἱστορῶν ⁴⁵²

mvp-comment-205-1 ὄλοιντο ⁴⁵³

mvp-comment-205-2 The comment is aimed at Lichas in the first instance; but its vague form seems purposed, so that the hearers may extend it, if they please, to Heracles. Deianeira herself is in doubt whether the dissimulation practised by Lichas was prompted by her lord (449): Lichas explains that it was not so (479 f.). The schol.'s paraphrase shows that he wished to punctuate thus:

, etc.: ‘perish, not all men, but the evil; and (especially) he,’ etc.

mvp-comment-205-3 τὰ δὲ ⁴⁵⁴ δὲ ⁴⁵⁵

mvp-comment-205-4 μὴ ⁴⁵⁶ πρέπονθ’ αὑτῷ ⁴⁵⁷

mvp-comment-206-1 ποεῖν ⁴⁵⁸

mvp-comment-207-1 πεύθου ⁴⁵⁹ πυθοῦ ⁴⁶⁰

mvp-comment-207-2 σαφῆ ⁴⁶¹

mvp-comment-208-1 οὐκ ἀπὸ γνώμης ⁴⁶²

mvp-comment-208-2 The accent in L here,

, represents the theory that this prep. should be paroxytone when it means ‘at a distance from,’ as in the phrases cited above, and in ( Il.9. 353 ), ( ib. 437), etc. But this was merely a refinement due to comparatively late grammarians: see Ellendt, Lex. Soph. p. 79 a: Matthiae Gr. § 572 n. b.

mvp-comment-209-1 οὐκ ἐμῶν ὑπ’ ἀγγέλων ⁴⁶³ αὐτόκλητος ⁴⁶⁴

mvp-comment-210-1 ὡς ὁρᾷς ⁴⁶⁵ εἰσορᾷς ⁴⁶⁶ εἰσορᾷς ⁴⁶⁷ ὡς ⁴⁶⁸ ἕρποντος ἐμοῦ, εἰσορᾷς ⁴⁶⁹ ὡς ἕρποντος ἐμοῦ ⁴⁷⁰ εἰσορᾷς ⁴⁷¹ εἰσορᾷς ὡς ἕρποντος ἐμοῦ ⁴⁷² εἰσορᾷς ⁴⁷³

mvp-comment-210-2 As regards ὡς ὁρᾷς ⁴⁷⁴ ὡς ⁴⁷⁵

mvp-comment-211-1 ἐκ ταχείας ⁴⁷⁶

mvp-comment-211-2 σὺν χρόνῳ … βραδεῖ ⁴⁷⁷

mvp-comment-211-3 πρὶν ἡμᾶς κἀννεώσασθαι λόγους ⁴⁷⁸

mvp-comment-212-1 ἦ καὶ ⁴⁷⁹

mvp-comment-212-2 τὸ πιστὸν τῆς ἀλη‐ ⁴⁸⁰ θείας ⁴⁸¹

mvp-comment-212-3 νεμεῖς ⁴⁸²

mvp-comment-212-4 Even without the hint in the schol. (cr. n.), it would have been clear that νεμεῖς ⁴⁸³ νέμεις ⁴⁸⁴

mvp-comment-213-1 As to Nauck's change in the order of these verses (cr. n.), it is enough to observe that (1) Lichas could not reply to the question of his

with such a rebuff as σὺ δ’ εἰς τί δή με ⁴⁸⁵ τόλμησον εἰπεῖν, εἰ φρονεῖς ⁴⁸⁶

mvp-comment-214-1 οὗτος, βλέφ’ ὧδε ⁴⁸⁷

mvp-comment-215-1 σὺ δ’ ⁴⁸⁸

mvp-comment-216-1 τόλμησον ⁴⁸⁹

mvp-comment-216-2 εἰ φρονεῖς ⁴⁹⁰

mvp-comment-216-3 ἱστορῶ ⁴⁹¹

mvp-comment-216-4 406 f. If δάμαρτα ⁴⁹² δεσπότιν ⁴⁹³ θ’ ⁴⁹⁴ δ’ ⁴⁹⁵ δέ … δέ ⁴⁹⁶ τε … τε. — λεύσσων μάταια ⁴⁹⁷

mvp-comment-217-1 δίκαια ⁴⁹⁸

mvp-comment-218-1 δίκαιος ⁴⁹⁹

mvp-comment-219-1 ποικίλας ⁵⁰⁰

mvp-comment-220-1 ἱστορούμενος ⁵⁰¹

mvp-comment-221-1 κάτοισθα ⁵⁰²

mvp-comment-222-1 ἣν ὑπ’ ἀγνοίας ὁρᾷς ⁵⁰³ ὑπ’ ἀγνοίας ⁵⁰⁴ ὑπ’ ἀγνοίας ⁵⁰⁵

mvp-comment-222-2 On the whole, I do not feel sure that there is a corruption. If there is, it probably lies deep. Some conjectures are noticed in the Appendix.

mvp-comment-223-1 τίς πόθεν μολὼν ⁵⁰⁶

mvp-comment-224-1 πολλοῖσιν ἀστῶν ⁵⁰⁷ ποίοις ἐν ἀνθρώποισι ⁵⁰⁸

mvp-comment-224-2 ἀγορᾷ ⁵⁰⁹

mvp-comment-224-3 ταῦτά ⁵¹⁰ γ’ ⁵¹¹ γε ⁵¹²

mvp-comment-224-4 425 If the MS. ναί ⁵¹³ γε ⁵¹⁴ κλύειν ⁵¹⁵ ναί ⁵¹⁶

mvp-comment-224-5 ταὐτὸ ⁵¹⁷

mvp-comment-224-6 426 The antithesis is between the whole phrases, δόκησιν ⁵¹⁸ ἐξακριβῶσαι ⁵¹⁹

mvp-comment-225-1 ποίαν δόκησιν ⁵²⁰

mvp-comment-226-1 ἐγὼ δάμαρτα ⁵²¹

mvp-comment-226-2 431 The emphatic σοῦ ⁵²² σου ⁵²³ ἤκουσεν ⁵²⁴ ἤκουσα ⁵²⁵

mvp-comment-227-1 ἡ Λυδία ⁵²⁶ ἡ Λυδία ⁵²⁷ ὁ τῆσδ’ ἔρως φανείς ⁵²⁸ ὡς ταύτης πόθῳ ⁵²⁹

mvp-comment-228-1 ἀποστήτω ⁵³⁰

mvp-comment-229-1 πρός σε τοῦ … Διός ⁵³¹

mvp-comment-229-2 νάπος ⁵³²

mvp-comment-229-3 ἐκκλέψῃς λόγον ⁵³³

mvp-comment-230-1 Deianeira argues:—(1) 438 —448: he need not fear that she will feel rancour against Heracles or Iolè: (2) 449—454: falsehood would be disgraceful for him,—and, if his motive were kind, useless: (3) 455 f.: detection would be certain: (4) 457 ff.: he need not be afraid of paining her. (5) In vv. 461— 467 she returns to the first topic.

mvp-comment-230-2 κακῇ ⁵³⁴

mvp-comment-230-3 τἀνθρώπων ⁵³⁵

mvp-comment-230-4 πέφυκεν ⁵³⁶ πεφύκας’ ⁵³⁷

mvp-comment-231-1 Ἔρωτι μέν νυν ⁵³⁸

mvp-comment-231-2 πύκτης ὅπως ⁵³⁹

mvp-comment-231-3 οὐ καλῶς φρονεῖ ⁵⁴⁰

mvp-comment-232-1 ἄρχει καὶ θεῶν ⁵⁴¹

mvp-comment-233-1 κἀμοῦ γε ⁵⁴² γε ⁵⁴³

mvp-comment-233-2 πῶς δ’ οὐ ⁵⁴⁴

mvp-comment-233-3 οἵας γ’ ἐμοῦ ⁵⁴⁵ γε ⁵⁴⁶

mvp-comment-233-4 Wunder and Nauck reject this beautiful verse, because: (1) by

Deianeira implies that she is stronger than the gods; and also that she has been untrue to her husband: (2) she cannot assume that Iolè returns the passion of Heracles; nor does Iolè's feeling come into account here.

mvp-comment-234-1 τὠμῷ τ’ ἀνδρὶ ⁵⁴⁷ τε ⁵⁴⁸ ἢ ⁵⁴⁹

mvp-comment-234-2 τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ ⁵⁵⁰

mvp-comment-234-3 μεμπτός ⁵⁵¹

mvp-comment-235-1 τοῦ μηδὲν αἰσχροῦ ⁵⁵² μηδ’ ἐμοὶ κακοῦ τινος ⁵⁵³ τοῦ ⁵⁵⁴

mvp-comment-235-2 This is a remarkable passage, and it is of some moment to understand it rightly. The meaning is not merely that Iolè's relation to Heracles was excused by the omnipotence of Erôs. Concubinage (

) was not merely tolerated by Athenian opinion, but, in some measure, protected by law (see e.g. , Lys. or. 1 § 31 : Isae. or. 8 § 39 ). Its relation to the life of the family is illustrated by the Andromachè of Euripides; for though Andromachè is Trojan, and Hermionè Spartan, the sentiments are Athenian. A wife ( ) who tolerates a is there represented as proving her goodness of heart ( , 226), and her wise moderation (938—942); she ought to be consoled by her higher place, and by the advantage which her children will have over the .

mvp-comment-235-3 But is Deianeira in earnest here; or is she feigning acquiescence, to reassure Lichas? Presently she tells the Chorus that she cannot endure to share her home with Iolè (539—546). Probably Sophocles meant her to be sincere in both places. The faith in her own power to bear the trial is natural at this moment of excitement and suspense. Not less so is the reaction, when she knows the worst, and has had time to think.

mvp-comment-236-1 οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτ)· ἀλλ’ ⁵⁵⁵ οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτα ⁵⁵⁶

mvp-comment-236-2 μαθὼν … ἐκμανθάνεις ⁵⁵⁷

mvp-comment-237-1 αὑτὸν ⁵⁵⁸ ὀφθήσει ⁵⁵⁹

mvp-comment-238-1 κὴρ ⁵⁶⁰ πρόσεστιν ⁵⁶¹

mvp-comment-239-1 ὅπως δὲ λήσεις ⁵⁶² ὅπως δὲ λήσεις ⁵⁶³

mvp-comment-240-1 δέδοικας … ταρβεῖς ⁵⁶⁴

mvp-comment-240-2 τοῦτο ⁵⁶⁵

mvp-comment-241-1 πλείστας ἀνὴρ εἷς ⁵⁶⁶

mvp-comment-241-2 ἔγημε ⁵⁶⁷

mvp-comment-241-3 The legendary loves of Heracles were as numerous as the local myths which claimed Heracleid <*>escent for clans or houses. Thus his bride Megara connected him with Thebes; Astydameia, with Thessaly; Astyochè, with Epeirus; Epicastè, with Elis; Parthenopè, with Arcadia; Chalciopè, with Cos; the Thespiades, with Sardinia; and so forth. The number of his sons finally grew to about seventy, whose mothers are enumerated by Apollodorus (2. 7. 8).

mvp-comment-242-1 ἠνέγκατ’ ⁵⁶⁸

mvp-comment-242-2 ἥδε τε, οὐδ’ εἰ … ἐντακείῃ ⁵⁶⁹ ἂν ⁵⁷⁰ οὐδ’ ⁵⁷¹ εἰ ⁵⁷² ἂν ⁵⁷³

mvp-comment-242-3 ἐντακείη τῷ φιλεῖν ⁵⁷⁴

mvp-comment-242-4 ἐντακείη ⁵⁷⁵ τῷ φιλεῖν ⁵⁷⁶

mvp-comment-242-5 The conject. ἐκτακείη ⁵⁷⁷

mvp-comment-243-1 ᾤκτιρα ⁵⁷⁸ δὴ ⁵⁷⁹

mvp-comment-244-1 ῥείτω κατ’ οὖρον ⁵⁸⁰ ἴτω ⁵⁸¹ οὖρον ⁵⁸²

mvp-comment-244-2 κακὸν ⁵⁸³

mvp-comment-244-3 πρὸς ἄλλον ⁵⁸⁴ κακὸν ⁵⁸⁵ πρὸς ἄλλον εἶναι ⁵⁸⁶

mvp-comment-245-1 πιθοῦ λεγούσῃ ⁵⁸⁷ πείθου ⁵⁸⁸ πιθοῦ ⁵⁸⁹ γυναικὶ τῇδε ⁵⁹⁰

mvp-comment-246-1 ἀλλ’ ⁵⁹¹ θνητὴν φρονοῦσαν θνητὰ ⁵⁹² ἀγνώμονα ⁵⁹³

mvp-comment-247-1 κρύψομαι ⁵⁹⁴

mvp-comment-248-1 ἔστιν γὰρ οὕτως ⁵⁹⁵

mvp-comment-249-1 ταύτης ὁ δεινὸς ἵμερος ⁵⁹⁶ ὁ δεινὸς ⁵⁹⁷

mvp-comment-249-2 ποθ’ ⁵⁹⁸

mvp-comment-249-3 διῆλθε ⁵⁹⁹ τῆσδ’ ⁶⁰⁰ ταύτης ⁶⁰¹

mvp-comment-249-4 ἡ πολύφθορος ⁶⁰²

mvp-comment-249-5 πατρῷος ⁶⁰³

mvp-comment-250-1 καὶ τὸ πρὸς κείνου ⁶⁰⁴

mvp-comment-251-1 εἴ τι τήνδ’ ἁμαρτ. ⁶⁰⁵

mvp-comment-251-2 νέμεις ⁶⁰⁶

mvp-comment-252-1 γε μὲν δὴ ⁶⁰⁷ ἐπεὶ ⁶⁰⁸

mvp-comment-253-1 στέργε ⁶⁰⁹ ἐς ⁶¹⁰

mvp-comment-253-2 ἐμπέδως ⁶¹¹ ἐμπέδους ⁶¹²

mvp-comment-253-3 488 f. Either τἄλλ’ ⁶¹³ χεροῖν ⁶¹⁴

mvp-comment-254-1 καὶ ⁶¹⁵ φρονοῦμεν ⁶¹⁶

mvp-comment-255-1 νόσον γ’ ἐπακτὸν ἐξαρούμεθα ⁶¹⁷ ἐπακτὸν ⁶¹⁸ γε ⁶¹⁹ ἐξαρούμεθα ⁶²⁰

mvp-comment-255-2 Others understand:—(1) ‘I shall not heighten the trouble already brought upon me by others’ (viz., the introduction of Iolè into the house, 376). But this sense for ἐξαρούμεθα ⁶²¹ γε ⁶²² νόσημ’ ⁶²³

mvp-comment-255-3 θεοῖσι δυσμαχοῦντες ⁶²⁴

mvp-comment-256-1 λόγων τ’ ⁶²⁵

mvp-comment-256-2 λόγων … ἐπιστολὰς ⁶²⁶

mvp-comment-257-1 προσαρμόσαι ⁶²⁷

mvp-comment-257-2 This is the first mention of the fateful gift. An unobtrusive significance is given to it by two traits of expression. (1)

is drawn into the relative clause ( O. C.907 n.), and resumed, with a light emphasis, in : cp. Ph.1247 , | . (2) A pause follows the second foot of the verse ( ). Cp. 27 n.

