Sophocles Trachiniae 1221

mvp-comment-116-1 τάδ’ ¹

mvp-comment-116-2 ἐναργῆ ² ἀντίπρῳρα ³

mvp-comment-117-1 οὐδέ μ’ ὄμματος φρουρὰν παρῇλθε ⁴ παρῆλθε ⁵ φρουρὰ ⁶

mvp-comment-118-1 προὐννέπω ⁷

mvp-comment-118-2 φέρεις ⁸ καὶ ⁹

mvp-comment-119-1 ἀλλ’ ¹⁰

mvp-comment-120-1 κατ’ ἔργου κτῆσιν ¹¹

mvp-comment-120-2 ἄνδρα γὰρ ¹²

mvp-comment-120-3 καλῶς πράσσοντ’ ¹³ καλῶς ¹⁴ καλά ¹⁵

mvp-comment-121-1 ἃ πρῶτα βούλομαι ¹⁶ ‐εα ¹⁷

mvp-comment-122-1 ἔγωγέ τοι ¹⁸

mvp-comment-122-2 ἔλειπον ¹⁹ ζῶντα ²⁰ τε καί ²¹ ἰσχύοντα ²² καί ²³ θάλλοντα ²⁴

mvp-comment-123-1 ποῦ γῆς ²⁵ πατρῴας εἴτε βαρβάρου ²⁶ εἴτε ²⁷ εἴτε ²⁸

mvp-comment-123-2 ποῦ γῆς; πατρῴας εἴτε βαρβάρου; λέγε ²⁹

mvp-comment-123-3 ποῦ γῆς; πατρῴας εἴτε βαρβάρου, λέγε ³⁰

mvp-comment-123-4 πατρῴας ³¹

mvp-comment-124-1 Εὐβοίς ³²

mvp-comment-124-2 ὁρίζεται βωμοὺς ³³ βωμοὺς ³⁴

mvp-comment-124-3 τέλη τ’ ἔγκαρπα ³⁵

mvp-comment-125-1 εὐκταῖα … ἢ )πὸ μαντείας ³⁶

mvp-comment-125-2 φαίνων ³⁷

mvp-comment-126-1 εὐχαῖς ³⁸

mvp-comment-126-2 ἀνάστατον ³⁹

mvp-comment-127-1 ὧν ⁴⁰

mvp-comment-127-2 ἐν ὄμμασιν ⁴¹

mvp-comment-128-1 τοῦ ποτ’ εἰσὶ ⁴² ἐκεῖνος ⁴³

mvp-comment-129-1 οἰκτραὶ γάρ ⁴⁴

mvp-comment-129-2 ξυμφοραὶ ⁴⁵ ξυμφορᾷ ⁴⁶

mvp-comment-130-1 ἐξείλεθ’ ⁴⁷ αὑτῷ ⁴⁸ θεοῖς ⁴⁹

mvp-comment-131-1 ἦ κἀπὶ ⁵⁰

mvp-comment-131-2 ἄσκοπον ⁵¹

mvp-comment-131-3 ἡμερῶν ⁵² ἀνήριθμον ⁵³ χρόνον ⁵⁴

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 ⁵⁵ ὡς φήσ’ αὐτός ⁵⁶

mvp-comment-133-1 ἐμποληθείς ⁵⁷

mvp-comment-133-2 τοῦ λόγου … φθόνον ⁵⁸

mvp-comment-133-3 προσεῖναι ⁵⁹

mvp-comment-133-4 ὅτου ⁶⁰ ὅτου ⁶¹ τοῦ λόγου ⁶²

mvp-comment-133-5 πράκτωρ φανῇ ⁶³

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 ⁶⁴ ἐν Λυδοῖς ⁶⁵ χρόνον ⁶⁶

mvp-comment-134-2 πραθεὶς … Ὀμφάλῃ ⁶⁷

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 ⁶⁸

mvp-comment-136-1 λαβὼν ⁶⁹

mvp-comment-137-1 ὅρκον αὑτῷ προσβαλὼν ⁷⁰

mvp-comment-137-2 ἦ μὴν ⁷¹

mvp-comment-137-3 τὸν ἀγχιστῆρα τοῦδε τοῦ πάθους ⁷²

mvp-comment-137-4 No emendation is probable. Nauck's αὐτόχειρα ⁷³

mvp-comment-138-1 ξὺν παιδὶ καὶ γυναικὶ ⁷⁴ παισὶ ⁷⁵

mvp-comment-138-2 ἔτι ⁷⁶

mvp-comment-139-1 κοὐχ ἡλίωσε τοὔπος ⁷⁷

mvp-comment-139-2 ὅθ’ ἁγνὸς ἦν ⁷⁸ ἁγνός ⁷⁹

mvp-comment-140-1 στρατὸν … ἐπακτὸν ⁸⁰

mvp-comment-140-2 ἔρχεται ⁸¹

mvp-comment-140-3 πόλιν τὴν Εὐρυτείάν ⁸²

mvp-comment-141-1 ἐφέστιον ⁸³ ἐς δόμους ⁸⁴ ἐλθόντ’ … ἐφέστιον ⁸⁵

mvp-comment-142-1 ξένον παλαιὸν ὄντα ⁸⁶

mvp-comment-143-1 ἐπερρόθησε ⁸⁷

mvp-comment-143-2 From

a verb of more general sense, such as , is to be supplied with ἀτηρᾷ φρενί ⁸⁸ γόγοις ⁸⁹ φρενί ⁹⁰ δείπνοις δ’ ⁹¹

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 ⁹² ἀτηρᾷ ⁹³ πολλὰ μὲν … πολλὰ δέ ⁹⁴

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 ⁹⁵

mvp-comment-144-1 λέγων χεροῖν μὲν ⁹⁶ δὲ ⁹⁷ λέγων ⁹⁸

mvp-comment-144-2 τῶν ὧν τέκνων ⁹⁹

mvp-comment-144-3 λείποιτο ¹⁰⁰

mvp-comment-145-1 φωνεῖ δὲ ¹⁰¹ ῥαίοιτο ¹⁰²

mvp-comment-145-2 ἀνδρὸς … ἐλευθέρου ¹⁰³ δοῦλος ¹⁰⁴

mvp-comment-145-3 ῥαίοιτο ¹⁰⁵

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 ¹⁰⁶

mvp-comment-145-6 ᾠνωμένος ¹⁰⁷

mvp-comment-145-7 ἔρριψεν ἐκτὸς αὐτόν ¹⁰⁸

mvp-comment-145-8 ὧν ἔχων χόλον ¹⁰⁹

mvp-comment-146-1 αὖθις ¹¹⁰

mvp-comment-146-2 Τιρυνθίαν … κλιτύν ¹¹¹ υ^ ¹¹² κλιτύν ¹¹³

mvp-comment-146-3 ἵππους νομάδας ¹¹⁴ νομάδας ¹¹⁵

mvp-comment-147-1 ἄλλοσ’ … ὄμμα, θατέρᾳ δὲ νοῦν ἔχοντ’ ¹¹⁶ θατέρᾳ ¹¹⁷ ἄλλοσε ¹¹⁸

mvp-comment-147-2 πυργώδους πλακός ¹¹⁹

mvp-comment-148-1 ὁ τῶν ἁπάντων ¹²⁰

mvp-comment-149-1 πρατόν νιν ἐξέπεμψεν ¹²¹ οὐδ’ ἠνέσχετο ¹²² ὁθούνεκ’ ¹²³ μοῦνον ¹²⁴

mvp-comment-150-1 ἠμύνατο ¹²⁵

mvp-comment-151-1 χειρουμένῳ ¹²⁶

mvp-comment-151-2 οὐδὲ δαίμονες ¹²⁷

mvp-comment-152-1 κεῖνοι δ’ ¹²⁸

mvp-comment-152-2 ὑπερχλίοντες ¹²⁹

mvp-comment-152-3 ἐκ γλώσσης κακῆς ¹³⁰

mvp-comment-152-4 282 For αὐτοὶ μὲν ¹³¹ κεῖνοι ¹³² πόλις δὲ ¹³³

mvp-comment-152-5 οἰκήτορες ¹³⁴

mvp-comment-153-1 τάσδε ¹³⁵ ἅσπερ ¹³⁶ ἐξ ὀλβίων ¹³⁷

mvp-comment-154-1 χωροῦσι πρὸς σέ ¹³⁸

mvp-comment-154-2 πόσις τε … ἐγὼ δὲ ¹³⁹ ἐφεῖτο ¹⁴⁰ τελῶ ¹⁴¹

mvp-comment-155-1 ἁγνὰ θύματα ¹⁴² τῆς ἁλώσεως ¹⁴³

mvp-comment-156-1 φρόνει νιν ὡς ἥξοντα ¹⁴⁴ νιν ¹⁴⁵ ὡς ¹⁴⁶

mvp-comment-157-1 καλῶς ¹⁴⁷

mvp-comment-158-1 νῦν σοι τέρψις ἐμφανὴς κυρεῖ ¹⁴⁸

mvp-comment-158-2 τῶν μὲν ¹⁴⁹ τὰ δὲ ¹⁵⁰

mvp-comment-159-1 πανδίκῳ φρενί ¹⁵¹

mvp-comment-160-1 τῇδε ¹⁵² τοῦτο ¹⁵³

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 ¹⁵⁴

mvp-comment-161-2 ταρβεῖν τὸν εὖ πράσσοντα ¹⁵⁵

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 ¹⁵⁶

mvp-comment-162-2 δεινὸς ¹⁵⁷

mvp-comment-163-1 ἀπάτορας ¹⁵⁸

mvp-comment-163-2 301 f. For ἴσως ¹⁵⁹ ἐξ ἐλευθέρων ἀνδρῶν ¹⁶⁰ ἀνδρῶν ¹⁶¹ ἀπάτορας ¹⁶²