mvp-comment-257-3 ἄγῃς ⁶²⁸ φέρῃς ⁶²⁹ δίκαια ⁶³⁰

mvp-comment-257-4 ὧδε ⁶³¹ σὺν π. στόλῳ ⁶³²

mvp-comment-258-1 μέγα τι σθένος … νίκας ⁶³³

mvp-comment-258-2 ἐκφέρεται ⁶³⁴

mvp-comment-259-1 θεῶν ⁶³⁵ παρέβαν ⁶³⁶

mvp-comment-259-2 Κρονίδαν ⁶³⁷

mvp-comment-260-1 τὸν ἔννυχον Ἅιδαν ⁶³⁸

mvp-comment-261-1 Ποσειδάωνα ⁶³⁹

mvp-comment-261-2 τινάκτορα γαίας ⁶⁴⁰

mvp-comment-262-1 ἐπὶ τάνδ’ … ἄκοιτιν ⁶⁴¹

mvp-comment-262-2 Other explanations of

here are these:—(1) ‘With massive limbs,’— being intensive. (2) ‘Dexterous combatants’: cp. . (3) ‘Of dissimilar forms,’— i.e., man and bull.

mvp-comment-262-3 κατέβαν ⁶⁴²

mvp-comment-263-1 πάμπληκτα ⁶⁴³

mvp-comment-263-2 παγκόνιτά τ’ ⁶⁴⁴

mvp-comment-263-3 ἐξῆλθον ἄεθλ’ ⁶⁴⁵

mvp-comment-263-4 ἄεθλα ⁶⁴⁶ ἀγώνων ⁶⁴⁷

mvp-comment-264-1 ποταμοῦ σθένος ⁶⁴⁸

mvp-comment-264-2 φάσμα ταύρου ⁶⁴⁹

mvp-comment-264-3 Acheloüs fights, then, as the

,—not merely as the (12). Sophocles is here following the traditional version. The Homeric Scamander, in conflict with Achilles, roars ‘like a bull’ ( , Il.21. 237 ). (says the schol. there) . The taurine form was given to Acheloüs, in that combat, by Archilochus (schol. ib.), by Pindar (schol. Il.21. 194 ), and by the logographer Pherecydes ( Apollod.2. 6. 5 ): perhaps, too, by Panyasis, the author of an epic . An engraved gem in the British Museum (King, Antique Gems II. pl. 34, fig. 3) shows Acheloüs as a bull, preparing to butt at Heracles. The gem is older than the time of Sophocles, and may, as Mr. Murray S. thinks, have followed the rendering of this subject on the still more archaic throne of Apollo at Amyclae ( Paus.3. 18. 5 ). Cp. n. on 520. This fight was a favourite theme in art: for the literature, see Roscher, Lex.p. 9.

mvp-comment-264-4 Ovid ( Met. 9. 1—100 ) departs from the old Greek version: his Acheloüs begins the fight in quasi-human form,—then turns into a serpent (63) ,—and then, as a last resource into a bull (80) .

mvp-comment-265-1 ἀπ’ Οἰνιαδᾶν ⁶⁵⁰

mvp-comment-265-2 Oeniadae was some twelve miles W.S.W. of Pleuron. As Heracles arrives from his famous home to the east, so it is fitting that the river-god should come from the western town which was a chief seat of his worship. The head of the Acheloüs appears on coins of Oeniadae.

mvp-comment-266-1 Βακχίας ⁶⁵¹

mvp-comment-266-2 ἀπὸ ⁶⁵² ἄπο ⁶⁵³

mvp-comment-267-1 παλίντονα ⁶⁵⁴

mvp-comment-267-2 λόγχας ⁶⁵⁵

mvp-comment-267-3 ῥόπαλον ⁶⁵⁶ λόγχας ⁶⁵⁷ ῥόπαλον ⁶⁵⁸ τόξα ⁶⁵⁹

mvp-comment-268-1 ἀολλεῖς ⁶⁶⁰ ἐς μέσον ⁶⁶¹

mvp-comment-269-1 μόνα δ’ ⁶⁶²

mvp-comment-269-2 ἐν μέσῳ ⁶⁶³

mvp-comment-269-3 ῥαβδονόμει ⁶⁶⁴

mvp-comment-269-4 Aphroditè is here the only person near the two combatants ( ξυνοῦσα ⁶⁶⁵

mvp-comment-270-1 τότ’ ἦν χερός ⁶⁶⁶ χερὸς πάταγος ⁶⁶⁷ ἀμφίπλεκτοι κλίμακες ⁶⁶⁸ μετώπων πλήγματα ⁶⁶⁹

mvp-comment-270-2 For ἦν ⁶⁷⁰ ἦν δὲ ⁶⁷¹

mvp-comment-271-1 ἀνάμιγδα ⁶⁷²

mvp-comment-271-2 κεράτων ⁶⁷³

mvp-comment-272-1 ἦν ⁶⁷⁴

mvp-comment-272-2 ἀμφίπλεκτοι κλίμακες ⁶⁷⁵

mvp-comment-272-3 At any rate

was a familiar term in Greek wrestling: cp. Plato comicus fr. 2 (explained by Hesych. as ). For a like use of wrestling terms, cp. Ar. Eq.262 f. —One of the subjects on the archaic throne of Apollo at Amyclae was ( Paus.3. 18. 5 ).

mvp-comment-273-1 μετώπων … πλήγματα ⁶⁷⁶

mvp-comment-274-1 τηλαυγεῖ ⁶⁷⁷

mvp-comment-274-2 ὄχθῳ ⁶⁷⁸

mvp-comment-274-3 τὸν ὃν ⁶⁷⁹

mvp-comment-275-1 †ἐγὼ δὲ μάτηρ† μὲν οἷα φράζω ⁶⁸⁰

mvp-comment-275-2 The true key to this passage depends on observing the sequence of topics. (1) In 517—522,

, we have a brief picture of the fight. (2) Then vv. 523—525, , mark Deianeira's suspense. (3) Next comes the obscure parenthesis, . (4) And then we return, at v. 527, to Deianeira's suspense,—not, however, in a form which adds anything new to vv. 523 —525, but in one which merely repeats their substance:— .

mvp-comment-275-3 Now, to justify such a repetition, it is manifest that (2) and (4) should be separated, not by a mere parenthesis, such as (3) now is, but by some further allusion to the fight. This inference is strengthened by the phrase,

, which gains point if a reference to the has immediately preceded.

mvp-comment-275-4 I believe that ἐγὼ ⁶⁸¹ ἀγὼν ⁶⁸² φράζω ⁶⁸³ ἀγὼν δὲ μαργᾷ μέν, οἷα φράζω ⁶⁸⁴ τὸ δ’ ἀμφινείκητον ⁶⁸⁵

mvp-comment-276-1 ὄμμα ⁶⁸⁶ ὄμμα νύμφας ⁶⁸⁷

mvp-comment-276-2 ἐλεινὸν ἀμμένει ⁶⁸⁸

mvp-comment-277-1 κἀπὸ ματρὸς ἄφαρ βέβακεν ⁶⁸⁹

mvp-comment-277-2 ἄφαρ ⁶⁹⁰

mvp-comment-278-1 ὥστε ⁶⁹¹ ὥσπερ ⁶⁹²

mvp-comment-278-2 πόρτις ἐρήμα ⁶⁹³

mvp-comment-279-1 ἦμος ⁶⁹⁴ τῆμος ⁶⁹⁵

mvp-comment-279-2 ὁ ξένος ⁶⁹⁶

mvp-comment-279-3 θροεῖ ⁶⁹⁷

mvp-comment-279-4 ταῖς αἰχμ. παισὶν ⁶⁹⁸

mvp-comment-279-5 ὡς ἐπ’ ἐξόδῳ ⁶⁹⁹ ἐπ’ ἐξόδῳ ⁷⁰⁰

mvp-comment-279-6 θυραῖος ⁷⁰¹

mvp-comment-280-1 τὰ μὲν ⁷⁰² τὰ δ’ ⁷⁰³

mvp-comment-280-2 χερσὶν ⁷⁰⁴

mvp-comment-280-3 συγκατοικτιουμένη ⁷⁰⁵

mvp-comment-281-1 κόρην ⁷⁰⁶ ἐζευγμένην ⁷⁰⁷

mvp-comment-282-1 παρεισδέδεγμαι ⁷⁰⁸ φόρ‐ ⁷⁰⁹ τον ⁷¹⁰ παρεισδέδεγμαι ⁷¹¹

mvp-comment-282-2 λωβητὸν ⁷¹²

mvp-comment-282-3 ἐμπόλημα ⁷¹³

mvp-comment-282-4 τῆς ἐμῆς φρενός ⁷¹⁴ λωβητὸν ⁷¹⁵

mvp-comment-283-1 δὔ οὖσαι ⁷¹⁶

mvp-comment-283-2 μιᾶς ὑπὸ χλαίνης ⁷¹⁷

mvp-comment-283-3 ὑπαγκάλισμα ⁷¹⁸

mvp-comment-283-4 Mr Murray S. has shown me a curious illustration of this passage. A vase of the 6th cent. B.C., now in the British Museum, depicts two women under the same

,—a symbolical representation, perhaps, of a common grief.

mvp-comment-284-1 ὁ … ἡμῖν καλούμενος ⁷¹⁹

mvp-comment-284-2 πιστός ⁷²⁰

mvp-comment-285-1 οἰκούρια ⁷²¹ τοῦ μακροῦ χρόνου ⁷²²

mvp-comment-286-1 οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι ⁷²³

mvp-comment-286-2 τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ ⁷²⁴

mvp-comment-287-1 τὸ δ’ αὖ ξυνοικεῖν ⁷²⁵

mvp-comment-288-1 The text of this passage is, I believe, sound, though the diction is bold, and somewhat careless. The one

(Iolè's) is growing to the perfect flower, while the other (Deianeira's) is declining. (Cp. Ar. Lys.596 .) In what follows, these points may be noted.

mvp-comment-288-2 (1) ὧν ⁷²⁶ ὧν ⁷²⁷

mvp-comment-288-3 (2) τῶν δ’ ὑπεκτρέπει πόδα ⁷²⁸

mvp-comment-288-4 (3) ἀφαρπάζειν ⁷²⁹

mvp-comment-288-5 (4) ὀφθαλμὸς ⁷³⁰

mvp-comment-289-1 ταῦτ’ οὖν ⁷³¹

mvp-comment-289-2 καλῆται ⁷³² καλεῖται ⁷³³ καλῆται ⁷³⁴

mvp-comment-289-3 ἀνήρ ⁷³⁵

mvp-comment-290-1 ἀλλ’ οὐ γάρ ⁷³⁶

mvp-comment-290-2 553 f. The MSS. have ᾗ δ’ ἔχω ⁷³⁷ λυτήριον λύπημα ⁷³⁸ λύπημα ⁷³⁹ λώφημα ⁷⁴⁰

mvp-comment-290-3 Deianeira is here speaking of an expedient which gives her some hope, indeed, but no assured confidence (590 f.). This exactly suits the usage of

and its derivatives, which denote the alleviation of evil,—not its complete removal. Cp. Ai.61 . Thuc.6. 12 . Plat. Legg. 854 C

ἐὰν μέν σοι δρῶντι ταῦτα λωφᾷ τι τὸ νόσημα

. Thuc. uses , ‘abatement’ ( 4. 81

τοῦ πολέμου

). Deianeira, in bethinking her of the philtre, has found that which holds out a promise of deliverance, and assuages, though it does not cure, her pain,—a .

mvp-comment-290-4 The attempted versions of

have been these:—(1) With a comma after : ‘a thing to grieve this girl, for my deliverance’:—a grammatically sound phrase, but wholly unsuited to Deianeira, whose aim is to be more loved than Iolè (584 ff.),—but not to pain her. (2) Taking as= : ‘how I find that my pain is remediable.’ This is impossible. (3) Governing by : ‘how I have a thing to remedy my pain.’ Also impossible.

mvp-comment-290-5 Paley, changing ἔχω ⁷⁴¹ ἔχει ⁷⁴²

mvp-comment-291-1 ἦν μοι ⁷⁴³

mvp-comment-291-2 ποτὲ ⁷⁴⁴ δῶρον ⁷⁴⁵ θηρός ⁷⁴⁶

mvp-comment-291-3 παλαιὸν ⁷⁴⁷ ἀρχαίου ⁷⁴⁸

mvp-comment-291-4 θηρός ⁷⁴⁹

mvp-comment-291-5 λέβητι ⁷⁵⁰

mvp-comment-292-1 δασυστέρνου ⁷⁵¹

mvp-comment-292-2 παρὰ Νέσσου ⁷⁵² ἐκ φονῶν ⁷⁵³ φόνων ⁷⁵⁴

mvp-comment-292-3 The name Νέσσος ⁷⁵⁵

mvp-comment-293-1 τὸν βαθύρρουν … Εὔηνον ⁷⁵⁶

mvp-comment-293-2 The association of Nessus with the Evenus well illustrates the significance of the Centaur as a personification of a ravaging torrent. (Cp. Mr Sidney Colvin in Journ. of Hellen. Stud. vol. I. p. 160: also Mure, Tour in Greece, I. 170.) In Ov. Met.2. 638 a daughter of the Centaur Cheiron is called Ocyroe (