mvp-comment-164-1 ὦ Ζεῦ τροπαῖε ¹⁶³

mvp-comment-164-2 τοὐμὸν σπέρμα ¹⁶⁴

mvp-comment-164-3 χωρήσαντα ¹⁶⁵ εἰς ¹⁶⁶ πρὸς ¹⁶⁷ σε ¹⁶⁸ που ¹⁶⁹

mvp-comment-165-1 μηδ’, εἴ τι δράσεις ¹⁷⁰ εἰ ¹⁷¹ ζώσης ¹⁷²

mvp-comment-165-2 This verse is a development of μή ποτ’ εἰσίδοιμι ¹⁷³

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

in μηδέ ¹⁷⁴

mvp-comment-166-1 τεκνοῦσσα ¹⁷⁵ τεκοῦσα ¹⁷⁶

mvp-comment-166-2 πρὸς … φύσιν ¹⁷⁷ πάντων … τῶνδε ¹⁷⁸

mvp-comment-166-3 γενναία ¹⁷⁹

mvp-comment-167-1 ὁ φιτύσας πατήρ ¹⁸⁰

mvp-comment-167-2 ᾤκτισα ¹⁸¹

mvp-comment-167-3 ὅσῳπερ ¹⁸² μόνη ¹⁸³

mvp-comment-167-4 φρονεῖν οἶδεν ¹⁸⁴ φρονεῖν ¹⁸⁵

mvp-comment-167-5 314 f. For καὶ ¹⁸⁶ κρίνοις ¹⁸⁷

mvp-comment-167-6 γέννημα τῶν ἐκεῖθεν ¹⁸⁸ οὐκ ἐν ὑστάτοις ¹⁸⁹

mvp-comment-168-1 μὴ τῶν τυράννων ¹⁹⁰

mvp-comment-168-2 Εὐρύτου σπορά τις ἦν ¹⁹¹ τις ¹⁹²

mvp-comment-169-1 ἀνιστόρουν ¹⁹³

mvp-comment-169-2 μακράν ¹⁹⁴

mvp-comment-170-1 ξυνεμπόρων ¹⁹⁵

mvp-comment-170-2 ἔχεις ¹⁹⁶

mvp-comment-170-3 ἤνυτον ¹⁹⁷

mvp-comment-171-1 ἀλλ’ ἡμὶν ¹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-172-1 καὶ ¹⁹⁹ ξυμφορά ²⁰⁰

mvp-comment-173-1 οὔ τἄρα ²⁰¹ οὐδὲν ἐξ ἴσου ²⁰² τῷ γε πρόσθεν χρόνῳ ²⁰³ ἐξ ἴσου ²⁰⁴ διοίσει ²⁰⁵ γλῶσσαν ²⁰⁶ διοίσει ²⁰⁷

mvp-comment-173-2 ἤτις ²⁰⁸

mvp-comment-173-3 οὐδαμὰ ²⁰⁹

mvp-comment-174-1 οὔτε μείζον’ οὔτ’ ἐλάσσονα ²¹⁰

mvp-comment-175-1 ὠδίνουσα … βάρος ²¹¹

mvp-comment-176-1 διήνεμον ²¹² πάτραν ²¹³

mvp-comment-176-2 ἡ … τὐχη ²¹⁴

mvp-comment-176-3 αὐτῇ γ’ ²¹⁵ γ’ ²¹⁶

mvp-comment-176-4 συγγνώμην ἔχει ²¹⁷

mvp-comment-177-1 ἡ δ’ οὖν ²¹⁸ ἡ δ’ ²¹⁹ ἥδ’ ²²⁰

mvp-comment-177-2 οὕτως ὅπως ἥδιστα ²²¹

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

(cr. n.), the two best, I think, are, (1) ἄλλην … λύπην ²²² λύπην … διπλῆν ²²³ διπλῆν ²²⁴

mvp-comment-177-4 Almost all edd. retain the optat. λάβοι ²²⁵ λάβῃ ²²⁶

mvp-comment-178-1 οἷ θέλεις σπεύδῃς ²²⁷

mvp-comment-178-2 ἐγὼ δὲ ²²⁸ σύ θ’ ²²⁹

mvp-comment-178-3 ἐξαρκῆ τιθῶ ²³⁰

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’ ²³¹ γε ²³²

mvp-comment-179-3 ἀμμείνας’ ²³³

mvp-comment-180-1 ἄνευ ²³⁴ τ’ ²³⁵ μάθῃς ²³⁶ μάθῃς ²³⁷ ἐκμάθῃς ²³⁸ οὕστινας ²³⁹

mvp-comment-180-2 ὧν τ’ οὐδὲν εἰσήκουσας ²⁴⁰

mvp-comment-181-1 πάντ’ ²⁴¹

mvp-comment-182-1 τί δ’ ἔστι ²⁴²

mvp-comment-182-2 τοῦ ²⁴³

mvp-comment-182-3 ἐφίστασαί με ²⁴⁴ τήνδε βάσιν ²⁴⁵

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 ²⁴⁶ τήνδε βάσιν ²⁴⁷ με ²⁴⁸ μοι ²⁴⁹ τοῦ ²⁵⁰ ἐφ’ οὗ ²⁵¹ με ²⁵²

mvp-comment-183-1 οὐδὲ τὸν πάρος … οὐδὲ νῦν ²⁵³ οὐδὲ ²⁵⁴ οὔτε ²⁵⁵

mvp-comment-183-2 μάτην ²⁵⁶

mvp-comment-183-3 δοκῶ ²⁵⁷

mvp-comment-184-1 ἐκείνους ²⁵⁸ τούτους δ’ ἔα ²⁵⁹ ἄνευ τῶνδ’ ²⁶⁰

mvp-comment-184-2 ἢ )μοὶ ταῖσδέ τ’ ²⁶¹

mvp-comment-185-1 σοὶ ταῖσδέ τ’ οὐδὲν εἴργεται ²⁶² οὐδὲν ²⁶³ σοὶ ταῖσδέ τ’ ²⁶⁴

mvp-comment-186-1 καὶ δὴ ²⁶⁵

mvp-comment-186-2 χὡ λόγος σημαινέτω ²⁶⁶

mvp-comment-187-1 δίκης ἐς ὀρθόν ²⁶⁷

mvp-comment-187-2 ἢ νῦν … ἢ πρόσθεν … παρῆν ²⁶⁸ κακός ²⁶⁹

mvp-comment-188-1 ἃ μὲν γὰρ ἐξείρηκας ²⁷⁰

mvp-comment-188-2 ἀγνοία ²⁷¹

mvp-comment-189-1 μαρτύρων ²⁷²

mvp-comment-189-2 Εὔρυτόν θ’ ἕλοι τήν θ’ ὑψίπ. Οἰχαλίαν ²⁷³

mvp-comment-189-3 τὴν ὑψίπυργον ²⁷⁴

mvp-comment-189-4 Οἰχαλίαν ²⁷⁵

mvp-comment-190-1 μόνος θεῶν ²⁷⁶

mvp-comment-190-2 θέλξειεν ²⁷⁷

mvp-comment-191-1 οὐ τἀπὶ Λυδοῖς ²⁷⁸ ὑπ’ ²⁷⁹ ἐπ’ ²⁸⁰ τἀπὶ ²⁸¹ ἐπ’ ²⁸²

mvp-comment-191-2 πόνων λατρεύματ’ ²⁸³

mvp-comment-191-3 ὁ ῥιπτὸς … μόρος ²⁸⁴

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 ²⁸⁵ ὃ ²⁸⁶ ὃν … παρώσας ²⁸⁷

mvp-comment-193-1 ἀλλ’ ἡνίκ’ ²⁸⁸ οὐκ ἔπειθε ²⁸⁹

mvp-comment-193-2 τὸν φυτοσπόρον ²⁹⁰

mvp-comment-194-1 κρύφιον ὡς ἔχοι λέχος ²⁹¹ αἰτίαν ²⁹²

mvp-comment-194-2 ἑτοιμάσας ²⁹³

mvp-comment-194-3 362—

mvp-comment-195-1 ἐπιστρατεύει … ἄνακτα πατέρα ²⁹⁴ τόνδ’ ²⁹⁵ τῶνδ’ ²⁹⁶

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’ ²⁹⁷ τῶνδ’ ²⁹⁸

mvp-comment-195-3 (2) Heracles is subject to ἐπιστρατεύει ²⁹⁹ κτείνει ³⁰⁰ εἶπε ³⁰¹ δεσπόζειν ³⁰² εἶπε ³⁰³

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 ³⁰⁴

mvp-comment-195-5 The only course which removes all these three difficulties is Hartung's,—who brackets the words τὴν ταύτης … πατέρα ³⁰⁵

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 ³⁰⁶ τῶνδ’ ³⁰⁷

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

mvp-comment-196-1 ἥκει ³⁰⁸ ἔπερσε ³⁰⁹ ἐντεθέρμανται ³¹⁰ ἥκει ³¹¹

mvp-comment-196-2 δόμους ὡς τούσδε ³¹²

mvp-comment-197-1 οὐδ’ εἰκός ³¹³

mvp-comment-197-2 ἐντεθέρμανται ³¹⁴ ἐν‐ ³¹⁵ ἐκ‐ ³¹⁶

mvp-comment-198-1 πρὸς μέσῃ Τραχινίων ἀγορᾷ ³¹⁷ ἐν ³¹⁸

mvp-comment-198-2 ἀγορᾷ ³¹⁹

mvp-comment-198-3 Join ὡσαύτως ἐμοί ³²⁰

mvp-comment-199-1 τὸ δ’ ὀρθὸν ³²¹

mvp-comment-200-1 ποῦ … πράγματος ³²²

mvp-comment-200-2 ὑπόστεγον ³²³

mvp-comment-201-1 ὦ δὐστηνος ³²⁴ πέφυκεν ³²⁵

mvp-comment-201-2 This question seems strange after the words κτείνει τ’ ἄνακτα πατέρα τῆσδε ³²⁶

mvp-comment-201-3 διώμνυτο ³²⁷

mvp-comment-202-1 ἦ κάρτα ³²⁸

mvp-comment-202-2 The conject. ὄνομα ³²⁹ ὄμμα ³³⁰ ἆρ’ ἀνώνυμος πέφυκεν ³³¹ ὄνομα ³³² φύσιν ³³³ κατ’ ὄμμα ³³⁴

mvp-comment-202-3 φύσιν ³³⁵

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 ³³⁶ ἢ ³³⁷ ἦ ³³⁸ φύσιν ³³⁹ διώμνυτο ³⁴⁰

mvp-comment-203-1 πατρὸς μὲν οὖσα ³⁴¹ Ἰόλη )καλεῖτο ³⁴² ποτέ ³⁴³ )καλεῖτο ³⁴⁴ οὖσα ³⁴⁵

mvp-comment-203-2 Ἰόλη ³⁴⁶

mvp-comment-203-3 τῆς ³⁴⁷

mvp-comment-204-1 βλάστας ³⁴⁸

mvp-comment-204-2 οὐδὲν ἱστορῶν ³⁴⁹

mvp-comment-204-3 Many editors place a comma after ἐφώνει ³⁵⁰ δῆθεν ³⁵¹ δῆθεν ³⁵² οὐδὲν ἱστορῶν ³⁵³