), because born

mvp-comment-293-3 ποταμὸν … βροτοὺς … )πόρευε ⁷⁵⁷ )πόρευε ⁷⁵⁸ θοῦ ⁷⁵⁹

mvp-comment-294-1 τὸν πατρῷον … στόλον ⁷⁶⁰ ἑσπόμην ⁷⁶¹

mvp-comment-294-2 The soundness of the words is confirmed by their dramatic fitness. There is a tacit contrast in her thoughts between herself and the new paramour; she thinks of the long-past day when her father gave her to her husband, and sent her forth with him. The words also accord with that tone of passivity in which she has already spoken of her marriage (6—27). She welcomed Heracles as a deliverer, and has learned to love him; but she had no voice in the bestowal of her hand.— Cp. fr. 521 (the young girl is happy at home, but the bride is sent forth by her parents to a doubtful fate):

| | ... | , | .—See Appendix.

mvp-comment-294-3 εὖνις ⁷⁶²

mvp-comment-295-1 φέρων ἐπ’ ὤμοις ⁷⁶³

mvp-comment-295-2 ἦ ⁷⁶⁴ ἦν ⁷⁶⁵

mvp-comment-295-3 μέσῳ πόρῳ ⁷⁶⁶

mvp-comment-295-4 ἐκ δ’ ἤϋσ’ ἐγώ ⁷⁶⁷

mvp-comment-296-1 ἐπιστρέψας ⁷⁶⁸

mvp-comment-296-2 κομήτην ⁷⁶⁹

mvp-comment-296-3 πλεύμονας ⁷⁷⁰ ν ⁷⁷¹ λ ⁷⁷² λ ⁷⁷³ λ ⁷⁷⁴ ν ⁷⁷⁵

mvp-comment-296-4 ἐκθνῄσκων ⁷⁷⁶

mvp-comment-296-5 569 ff. For τοσοῦτον ⁷⁷⁷

mvp-comment-296-6 τῶν ἐμῶν … πορθμῶν ⁷⁷⁸

mvp-comment-297-1 ἐὰν γὰρ … ὕδρας ⁷⁷⁹ τῶν ἐμῶν σφαγῶν ⁷⁸⁰ ἀμφίθρεπτον ⁷⁸¹ ἐνέγκῃ χερσίν ⁷⁸² ᾗ μελαγχόλους ⁷⁸³ μελαγχόλους ⁷⁸⁴ ἰούς ⁷⁸⁵

mvp-comment-297-2 θρέμμα … ὕδρας ⁷⁸⁶

mvp-comment-297-3 Others explain thus:—‘If thou gather the blood from my wound, clotted around ( the arrow), at the place where the hydra has tinged it,’ etc., i.e., at the arrow's head. This is quite possible, but is open to objections. (1) The language in 557 f. (

) implies that she obtained the blood directly from the body, not from the arrow-head. (2) The phrase ἐνέγκῃ χερσίν ⁷⁸⁷

mvp-comment-297-4 If we adopted the conjecture μελάγχολος … ἰός ⁷⁸⁸ θρέμμα ⁷⁸⁹ ἔβαψεν ⁷⁹⁰

mvp-comment-297-5 Ovid describes the incident thus:—The arrow is withdrawn, and the blood flows from the wound,

Nessus then presents Deianeira with a garment steeped in the blood ( ): Met.9. 129 ff.

mvp-comment-298-1 ὥστε μήτιν’ εἰσιδὼν στέρξει ⁷⁹¹

mvp-comment-298-2 ἀντὶ σοῦ ⁷⁹²

mvp-comment-299-1 ἐννοήσας’ ⁷⁹³

mvp-comment-299-2 δόμοις ⁷⁹⁴ ἐγκεκλῃμένον ⁷⁹⁵

mvp-comment-300-1 χιτῶνα τόνδ’ ⁷⁹⁶

mvp-comment-300-2 ἔβαψα ⁷⁹⁷

mvp-comment-300-3 προσβαλοῦς’ ⁷⁹⁸

mvp-comment-301-1 πεπείρανται ⁷⁹⁹

mvp-comment-302-1 κακὰς δὲ τόλμας ⁸⁰⁰

mvp-comment-302-2 μήτ’ ἐπισταίμην …, μήτ’ ἐκμάθοιμι ⁸⁰¹

mvp-comment-302-3 στυγῶ ⁸⁰²

mvp-comment-303-1 φίλτροις δ’ ἐάν πως ⁸⁰³ μεμηχάνηται τοὔργον ⁸⁰⁴

mvp-comment-303-2 ὑπερβαλώμεθα ⁸⁰⁵

mvp-comment-303-3 τὴν παῖδα ⁸⁰⁶ θέλκτροισι ⁸⁰⁷

mvp-comment-303-4 εἴ τι μὴ ⁸⁰⁸

mvp-comment-303-5 μάταιον ⁸⁰⁹

mvp-comment-303-6 εἰ δὲ μή ⁸¹⁰

mvp-comment-304-1 πίστις ⁸¹¹

mvp-comment-304-2 590 f. The whole phrase οὕτως ἔχει ⁸¹² γε ⁸¹³ πίστις ⁸¹⁴

mvp-comment-304-3 ὡς ⁸¹⁵ οὕτως ⁸¹⁶

mvp-comment-304-4 τὸ μὲν δοκεῖν ⁸¹⁷

mvp-comment-304-5 πείρᾳ δ’ οὐ προσωμίλησα ⁸¹⁸

mvp-comment-305-1 δρῶσαν ⁸¹⁹ γνῶμα ⁸²⁰

mvp-comment-306-1 ἀλλ’ αὐτίκ’ ⁸²¹ ἐλεύσεται ⁸²²

mvp-comment-307-1 μόνον ⁸²³

mvp-comment-307-2 παρ’ ὑμῶν ⁸²⁴ παρ’ ὑμῖν ⁸²⁵ στεγώμεθ’ ⁸²⁶

mvp-comment-307-3 αἰσχύνῃ πεσεῖ ⁸²⁷

mvp-comment-308-1 τῷ μακρῷ χρόνῳ ⁸²⁸

mvp-comment-309-1 αὐτὰ … ταῦτα ⁸²⁹ καὶ ⁸³⁰ πράσσω ⁸³¹ ἠγορῶ ⁸³²

mvp-comment-309-2 ταναϋφῆ ⁸³³ τόνδε γ’ εὐϋφῆ ⁸³⁴ ἀϋφῆ ⁸³⁵ ταναϋφῆ ⁸³⁶ γε ⁸³⁷

mvp-comment-309-3 πέπλον ⁸³⁸ τόνδε ⁸³⁹

mvp-comment-310-1 φράζ’ ὅπως μηδεὶς … ἀμφιδύσεται ⁸⁴⁰

mvp-comment-311-1 ἕρκος ἱερὸν ⁸⁴¹ ἐφέστιον σέλας ⁸⁴²

mvp-comment-312-1 φανερὸς ⁸⁴³ ἐμφανῶς ⁸⁴⁴ σταθεὶς ⁸⁴⁵

mvp-comment-313-1 ηὔγμην ⁸⁴⁶

mvp-comment-314-1 πανδίκως ⁸⁴⁷ στελεῖν ⁸⁴⁸ σωθέντ’ ⁸⁴⁹ πανδίκως ⁸⁵⁰

mvp-comment-315-1 καινῷ καινὸν ⁸⁵¹

mvp-comment-315-2 As to the wearing of new, or freshly washed, garments on such occasions, cp. Od.4. 750 (Penelope is to pray to Athena)

.

mvp-comment-316-1 καὶ τῶνδ’ ἀποίσεις ⁸⁵²

mvp-comment-316-2 ἐπὸν μαθήσεται ⁸⁵³ ἐπ’ ὄμμα θήσεται ⁸⁵⁴ ν ⁸⁵⁵ μ ⁸⁵⁶ εὐμαθὲς … μαθήσεται ⁸⁵⁷ ὃ ⁸⁵⁸ ἐπιθήσεται ὄμμα ⁸⁵⁹

mvp-comment-317-1 νόμον ⁸⁶⁰

mvp-comment-317-2 τὸ μὴ )πιθυμεῖν πομπὸς ὢν ⁸⁶¹

mvp-comment-318-1 ὅπως ἂν ⁸⁶² χάρις ⁸⁶³ ἁπλῆ ⁸⁶⁴ διπλῆ ⁸⁶⁵ κείνου τε κἀμοῦ ⁸⁶⁶ ξυνελθοῦς’ ⁸⁶⁷

mvp-comment-319-1 εἴπερ Ἑρμοῦ ⁸⁶⁸

mvp-comment-319-2 πομπεύω ⁸⁶⁹ τέχνην ⁸⁷⁰ βέβαιον ⁸⁷¹

mvp-comment-319-3 οὔ τι μὴ ⁸⁷² οὔ τοι μὴ ⁸⁷³

mvp-comment-319-4 τὸ μὴ οὐ ⁸⁷⁴

mvp-comment-319-5 ἄγγος ⁸⁷⁵

mvp-comment-319-6 ὡς ἔχει ⁸⁷⁶

mvp-comment-320-1 λόγων … πίστιν ⁸⁷⁷

mvp-comment-320-2 ἐφαρμόσαι ⁸⁷⁸

mvp-comment-320-3 λέγεις ⁸⁷⁹ ἔχεις ⁸⁸⁰ ἔχει ⁸⁸¹ ἐφεῖς’ ⁸⁸²

mvp-comment-321-1 στείχοις ἂν ἤδη ⁸⁸³

mvp-comment-322-1 σεσωσμένα ⁸⁸⁴

mvp-comment-322-2 627 f. For ἀλλὰ … μὲν δὴ ⁸⁸⁵ αὐτὴν ⁸⁸⁶ αὐτήν θ’ ⁸⁸⁷ τὰ τῆς ξένης προσδέγματα ⁸⁸⁸ αὐτὴν ὡς ἐδεξάμην φίλως ⁸⁸⁹ οἶσθα ⁸⁹⁰ τὰ τῆς ξένης προσδέγματα ⁸⁹¹ φίλως ⁸⁹² αὐτήν θ’ ⁸⁹³ θ’ ⁸⁹⁴

mvp-comment-323-1 ἐκπλαγῆναι ⁸⁹⁵

mvp-comment-324-1 πρὼ| ⁸⁹⁶

mvp-comment-324-2 μὴ … λέγοις ἂν ⁸⁹⁷

mvp-comment-324-3 τὸν ἐξ ἐμοῦ ⁸⁹⁸

mvp-comment-325-1 τἀκεῖθεν ⁸⁹⁹ εἰδέναι ⁹⁰⁰ εἰ ποθούμεθα ⁹⁰¹ δέδοικα ⁹⁰² ἐμοῦ ⁹⁰³

mvp-comment-326-1 <*> ναύλοχα ⁹⁰⁴

mvp-comment-326-2 θερμὰ λουτρὰ ⁹⁰⁵ να<*>λοχα ⁹⁰⁶ πετραῖα ⁹⁰⁷

mvp-comment-326-3 ναύλοχα ⁹⁰⁸

mvp-comment-326-4 πάγους Οἴτας ⁹⁰⁹

mvp-comment-326-5 παραναιετάοντες ⁹¹⁰

mvp-comment-326-6 οἵ ⁹¹¹ τε ⁹¹²

mvp-comment-326-7 χρυσαλακάτου τ’ ἀκτὰν κόρας ⁹¹³

mvp-comment-326-8 χρυσαλακάτου ⁹¹⁴

mvp-comment-327-1 ἔνθ’ Ἑλλάνων ⁹¹⁵

mvp-comment-327-2 Ἑλλάνων ⁹¹⁶

mvp-comment-327-3 ἀγοραὶ Πυλάτιδες ⁹¹⁷

mvp-comment-327-4 κλέονται ⁹¹⁸

mvp-comment-328-1 ἀναρσίαν ⁹¹⁹

mvp-comment-328-2 ἐπάνεισιν ⁹²⁰

mvp-comment-328-3 θείας … μούσας ⁹²¹ ἀντίλυρον ⁹²²

mvp-comment-328-4 ἀχῶν ⁹²³ ἰάχων ⁹²⁴

mvp-comment-329-1 ὁ Διὸς … Ἀλκμήνας κόρος ⁹²⁵

mvp-comment-330-1 σοῦται ⁹²⁶ σεῦται ⁹²⁷

mvp-comment-330-2 πάσας ⁹²⁸

mvp-comment-331-1 ὃν ἀπόπτολιν εἴχομεν ⁹²⁹

mvp-comment-331-2 παντᾷ ⁹³⁰ ἀπόπτολιν ⁹³¹

mvp-comment-331-3 δυοκαιδεκάμηνον … χρόνον ⁹³²

mvp-comment-331-4 πελάγιον ⁹³³

mvp-comment-332-1 ἁ δέ οἱ … δάμαρ ⁹³⁴ οἱ ⁹³⁵

mvp-comment-333-1 τάλαιναν ⁹³⁶ τάλαινα ⁹³⁷

mvp-comment-333-2 ὤλλυτο ⁹³⁸

mvp-comment-334-1 Ἄρης ⁹³⁹

mvp-comment-334-2 οἰστρηθεὶς ⁹⁴⁰ αὖ ⁹⁴¹ οἱ ⁹⁴² στρωθεὶς ⁹⁴³

mvp-comment-334-3 ἐξέλυσ’ ἐπίπονονἁμέραν ⁹⁴⁴ ἐπίπονον ἁμέραν ⁹⁴⁵

mvp-comment-335-1 ὄχημα ναὸς ⁹⁴⁶

mvp-comment-336-1 πρὶν … ἀνύσειε ⁹⁴⁷

mvp-comment-337-1 ἑστίαν ⁹⁴⁸

mvp-comment-337-2 ἀμείψας ⁹⁴⁹

mvp-comment-337-3 κλῄζεται θυτήρ ⁹⁵⁰

mvp-comment-338-1 πανίμερος ⁹⁵¹ πανάμερος ⁹⁵²

mvp-comment-339-1 τᾶς πειθοῦς παγχρίστῳ ⁹⁵³

mvp-comment-339-2 Let us now examine the text in detail.

mvp-comment-339-3 (1) παγχρίστῳ ⁹⁵⁴

mvp-comment-339-4 (2) The words ἐπὶ προφάσει θηρός ⁹⁵⁵ φάρους ⁹⁵⁶

mvp-comment-339-5 (3) For συγκραθεὶς ⁹⁵⁷

mvp-comment-339-6 There remains, however, the metrical discrepancy between συγκραθεὶς ⁹⁵⁸ ἐξέλυς’ ⁹⁵⁹ ἐξείλυς’ ⁹⁶⁰ συντακεὶς ⁹⁶¹

mvp-comment-339-7 Either

or would here admit a secondary sense, unconsciously prophetic of the dire event (833 : 836 ),— like in 494.—For other views, see Appendix.