mvp-comment-205-1 ὄλοιντο ³⁵⁴

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 ³⁵⁵ δὲ ³⁵⁶

mvp-comment-205-4 μὴ ³⁵⁷ πρέπονθ’ αὑτῷ ³⁵⁸

mvp-comment-206-1 ποεῖν ³⁵⁹

mvp-comment-207-1 πεύθου ³⁶⁰ πυθοῦ ³⁶¹

mvp-comment-207-2 σαφῆ ³⁶²

mvp-comment-208-1 οὐκ ἀπὸ γνώμης ³⁶³

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 ³⁶⁴ αὐτόκλητος ³⁶⁵

mvp-comment-210-1 ὡς ὁρᾷς ³⁶⁶ εἰσορᾷς ³⁶⁷ εἰσορᾷς ³⁶⁸ ὡς ³⁶⁹ ἕρποντος ἐμοῦ, εἰσορᾷς ³⁷⁰ ὡς ἕρποντος ἐμοῦ ³⁷¹ εἰσορᾷς ³⁷² εἰσορᾷς ὡς ἕρποντος ἐμοῦ ³⁷³ εἰσορᾷς ³⁷⁴

mvp-comment-210-2 As regards ὡς ὁρᾷς ³⁷⁵ ὡς ³⁷⁶

mvp-comment-211-1 ἐκ ταχείας ³⁷⁷

mvp-comment-211-2 σὺν χρόνῳ … βραδεῖ ³⁷⁸

mvp-comment-211-3 πρὶν ἡμᾶς κἀννεώσασθαι λόγους ³⁷⁹

mvp-comment-212-1 ἦ καὶ ³⁸⁰

mvp-comment-212-2 τὸ πιστὸν τῆς ἀλη‐ ³⁸¹ θείας ³⁸²

mvp-comment-212-3 νεμεῖς ³⁸³

mvp-comment-212-4 Even without the hint in the schol. (cr. n.), it would have been clear that νεμεῖς ³⁸⁴ νέμεις ³⁸⁵

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 ³⁸⁶ τόλμησον εἰπεῖν, εἰ φρονεῖς ³⁸⁷

mvp-comment-214-1 οὗτος, βλέφ’ ὧδε ³⁸⁸

mvp-comment-215-1 σὺ δ’ ³⁸⁹

mvp-comment-216-1 τόλμησον ³⁹⁰

mvp-comment-216-2 εἰ φρονεῖς ³⁹¹

mvp-comment-216-3 ἱστορῶ ³⁹²

mvp-comment-216-4 406 f. If δάμαρτα ³⁹³ δεσπότιν ³⁹⁴ θ’ ³⁹⁵ δ’ ³⁹⁶ δέ … δέ ³⁹⁷ τε … τε. — λεύσσων μάταια ³⁹⁸

mvp-comment-217-1 δίκαια ³⁹⁹

mvp-comment-218-1 δίκαιος ⁴⁰⁰

mvp-comment-219-1 ποικίλας ⁴⁰¹

mvp-comment-220-1 ἱστορούμενος ⁴⁰²

mvp-comment-221-1 κάτοισθα ⁴⁰³

mvp-comment-222-1 ἣν ὑπ’ ἀγνοίας ὁρᾷς ⁴⁰⁴ ὑπ’ ἀγνοίας ⁴⁰⁵ ὑπ’ ἀγνοίας ⁴⁰⁶

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 ⁴⁰⁷

mvp-comment-224-1 πολλοῖσιν ἀστῶν ⁴⁰⁸ ποίοις ἐν ἀνθρώποισι ⁴⁰⁹

mvp-comment-224-2 ἀγορᾷ ⁴¹⁰

mvp-comment-224-3 ταῦτά ⁴¹¹ γ’ ⁴¹² γε ⁴¹³

mvp-comment-224-4 425 If the MS. ναί ⁴¹⁴ γε ⁴¹⁵ κλύειν ⁴¹⁶ ναί ⁴¹⁷

mvp-comment-224-5 ταὐτὸ ⁴¹⁸

mvp-comment-224-6 426 The antithesis is between the whole phrases, δόκησιν ⁴¹⁹ ἐξακριβῶσαι ⁴²⁰

mvp-comment-225-1 ποίαν δόκησιν ⁴²¹

mvp-comment-226-1 ἐγὼ δάμαρτα ⁴²²

mvp-comment-226-2 431 The emphatic σοῦ ⁴²³ σου ⁴²⁴ ἤκουσεν ⁴²⁵ ἤκουσα ⁴²⁶

mvp-comment-227-1 ἡ Λυδία ⁴²⁷ ἡ Λυδία ⁴²⁸ ὁ τῆσδ’ ἔρως φανείς ⁴²⁹ ὡς ταύτης πόθῳ ⁴³⁰

mvp-comment-228-1 ἀποστήτω ⁴³¹

mvp-comment-229-1 πρός σε τοῦ … Διός ⁴³²

mvp-comment-229-2 νάπος ⁴³³

mvp-comment-229-3 ἐκκλέψῃς λόγον ⁴³⁴

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 ⁴³⁵

mvp-comment-230-3 τἀνθρώπων ⁴³⁶

mvp-comment-230-4 πέφυκεν ⁴³⁷ πεφύκας’ ⁴³⁸

mvp-comment-231-1 Ἔρωτι μέν νυν ⁴³⁹

mvp-comment-231-2 πύκτης ὅπως ⁴⁴⁰

mvp-comment-231-3 οὐ καλῶς φρονεῖ ⁴⁴¹

mvp-comment-232-1 ἄρχει καὶ θεῶν ⁴⁴²

mvp-comment-233-1 κἀμοῦ γε ⁴⁴³ γε ⁴⁴⁴

mvp-comment-233-2 πῶς δ’ οὐ ⁴⁴⁵

mvp-comment-233-3 οἵας γ’ ἐμοῦ ⁴⁴⁶ γε ⁴⁴⁷

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 ⁴⁴⁸ τε ⁴⁴⁹ ἢ ⁴⁵⁰

mvp-comment-234-2 τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ ⁴⁵¹

mvp-comment-234-3 μεμπτός ⁴⁵²

mvp-comment-235-1 τοῦ μηδὲν αἰσχροῦ ⁴⁵³ μηδ’ ἐμοὶ κακοῦ τινος ⁴⁵⁴ τοῦ ⁴⁵⁵

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’ ⁴⁵⁶ οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτα ⁴⁵⁷

mvp-comment-236-2 μαθὼν … ἐκμανθάνεις ⁴⁵⁸

mvp-comment-237-1 αὑτὸν ⁴⁵⁹ ὀφθήσει ⁴⁶⁰

mvp-comment-238-1 κὴρ ⁴⁶¹ πρόσεστιν ⁴⁶²

mvp-comment-239-1 ὅπως δὲ λήσεις ⁴⁶³ ὅπως δὲ λήσεις ⁴⁶⁴

mvp-comment-240-1 δέδοικας … ταρβεῖς ⁴⁶⁵

mvp-comment-240-2 τοῦτο ⁴⁶⁶

mvp-comment-241-1 πλείστας ἀνὴρ εἷς ⁴⁶⁷

mvp-comment-241-2 ἔγημε ⁴⁶⁸

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’ ⁴⁶⁹

mvp-comment-242-2 ἥδε τε, οὐδ’ εἰ … ἐντακείῃ ⁴⁷⁰ ἂν ⁴⁷¹ οὐδ’ ⁴⁷² εἰ ⁴⁷³ ἂν ⁴⁷⁴

mvp-comment-242-3 ἐντακείη τῷ φιλεῖν ⁴⁷⁵

mvp-comment-242-4 ἐντακείη ⁴⁷⁶ τῷ φιλεῖν ⁴⁷⁷

mvp-comment-242-5 The conject. ἐκτακείη ⁴⁷⁸

mvp-comment-243-1 ᾤκτιρα ⁴⁷⁹ δὴ ⁴⁸⁰

mvp-comment-244-1 ῥείτω κατ’ οὖρον ⁴⁸¹ ἴτω ⁴⁸² οὖρον ⁴⁸³

mvp-comment-244-2 κακὸν ⁴⁸⁴

mvp-comment-244-3 πρὸς ἄλλον ⁴⁸⁵ κακὸν ⁴⁸⁶ πρὸς ἄλλον εἶναι ⁴⁸⁷

mvp-comment-245-1 πιθοῦ λεγούσῃ ⁴⁸⁸ πείθου ⁴⁸⁹ πιθοῦ ⁴⁹⁰ γυναικὶ τῇδε ⁴⁹¹

mvp-comment-246-1 ἀλλ’ ⁴⁹² θνητὴν φρονοῦσαν θνητὰ ⁴⁹³ ἀγνώμονα ⁴⁹⁴

mvp-comment-247-1 κρύψομαι ⁴⁹⁵

mvp-comment-248-1 ἔστιν γὰρ οὕτως ⁴⁹⁶

mvp-comment-249-1 ταύτης ὁ δεινὸς ἵμερος ⁴⁹⁷ ὁ δεινὸς ⁴⁹⁸

mvp-comment-249-2 ποθ’ ⁴⁹⁹

mvp-comment-249-3 διῆλθε ⁵⁰⁰ τῆσδ’ ⁵⁰¹ ταύτης ⁵⁰²

mvp-comment-249-4 ἡ πολύφθορος ⁵⁰³

mvp-comment-249-5 πατρῷος ⁵⁰⁴

mvp-comment-250-1 καὶ τὸ πρὸς κείνου ⁵⁰⁵

mvp-comment-251-1 εἴ τι τήνδ’ ἁμαρτ. ⁵⁰⁶

mvp-comment-251-2 νέμεις ⁵⁰⁷

mvp-comment-252-1 γε μὲν δὴ ⁵⁰⁸ ἐπεὶ ⁵⁰⁹

mvp-comment-253-1 στέργε ⁵¹⁰ ἐς ⁵¹¹

mvp-comment-253-2 ἐμπέδως ⁵¹² ἐμπέδους ⁵¹³

mvp-comment-253-3 488 f. Either τἄλλ’ ⁵¹⁴ χεροῖν ⁵¹⁵

mvp-comment-254-1 καὶ ⁵¹⁶ φρονοῦμεν ⁵¹⁷

mvp-comment-255-1 νόσον γ’ ἐπακτὸν ἐξαρούμεθα ⁵¹⁸ ἐπακτὸν ⁵¹⁹ γε ⁵²⁰ ἐξαρούμεθα ⁵²¹