mvp-comment-340-1 περαιτέρω ⁹⁶²

mvp-comment-341-1 Δῃάνειρα, τέκνον Οἰνέως ⁹⁶³

mvp-comment-342-1 ἀθυμῶ δ’, εἰ φανήσομαι ⁹⁶⁴

mvp-comment-343-1 οὐ δή ⁹⁶⁵ τι ⁹⁶⁶ ἐλπίδος ⁹⁶⁷ τι ⁹⁶⁸ δωρημάτων ⁹⁶⁹

mvp-comment-344-1 ὥστε μήποτ’ ἂν παραινέσαι ⁹⁷⁰ προθυμίαν … ἔργου ⁹⁷¹ ἄδηλον ⁹⁷² λαβεῖν ⁹⁷³

mvp-comment-345-1 εἰ διδακτόν ⁹⁷⁴

mvp-comment-346-1 οἷον, ἢν φράσω ⁹⁷⁵

mvp-comment-346-2 (1) To retain ὑμῖν ⁹⁷⁶ μαθεῖν ⁹⁷⁷

mvp-comment-346-3 (2) To read ὑμᾶς ⁹⁷⁸ ὑμῖν ⁹⁷⁹ φράσω ⁹⁸⁰

mvp-comment-346-4 Others, taking μαθεῖν ⁹⁸¹ θαῦμ’ ἀνέλπιστον ⁹⁸² ἂν φράσαι ⁹⁸³

mvp-comment-347-1 τὸν ἐνδυτῆρα πέπλον ⁹⁸⁴

mvp-comment-348-1 ἀργὴς … πόκος ⁹⁸⁵ ἀργῆτ’ … πόκῳ ⁹⁸⁶ ἀργῆτ’ ⁹⁸⁷ ἀργῆτα ⁹⁸⁸ τὸν ἐνδυτῆρα πέπλον ⁹⁸⁹

mvp-comment-348-2 Blaydes suggests

: but the usage of precludes this. A change of ἀργὴς … πόκος ⁹⁹⁰ ἀργῆτ’ ⁹⁹¹ πόκῳ ⁹⁹² ᾧ ⁹⁹³ εὐέρου ⁹⁹⁴

mvp-comment-349-1 πρὸς οὐδενὸς ⁹⁹⁵ τῶν ἔνδον ⁹⁹⁶ τῶν ἐκτός ⁹⁹⁷ φθίνει ⁹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-350-1 ψῇ ⁹⁹⁹

mvp-comment-350-2 Such is the only sense which the words will bear. They are perhaps corrupt. Sophocles has the dat. plur.

, in the ordinary sense, ‘sea-rocks,’ in fr. 341; but the sense of the sing. here is peculiar. And vv. 695—698 would naturally suggest that she had thrown the tuft at once on the ground, rather than on a stone from which it afterwards crumbled down.

mvp-comment-350-3 Possibly the true reading is κατ’ ἄκρας σπόδιον ¹⁰⁰⁰ σπιλάδος ¹⁰⁰¹ σπ ¹⁰⁰²

mvp-comment-351-1 ἐκτενῶ ¹⁰⁰³

mvp-comment-352-1 γὰρ ¹⁰⁰⁴

mvp-comment-352-2 ὧν ¹⁰⁰⁵ θεσμῶν ¹⁰⁰⁶

mvp-comment-352-3 ὁ θὴρ Κένταυρος ¹⁰⁰⁷

mvp-comment-352-4 πονῶν πλευρὰν ¹⁰⁰⁸

mvp-comment-352-5 πικρᾷ ¹⁰⁰⁹

mvp-comment-352-6 προὐδιδάξατο ¹⁰¹⁰

mvp-comment-353-1 θεσμῶν οὐδέν ¹⁰¹¹ ἐσῳζόμην ¹⁰¹²

mvp-comment-354-1 χαλκῆς … δέλτου ¹⁰¹³ θεσμῶν ¹⁰¹⁴

mvp-comment-355-1 καίμοι ¹⁰¹⁵ σῴζειν ¹⁰¹⁶ προὐδιδάξατο ¹⁰¹⁷ κἄδρων τοιαῦτα ¹⁰¹⁸ τοιαῦτ’ ἔδρων ¹⁰¹⁹

mvp-comment-356-1 ἄπυρον ¹⁰²⁰ ἄθικτον ¹⁰²¹

mvp-comment-357-1 ἕως νιν ¹⁰²²

mvp-comment-357-2 που ¹⁰²³

mvp-comment-358-1 ἔχρισα μὲν ¹⁰²⁴ κἄθηκα ¹⁰²⁵ εἴσω δ’ ¹⁰²⁶ κατ’ οἶκον ¹⁰²⁷ ἐν δόμοις ¹⁰²⁸

mvp-comment-359-1 κτησίου ¹⁰²⁹

mvp-comment-360-1 ἀλαμπὲς ἡλίου ¹⁰³⁰

mvp-comment-361-1 ζυγάστρῳ ¹⁰³¹

mvp-comment-361-2 κοίλῳ ¹⁰³²

mvp-comment-362-1 εἴσω δ’ ἀποστείχουσα ¹⁰³³

mvp-comment-362-2 φάτιν ¹⁰³⁴ ἄφραστον ¹⁰³⁵ ἀξύμβλητον ¹⁰³⁶ ἀνθρώπῳ μαθεῖν ¹⁰³⁷ ἀξύμβλητον ¹⁰³⁸

mvp-comment-363-1 κάταγμα ¹⁰³⁹

mvp-comment-363-2 προὔχριον ¹⁰⁴⁰ ἀκτῖν’ ἐς ἡλιῶτιν ¹⁰⁴¹

mvp-comment-363-3 Wunder rashly rejects the verse. Dobree's objection to it seems to have been the repeated ἐς ¹⁰⁴²

mvp-comment-364-1 ῥεῖ ¹⁰⁴³

mvp-comment-364-2 κατέψηκται ¹⁰⁴⁴

mvp-comment-365-1 μορφῇ ¹⁰⁴⁵ μάλιστ’ εἰκαστὸν ¹⁰⁴⁶ ὥστε ¹⁰⁴⁷

mvp-comment-365-2 πρίονος ἐκβρώματ’ ¹⁰⁴⁸

mvp-comment-366-1 προπετές ¹⁰⁴⁹ προὔκειτ’, ἀναζέουσι ¹⁰⁵⁰ θρομβώδεις ἀφροί ¹⁰⁵¹

mvp-comment-367-1 πίονος ποτοῦ γλ. ὀπώρας ἀπὸ Β. ἀμπέλου ¹⁰⁵²

mvp-comment-367-2 χυθέντος ¹⁰⁵³ Β. ἀπ’ ἀμπέλου ¹⁰⁵⁴

mvp-comment-367-3 For ὀπώρας ¹⁰⁵⁵ Βακχίας ¹⁰⁵⁶ πίονος ¹⁰⁵⁷

mvp-comment-368-1 ποῖ γνώμης πέσω ¹⁰⁵⁸

mvp-comment-369-1 ὁρῶ δέ μ’ … ἐξειργασμένην ¹⁰⁵⁹

mvp-comment-370-1 πόθεν ¹⁰⁶⁰ ἀντὶ τοῦ ¹⁰⁶¹

mvp-comment-370-2 ἂν … παρέσχ’ ¹⁰⁶²

mvp-comment-370-3 ἧς … ὕπερ ¹⁰⁶³

mvp-comment-371-1 ἀποφθίσαι ¹⁰⁶⁴

mvp-comment-372-1 ἀρκεῖ ¹⁰⁶⁵

mvp-comment-372-2 ἄρνυμαι ¹⁰⁶⁶

mvp-comment-373-1 εἴ τι μὴ ¹⁰⁶⁷

mvp-comment-373-2 ψευσθήσομαι γνώμης ¹⁰⁶⁸

mvp-comment-374-1 ἄτρακτον ¹⁰⁶⁹

mvp-comment-374-2 θεὸν Χείρωνα ¹⁰⁷⁰

mvp-comment-374-3 πημήναντα ¹⁰⁷¹

mvp-comment-374-4 Ovid varies the story. Heracles visited Cheiron on Mount Pelion; a poisoned arrow chanced to fall from the hero's quiver on the left foot of the Centaur.

( Fast. 5. 387—414.)

mvp-comment-374-5 χὧνπερ ¹⁰⁷² χὥσπερ ¹⁰⁷³

mvp-comment-375-1 ἐκ … σφαγῶν τοῦδε διελθὼν ¹⁰⁷⁴

mvp-comment-375-2 ἰὸς αἵματος ¹⁰⁷⁵

mvp-comment-375-3 τόνδε ¹⁰⁷⁶

mvp-comment-375-4 Others take ἐκ … τοῦδε ¹⁰⁷⁷ ὅδε ¹⁰⁷⁸ τοῦδ’ ¹⁰⁷⁹

mvp-comment-375-5 δόξῃ γοῦν ἐμῇ ¹⁰⁸⁰

mvp-comment-376-1 σφαλήσεται ¹⁰⁸¹

mvp-comment-376-2 For σὺν ¹⁰⁸²

mvp-comment-377-1 προτιμᾷ ¹⁰⁸³ κακὴ ¹⁰⁸⁴

mvp-comment-378-1 ἔργα δείν’ ¹⁰⁸⁵

mvp-comment-378-2 ἐλπίδ’ ¹⁰⁸⁶

mvp-comment-379-1 τοῖς μὴ καλοῖς β. ¹⁰⁸⁷ προξενεῖ ¹⁰⁸⁸

mvp-comment-380-1 ἀμφὶ ¹⁰⁸⁹

mvp-comment-380-2 μὴ )ξ ἑκουσίας ¹⁰⁹⁰

mvp-comment-380-3 πέπειρα ¹⁰⁹¹

mvp-comment-381-1 τοιαῦτα δ’ ¹⁰⁹²

mvp-comment-381-2 οἴκοι ¹⁰⁹³

mvp-comment-382-1 ἂν ἁρμόζοι ¹⁰⁹⁴

mvp-comment-382-2 τὸν πλείω λόγον ¹⁰⁹⁵ λέξεις ¹⁰⁹⁶

mvp-comment-382-3 μαστὴρ πατρὸς ¹⁰⁹⁷

mvp-comment-383-1 ἂν … εἱλόμην ¹⁰⁹⁸

mvp-comment-383-2 σε ¹⁰⁹⁹ ἓν ¹¹⁰⁰ σε ἢ μηκέτ’ εἶναι ¹¹⁰¹ σε ¹¹⁰²

mvp-comment-383-3 ἐκ τριῶν ἓν ¹¹⁰³

mvp-comment-383-4 κεκλῆσθαι ¹¹⁰⁴

mvp-comment-384-1 τί δ’ ἔστιν … πρός γ’ ἐμοῦ στυγού‐ ¹¹⁰⁵ μενον ¹¹⁰⁶ πρός γ’ ἐμοῦ ¹¹⁰⁷

mvp-comment-385-1 τὸν δ’ ἐμὸν ¹¹⁰⁸ δέ ¹¹⁰⁹ λέγω ¹¹¹⁰ λέγω ¹¹¹¹

mvp-comment-386-1 ἐξήνεγκας ¹¹¹²

mvp-comment-387-1 δν οὐχ ο<*>όν τε ¹¹¹³ μὴ οὐ ¹¹¹⁴ μὴ ¹¹¹⁵

mvp-comment-387-2 τὸ … φανθὲν ¹¹¹⁶ τὸ γὰρ ¹¹¹⁷

mvp-comment-387-3 τίς ἂν δύναιτ’ ἂν ¹¹¹⁸

mvp-comment-387-4 ἀγένητον ¹¹¹⁹

mvp-comment-387-5 744 f. For ἀνθρώπων ¹¹²⁰

mvp-comment-387-6 ἄζηλον ¹¹²¹

mvp-comment-388-1 ἐν ὄμμασιν ¹¹²²

mvp-comment-388-2 κατὰ γλῶσσαν ¹¹²³

mvp-comment-389-1 ἐμπελάζεις … καὶ παρίστασαι ¹¹²⁴

mvp-comment-390-1 εἰ χρὴ μαθεῖν σε ¹¹²⁵

mvp-comment-391-1 ὅθ’ εἷρπε ¹¹²⁶

mvp-comment-392-1 τροπαῖα ¹¹²⁷ ἀκροθίνια ¹¹²⁸

mvp-comment-393-1 ἀκτή … ἔστιν ¹¹²⁹

mvp-comment-393-2 Κήναιον ¹¹³⁰

mvp-comment-393-3 πατρῴῳ ¹¹³¹ βωμοὺς ὁρίζει ¹¹³²

mvp-comment-393-4 τεμενίαν … φυλλάδα ¹¹³³ ἄσμενος πόθῳ ¹¹³⁴

mvp-comment-394-1 πολυθύτους … σφαγὰς ¹¹³⁵

mvp-comment-395-1 κῆρυξ ἀπ’ οἴκων … οἰκεῖος ¹¹³⁶ οἰκεῖος ¹¹³⁷

mvp-comment-396-1 προὐξεφίεσο ¹¹³⁸

mvp-comment-397-1 ταυροκτονεῖ ¹¹³⁹ συμμιγῆ βοσκήματα ¹¹⁴⁰

mvp-comment-397-2 ἐντελεῖς ¹¹⁴¹

mvp-comment-397-3 βοῦς ¹¹⁴² ταυροκτονεῖ ¹¹⁴³

mvp-comment-397-4 προσῆγε ¹¹⁴⁴

mvp-comment-398-1 ἵλεῳ ¹¹⁴⁵

mvp-comment-399-1 κόσμῳ τε … καὶ στολῇ ¹¹⁴⁶

mvp-comment-399-2 Several critics alter κατηύχετο ¹¹⁴⁷ κατήρχετο ¹¹⁴⁸

mvp-comment-399-3 But κατηύχετο ¹¹⁴⁹

mvp-comment-400-1 σεμνῶν ὀργίων … φλὸξ ¹¹⁵⁰

mvp-comment-400-2 πιείρας δρυός ¹¹⁵¹

mvp-comment-401-1 ἱδρὼς ¹¹⁵² ἀρτίκολλος, ὥστε τέκτονος ¹¹⁵³

mvp-comment-401-2 Some have supposed that the

is compared to (stone or bronze) drapery on a statue. could certainly mean a sculptor: Eur. Alc.348 | . But: (1) There would be little point in comparing a real robe to an imitation in art. (2) Cp. fr. 430. 4, where Pelops is responding, with his eyes, to the glance of Hippodameia, and the discreet limit which the lover's instinct observes is compared to the line traced by a craftsman's rule;— | . There, then, as here, the simile is from a mechanical process: the is suggested there by , as here by .

mvp-comment-401-3 ἅπαν κατ’ ἄρθρον ¹¹⁵⁴

mvp-comment-401-4 ὀστέων ¹¹⁵⁵ ἀντίσπαστος ¹¹⁵⁶ ἀδαγμός ¹¹⁵⁷

mvp-comment-402-1 ἐχίδνης … ὣς ¹¹⁵⁸

mvp-comment-402-2 ἐδαίνυτο ¹¹⁵⁹

mvp-comment-403-1 )βόησε ¹¹⁶⁰

mvp-comment-403-2 μηχαναῖς ¹¹⁶¹

mvp-comment-404-1 ἔλεξεν ¹¹⁶²

mvp-comment-405-1 πλευμόνων ¹¹⁶³

mvp-comment-406-1 ἄρθρον ᾗ λυγίζεται ¹¹⁶⁴

mvp-comment-407-1 ἐκ πόντου ¹¹⁶⁵

mvp-comment-407-2 The name ‘Lichades’ was given to some rocky islets just S. of C. Cenaeum, in the narrow strait dividing it from the promontory of Cnemīdes on the Locrian coast. Strabo 9. p. 426

. Cp. Aesch. fr. 29, quoted on 237 f. Ovid Met. 9. 226

Nunc quoque in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat alte | Gurgite, et humanae servat vestigia formae; | Quem quasi sensurum nautae calcare verentur, | Appellantque Lichan.