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 ⁵²² γε ⁵²³ νόσημ’ ⁵²⁴

mvp-comment-255-3 θεοῖσι δυσμαχοῦντες ⁵²⁵

mvp-comment-256-1 λόγων τ’ ⁵²⁶

mvp-comment-256-2 λόγων … ἐπιστολὰς ⁵²⁷

mvp-comment-257-1 προσαρμόσαι ⁵²⁸

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 ⁵²⁹ φέρῃς ⁵³⁰ δίκαια ⁵³¹

mvp-comment-257-4 ὧδε ⁵³² σὺν π. στόλῳ ⁵³³

mvp-comment-258-1 μέγα τι σθένος … νίκας ⁵³⁴

mvp-comment-258-2 ἐκφέρεται ⁵³⁵

mvp-comment-259-1 θεῶν ⁵³⁶ παρέβαν ⁵³⁷

mvp-comment-259-2 Κρονίδαν ⁵³⁸

mvp-comment-260-1 τὸν ἔννυχον Ἅιδαν ⁵³⁹

mvp-comment-261-1 Ποσειδάωνα ⁵⁴⁰

mvp-comment-261-2 τινάκτορα γαίας ⁵⁴¹

mvp-comment-262-1 ἐπὶ τάνδ’ … ἄκοιτιν ⁵⁴²

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 ⁵⁴³

mvp-comment-263-1 πάμπληκτα ⁵⁴⁴

mvp-comment-263-2 παγκόνιτά τ’ ⁵⁴⁵

mvp-comment-263-3 ἐξῆλθον ἄεθλ’ ⁵⁴⁶

mvp-comment-263-4 ἄεθλα ⁵⁴⁷ ἀγώνων ⁵⁴⁸

mvp-comment-264-1 ποταμοῦ σθένος ⁵⁴⁹

mvp-comment-264-2 φάσμα ταύρου ⁵⁵⁰

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 ⁵⁵¹

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 ⁵⁵²

mvp-comment-266-2 ἀπὸ ⁵⁵³ ἄπο ⁵⁵⁴

mvp-comment-267-1 παλίντονα ⁵⁵⁵

mvp-comment-267-2 λόγχας ⁵⁵⁶

mvp-comment-267-3 ῥόπαλον ⁵⁵⁷ λόγχας ⁵⁵⁸ ῥόπαλον ⁵⁵⁹ τόξα ⁵⁶⁰

mvp-comment-268-1 ἀολλεῖς ⁵⁶¹ ἐς μέσον ⁵⁶²

mvp-comment-269-1 μόνα δ’ ⁵⁶³

mvp-comment-269-2 ἐν μέσῳ ⁵⁶⁴

mvp-comment-269-3 ῥαβδονόμει ⁵⁶⁵

mvp-comment-269-4 Aphroditè is here the only person near the two combatants ( ξυνοῦσα ⁵⁶⁶

mvp-comment-270-1 τότ’ ἦν χερός ⁵⁶⁷ χερὸς πάταγος ⁵⁶⁸ ἀμφίπλεκτοι κλίμακες ⁵⁶⁹ μετώπων πλήγματα ⁵⁷⁰

mvp-comment-270-2 For ἦν ⁵⁷¹ ἦν δὲ ⁵⁷²

mvp-comment-271-1 ἀνάμιγδα ⁵⁷³

mvp-comment-271-2 κεράτων ⁵⁷⁴

mvp-comment-272-1 ἦν ⁵⁷⁵

mvp-comment-272-2 ἀμφίπλεκτοι κλίμακες ⁵⁷⁶

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 ⁵⁷⁷

mvp-comment-274-1 τηλαυγεῖ ⁵⁷⁸

mvp-comment-274-2 ὄχθῳ ⁵⁷⁹

mvp-comment-274-3 τὸν ὃν ⁵⁸⁰

mvp-comment-275-1 †ἐγὼ δὲ μάτηρ† μὲν οἷα φράζω ⁵⁸¹

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 ⁵⁸² ἀγὼν ⁵⁸³ φράζω ⁵⁸⁴ ἀγὼν δὲ μαργᾷ μέν, οἷα φράζω ⁵⁸⁵ τὸ δ’ ἀμφινείκητον ⁵⁸⁶

mvp-comment-276-1 ὄμμα ⁵⁸⁷ ὄμμα νύμφας ⁵⁸⁸

mvp-comment-276-2 ἐλεινὸν ἀμμένει ⁵⁸⁹

mvp-comment-277-1 κἀπὸ ματρὸς ἄφαρ βέβακεν ⁵⁹⁰

mvp-comment-277-2 ἄφαρ ⁵⁹¹

mvp-comment-278-1 ὥστε ⁵⁹² ὥσπερ ⁵⁹³

mvp-comment-278-2 πόρτις ἐρήμα ⁵⁹⁴

mvp-comment-279-1 ἦμος ⁵⁹⁵ τῆμος ⁵⁹⁶

mvp-comment-279-2 ὁ ξένος ⁵⁹⁷

mvp-comment-279-3 θροεῖ ⁵⁹⁸

mvp-comment-279-4 ταῖς αἰχμ. παισὶν ⁵⁹⁹

mvp-comment-279-5 ὡς ἐπ’ ἐξόδῳ ⁶⁰⁰ ἐπ’ ἐξόδῳ ⁶⁰¹

mvp-comment-279-6 θυραῖος ⁶⁰²

mvp-comment-280-1 τὰ μὲν ⁶⁰³ τὰ δ’ ⁶⁰⁴

mvp-comment-280-2 χερσὶν ⁶⁰⁵

mvp-comment-280-3 συγκατοικτιουμένη ⁶⁰⁶

mvp-comment-281-1 κόρην ⁶⁰⁷ ἐζευγμένην ⁶⁰⁸

mvp-comment-282-1 παρεισδέδεγμαι ⁶⁰⁹ φόρ‐ ⁶¹⁰ τον ⁶¹¹ παρεισδέδεγμαι ⁶¹²

mvp-comment-282-2 λωβητὸν ⁶¹³

mvp-comment-282-3 ἐμπόλημα ⁶¹⁴

mvp-comment-282-4 τῆς ἐμῆς φρενός ⁶¹⁵ λωβητὸν ⁶¹⁶

mvp-comment-283-1 δὔ οὖσαι ⁶¹⁷

mvp-comment-283-2 μιᾶς ὑπὸ χλαίνης ⁶¹⁸

mvp-comment-283-3 ὑπαγκάλισμα ⁶¹⁹

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 ⁶²⁰

mvp-comment-284-2 πιστός ⁶²¹

mvp-comment-285-1 οἰκούρια ⁶²² τοῦ μακροῦ χρόνου ⁶²³

mvp-comment-286-1 οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι ⁶²⁴

mvp-comment-286-2 τῇδε τῇ νόσῳ ⁶²⁵

mvp-comment-287-1 τὸ δ’ αὖ ξυνοικεῖν ⁶²⁶

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 ⁶²⁷ ὧν ⁶²⁸

mvp-comment-288-3 (2) τῶν δ’ ὑπεκτρέπει πόδα ⁶²⁹

mvp-comment-288-4 (3) ἀφαρπάζειν ⁶³⁰

mvp-comment-288-5 (4) ὀφθαλμὸς ⁶³¹

mvp-comment-289-1 ταῦτ’ οὖν ⁶³²

mvp-comment-289-2 καλῆται ⁶³³ καλεῖται ⁶³⁴ καλῆται ⁶³⁵

mvp-comment-289-3 ἀνήρ ⁶³⁶

mvp-comment-290-1 ἀλλ’ οὐ γάρ ⁶³⁷

mvp-comment-290-2 553 f. The MSS. have ᾗ δ’ ἔχω ⁶³⁸ λυτήριον λύπημα ⁶³⁹ λύπημα ⁶⁴⁰ λώφημα ⁶⁴¹

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 ⁶⁴² ἔχει ⁶⁴³

mvp-comment-291-1 ἦν μοι ⁶⁴⁴

mvp-comment-291-2 ποτὲ ⁶⁴⁵ δῶρον ⁶⁴⁶ θηρός ⁶⁴⁷

mvp-comment-291-3 παλαιὸν ⁶⁴⁸ ἀρχαίου ⁶⁴⁹

mvp-comment-291-4 θηρός ⁶⁵⁰

mvp-comment-291-5 λέβητι ⁶⁵¹

mvp-comment-292-1 δασυστέρνου ⁶⁵²

mvp-comment-292-2 παρὰ Νέσσου ⁶⁵³ ἐκ φονῶν ⁶⁵⁴ φόνων ⁶⁵⁵

mvp-comment-292-3 The name Νέσσος ⁶⁵⁶

mvp-comment-293-1 τὸν βαθύρρουν … Εὔηνον ⁶⁵⁷

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 ⁶⁵⁸ )πόρευε ⁶⁵⁹ θοῦ ⁶⁶⁰

mvp-comment-294-1 τὸν πατρῷον … στόλον ⁶⁶¹ ἑσπόμην ⁶⁶²

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 ⁶⁶³

mvp-comment-295-1 φέρων ἐπ’ ὤμοις ⁶⁶⁴

mvp-comment-295-2 ἦ ⁶⁶⁵ ἦν ⁶⁶⁶

mvp-comment-295-3 μέσῳ πόρῳ ⁶⁶⁷

mvp-comment-295-4 ἐκ δ’ ἤϋσ’ ἐγώ ⁶⁶⁸

mvp-comment-296-1 ἐπιστρέψας ⁶⁶⁹

mvp-comment-296-2 κομήτην ⁶⁷⁰

mvp-comment-296-3 πλεύμονας ⁶⁷¹ ν ⁶⁷² λ ⁶⁷³ λ ⁶⁷⁴ λ ⁶⁷⁵ ν ⁶⁷⁶

mvp-comment-296-4 ἐκθνῄσκων ⁶⁷⁷

mvp-comment-296-5 569 ff. For τοσοῦτον ⁶⁷⁸

mvp-comment-296-6 τῶν ἐμῶν … πορθμῶν ⁶⁷⁹

mvp-comment-297-1 ἐὰν γὰρ … ὕδρας ⁶⁸⁰ τῶν ἐμῶν σφαγῶν ⁶⁸¹ ἀμφίθρεπτον ⁶⁸² ἐνέγκῃ χερσίν ⁶⁸³ ᾗ μελαγχόλους ⁶⁸⁴ μελαγχόλους ⁶⁸⁵ ἰούς ⁶⁸⁶

mvp-comment-297-2 θρέμμα … ὕδρας ⁶⁸⁷

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 ⁶⁸⁸

mvp-comment-297-4 If we adopted the conjecture μελάγχολος … ἰός ⁶⁸⁹ θρέμμα ⁶⁹⁰ ἔβαψεν ⁶⁹¹

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 ⁶⁹²

mvp-comment-298-2 ἀντὶ σοῦ ⁶⁹³

mvp-comment-299-1 ἐννοήσας’ ⁶⁹⁴

mvp-comment-299-2 δόμοις ⁶⁹⁵ ἐγκεκλῃμένον ⁶⁹⁶

mvp-comment-300-1 χιτῶνα τόνδ’ ⁶⁹⁷

mvp-comment-300-2 ἔβαψα ⁶⁹⁸

mvp-comment-300-3 προσβαλοῦς’ ⁶⁹⁹

mvp-comment-301-1 πεπείρανται ⁷⁰⁰

mvp-comment-302-1 κακὰς δὲ τόλμας ⁷⁰¹

mvp-comment-302-2 μήτ’ ἐπισταίμην …, μήτ’ ἐκμάθοιμι ⁷⁰²

mvp-comment-302-3 στυγῶ ⁷⁰³

mvp-comment-303-1 φίλτροις δ’ ἐάν πως ⁷⁰⁴ μεμηχάνηται τοὔργον ⁷⁰⁵

mvp-comment-303-2 ὑπερβαλώμεθα ⁷⁰⁶

mvp-comment-303-3 τὴν παῖδα ⁷⁰⁷ θέλκτροισι ⁷⁰⁸

mvp-comment-303-4 εἴ τι μὴ ⁷⁰⁹

mvp-comment-303-5 μάταιον ⁷¹⁰

mvp-comment-303-6 εἰ δὲ μή ⁷¹¹

mvp-comment-304-1 πίστις ⁷¹²

mvp-comment-304-2 590 f. The whole phrase οὕτως ἔχει ⁷¹³ γε ⁷¹⁴ πίστις ⁷¹⁵

mvp-comment-304-3 ὡς ⁷¹⁶ οὕτως ⁷¹⁷

mvp-comment-304-4 τὸ μὲν δοκεῖν ⁷¹⁸

mvp-comment-304-5 πείρᾳ δ’ οὐ προσωμίλησα ⁷¹⁹

mvp-comment-305-1 δρῶσαν ⁷²⁰ γνῶμα ⁷²¹

mvp-comment-306-1 ἀλλ’ αὐτίκ’ ⁷²² ἐλεύσεται ⁷²³

mvp-comment-307-1 μόνον ⁷²⁴

mvp-comment-307-2 παρ’ ὑμῶν ⁷²⁵ παρ’ ὑμῖν ⁷²⁶ στεγώμεθ’ ⁷²⁷

mvp-comment-307-3 αἰσχύνῃ πεσεῖ ⁷²⁸

mvp-comment-308-1 τῷ μακρῷ χρόνῳ ⁷²⁹

mvp-comment-309-1 αὐτὰ … ταῦτα ⁷³⁰ καὶ ⁷³¹ πράσσω ⁷³² ἠγορῶ ⁷³³

mvp-comment-309-2 ταναϋφῆ ⁷³⁴ τόνδε γ’ εὐϋφῆ ⁷³⁵ ἀϋφῆ ⁷³⁶ ταναϋφῆ ⁷³⁷ γε ⁷³⁸

mvp-comment-309-3 πέπλον ⁷³⁹ τόνδε ⁷⁴⁰

mvp-comment-310-1 φράζ’ ὅπως μηδεὶς … ἀμφιδύσεται ⁷⁴¹

mvp-comment-311-1 ἕρκος ἱερὸν ⁷⁴² ἐφέστιον σέλας ⁷⁴³

mvp-comment-312-1 φανερὸς ⁷⁴⁴ ἐμφανῶς ⁷⁴⁵ σταθεὶς ⁷⁴⁶

mvp-comment-313-1 ηὔγμην ⁷⁴⁷

mvp-comment-314-1 πανδίκως ⁷⁴⁸ στελεῖν ⁷⁴⁹ σωθέντ’ ⁷⁵⁰ πανδίκως ⁷⁵¹

mvp-comment-315-1 καινῷ καινὸν ⁷⁵²

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 ⁷⁵³

mvp-comment-316-2 ἐπὸν μαθήσεται ⁷⁵⁴ ἐπ’ ὄμμα θήσεται ⁷⁵⁵ ν ⁷⁵⁶ μ ⁷⁵⁷ εὐμαθὲς … μαθήσεται ⁷⁵⁸ ὃ ⁷⁵⁹ ἐπιθήσεται ὄμμα ⁷⁶⁰

mvp-comment-317-1 νόμον ⁷⁶¹

mvp-comment-317-2 τὸ μὴ )πιθυμεῖν πομπὸς ὢν ⁷⁶²

mvp-comment-318-1 ὅπως ἂν ⁷⁶³ χάρις ⁷⁶⁴ ἁπλῆ ⁷⁶⁵ διπλῆ ⁷⁶⁶ κείνου τε κἀμοῦ ⁷⁶⁷ ξυνελθοῦς’ ⁷⁶⁸

mvp-comment-319-1 εἴπερ Ἑρμοῦ ⁷⁶⁹

mvp-comment-319-2 πομπεύω ⁷⁷⁰ τέχνην ⁷⁷¹ βέβαιον ⁷⁷²

mvp-comment-319-3 οὔ τι μὴ ⁷⁷³ οὔ τοι μὴ ⁷⁷⁴

mvp-comment-319-4 τὸ μὴ οὐ ⁷⁷⁵

mvp-comment-319-5 ἄγγος ⁷⁷⁶

mvp-comment-319-6 ὡς ἔχει ⁷⁷⁷

mvp-comment-320-1 λόγων … πίστιν ⁷⁷⁸

mvp-comment-320-2 ἐφαρμόσαι ⁷⁷⁹

mvp-comment-320-3 λέγεις ⁷⁸⁰ ἔχεις ⁷⁸¹ ἔχει ⁷⁸² ἐφεῖς’ ⁷⁸³

mvp-comment-321-1 στείχοις ἂν ἤδη ⁷⁸⁴

mvp-comment-322-1 σεσωσμένα ⁷⁸⁵

mvp-comment-322-2 627 f. For ἀλλὰ … μὲν δὴ ⁷⁸⁶ αὐτὴν ⁷⁸⁷ αὐτήν θ’ ⁷⁸⁸ τὰ τῆς ξένης προσδέγματα ⁷⁸⁹ αὐτὴν ὡς ἐδεξάμην φίλως ⁷⁹⁰ οἶσθα ⁷⁹¹ τὰ τῆς ξένης προσδέγματα ⁷⁹² φίλως ⁷⁹³ αὐτήν θ’ ⁷⁹⁴ θ’ ⁷⁹⁵

mvp-comment-323-1 ἐκπλαγῆναι ⁷⁹⁶

mvp-comment-324-1 πρὼ| ⁷⁹⁷

mvp-comment-324-2 μὴ … λέγοις ἂν ⁷⁹⁸

mvp-comment-324-3 τὸν ἐξ ἐμοῦ ⁷⁹⁹

mvp-comment-325-1 τἀκεῖθεν ⁸⁰⁰ εἰδέναι ⁸⁰¹ εἰ ποθούμεθα ⁸⁰² δέδοικα ⁸⁰³ ἐμοῦ ⁸⁰⁴

mvp-comment-326-1 <*> ναύλοχα ⁸⁰⁵

mvp-comment-326-2 θερμὰ λουτρὰ ⁸⁰⁶ να<*>λοχα ⁸⁰⁷ πετραῖα ⁸⁰⁸

mvp-comment-326-3 ναύλοχα ⁸⁰⁹

mvp-comment-326-4 πάγους Οἴτας ⁸¹⁰

mvp-comment-326-5 παραναιετάοντες ⁸¹¹

mvp-comment-326-6 οἵ ⁸¹² τε ⁸¹³

mvp-comment-326-7 χρυσαλακάτου τ’ ἀκτὰν κόρας ⁸¹⁴

mvp-comment-326-8 χρυσαλακάτου ⁸¹⁵

mvp-comment-327-1 ἔνθ’ Ἑλλάνων ⁸¹⁶

mvp-comment-327-2 Ἑλλάνων ⁸¹⁷

mvp-comment-327-3 ἀγοραὶ Πυλάτιδες ⁸¹⁸

mvp-comment-327-4 κλέονται ⁸¹⁹

mvp-comment-328-1 ἀναρσίαν ⁸²⁰

mvp-comment-328-2 ἐπάνεισιν ⁸²¹

mvp-comment-328-3 θείας … μούσας ⁸²² ἀντίλυρον ⁸²³

mvp-comment-328-4 ἀχῶν ⁸²⁴ ἰάχων ⁸²⁵

mvp-comment-329-1 ὁ Διὸς … Ἀλκμήνας κόρος ⁸²⁶

mvp-comment-330-1 σοῦται ⁸²⁷ σεῦται ⁸²⁸

mvp-comment-330-2 πάσας ⁸²⁹

mvp-comment-331-1 ὃν ἀπόπτολιν εἴχομεν ⁸³⁰

mvp-comment-331-2 παντᾷ ⁸³¹ ἀπόπτολιν ⁸³²

mvp-comment-331-3 δυοκαιδεκάμηνον … χρόνον ⁸³³

mvp-comment-331-4 πελάγιον ⁸³⁴

mvp-comment-332-1 ἁ δέ οἱ … δάμαρ ⁸³⁵ οἱ ⁸³⁶

mvp-comment-333-1 τάλαιναν ⁸³⁷ τάλαινα ⁸³⁸

mvp-comment-333-2 ὤλλυτο ⁸³⁹

mvp-comment-334-1 Ἄρης ⁸⁴⁰

mvp-comment-334-2 οἰστρηθεὶς ⁸⁴¹ αὖ ⁸⁴² οἱ ⁸⁴³ στρωθεὶς ⁸⁴⁴

mvp-comment-334-3 ἐξέλυσ’ ἐπίπονονἁμέραν ⁸⁴⁵ ἐπίπονον ἁμέραν ⁸⁴⁶

mvp-comment-335-1 ὄχημα ναὸς ⁸⁴⁷

mvp-comment-336-1 πρὶν … ἀνύσειε ⁸⁴⁸

mvp-comment-337-1 ἑστίαν ⁸⁴⁹

mvp-comment-337-2 ἀμείψας ⁸⁵⁰

mvp-comment-337-3 κλῄζεται θυτήρ ⁸⁵¹

mvp-comment-338-1 πανίμερος ⁸⁵² πανάμερος ⁸⁵³

mvp-comment-339-1 τᾶς πειθοῦς παγχρίστῳ ⁸⁵⁴

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

mvp-comment-339-3 (1) παγχρίστῳ ⁸⁵⁵

mvp-comment-339-4 (2) The words ἐπὶ προφάσει θηρός ⁸⁵⁶ φάρους ⁸⁵⁷

mvp-comment-339-5 (3) For συγκραθεὶς ⁸⁵⁸

mvp-comment-339-6 There remains, however, the metrical discrepancy between συγκραθεὶς ⁸⁵⁹ ἐξέλυς’ ⁸⁶⁰ ἐξείλυς’ ⁸⁶¹ συντακεὶς ⁸⁶²