— perh.= : cp. (Preller 2. 255 n. 2).

mvp-comment-408-1 κόμης … μυελὸν ἐκραίνει ¹¹⁶⁶

mvp-comment-408-2 μυελὸν ¹¹⁶⁷

mvp-comment-408-3 διασπαρέντος ¹¹⁶⁸ μέσου ¹¹⁶⁹

mvp-comment-409-1 ἀνηυφήμησεν οἰμωγῇ ¹¹⁷⁰

mvp-comment-410-1 ἰύζων ¹¹⁷¹

mvp-comment-411-1 Λοκρῶν τ’ ὄρειοι πρῶνες ¹¹⁷² τ’ ¹¹⁷³ Λοκρῶν ¹¹⁷⁴ ἄκραι ¹¹⁷⁵ ἄκρα ¹¹⁷⁶

mvp-comment-411-2 Seneca's equivalent for this passage is curious: he describes the hero's cries as re-echoed from Chalcis (50 miles off), from Cape Caphareus (upwards of 100), and from ‘all the Cyclades’! ( Herc. Oet. 803 ff.)

mvp-comment-412-1 ἀπεῖπε … ῥίπτων ¹¹⁷⁷

mvp-comment-413-1 δυσπάρευνον ¹¹⁷⁸ λέκτρον ¹¹⁷⁹

mvp-comment-413-2 ἐνδατούμενος ¹¹⁸⁰

mvp-comment-413-3 τὸν Οἰνέως γάμον ¹¹⁸¹

mvp-comment-414-1 προσέδρου ¹¹⁸²

mvp-comment-414-2 λιγνύος ¹¹⁸³

mvp-comment-414-3 διάστροφον ¹¹⁸⁴

mvp-comment-415-1 συνθανεῖν ¹¹⁸⁵

mvp-comment-416-1 ἔξω ¹¹⁸⁶ ἆρον ¹¹⁸⁷

mvp-comment-416-2 The reasons for preferring Wakefield's με θὲς ¹¹⁸⁸ μέθες ¹¹⁸⁹ μέθες ¹¹⁹⁰

mvp-comment-416-3 ὅπου … μή τις ὄψεται ¹¹⁹¹

mvp-comment-417-1 εἰ δ’ οἶκτον ἴσχεις ¹¹⁹² εἰ δ’ οἶκτος ἴσχει ς’. ¹¹⁹³

mvp-comment-417-2 ἀλλά ¹¹⁹⁴ αὐτοῦ ¹¹⁹⁵

mvp-comment-417-3 θάνω ¹¹⁹⁶

mvp-comment-418-1 τοσαῦτ’ ¹¹⁹⁷

mvp-comment-418-2 ἐπισκήψαντος ¹¹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-419-1 σφε ¹¹⁹⁹ ἐκέλσαμεν ¹²⁰⁰ θέντες ¹²⁰¹

mvp-comment-420-1 ἢ ζῶντ’ … ἢ τεθνηκότ’ ¹²⁰²

mvp-comment-421-1 βουλεύσας’ ¹²⁰³

mvp-comment-421-2 δρῶς’ ¹²⁰⁴

mvp-comment-421-3 ποίνιμος ¹²⁰⁵

mvp-comment-421-4 Δίκη ¹²⁰⁶

mvp-comment-421-5 ἐπεύχομαι ¹²⁰⁷

mvp-comment-421-6 εἰ θέμις … θέμις δ’ ¹²⁰⁸

mvp-comment-421-7 προὔβαλες ¹²⁰⁹

mvp-comment-421-8 μοι ¹²¹⁰

mvp-comment-421-9 Others understand: (1) ‘you have thrown this very justice as a shield (

) over my action’ (Paley); i.e., ‘have made it right for me to do so.’ (2) ‘You have given me the right to do so’ (lit., ‘placed’ that right ‘at my disposal’).—Wunder, changing θέμιν ¹²¹¹ ἔριν ¹²¹²

mvp-comment-422-1 σῖγ’ ¹²¹³

mvp-comment-422-2 815 f. The place of ὀφθαλμῶν ἐμῶν ¹²¹⁴ οὖρος ¹²¹⁵

mvp-comment-422-3 αὐτῇ ¹²¹⁶

mvp-comment-422-4 καλός ¹²¹⁷

mvp-comment-423-1 γὰρ ¹²¹⁸

mvp-comment-423-2 ὄγκον ¹²¹⁹

mvp-comment-423-3 τρέφειν ¹²²⁰

mvp-comment-423-4 μηδὲν ¹²²¹ ἥτις ¹²²²

mvp-comment-424-1 ἀλλ’ ἑρπ. χαίρουσα ¹²²³

mvp-comment-424-2 τήνδ’ ¹²²⁴

mvp-comment-425-1 ἴδ’ ¹²²⁵

mvp-comment-425-2 προσέμειξεν ¹²²⁶ παλαιφάτου ¹²²⁷

mvp-comment-426-1 θεοπρόπον ¹²²⁸

mvp-comment-426-2 τᾶς παλαιφάτου προνοίας ¹²²⁹

mvp-comment-427-1 ὅ τ’ ¹²³⁰ ἅ τ’ ¹²³¹ ὃν ¹²³²

mvp-comment-427-2 ἔλακεν ¹²³³

mvp-comment-427-3 ἐκφέροι ¹²³⁴

mvp-comment-427-4 δωδέκατος ἄροτος ¹²³⁵

mvp-comment-427-5 This is the only passage of the play which mentions the period of twelve years. In 44 f. and 164 f., the reference is merely to the fifteen months which, when Heracles left home, were still wanting to those twelve years. It may be asked, then, whence the Chorus derive their knowledge of the twelve years; for Deianeira, in 155 ff., speaks as if they had not then heard of the oracle. The answer is simply that this inconsistency of detail was overlooked by the poet; the term of twelve years was in his mind, as a familiar part of the story; and he forgot that, if the Chorus were to know it, Deianeira ought to have mentioned it.

mvp-comment-427-6 Needless difficulties have been made by assuming that the allusion here must be to the fifteen months of 44 f. and 164 f. Even then, however, it has to be supposed that ‘twelve months’ are put loosely for ‘fifteen.’

mvp-comment-427-7 ἄροτος ¹²³⁶

mvp-comment-427-8 ἀναδοχὰν τελεῖν ¹²³⁷ πόνων ¹²³⁸ τελεῖν ¹²³⁹

mvp-comment-428-1 αὐτόπαιδι ¹²⁴⁰

mvp-comment-428-2 ἔμπεδα ¹²⁴¹

mvp-comment-428-3 κατουρίζει ¹²⁴²

mvp-comment-429-1 ὁ μὴ λεύσσων ¹²⁴³

mvp-comment-429-2 ἐπίπονον … λατρείαν ¹²⁴⁴ πόνων ¹²⁴⁵

mvp-comment-430-1 φονίᾳ νεφέλᾳ ¹²⁴⁶

mvp-comment-430-2 Others understand: (1) ‘in the Centaur's deadly net.’

was a kind of bird-net used by fowlers: in Anthol. 6. 11. 2 it is called , ‘of fine texture,’ and distinguished from the hunter's . Cp. 1052 , and 1057 . But it seems doubtful whether this use of would have been suitable to Tragedy. (2) ‘The deadly envelopment,’— i.e., the robe, compared to a cloud which obscures the sun.

mvp-comment-430-3 Κενταύρου … δολοποιὸς ἀνάγκα ¹²⁴⁷

mvp-comment-430-4 χρίει ¹²⁴⁸

mvp-comment-430-5 πλευρά ¹²⁴⁹

mvp-comment-430-6 834 The MSS. have

. This has been explained as if were the father and the (hydra) the mother. But usage does not warrant such a pointed antithesis between (midd.) and . The poets apply either voice to either parent: see, e.g., Il.6. 154 , | : ib. 2. 728 , and 742 . Lobeck's correction of ἔτεκε ¹²⁵⁰ ἔτρεφε ¹²⁵¹ αἰόλος ¹²⁵²

mvp-comment-431-1 ἀέλιον ¹²⁵³ α^ ¹²⁵⁴

mvp-comment-432-1 ὕδρας … φάσματι ¹²⁵⁵ προστετακὼς ¹²⁵⁶ μελαγχαίτα δ’ ¹²⁵⁷ φάσματι ¹²⁵⁸

mvp-comment-432-2 μελαγχαίτα ¹²⁵⁹

mvp-comment-433-1 ἄμμιγα ¹²⁶⁰

mvp-comment-434-1 It has long been the general belief that the words νέσου ¹²⁶¹ νέσσου ¹²⁶² θ’ ὕπο ¹²⁶³ μελαγχαίτα ¹²⁶⁴

mvp-comment-434-2 Here I may briefly state my own conclusions. (1) μελαγχαίτα ¹²⁶⁵

mvp-comment-434-3 (2) Comparing v. 830 with v. 840, we see that the words

in 830 correspond metrically with . The words in 830 ought therefore to correspond with what stands between in 839 and the before in 840: viz., acc. to the MSS., (or ) .

mvp-comment-434-4 (3) Now, if νέσου θ’ ὕπο ¹²⁶⁶ ὑπόφονα ¹²⁶⁷ δολόμυθα ¹²⁶⁸ φόνια δολιόμυθα ¹²⁶⁹ ὕπο ¹²⁷⁰

mvp-comment-434-5 (4) But a closer adherence to the MS. text becomes possible, if, with Gleditsch, we read Νέσσου ὑποφόνια δολιόμυθα κέντρ’ ἐπιζέσαντα ¹²⁷¹ ἔτι ποτ’ ἔτ’ ἐπίπονον <πόνων> ἔχοι θανὼν λατρείαν ¹²⁷²

mvp-comment-435-1 ὧν … ἄοκνος ¹²⁷³ ἄοκνον ¹²⁷⁴

mvp-comment-436-1 προσορῶσα ¹²⁷⁵ προορῶσα ¹²⁷⁶

mvp-comment-437-1 ἀΐσσουσαν ¹²⁷⁷ ἀϊσσόντων ¹²⁷⁸ γάμων ¹²⁷⁹

mvp-comment-438-1 τὰ μὲν αὐτὰ προσέβαλε ¹²⁸⁰

mvp-comment-438-2 The MS. reading,

, is explained to mean, ‘part she did not comprehend’ (schol. ): i.e., she had, indeed, a secret purpose, but she did not know the deadly nature of the unguent. To this there are two objections. (1) The supposed sense of is unexampled: cp. 580 n. (2) The proper antithesis is lost; for <*>ought to be opposed to her own designs or acts; but those things which she ‘did not comprehend’ were just those which ‘came from the alien will.’

mvp-comment-438-3 ἀλλόθρου ¹²⁸¹

mvp-comment-438-4 ὀλεθρίαισι συναλλαγαῖς ¹²⁸²

mvp-comment-438-5 ὀλεθρίαισι ¹²⁸³ ὀλεθρίαις ¹²⁸⁴

mvp-comment-439-1 ἦ που ¹²⁸⁵

mvp-comment-439-2 ὀλοὰ ¹²⁸⁶

mvp-comment-439-3 στένει ¹²⁸⁷ ἦ που ἄρ’ ἀλασταίνει ¹²⁸⁸ αἰάζει ¹²⁸⁹ στένει ¹²⁹⁰

mvp-comment-440-1 χλωρὰν … ἄχναν ¹²⁹¹

mvp-comment-440-2 τέγγει … ἄχναν ¹²⁹²

mvp-comment-440-3 850 f. The μοῖρα ¹²⁹³ ἐρχομένα ¹²⁹⁴ ἄταν ¹²⁹⁵

mvp-comment-440-4 δολίαν ¹²⁹⁶

mvp-comment-440-5 προφαίνει ¹²⁹⁷

mvp-comment-441-1 ἔρρωγεν παγὰ δακρύων ¹²⁹⁸

mvp-comment-442-1 κέχυται νόσος ¹²⁹⁹

mvp-comment-442-2 ὦ πόποι ¹³⁰⁰

mvp-comment-442-3 ἀναρσίων ¹³⁰¹

mvp-comment-442-4 The doubt as to the reading here is confined to the words between πόποι ¹³⁰² ἐπέμολε ¹³⁰³

mvp-comment-442-5 It seems almost certain that Ἡρακλέους ¹³⁰⁴ δόμοις ¹³⁰⁵ δόμοισι ¹³⁰⁶ <ὕπ)> οὔπω <τοῦδε σῶμ)> ἀγακλειτόν ¹³⁰⁷

mvp-comment-442-6 οἰκτίσαι ¹³⁰⁸

mvp-comment-443-1 κελαινὰ ¹³⁰⁹

mvp-comment-443-2 προμάχου ¹³¹⁰

mvp-comment-443-3 αἰχμᾷ ¹³¹¹

mvp-comment-443-4 θοὰν ¹³¹²

mvp-comment-443-5 αἰπεινᾶς ¹³¹³

mvp-comment-444-1 ἀμφίπολος ¹³¹⁴ ἄναυδος ¹³¹⁵ α ¹³¹⁶

mvp-comment-444-2 The ‘silence’ of Aphroditè means that the passion of Heracles had not been avowed as his motive for the war ( cp. 358 ). She has been revealed as the φανερὰ πράκτωρ ¹³¹⁷

mvp-comment-445-1 These eight verses form an epode to the stasimon; three persons take part in the delivery, viz., the two

, or leaders of (HM. A, HM. B), and the coryphaeus (XO.). The third part (868—870) is best assigned to the coryphaeus, who usually announces a new comer, and who would naturally conduct the dialogue with the . Similar epodes to stasima are Eur. H. F. 815 —821, and Eur. Hipp. 1143 — 1152, in each of which three parts can be distinguished. (See W. Christ, Metrik, § 723, p. 653 2nd ed.)

mvp-comment-445-2 The motive of the whole passage from 863 to 898 is the dramatic necessity of making an impressive preparation for the Nurse's

. It rests with the Chorus alone to do this, since no actor is present.

mvp-comment-445-3 Hermann supposed that, after the three leading choreutae had spoken (863 —870), each of the other twelve in turn took part in the dialogue. But this seems improbable.

mvp-comment-445-4 μάταιος ¹³¹⁸

mvp-comment-446-1 τί φημί ¹³¹⁹ τὶ φημί ¹³²⁰

mvp-comment-447-1 οὐκ ἄσημον ¹³²¹ ἀλλὰ δυστυχῆ ¹³²²

mvp-comment-447-2 καινίζει ¹³²³

mvp-comment-447-3 869 The MS. reading, ἀήθης ¹³²⁴

mvp-comment-447-4 The conjecture ἀηδὴς ¹³²⁵

mvp-comment-447-5 Surely ἀήθης ¹³²⁶ ἀ ¹³²⁷ γ ¹³²⁸ ηθής ¹³²⁹

mvp-comment-448-1 σημανοῦσα ¹³³⁰ σημαίνουσα ¹³³¹

mvp-comment-449-1 Ἡρακλεῖ τὸ πόμπιμον ¹³³²

mvp-comment-450-1 καινοποιηθὲν ¹³³³

mvp-comment-451-1 ἐξ ἀκινήτου ποδός ¹³³⁴

mvp-comment-452-1 οὐ δή ποθ’ ¹³³⁵

mvp-comment-452-2 πάντ’ ἀκήκοας ¹³³⁶

mvp-comment-452-3 τέθνηκεν ¹³³⁷

mvp-comment-452-4 878 For the metres of this

(878—895), see Analysis.

mvp-comment-452-5 ὀλεθρία ¹³³⁸

mvp-comment-452-6 879 The MS. reading, σχετλιώτατα πρός γε πρᾶξιν ¹³³⁹ σχετλίῳ τὰ πρός γε πρᾶξιν ¹³⁴⁰

mvp-comment-452-7 Heinrich Schmidt, whose view of the metre will be seen in the Metrical Analysis, merely transposes

and , writing σχετλιώτατά γε πρὸς πρᾶξιν ¹³⁴¹ γε ¹³⁴²

mvp-comment-452-8 By

must be meant here the mode of ‘doing’ the deed, rather than the victim's ‘fortune’; though the latter is the usual sense of the singular ( Ant.1305 n.). After the question, τίνι τρόπῳ ¹³⁴³ πρᾶξιν ¹³⁴⁴

mvp-comment-453-1 ξυντρέχει ¹³⁴⁵

mvp-comment-454-1 διηΐστωσε ¹³⁴⁶

mvp-comment-455-1 τίς θυμός ¹³⁴⁷

mvp-comment-455-2 τίνες νόσοι ¹³⁴⁸ ξυνεῖλε ¹³⁴⁹

mvp-comment-456-1 μόνα ¹³⁵⁰

mvp-comment-457-1 στονόεντος ¹³⁵¹

mvp-comment-457-2 ἐν τομᾷ ¹³⁵²

mvp-comment-458-1 ὦ ματαία ¹³⁵³

mvp-comment-458-2 τάνδ’ ὕβριν ¹³⁵⁴

mvp-comment-459-1 ὡς δὴ … παραστάτις ¹³⁵⁵

mvp-comment-460-1 τίς ἦν ¹³⁵⁶ πῶς ¹³⁵⁷

mvp-comment-461-1 αὐτὴ πρὸς αὑτῆς ¹³⁵⁸

mvp-comment-462-1 ἔτεκεν ἔτεκε δὴ ¹³⁵⁹

mvp-comment-462-2 νέορτος ¹³⁶⁰

mvp-comment-463-1 ἄγαν γε ¹³⁶¹

mvp-comment-463-2 κάρτα μᾶλλον ἂν ᾤκτισας ¹³⁶²

mvp-comment-464-1 καὶ ταῦτ’ ἔτλη τις ¹³⁶³

mvp-comment-464-2 κτίσαι ¹³⁶⁴

mvp-comment-464-3 Hermann rejects this v. and the next, because the Chorus, not knowing the nature of the deeds (

), ought not yet to marvel at them. The verses were inserted, he thinks, to soften the abruptness of (900) after (897). It may be granted that they are not very forcible; but they seem genuine. The Nurse has hitherto been led from point to point by questions. A direct question (898) is needed to prompt her narrative. It would be less like her to begin it spontaneously.

mvp-comment-465-1 παρῆλθε ¹³⁶⁵ γὰρ ἦλθε ¹³⁶⁶

mvp-comment-466-1 αὐλαῖς ¹³⁶⁷

mvp-comment-466-2 κοῖλα ¹³⁶⁸

mvp-comment-466-3 στορνύνθ’ ¹³⁶⁹

mvp-comment-466-4 Hyllus had entered the house immediately after his mother (820). His occupation reminded her that Heracles would soon arrive, and decided her to act at once.

mvp-comment-467-1 κρύψασ’ ἑαυτὴν ¹³⁷⁰

mvp-comment-467-2 ἔνθα μή τις εἰσίδοι ¹³⁷¹

mvp-comment-467-3 In Homeric Greek, a final relat. clause can take the subjunct. (usu. with

) after a primary tense, and the optat. (without ) after a secondary tense. But this is not an Attic construction. Thus the Homeric ( Od.15. 458 ) would in Attic be : it could not be, . The constr. —a very rare one in Attic—has grown out of the ‘deliberative’ constr. , by steps which have changed the interrogative clause into a final relative clause. A like instance is Ph.281 , (seeing no one) to aid. See Appendix.

mvp-comment-468-1 βρυχᾶτο ¹³⁷²

mvp-comment-468-2 βωμοῖσι ¹³⁷³

mvp-comment-468-3 γένοιντ’ ἔρημοι ¹³⁷⁴ γένοιτ’ ἐρήμη ¹³⁷⁵

mvp-comment-468-4 ὀργάνων ὅτου ψαύσειεν ¹³⁷⁶

mvp-comment-469-1 ἄλλῃ … δωμάτων ¹³⁷⁷

mvp-comment-469-2 φίλων … οἰκετῶν ¹³⁷⁸

mvp-comment-470-1 ἀνακαλουμένη ¹³⁷⁹

mvp-comment-470-2 911 The MS. text, καὶ τὰς ἄπαιδας ἐς τὸ λοιπὸν οὐσίας ¹³⁸⁰

mvp-comment-470-3 The genuine verse must have had some direct reference to the context. She is weeping at the sight of attached servants whom she is about to leave. The general sense ought to be, ‘bewailing her own fate, and that of the household over which a change was impending’; since, when master and mistress were dead, the household would be dissolved, and the faithful slaves would pass into other hands. After the death of Heracles, Ceÿx, the king of Trachis (40 n.), was deterred by Eurystheus from continuing to protect the Heracleidae; who sought refuge at Athens. ( Apollod.2. 8. 1. )

mvp-comment-470-4 I believe that

arose from when the E had been accidentally lost or obscured. A similar interchange of initial and , combined with fusion of two words into one, occurs in O. C.550 , where was corrupted into . I would read, καὶ τῆς ἐπ’ ἄλλοις ἐς τὸ λοιπὸν οὐσίας ¹³⁸¹ ἑστίας ¹³⁸²

mvp-comment-471-1 τὸν Ἡράκλ. ¹³⁸³

mvp-comment-471-2 θάλαμον ¹³⁸⁴

mvp-comment-472-1 λαθραῖον ὄμμ’ ¹³⁸⁵ ἐπεσκιασμένη ¹³⁸⁶

mvp-comment-473-1 βάλλουσαν ¹³⁸⁷ στρωτὰ ¹³⁸⁸

mvp-comment-474-1 εὐνατηρίοις ¹³⁸⁹

mvp-comment-475-1 ῥήξασα ¹³⁹⁰

mvp-comment-475-2 νυμφεῖα ¹³⁹¹

mvp-comment-475-3 εὐνάτριαν ¹³⁹²

mvp-comment-476-1 συντόνῳ ¹³⁹³

mvp-comment-477-1 ᾗ ¹³⁹⁴ ᾧ ¹³⁹⁵

mvp-comment-477-2 προὔκειτο μαστῶν ¹³⁹⁶

mvp-comment-477-3 ἐκ δ’ ἐλώπισεν ¹³⁹⁷

mvp-comment-478-1 δρομαία ¹³⁹⁸ φράζω ¹³⁹⁹ τάδε ¹⁴⁰⁰ τεχνωμένης ¹⁴⁰¹

mvp-comment-479-1 τὸ κεῖσε δεῦρό τ’ ¹⁴⁰²

mvp-comment-479-2 ἐξορμώμεθα ¹⁴⁰³

mvp-comment-479-3 ὁρῶμεν αὐτὴν … πεπληγμένην ¹⁴⁰⁴

mvp-comment-479-4 ὑφ’ ἧπαρ καὶ φρένας ¹⁴⁰⁵

mvp-comment-480-1 τοὔργον … ὡς ἐφάψειεν ¹⁴⁰⁶

mvp-comment-480-2 Others explain: (1) ‘that he had kindled the deed.’ But

never has the sense of . In Eur. Bacch.778 our only MS. for that part of the play has, indeed, | : but the true is attested by the Christus Patiens 2227. (2) ‘That she had made fast the deed,’— i.e. done the irrevocable deed. But κατ’ ὀργὴν ¹⁴⁰⁷

mvp-comment-481-1 τῶν κατ’ οἶκον ¹⁴⁰⁸ ἐκδ. ¹⁴⁰⁹

mvp-comment-482-1 δύστηνος ¹⁴¹⁰ ἐλείπετ’ οὐδέν ¹⁴¹¹ ὀδυρμάτων ¹⁴¹² ἀμφιπίπτων ¹⁴¹³

mvp-comment-482-2 ἀμφί νιν ¹⁴¹⁴

mvp-comment-482-3 ἀμφιπίπτων στόμασιν ¹⁴¹⁵

mvp-comment-482-4 πλευρόθεν ¹⁴¹⁶ παρείς ¹⁴¹⁷

mvp-comment-483-1 αἰτίᾳ βάλοι ¹⁴¹⁸

mvp-comment-484-1 ἐκ δυοῖν … ὠρφανισμένος βίον ¹⁴¹⁹ βίου ¹⁴²⁰ βίου ¹⁴²¹ ἐκ ¹⁴²² εἷς ¹⁴²³

mvp-comment-485-1 δύο ¹⁴²⁴

mvp-comment-485-2 ἢ καί τι πλείους ¹⁴²⁵ ἢ καὶ πλείους τις ¹⁴²⁶ τι ¹⁴²⁷ ἢ καὶ πλέους τις ¹⁴²⁸

mvp-comment-485-3 The sense is:—‘Men often reckon on the morrow, or even, perchance ( τι ¹⁴²⁹

mvp-comment-486-1 πότερα πρότερον ¹⁴³⁰

mvp-comment-486-2 μέλεα ¹⁴³¹ τέλεα ¹⁴³²

mvp-comment-487-1 τάδε ¹⁴³³ μένομεν ¹⁴³⁴ ἐπ’ ἐλπίσιν ¹⁴³⁵ μελόμεν’ ¹⁴³⁶

mvp-comment-488-1 ἔχειν ¹⁴³⁷ μέλλειν ¹⁴³⁸ κοινὰ ¹⁴³⁹

mvp-comment-489-1 ἀνεμόεσσα ¹⁴⁴⁰ αὔρα ¹⁴⁴¹ ἔπουρος ¹⁴⁴² ἑστιῶτις ¹⁴⁴³

mvp-comment-489-2 956 ff. It is doubtful whether the MS. Διὸς ¹⁴⁴⁴ Ζηνὸς ¹⁴⁴⁵ Δῖον ¹⁴⁴⁶

mvp-comment-489-3 μοῦνον ¹⁴⁴⁷ εἰσιδοῦσ’ ἄφαρ ¹⁴⁴⁸ μοῦνον ¹⁴⁴⁹ μῶλυν ¹⁴⁵⁰ καῦρον ¹⁴⁵¹ μανὸν ¹⁴⁵² μαῦρον ¹⁴⁵³ μαυρὸν ¹⁴⁵⁴ μοῦνον ¹⁴⁵⁵