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 ⁸⁶³

mvp-comment-341-1 Δῃάνειρα, τέκνον Οἰνέως ⁸⁶⁴

mvp-comment-342-1 ἀθυμῶ δ’, εἰ φανήσομαι ⁸⁶⁵

mvp-comment-343-1 οὐ δή ⁸⁶⁶ τι ⁸⁶⁷ ἐλπίδος ⁸⁶⁸ τι ⁸⁶⁹ δωρημάτων ⁸⁷⁰

mvp-comment-344-1 ὥστε μήποτ’ ἂν παραινέσαι ⁸⁷¹ προθυμίαν … ἔργου ⁸⁷² ἄδηλον ⁸⁷³ λαβεῖν ⁸⁷⁴

mvp-comment-345-1 εἰ διδακτόν ⁸⁷⁵

mvp-comment-346-1 οἷον, ἢν φράσω ⁸⁷⁶

mvp-comment-346-2 (1) To retain ὑμῖν ⁸⁷⁷ μαθεῖν ⁸⁷⁸

mvp-comment-346-3 (2) To read ὑμᾶς ⁸⁷⁹ ὑμῖν ⁸⁸⁰ φράσω ⁸⁸¹

mvp-comment-346-4 Others, taking μαθεῖν ⁸⁸² θαῦμ’ ἀνέλπιστον ⁸⁸³ ἂν φράσαι ⁸⁸⁴

mvp-comment-347-1 τὸν ἐνδυτῆρα πέπλον ⁸⁸⁵

mvp-comment-348-1 ἀργὴς … πόκος ⁸⁸⁶ ἀργῆτ’ … πόκῳ ⁸⁸⁷ ἀργῆτ’ ⁸⁸⁸ ἀργῆτα ⁸⁸⁹ τὸν ἐνδυτῆρα πέπλον ⁸⁹⁰

mvp-comment-348-2 Blaydes suggests

: but the usage of precludes this. A change of ἀργὴς … πόκος ⁸⁹¹ ἀργῆτ’ ⁸⁹² πόκῳ ⁸⁹³ ᾧ ⁸⁹⁴ εὐέρου ⁸⁹⁵

mvp-comment-349-1 πρὸς οὐδενὸς ⁸⁹⁶ τῶν ἔνδον ⁸⁹⁷ τῶν ἐκτός ⁸⁹⁸ φθίνει ⁸⁹⁹

mvp-comment-350-1 ψῇ ⁹⁰⁰

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 ⁹⁰¹ σπιλάδος ⁹⁰² σπ ⁹⁰³

mvp-comment-351-1 ἐκτενῶ ⁹⁰⁴

mvp-comment-352-1 γὰρ ⁹⁰⁵

mvp-comment-352-2 ὧν ⁹⁰⁶ θεσμῶν ⁹⁰⁷

mvp-comment-352-3 ὁ θὴρ Κένταυρος ⁹⁰⁸

mvp-comment-352-4 πονῶν πλευρὰν ⁹⁰⁹

mvp-comment-352-5 πικρᾷ ⁹¹⁰

mvp-comment-352-6 προὐδιδάξατο ⁹¹¹

mvp-comment-353-1 θεσμῶν οὐδέν ⁹¹² ἐσῳζόμην ⁹¹³

mvp-comment-354-1 χαλκῆς … δέλτου ⁹¹⁴ θεσμῶν ⁹¹⁵

mvp-comment-355-1 καίμοι ⁹¹⁶ σῴζειν ⁹¹⁷ προὐδιδάξατο ⁹¹⁸ κἄδρων τοιαῦτα ⁹¹⁹ τοιαῦτ’ ἔδρων ⁹²⁰

mvp-comment-356-1 ἄπυρον ⁹²¹ ἄθικτον ⁹²²

mvp-comment-357-1 ἕως νιν ⁹²³

mvp-comment-357-2 που ⁹²⁴

mvp-comment-358-1 ἔχρισα μὲν ⁹²⁵ κἄθηκα ⁹²⁶ εἴσω δ’ ⁹²⁷ κατ’ οἶκον ⁹²⁸ ἐν δόμοις ⁹²⁹

mvp-comment-359-1 κτησίου ⁹³⁰

mvp-comment-360-1 ἀλαμπὲς ἡλίου ⁹³¹

mvp-comment-361-1 ζυγάστρῳ ⁹³²

mvp-comment-361-2 κοίλῳ ⁹³³

mvp-comment-362-1 εἴσω δ’ ἀποστείχουσα ⁹³⁴

mvp-comment-362-2 φάτιν ⁹³⁵ ἄφραστον ⁹³⁶ ἀξύμβλητον ⁹³⁷ ἀνθρώπῳ μαθεῖν ⁹³⁸ ἀξύμβλητον ⁹³⁹

mvp-comment-363-1 κάταγμα ⁹⁴⁰

mvp-comment-363-2 προὔχριον ⁹⁴¹ ἀκτῖν’ ἐς ἡλιῶτιν ⁹⁴²

mvp-comment-363-3 Wunder rashly rejects the verse. Dobree's objection to it seems to have been the repeated ἐς ⁹⁴³

mvp-comment-364-1 ῥεῖ ⁹⁴⁴

mvp-comment-364-2 κατέψηκται ⁹⁴⁵

mvp-comment-365-1 μορφῇ ⁹⁴⁶ μάλιστ’ εἰκαστὸν ⁹⁴⁷ ὥστε ⁹⁴⁸

mvp-comment-365-2 πρίονος ἐκβρώματ’ ⁹⁴⁹

mvp-comment-366-1 προπετές ⁹⁵⁰ προὔκειτ’, ἀναζέουσι ⁹⁵¹ θρομβώδεις ἀφροί ⁹⁵²

mvp-comment-367-1 πίονος ποτοῦ γλ. ὀπώρας ἀπὸ Β. ἀμπέλου ⁹⁵³

mvp-comment-367-2 χυθέντος ⁹⁵⁴ Β. ἀπ’ ἀμπέλου ⁹⁵⁵

mvp-comment-367-3 For ὀπώρας ⁹⁵⁶ Βακχίας ⁹⁵⁷ πίονος ⁹⁵⁸

mvp-comment-368-1 ποῖ γνώμης πέσω ⁹⁵⁹

mvp-comment-369-1 ὁρῶ δέ μ’ … ἐξειργασμένην ⁹⁶⁰

mvp-comment-370-1 πόθεν ⁹⁶¹ ἀντὶ τοῦ ⁹⁶²

mvp-comment-370-2 ἂν … παρέσχ’ ⁹⁶³

mvp-comment-370-3 ἧς … ὕπερ ⁹⁶⁴

mvp-comment-371-1 ἀποφθίσαι ⁹⁶⁵

mvp-comment-372-1 ἀρκεῖ ⁹⁶⁶

mvp-comment-372-2 ἄρνυμαι ⁹⁶⁷

mvp-comment-373-1 εἴ τι μὴ ⁹⁶⁸

mvp-comment-373-2 ψευσθήσομαι γνώμης ⁹⁶⁹

mvp-comment-374-1 ἄτρακτον ⁹⁷⁰

mvp-comment-374-2 θεὸν Χείρωνα ⁹⁷¹

mvp-comment-374-3 πημήναντα ⁹⁷²

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 ⁹⁷³ χὥσπερ ⁹⁷⁴

mvp-comment-375-1 ἐκ … σφαγῶν τοῦδε διελθὼν ⁹⁷⁵

mvp-comment-375-2 ἰὸς αἵματος ⁹⁷⁶

mvp-comment-375-3 τόνδε ⁹⁷⁷

mvp-comment-375-4 Others take ἐκ … τοῦδε ⁹⁷⁸ ὅδε ⁹⁷⁹ τοῦδ’ ⁹⁸⁰

mvp-comment-375-5 δόξῃ γοῦν ἐμῇ ⁹⁸¹

mvp-comment-376-1 σφαλήσεται ⁹⁸²

mvp-comment-376-2 For σὺν ⁹⁸³

mvp-comment-377-1 προτιμᾷ ⁹⁸⁴ κακὴ ⁹⁸⁵

mvp-comment-378-1 ἔργα δείν’ ⁹⁸⁶

mvp-comment-378-2 ἐλπίδ’ ⁹⁸⁷

mvp-comment-379-1 τοῖς μὴ καλοῖς β. ⁹⁸⁸ προξενεῖ ⁹⁸⁹

mvp-comment-380-1 ἀμφὶ ⁹⁹⁰

mvp-comment-380-2 μὴ )ξ ἑκουσίας ⁹⁹¹

mvp-comment-380-3 πέπειρα ⁹⁹²

mvp-comment-381-1 τοιαῦτα δ’ ⁹⁹³

mvp-comment-381-2 οἴκοι ⁹⁹⁴

mvp-comment-382-1 ἂν ἁρμόζοι ⁹⁹⁵

mvp-comment-382-2 τὸν πλείω λόγον ⁹⁹⁶ λέξεις ⁹⁹⁷

mvp-comment-382-3 μαστὴρ πατρὸς ⁹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-383-1 ἂν … εἱλόμην ⁹⁹⁹

mvp-comment-383-2 σε ¹⁰⁰⁰ ἓν ¹⁰⁰¹ σε ἢ μηκέτ’ εἶναι ¹⁰⁰² σε ¹⁰⁰³

mvp-comment-383-3 ἐκ τριῶν ἓν ¹⁰⁰⁴

mvp-comment-383-4 κεκλῆσθαι ¹⁰⁰⁵

mvp-comment-384-1 τί δ’ ἔστιν … πρός γ’ ἐμοῦ στυγού‐ ¹⁰⁰⁶ μενον ¹⁰⁰⁷ πρός γ’ ἐμοῦ ¹⁰⁰⁸

mvp-comment-385-1 τὸν δ’ ἐμὸν ¹⁰⁰⁹ δέ ¹⁰¹⁰ λέγω ¹⁰¹¹ λέγω ¹⁰¹²

mvp-comment-386-1 ἐξήνεγκας ¹⁰¹³

mvp-comment-387-1 δν οὐχ ο<*>όν τε ¹⁰¹⁴ μὴ οὐ ¹⁰¹⁵ μὴ ¹⁰¹⁶

mvp-comment-387-2 τὸ … φανθὲν ¹⁰¹⁷ τὸ γὰρ ¹⁰¹⁸

mvp-comment-387-3 τίς ἂν δύναιτ’ ἂν ¹⁰¹⁹

mvp-comment-387-4 ἀγένητον ¹⁰²⁰

mvp-comment-387-5 744 f. For ἀνθρώπων ¹⁰²¹

mvp-comment-387-6 ἄζηλον ¹⁰²²

mvp-comment-388-1 ἐν ὄμμασιν ¹⁰²³

mvp-comment-388-2 κατὰ γλῶσσαν ¹⁰²⁴

mvp-comment-389-1 ἐμπελάζεις … καὶ παρίστασαι ¹⁰²⁵

mvp-comment-390-1 εἰ χρὴ μαθεῖν σε ¹⁰²⁶

mvp-comment-391-1 ὅθ’ εἷρπε ¹⁰²⁷

mvp-comment-392-1 τροπαῖα ¹⁰²⁸ ἀκροθίνια ¹⁰²⁹

mvp-comment-393-1 ἀκτή … ἔστιν ¹⁰³⁰

mvp-comment-393-2 Κήναιον ¹⁰³¹

mvp-comment-393-3 πατρῴῳ ¹⁰³² βωμοὺς ὁρίζει ¹⁰³³

mvp-comment-393-4 τεμενίαν … φυλλάδα ¹⁰³⁴ ἄσμενος πόθῳ ¹⁰³⁵

mvp-comment-394-1 πολυθύτους … σφαγὰς ¹⁰³⁶

mvp-comment-395-1 κῆρυξ ἀπ’ οἴκων … οἰκεῖος ¹⁰³⁷ οἰκεῖος ¹⁰³⁸

mvp-comment-396-1 προὐξεφίεσο ¹⁰³⁹

mvp-comment-397-1 ταυροκτονεῖ ¹⁰⁴⁰ συμμιγῆ βοσκήματα ¹⁰⁴¹

mvp-comment-397-2 ἐντελεῖς ¹⁰⁴²

mvp-comment-397-3 βοῦς ¹⁰⁴³ ταυροκτονεῖ ¹⁰⁴⁴

mvp-comment-397-4 προσῆγε ¹⁰⁴⁵

mvp-comment-398-1 ἵλεῳ ¹⁰⁴⁶

mvp-comment-399-1 κόσμῳ τε … καὶ στολῇ ¹⁰⁴⁷

mvp-comment-399-2 Several critics alter κατηύχετο ¹⁰⁴⁸ κατήρχετο ¹⁰⁴⁹

mvp-comment-399-3 But κατηύχετο ¹⁰⁵⁰

mvp-comment-400-1 σεμνῶν ὀργίων … φλὸξ ¹⁰⁵¹

mvp-comment-400-2 πιείρας δρυός ¹⁰⁵²

mvp-comment-401-1 ἱδρὼς ¹⁰⁵³ ἀρτίκολλος, ὥστε τέκτονος ¹⁰⁵⁴

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 ¹⁰⁵⁵

mvp-comment-401-4 ὀστέων ¹⁰⁵⁶ ἀντίσπαστος ¹⁰⁵⁷ ἀδαγμός ¹⁰⁵⁸

mvp-comment-402-1 ἐχίδνης … ὣς ¹⁰⁵⁹

mvp-comment-402-2 ἐδαίνυτο ¹⁰⁶⁰

mvp-comment-403-1 )βόησε ¹⁰⁶¹

mvp-comment-403-2 μηχαναῖς ¹⁰⁶²

mvp-comment-404-1 ἔλεξεν ¹⁰⁶³

mvp-comment-405-1 πλευμόνων ¹⁰⁶⁴

mvp-comment-406-1 ἄρθρον ᾗ λυγίζεται ¹⁰⁶⁵

mvp-comment-407-1 ἐκ πόντου ¹⁰⁶⁶

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 ¹⁰⁶⁷

mvp-comment-408-2 μυελὸν ¹⁰⁶⁸

mvp-comment-408-3 διασπαρέντος ¹⁰⁶⁹ μέσου ¹⁰⁷⁰

mvp-comment-409-1 ἀνηυφήμησεν οἰμωγῇ ¹⁰⁷¹

mvp-comment-410-1 ἰύζων ¹⁰⁷²

mvp-comment-411-1 Λοκρῶν τ’ ὄρειοι πρῶνες ¹⁰⁷³ τ’ ¹⁰⁷⁴ Λοκρῶν ¹⁰⁷⁵ ἄκραι ¹⁰⁷⁶ ἄκρα ¹⁰⁷⁷

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 ¹⁰⁷⁸

mvp-comment-413-1 δυσπάρευνον ¹⁰⁷⁹ λέκτρον ¹⁰⁸⁰

mvp-comment-413-2 ἐνδατούμενος ¹⁰⁸¹

mvp-comment-413-3 τὸν Οἰνέως γάμον ¹⁰⁸²

mvp-comment-414-1 προσέδρου ¹⁰⁸³

mvp-comment-414-2 λιγνύος ¹⁰⁸⁴

mvp-comment-414-3 διάστροφον ¹⁰⁸⁵

mvp-comment-415-1 συνθανεῖν ¹⁰⁸⁶

mvp-comment-416-1 ἔξω ¹⁰⁸⁷ ἆρον ¹⁰⁸⁸

mvp-comment-416-2 The reasons for preferring Wakefield's με θὲς ¹⁰⁸⁹ μέθες ¹⁰⁹⁰ μέθες ¹⁰⁹¹

mvp-comment-416-3 ὅπου … μή τις ὄψεται ¹⁰⁹²

mvp-comment-417-1 εἰ δ’ οἶκτον ἴσχεις ¹⁰⁹³ εἰ δ’ οἶκτος ἴσχει ς’. ¹⁰⁹⁴

mvp-comment-417-2 ἀλλά ¹⁰⁹⁵ αὐτοῦ ¹⁰⁹⁶

mvp-comment-417-3 θάνω ¹⁰⁹⁷

mvp-comment-418-1 τοσαῦτ’ ¹⁰⁹⁸

mvp-comment-418-2 ἐπισκήψαντος ¹⁰⁹⁹

mvp-comment-419-1 σφε ¹¹⁰⁰ ἐκέλσαμεν ¹¹⁰¹ θέντες ¹¹⁰²

mvp-comment-420-1 ἢ ζῶντ’ … ἢ τεθνηκότ’ ¹¹⁰³

mvp-comment-421-1 βουλεύσας’ ¹¹⁰⁴

mvp-comment-421-2 δρῶς’ ¹¹⁰⁵

mvp-comment-421-3 ποίνιμος ¹¹⁰⁶

mvp-comment-421-4 Δίκη ¹¹⁰⁷

mvp-comment-421-5 ἐπεύχομαι ¹¹⁰⁸

mvp-comment-421-6 εἰ θέμις … θέμις δ’ ¹¹⁰⁹

mvp-comment-421-7 προὔβαλες ¹¹¹⁰

mvp-comment-421-8 μοι ¹¹¹¹

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 ¹¹¹² ἔριν ¹¹¹³

mvp-comment-422-1 σῖγ’ ¹¹¹⁴

mvp-comment-422-2 815 f. The place of ὀφθαλμῶν ἐμῶν ¹¹¹⁵ οὖρος ¹¹¹⁶

mvp-comment-422-3 αὐτῇ ¹¹¹⁷

mvp-comment-422-4 καλός ¹¹¹⁸

mvp-comment-423-1 γὰρ ¹¹¹⁹

mvp-comment-423-2 ὄγκον ¹¹²⁰

mvp-comment-423-3 τρέφειν ¹¹²¹

mvp-comment-423-4 μηδὲν ¹¹²² ἥτις ¹¹²³

mvp-comment-424-1 ἀλλ’ ἑρπ. χαίρουσα ¹¹²⁴

mvp-comment-424-2 τήνδ’ ¹¹²⁵

mvp-comment-425-1 ἴδ’ ¹¹²⁶

mvp-comment-425-2 προσέμειξεν ¹¹²⁷ παλαιφάτου ¹¹²⁸

mvp-comment-426-1 θεοπρόπον ¹¹²⁹

mvp-comment-426-2 τᾶς παλαιφάτου προνοίας ¹¹³⁰

mvp-comment-427-1 ὅ τ’ ¹¹³¹ ἅ τ’ ¹¹³² ὃν ¹¹³³

mvp-comment-427-2 ἔλακεν ¹¹³⁴

mvp-comment-427-3 ἐκφέροι ¹¹³⁵

mvp-comment-427-4 δωδέκατος ἄροτος ¹¹³⁶

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 ¹¹³⁷

mvp-comment-427-8 ἀναδοχὰν τελεῖν ¹¹³⁸ πόνων ¹¹³⁹ τελεῖν ¹¹⁴⁰

mvp-comment-428-1 αὐτόπαιδι ¹¹⁴¹

mvp-comment-428-2 ἔμπεδα ¹¹⁴²

mvp-comment-428-3 κατουρίζει ¹¹⁴³

mvp-comment-429-1 ὁ μὴ λεύσσων ¹¹⁴⁴

mvp-comment-429-2 ἐπίπονον … λατρείαν ¹¹⁴⁵ πόνων ¹¹⁴⁶

mvp-comment-430-1 φονίᾳ νεφέλᾳ ¹¹⁴⁷

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 ¹¹⁴⁸

mvp-comment-430-4 χρίει ¹¹⁴⁹

mvp-comment-430-5 πλευρά ¹¹⁵⁰

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 ¹¹⁵¹ ἔτρεφε ¹¹⁵² αἰόλος ¹¹⁵³

mvp-comment-431-1 ἀέλιον ¹¹⁵⁴ α^ ¹¹⁵⁵

mvp-comment-432-1 ὕδρας … φάσματι ¹¹⁵⁶ προστετακὼς ¹¹⁵⁷ μελαγχαίτα δ’ ¹¹⁵⁸ φάσματι ¹¹⁵⁹

mvp-comment-432-2 μελαγχαίτα ¹¹⁶⁰

mvp-comment-433-1 ἄμμιγα ¹¹⁶¹

mvp-comment-434-1 It has long been the general belief that the words νέσου ¹¹⁶² νέσσου ¹¹⁶³ θ’ ὕπο ¹¹⁶⁴ μελαγχαίτα ¹¹⁶⁵

mvp-comment-434-2 Here I may briefly state my own conclusions. (1) μελαγχαίτα ¹¹⁶⁶