mvp-comment-490-1 ἐπεὶ ¹⁴⁵⁶

mvp-comment-491-1 χωρεῖν πρὸ δόμων ¹⁴⁵⁷

mvp-comment-492-1 θαῦμα ¹⁴⁵⁸ θέαμα ¹⁴⁵⁹

mvp-comment-493-1 ἀγχοῦ δ’ ἄρα ¹⁴⁶⁰ ἀγχοῦ κοὐ μακρἀν προὔκλαιον ¹⁴⁶¹

mvp-comment-493-2 ὀξύφωνος ὡς ἀηδών ¹⁴⁶² ἀγχοῦ ¹⁴⁶³ μακρὰν ¹⁴⁶⁴

mvp-comment-494-1 ξένῳν ¹⁴⁶⁵

mvp-comment-494-2 ξένων … βάσις ¹⁴⁶⁶ στάσις ¹⁴⁶⁷ βάσις ¹⁴⁶⁸

mvp-comment-494-3 ἐξόμιλος ¹⁴⁶⁹

mvp-comment-495-1 πᾷ δ’ αὖ ¹⁴⁷⁰

mvp-comment-495-2 βαρεῖαν ¹⁴⁷¹

mvp-comment-495-3 φέρει βάσιν ¹⁴⁷²

mvp-comment-496-1 ἀναύδατος ¹⁴⁷³

mvp-comment-497-1 τί χρή ¹⁴⁷⁴ φθίμενον ¹⁴⁷⁵ θάνατον ¹⁴⁷⁶ θανόντα ¹⁴⁷⁷

mvp-comment-497-2 A comma should follow χρή ¹⁴⁷⁸ τί χρή ¹⁴⁷⁹ θανόντα νιν ¹⁴⁸⁰

mvp-comment-498-1 τί πάθω; τί δὲ μήσομαι ¹⁴⁸¹

mvp-comment-499-1 ὠμόφρονος ¹⁴⁸²

mvp-comment-500-1 προπετής ¹⁴⁸³

mvp-comment-500-2 δακὼν ¹⁴⁸⁴

mvp-comment-501-1 οὐ μὴ )ξεγερεῖς ¹⁴⁸⁵

mvp-comment-501-2 κάτοχον ¹⁴⁸⁶

mvp-comment-502-1 φοιτάδα ¹⁴⁸⁷

mvp-comment-503-1 ἀλλ’ ἐπί μοι ¹⁴⁸⁸

mvp-comment-503-2 ἄπλετον ¹⁴⁸⁹ ἄπλετον ¹⁴⁹⁰ ἐμμέμονε ¹⁴⁹¹ ἐπί ¹⁴⁹² μοι ¹⁴⁹³

mvp-comment-504-1 ὦ Ζεῦ ¹⁴⁹⁴

mvp-comment-504-2 τοῖσι ¹⁴⁹⁵

mvp-comment-504-3 πεπονημένος ¹⁴⁹⁶

mvp-comment-504-4 ἀλλήκτοις ¹⁴⁹⁷

mvp-comment-505-1 οἴμοι <μοι> ¹⁴⁹⁸ μοι ¹⁴⁹⁹ ὀδύναις ¹⁵⁰⁰ ὧδ’ ¹⁵⁰¹

mvp-comment-506-1 ἡ δ’ ¹⁵⁰² ἅδ’ ¹⁵⁰³

mvp-comment-506-2 βρύκει ¹⁵⁰⁴

mvp-comment-507-1 ἆρ’ ἐξῄδη ¹⁵⁰⁵

mvp-comment-507-2 ἐξῄδη ς’ ¹⁵⁰⁶ ἐξῄδης ¹⁵⁰⁷ ἐξῄδησθ’ ¹⁵⁰⁸

mvp-comment-507-3 κεύθειν — σκεδάσαι ¹⁵⁰⁹

mvp-comment-508-1 κρατὸς βλεφάρων θ’ ¹⁵¹⁰ βλεφάρων ὕπνον ¹⁵¹¹

mvp-comment-509-1 στέρξαιμι ¹⁵¹²

mvp-comment-510-1 Κηναία ¹⁵¹³

mvp-comment-510-2 κρηπὶς ¹⁵¹⁴

mvp-comment-511-1 ἱερῶν οἵων ¹⁵¹⁵ ἐπί μοι ¹⁵¹⁶ ἠνύσω ¹⁵¹⁷ ἤνυσας ¹⁵¹⁸ ἤνυσας ¹⁵¹⁹

mvp-comment-511-2 ὦ Ζεῦ ¹⁵²⁰

mvp-comment-512-1 ἔθου με λώβαν ¹⁵²¹

mvp-comment-513-1 ἣν ¹⁵²² ἣν … ὄσσοις ¹⁵²³

mvp-comment-513-2 μή ποτ’ ¹⁵²⁴ προσιδεῖν ¹⁵²⁵ ὤφελον ¹⁵²⁶

mvp-comment-513-3 ἀκήλητον ¹⁵²⁷

mvp-comment-513-4 καταδερχθῆναι ¹⁵²⁸

mvp-comment-514-1 ἀοιδός ¹⁵²⁹

mvp-comment-514-2 τίς ὁ χειροτέχνης ¹⁵³⁰ ὃς ¹⁵³¹

mvp-comment-514-3 χωρὶς Ζηνὸς ¹⁵³²

mvp-comment-515-1 θαῦμ’ ἂν πόρρωθεν ἰδοίμην ¹⁵³³ πόρρωθεν ¹⁵³⁴ θ<*>μα ¹⁵³⁵

mvp-comment-516-1 This passage consists of lyrics delivered by actors (

). As the Chorus takes no part in it, it is not technically a , which is a .

mvp-comment-516-2 The lyric structure is complex, but not obscure. The passage falls into two main parts, separated by the five hexameters in 1018—1022 (

). I. The first part consists of 1004—1017, in which the first three verses correspond metrically with the last three. II. The second part consists of 1023—1043. (It is equal in length with the first part, though the traditional numbering makes it appear longer.) Here, the first four verses correspond with the last four. Then the central portion of part I. corresponds with the central portion of part II. Thus: (1) 1st strophe, 1004—1006,=1st antistr., 1015—1017. (2) 2nd str., 1007—1009,=2nd antistr., 1027—1030. (3) 3rd str., 1023—1026, =3rd antistr., 1040—1043. The dactyls in 1010—1014, and 1031—1040, could also be regarded as forming a fourth strophe and antistrophe.—For the metres see Metrical Analysis.

mvp-comment-517-1 ἐᾶτέ μ’, ἐᾶτε … εὐνᾶσθαι ¹⁵³⁶ εὐνᾶσαι ¹⁵³⁷ ὕστατον ¹⁵³⁸ εὐνάσαι ¹⁵³⁹ δύστανον ¹⁵⁴⁰ δύσμορον ¹⁵⁴¹ ὕστατον ¹⁵⁴² ἐᾶθ’ ὕστατον εὐνᾶσθαι ¹⁵⁴³ μολὼν τοῦ στυγεροῦ; φεῦ φεῦ ¹⁵⁴⁴

mvp-comment-518-1 πᾷ … ψαύεις ¹⁵⁴⁵ πᾷ ¹⁵⁴⁶

mvp-comment-519-1 ἀνατέτροφας ¹⁵⁴⁷

mvp-comment-519-2 ὅ τι καὶ μύσῃ ¹⁵⁴⁸

mvp-comment-520-1 ἥδ’ ¹⁵⁴⁹

mvp-comment-520-2 πόθεν ἔστ’ ¹⁵⁵⁰ πόθεν ἐστέ ¹⁵⁵¹

mvp-comment-521-1 οὓς ¹⁵⁵² καθαίρων ¹⁵⁵³ οἷς ¹⁵⁵⁴

mvp-comment-522-1 ἐν πόντῳ ¹⁵⁵⁵

mvp-comment-522-2

after : cp. Ant.1162 ... | (n.).

mvp-comment-522-3 δρία ¹⁵⁵⁶

mvp-comment-522-4 καὶ νῦν … οὐκ ἐπιτρέψει ¹⁵⁵⁷ οὐκ ¹⁵⁵⁸ ἀποτρέψει ¹⁵⁵⁹

mvp-comment-522-5 τῷδε ¹⁵⁶⁰

mvp-comment-522-6 πῦρ ¹⁵⁶¹

mvp-comment-522-7 ἔγχος ¹⁵⁶²

mvp-comment-522-8 1016 f. The MS. reading,

, is explained as, ‘to sever the head from life,’— i.e., to destroy life by striking the head from the body. This extraordinary phrase is surely not Greek. It has been supported by a corrupt verse of Eur. , Helen. 302, ( Badham) : where Keil reads , Nauck , and Hermann . But, whatever be read there, is widely different from . I hold, with Paley, that Wakefield's βίᾳ ¹⁵⁶³ τοῦ στυγεροῦ ¹⁵⁶⁴

mvp-comment-523-1 τοὔργον τόδε ¹⁵⁶⁵

mvp-comment-523-2 μεῖζον ¹⁵⁶⁶ ἀνήκει ¹⁵⁶⁷

mvp-comment-524-1 ἢ κατ ἐμὰν ῥώμαν ¹⁵⁶⁸

mvp-comment-524-2 σοὶ γὰρ ἑτοίμα ¹⁵⁶⁹ ἐς πλέον ἢ δἰ ἐμοῦ σῴζειν ¹⁵⁷⁰

mvp-comment-524-3 The MSS. give σοί τε γὰρ ὄμμα ¹⁵⁷¹ ἔμπλεον ἢ δἰ ἐμοῦ σῴζειν ¹⁵⁷² ἢ ¹⁵⁷³

mvp-comment-524-4 The MS. words, σοί τε γὰρ ὄμμα ¹⁵⁷⁴ ὄμμα ¹⁵⁷⁵ τε ¹⁵⁷⁶ σοί τε γὰρ ὄμμα ¹⁵⁷⁷ σοὶ γὰρ ἑτοίμα ¹⁵⁷⁸ οίμα ¹⁵⁷⁹ ὄμμα ¹⁵⁸⁰

mvp-comment-524-5 In the Appendix are given the proposed explanations of the vulgate, and various conjectures.

mvp-comment-525-1 λαθίπονον δ’ ὀδυνᾶν ¹⁵⁸¹ ἐξανύσαι ¹⁵⁸² βίοτον ¹⁵⁸³ ἔστι οἱ ¹⁵⁸⁴ μοι ¹⁵⁸⁵ ἔνδοθεν ¹⁵⁸⁶

mvp-comment-525-2 θύραθεν ¹⁵⁸⁷ ὀδύναν … βιότου ¹⁵⁸⁸

mvp-comment-525-3 τοιαῦτα νέμει Ζεύς ¹⁵⁸⁹

mvp-comment-526-1 τᾷδε ¹⁵⁹⁰ τᾷδέ με … πρόσλαβε κουφίσας ¹⁵⁹¹ πρόσλαβέ με ¹⁵⁹² κουφίσας ¹⁵⁹³

mvp-comment-527-1 ἰὼ δαῖμον ¹⁵⁹⁴

mvp-comment-528-1 θρῴσκει ¹⁵⁹⁵

mvp-comment-528-2 ἀποτίβατος ¹⁵⁹⁶

mvp-comment-529-1 Παλλάς ¹⁵⁹⁷

mvp-comment-530-1 φύτοῤ ¹⁵⁹⁸ τὸν φύσαντ’ οἴκτιῤ ¹⁵⁹⁹ οἴκτιῤ ¹⁶⁰⁰ φύτοῤ ¹⁶⁰¹ φύσαντ’ ¹⁶⁰²

mvp-comment-530-2 ἀνεπίφθονον ¹⁶⁰³

mvp-comment-531-1 ἐμᾶς ὑπὸ κλῇδος ¹⁶⁰⁴

mvp-comment-531-2 ἐχόλωσεν ¹⁶⁰⁵ ἐχόλησεν ¹⁶⁰⁶

mvp-comment-532-1 αὔτως ¹⁶⁰⁷

mvp-comment-532-2 γλυκὺς ¹⁶⁰⁸

mvp-comment-533-1 αὐθαίμων ¹⁶⁰⁹

mvp-comment-534-1 ὠκυπέτᾳ ¹⁶¹⁰

mvp-comment-535-1 οἵαις ¹⁶¹¹ οἵας ¹⁶¹²

mvp-comment-536-1 ὦ πολλὰ δὴ ¹⁶¹³

mvp-comment-536-2 Cicero's version is essentially that of an orator; the true test for it would be declamation. But even a reader can feel its sonorous vigour, and its Roman gravity; Cicero succeeds as Lord Derby succeeded in much of the Iliad. The rendering of the Greek is very free, sometimes inadequate, but always manly, and highly terse; indeed, the 57 lines of the original become 45; in one place, eleven verses (1079—1089) are reduced to four (vv. 30—33).

mvp-comment-536-3 θερμὰ ¹⁶¹⁴

mvp-comment-536-4 κοὐ λόγῳ κακὰ ¹⁶¹⁵ θερμά ¹⁶¹⁶ οὐ λόγῳ ¹⁶¹⁷

mvp-comment-536-5 The MS. reading, καὶ λόγῳ κακὰ ¹⁶¹⁸

mvp-comment-537-1 χερσὶ ¹⁶¹⁹ νώτοισι ¹⁶²⁰ στέρνοισι ¹⁶²¹ μοχθήσας ¹⁶²²

mvp-comment-538-1 κοὔπω ¹⁶²³

mvp-comment-538-2 ἄκοιτις ἡ Διὸς ¹⁶²⁴

mvp-comment-538-3 προὔθηκεν ¹⁶²⁵

mvp-comment-538-4 Εὐρυσθεὺς ¹⁶²⁶

mvp-comment-539-1 οἷον τόδ’ ¹⁶²⁷

mvp-comment-539-2 δολῶπις ¹⁶²⁸

mvp-comment-539-3 Ἐρινύων … ἀμφίβληστρον ¹⁶²⁹ ὑφαντὸν ¹⁶³⁰

mvp-comment-540-1 προσμαχθὲν ¹⁶³¹

mvp-comment-540-2 πλεύμονός τ’ ἀρτηρίας ¹⁶³²

mvp-comment-541-1 ῥοφεῖ ¹⁶³³ ξυνοικοῦν ¹⁶³⁴

mvp-comment-541-2 χλωρὸν ¹⁶³⁵

mvp-comment-542-1 ἀφράστῳ ¹⁶³⁶

mvp-comment-542-2 χειρωθεὶς ¹⁶³⁷

mvp-comment-543-1 κοὐ … οὔθ’ ¹⁶³⁸ οὔθ’ ¹⁶³⁹ οὐδ’ ¹⁶⁴⁰

mvp-comment-543-2 λόγχη πεδιάς ¹⁶⁴¹

mvp-comment-543-3 στρατὸς Γιγάντων ¹⁶⁴²

mvp-comment-543-4 θήρειος βία ¹⁶⁴³

mvp-comment-544-1 ἄγλωσσος ¹⁶⁴⁴ Ἑλλὰς ¹⁶⁴⁵

mvp-comment-544-2 οὔθ’ ὅσην ¹⁶⁴⁶

mvp-comment-544-3 γαῖαν ¹⁶⁴⁷

mvp-comment-545-1 θῆλυς ¹⁶⁴⁸ οὖσα ¹⁶⁴⁹ φῦσα ¹⁶⁵⁰ ἀνδρὸς ¹⁶⁵¹ ἀνὴρ ¹⁶⁵²

mvp-comment-545-2 καθεῖλε ¹⁶⁵³

mvp-comment-545-3 φασγάνου δίχα ¹⁶⁵⁴

mvp-comment-546-1 γενοῦ ¹⁶⁵⁵ γεγώς ¹⁶⁵⁶ ἐτήτυμος ¹⁶⁵⁷

mvp-comment-546-2 πρεσβεύσῃς ¹⁶⁵⁸

mvp-comment-547-1 εἰδῶ ¹⁶⁵⁹ ἴδω ¹⁶⁶⁰

mvp-comment-547-2 εἰ τοὐμὸν ¹⁶⁶¹ κακούμενον ¹⁶⁶²

mvp-comment-547-3 Cicero represents this passage by a single verse, Iam cernam , mene an illam potiorem putes. Hence Nauck rejects v. 1069. But the inference is most unsafe, as another instance will show. The passage beginning with

(1079) and ending with (1089) shrinks, in Cicero's version, to three lines and a half, viz., Videte cuncti: tuque, caelestum sator, | Iace, obsecro, in me vim coruscam fulminis! | Nunc , nunc dolorum anxiferi torquent vertices: | Nunc serpit ardor. Thus Cicero wholly ignores vv. 1085 ff.: he ignores vv. 1080—1084 also, except in so far as their general sense is blended with his version of 1088 f., . Yet the Greek text there is clearly sound.

mvp-comment-548-1 ἴθ’ ¹⁶⁶³ τόλμησον ¹⁶⁶⁴

mvp-comment-548-2 ὥστε παρθένος ¹⁶⁶⁵

mvp-comment-549-1 ἀστένακτος ¹⁶⁶⁶

mvp-comment-549-2 εἱπόμην ¹⁶⁶⁷ τόνδ’ ἄνδρα ¹⁶⁶⁸ ἑσπόμην ¹⁶⁶⁹ αἰὲν ¹⁶⁷⁰

mvp-comment-549-3 εἱπόμην κακοῖς ¹⁶⁷¹

mvp-comment-550-1 ἐκ τοιούτου ¹⁶⁷²

mvp-comment-551-1 καὶ νῦν … στῆθι … σκέψαι δ’ ¹⁶⁷³ δ’ ¹⁶⁷⁴ θ’ ¹⁶⁷⁵

mvp-comment-552-1 δείξω γὰρ ¹⁶⁷⁶

mvp-comment-552-2 ἐκ καλυμμάτων ¹⁶⁷⁷ ἐκ ¹⁶⁷⁸

mvp-comment-553-1 ἰδού ¹⁶⁷⁹

mvp-comment-553-2 1081 It is best to retain αἰαῖ, ὦ τάλας, αἰαῖ ¹⁶⁸⁰

mvp-comment-554-1 ἔθαλψεν ¹⁶⁸¹

mvp-comment-554-2 ἄτης ¹⁶⁸²

mvp-comment-554-3 ὅδ’ αὖ ¹⁶⁸³ ἔθαλψεν ¹⁶⁸⁴

mvp-comment-555-1 δέξαι μ’ ¹⁶⁸⁵ Ἅιδη ¹⁶⁸⁶ Ἀΐδη ¹⁶⁸⁷

mvp-comment-556-1 ἔνσεισον ¹⁶⁸⁸ ἐγκατάσκηψον ¹⁶⁸⁹

mvp-comment-556-2 δαίνυται ¹⁶⁹⁰

mvp-comment-557-1 ἤνθηκεν ¹⁶⁹¹

mvp-comment-557-2 ὦ χέρες ¹⁶⁹²

mvp-comment-557-3 ὦ νῶτα καὶ στέρν’ ¹⁶⁹³

mvp-comment-558-1 ὑμεῖς δὲ κεῖνοι ¹⁶⁹⁴ ὑμεῖς ἐκεῖνοι ¹⁶⁹⁵

mvp-comment-558-2 καθέσταθ’ ¹⁶⁹⁶ ὑμεῖς ¹⁶⁹⁷

mvp-comment-559-1 Νεμέας ¹⁶⁹⁸

mvp-comment-559-2 ἀλάστορα ¹⁶⁹⁹ ἄπλατον ¹⁷⁰⁰

mvp-comment-560-1 βίᾳ κατειργάσασθε ¹⁷⁰¹

mvp-comment-560-2 Λερναίαν θ’ ὕδραν ¹⁷⁰²

mvp-comment-560-3 1095 f. The next two exploits are also linked. Sentby Eurystheus in quest of the

( θῆρα ¹⁷⁰³

mvp-comment-560-4 διφυᾶ ¹⁷⁰⁴

mvp-comment-560-5 ἱπποβάμονα ¹⁷⁰⁵

mvp-comment-560-6 θηρῶν ¹⁷⁰⁶

mvp-comment-560-7 ὑβριστήν, ἄνομον ¹⁷⁰⁷

mvp-comment-561-1 Ἅιδου τρίκρανον σκύλακ’ ¹⁷⁰⁸

mvp-comment-561-2 Ἐχίδνης θρέμμα ¹⁷⁰⁹

mvp-comment-561-3 χρυσέων ¹⁷¹⁰

mvp-comment-561-4 The golden apples, brought from the garden of the gods, originally meant the winning of immortality. Hence this

properly comes after the Cerberus, though the latter is sometimes made the last ( Eur. H. F.427 ).

mvp-comment-561-5 δράκοντα μήλων φύλακ’ ¹⁷¹¹

mvp-comment-561-6 ἐπ’ ἐσχάτοις τόποις ¹⁷¹²

mvp-comment-562-1 μόχθων ¹⁷¹³

mvp-comment-562-2 ἐγευσάμην ¹⁷¹⁴

mvp-comment-563-1 χερῶν ¹⁷¹⁵

mvp-comment-564-1 ἄναρθρος ¹⁷¹⁶

mvp-comment-565-1 ἀρίστης ¹⁷¹⁷

mvp-comment-565-2 ὠνομασμένος ¹⁷¹⁸

mvp-comment-566-1 τὸ μηδὲν ὦ ¹⁷¹⁹

mvp-comment-567-1 κἂν μηδὲν ἕρπω ¹⁷²⁰

mvp-comment-568-1 χειρώσομαι ¹⁷²¹

mvp-comment-568-2 κἀκ τῶνδε ¹⁷²²

mvp-comment-568-3 ἵν’ ἐκδιδαχθῇ<01> ἀγγέλλειν ¹⁷²³

mvp-comment-568-4 κακούς γε ¹⁷²⁴ γε ¹⁷²⁵

mvp-comment-568-5 θανὼν ¹⁷²⁶

mvp-comment-569-1 ὦ τλῆμον Ἑλλάς ¹⁷²⁷

mvp-comment-569-2 σφαλήσεται ¹⁷²⁸ σφαλεῖσ’ ἔσει ¹⁷²⁹

mvp-comment-570-1 παρέσχες ¹⁷³⁰ παρασχὼν ¹⁷³¹

mvp-comment-570-2 νοσῶν ὅμως ¹⁷³²

mvp-comment-570-3 δίκαια ¹⁷³³

mvp-comment-571-1 δός μοι σεαυτόν ¹⁷³⁴ μὴ τοσοῦτον δύσοργος ¹⁷³⁵ ὡς δάκνει θυμῷ ¹⁷³⁶ δάκνῃ ¹⁷³⁷

mvp-comment-571-2 With the conjecture τοιοῦτον ¹⁷³⁸

mvp-comment-572-1 οὐ γὰρ ἂν γνοίης ¹⁷³⁹

mvp-comment-572-2 ἐν οἷς χαίρειν προθυμεῖ ¹⁷⁴⁰

mvp-comment-572-3 κἀν ὅτοις ἀλγεῖς μάτην ¹⁷⁴¹

mvp-comment-573-1 ποικίλλεις ¹⁷⁴²

mvp-comment-574-1 τῆς μητρὸς ¹⁷⁴³ φράσων ¹⁷⁴⁴ νῦν ἔστιν ¹⁷⁴⁵

mvp-comment-574-2 οἷς θ’ ἥμαρτεν ¹⁷⁴⁶

mvp-comment-575-1 καὶ παρεμνήσω ¹⁷⁴⁷ γὰρ ¹⁷⁴⁸

mvp-comment-575-2 παρεμνήσω ¹⁷⁴⁹

mvp-comment-576-1 πατροφόντου ¹⁷⁵⁰

mvp-comment-576-2 ὡς κλύειν ἐμέ ¹⁷⁵¹

mvp-comment-577-1 ἔχει γὰρ οὕτως ¹⁷⁵²

mvp-comment-578-1 οὐ δῆτα ¹⁷⁵³ τοῖς γε πρόσθεν ἡμαρτ ¹⁷⁵⁴

mvp-comment-579-1 ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ μὲν δὴ ἐρεῖς ¹⁷⁵⁵ τοῖς γ’ ἐφ’ ἡμέραν ¹⁷⁵⁶

mvp-comment-579-2 ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ μὲν δὴ ¹⁷⁵⁷

mvp-comment-579-3 τοῖς … ἐφ’ ἡμέραν ¹⁷⁵⁸

mvp-comment-580-1 κακὸς ¹⁷⁵⁹

mvp-comment-581-1 λέγω ¹⁷⁶⁰

mvp-comment-581-2 ἀρτίως νεοσφαγής ¹⁷⁶¹

mvp-comment-582-1 ἐθέσπισας ¹⁷⁶²

mvp-comment-582-2 διὰ κακῶν ¹⁷⁶³

mvp-comment-583-1 οὐδενὸς πρὸς ἐκτόπου ¹⁷⁶⁴

mvp-comment-583-2 1133 The emphasis on ἐξ ἐμῆς χερός ¹⁷⁶⁵ πρὶν θανεῖν ¹⁷⁶⁶

mvp-comment-584-1 δεινοῦ ¹⁷⁶⁷

mvp-comment-584-2 κατῆρξας ¹⁷⁶⁸

mvp-comment-585-1 ἅπαν τὸ χρῆμ’ ¹⁷⁶⁹ τὸ χρῆμα ¹⁷⁷⁰

mvp-comment-585-2 μωμένη ¹⁷⁷¹

mvp-comment-586-1 κτείνασα ¹⁷⁷²

mvp-comment-587-1 γὰρ ¹⁷⁷³ στέργημα ¹⁷⁷⁴ στέργηθρα ¹⁷⁷⁵

mvp-comment-587-2 σέθεν ¹⁷⁷⁶

mvp-comment-587-3 δοκοῦσα ¹⁷⁷⁷

mvp-comment-587-4 τοὺς ἔνδον γάμους ¹⁷⁷⁸

mvp-comment-588-1 καὶ ¹⁷⁷⁹

mvp-comment-588-2 τοσοῦτος ¹⁷⁸⁰

mvp-comment-589-1 ἐκμῆναι ¹⁷⁸¹

mvp-comment-590-1 ἰοὺ ἰοὺ ¹⁷⁸²

mvp-comment-590-2 δύστηνος ¹⁷⁸³

mvp-comment-590-3 οἴχομαι ¹⁷⁸⁴

mvp-comment-591-1 φέγγος οὐκέτ’ ἔστι μοι ¹⁷⁸⁵

mvp-comment-592-1 κάλει … κάλει δὲ ¹⁷⁸⁶

mvp-comment-592-2 ὁμαιμόνων ¹⁷⁸⁷

mvp-comment-592-3 Ἀλκμήνην ¹⁷⁸⁸

mvp-comment-592-4 μάτην ¹⁷⁸⁹

mvp-comment-592-5 τελευταίαν … φήμην … θεσφάτων ¹⁷⁹⁰ πύθησθε ¹⁷⁹¹

mvp-comment-592-6 The oracles can be only the two which are told to Hyllus (1159—1171). If there had been others, they also must have been confided to him, as representing the absent kinsfolk. Heracles wishes to gather his family around him at a solemn farewell,—to convince them, by the

, that he is in the hand of Zeus,—and, with that sanction, to lay his last commands upon them all.

mvp-comment-593-1 ἀλλ’ … ἀλλ’ ¹⁷⁹²

mvp-comment-593-2 οὔτε ¹⁷⁹³ δὲ ¹⁷⁹⁴

mvp-comment-593-3 ἐπακτίᾳ Τίρυνθι ¹⁷⁹⁵

mvp-comment-593-4 συμβέβηκεν ¹⁷⁹⁶ ἔχειν ¹⁷⁹⁷ ὥστε ¹⁷⁹⁸

mvp-comment-593-5 Sophocles glances here at parts of the story which do not come within the scope of the play. Alcmena, daughter of Electryon king of Mycenae, had been betrothed to her first cousin, Amphitryon, son of Alcaeus king of Tiryns. Amphitryon accidentally killed his uncle, Electryon, and then fled from Tiryns to Thebes with his betrothed. At Thebes Alcmena bore Heracles to Zeus. Heracles afterwards went to Argolis and served Eurystheus,—with the hope that his toils would purchase a return to Tiryns for the exiled Amphitryon and Alcmena ( Eur. H. F.19 ). When these toils were over, Heracles dwelt in freedom at Tiryns with his family, including Alcmena,—Amphitryon being dead ( Diod.4. 33 ). He afterwards slew Iphitus, and then sought a refuge for his household at Trachis (39). But, in the course of the fifteen months since he departed for Lydia, Alcmena had returned to Tiryns, (Eurystheus having no cause to fear the aged widow,)—and had taken some of her grandchildren with her, in order to lighten the burden on the hospitality of Ceÿx.— ξυλλαβοῦς’ ¹⁷⁹⁹

mvp-comment-594-1 τὸ Θήβης ἄστυ ¹⁸⁰⁰

mvp-comment-595-1 ὅσοι πάρεσμεν ¹⁸⁰¹

mvp-comment-595-2 ἐξυπηρετήσομεν ¹⁸⁰²

mvp-comment-596-1 σὺ δ’ οὖν ἄκουε ¹⁸⁰³

mvp-comment-596-2 τοὔργον ¹⁸⁰⁴

mvp-comment-597-1 γὰρ ¹⁸⁰⁵

mvp-comment-597-2 πρόφαντον ἐκ πατρὸς ¹⁸⁰⁶