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 ¹¹⁶⁷ ὑπόφονα ¹¹⁶⁸ δολόμυθα ¹¹⁶⁹ φόνια δολιόμυθα ¹¹⁷⁰ ὕπο ¹¹⁷¹

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 ¹¹⁷² ἔτι ποτ’ ἔτ’ ἐπίπονον <πόνων> ἔχοι θανὼν λατρείαν ¹¹⁷³

mvp-comment-435-1 ὧν … ἄοκνος ¹¹⁷⁴ ἄοκνον ¹¹⁷⁵

mvp-comment-436-1 προσορῶσα ¹¹⁷⁶ προορῶσα ¹¹⁷⁷

mvp-comment-437-1 ἀΐσσουσαν ¹¹⁷⁸ ἀϊσσόντων ¹¹⁷⁹ γάμων ¹¹⁸⁰

mvp-comment-438-1 τὰ μὲν αὐτὰ προσέβαλε ¹¹⁸¹

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 ¹¹⁸²

mvp-comment-438-4 ὀλεθρίαισι συναλλαγαῖς ¹¹⁸³

mvp-comment-438-5 ὀλεθρίαισι ¹¹⁸⁴ ὀλεθρίαις ¹¹⁸⁵

mvp-comment-439-1 ἦ που ¹¹⁸⁶

mvp-comment-439-2 ὀλοὰ ¹¹⁸⁷

mvp-comment-439-3 στένει ¹¹⁸⁸ ἦ που ἄρ’ ἀλασταίνει ¹¹⁸⁹ αἰάζει ¹¹⁹⁰ στένει ¹¹⁹¹

mvp-comment-440-1 χλωρὰν … ἄχναν ¹¹⁹²

mvp-comment-440-2 τέγγει … ἄχναν ¹¹⁹³

mvp-comment-440-3 850 f. The μοῖρα ¹¹⁹⁴ ἐρχομένα ¹¹⁹⁵ ἄταν ¹¹⁹⁶

mvp-comment-440-4 δολίαν ¹¹⁹⁷

mvp-comment-440-5 προφαίνει ¹¹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-441-1 ἔρρωγεν παγὰ δακρύων ¹¹⁹⁹

mvp-comment-442-1 κέχυται νόσος ¹²⁰⁰

mvp-comment-442-2 ὦ πόποι ¹²⁰¹

mvp-comment-442-3 ἀναρσίων ¹²⁰²

mvp-comment-442-4 The doubt as to the reading here is confined to the words between πόποι ¹²⁰³ ἐπέμολε ¹²⁰⁴

mvp-comment-442-5 It seems almost certain that Ἡρακλέους ¹²⁰⁵ δόμοις ¹²⁰⁶ δόμοισι ¹²⁰⁷ <ὕπ)> οὔπω <τοῦδε σῶμ)> ἀγακλειτόν ¹²⁰⁸

mvp-comment-442-6 οἰκτίσαι ¹²⁰⁹

mvp-comment-443-1 κελαινὰ ¹²¹⁰

mvp-comment-443-2 προμάχου ¹²¹¹

mvp-comment-443-3 αἰχμᾷ ¹²¹²

mvp-comment-443-4 θοὰν ¹²¹³

mvp-comment-443-5 αἰπεινᾶς ¹²¹⁴

mvp-comment-444-1 ἀμφίπολος ¹²¹⁵ ἄναυδος ¹²¹⁶ α ¹²¹⁷

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 ¹²¹⁸

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 ¹²¹⁹

mvp-comment-446-1 τί φημί ¹²²⁰ τὶ φημί ¹²²¹

mvp-comment-447-1 οὐκ ἄσημον ¹²²² ἀλλὰ δυστυχῆ ¹²²³

mvp-comment-447-2 καινίζει ¹²²⁴

mvp-comment-447-3 869 The MS. reading, ἀήθης ¹²²⁵

mvp-comment-447-4 The conjecture ἀηδὴς ¹²²⁶

mvp-comment-447-5 Surely ἀήθης ¹²²⁷ ἀ ¹²²⁸ γ ¹²²⁹ ηθής ¹²³⁰

mvp-comment-448-1 σημανοῦσα ¹²³¹ σημαίνουσα ¹²³²

mvp-comment-449-1 Ἡρακλεῖ τὸ πόμπιμον ¹²³³

mvp-comment-450-1 καινοποιηθὲν ¹²³⁴

mvp-comment-451-1 ἐξ ἀκινήτου ποδός ¹²³⁵

mvp-comment-452-1 οὐ δή ποθ’ ¹²³⁶

mvp-comment-452-2 πάντ’ ἀκήκοας ¹²³⁷

mvp-comment-452-3 τέθνηκεν ¹²³⁸

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

(878—895), see Analysis.

mvp-comment-452-5 ὀλεθρία ¹²³⁹

mvp-comment-452-6 879 The MS. reading, σχετλιώτατα πρός γε πρᾶξιν ¹²⁴⁰ σχετλίῳ τὰ πρός γε πρᾶξιν ¹²⁴¹

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 ¹²⁴² γε ¹²⁴³

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 ¹²⁴⁴ πρᾶξιν ¹²⁴⁵

mvp-comment-453-1 ξυντρέχει ¹²⁴⁶

mvp-comment-454-1 διηΐστωσε ¹²⁴⁷

mvp-comment-455-1 τίς θυμός ¹²⁴⁸

mvp-comment-455-2 τίνες νόσοι ¹²⁴⁹ ξυνεῖλε ¹²⁵⁰

mvp-comment-456-1 μόνα ¹²⁵¹

mvp-comment-457-1 στονόεντος ¹²⁵²

mvp-comment-457-2 ἐν τομᾷ ¹²⁵³

mvp-comment-458-1 ὦ ματαία ¹²⁵⁴

mvp-comment-458-2 τάνδ’ ὕβριν ¹²⁵⁵

mvp-comment-459-1 ὡς δὴ … παραστάτις ¹²⁵⁶

mvp-comment-460-1 τίς ἦν ¹²⁵⁷ πῶς ¹²⁵⁸

mvp-comment-461-1 αὐτὴ πρὸς αὑτῆς ¹²⁵⁹

mvp-comment-462-1 ἔτεκεν ἔτεκε δὴ ¹²⁶⁰

mvp-comment-462-2 νέορτος ¹²⁶¹

mvp-comment-463-1 ἄγαν γε ¹²⁶²

mvp-comment-463-2 κάρτα μᾶλλον ἂν ᾤκτισας ¹²⁶³

mvp-comment-464-1 καὶ ταῦτ’ ἔτλη τις ¹²⁶⁴

mvp-comment-464-2 κτίσαι ¹²⁶⁵

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 ¹²⁶⁶ γὰρ ἦλθε ¹²⁶⁷

mvp-comment-466-1 αὐλαῖς ¹²⁶⁸

mvp-comment-466-2 κοῖλα ¹²⁶⁹

mvp-comment-466-3 στορνύνθ’ ¹²⁷⁰

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 ¹²⁷¹

mvp-comment-467-2 ἔνθα μή τις εἰσίδοι ¹²⁷²

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 ¹²⁷³

mvp-comment-468-2 βωμοῖσι ¹²⁷⁴

mvp-comment-468-3 γένοιντ’ ἔρημοι ¹²⁷⁵ γένοιτ’ ἐρήμη ¹²⁷⁶

mvp-comment-468-4 ὀργάνων ὅτου ψαύσειεν ¹²⁷⁷

mvp-comment-469-1 ἄλλῃ … δωμάτων ¹²⁷⁸

mvp-comment-469-2 φίλων … οἰκετῶν ¹²⁷⁹

mvp-comment-470-1 ἀνακαλουμένη ¹²⁸⁰

mvp-comment-470-2 911 The MS. text, καὶ τὰς ἄπαιδας ἐς τὸ λοιπὸν οὐσίας ¹²⁸¹

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 ¹²⁸² ἑστίας ¹²⁸³

mvp-comment-471-1 τὸν Ἡράκλ. ¹²⁸⁴

mvp-comment-471-2 θάλαμον ¹²⁸⁵

mvp-comment-472-1 λαθραῖον ὄμμ’ ¹²⁸⁶ ἐπεσκιασμένη ¹²⁸⁷

mvp-comment-473-1 βάλλουσαν ¹²⁸⁸ στρωτὰ ¹²⁸⁹

mvp-comment-474-1 εὐνατηρίοις ¹²⁹⁰

mvp-comment-475-1 ῥήξασα ¹²⁹¹

mvp-comment-475-2 νυμφεῖα ¹²⁹²

mvp-comment-475-3 εὐνάτριαν ¹²⁹³

mvp-comment-476-1 συντόνῳ ¹²⁹⁴

mvp-comment-477-1 ᾗ ¹²⁹⁵ ᾧ ¹²⁹⁶

mvp-comment-477-2 προὔκειτο μαστῶν ¹²⁹⁷

mvp-comment-477-3 ἐκ δ’ ἐλώπισεν ¹²⁹⁸

mvp-comment-478-1 δρομαία ¹²⁹⁹ φράζω ¹³⁰⁰ τάδε ¹³⁰¹ τεχνωμένης ¹³⁰²

mvp-comment-479-1 τὸ κεῖσε δεῦρό τ’ ¹³⁰³

mvp-comment-479-2 ἐξορμώμεθα ¹³⁰⁴

mvp-comment-479-3 ὁρῶμεν αὐτὴν … πεπληγμένην ¹³⁰⁵

mvp-comment-479-4 ὑφ’ ἧπαρ καὶ φρένας ¹³⁰⁶

mvp-comment-480-1 τοὔργον … ὡς ἐφάψειεν ¹³⁰⁷

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 ¹³⁰⁸

mvp-comment-481-1 τῶν κατ’ οἶκον ¹³⁰⁹ ἐκδ. ¹³¹⁰

mvp-comment-482-1 δύστηνος ¹³¹¹ ἐλείπετ’ οὐδέν ¹³¹² ὀδυρμάτων ¹³¹³ ἀμφιπίπτων ¹³¹⁴

mvp-comment-482-2 ἀμφί νιν ¹³¹⁵

mvp-comment-482-3 ἀμφιπίπτων στόμασιν ¹³¹⁶

mvp-comment-482-4 πλευρόθεν ¹³¹⁷ παρείς ¹³¹⁸

mvp-comment-483-1 αἰτίᾳ βάλοι ¹³¹⁹

mvp-comment-484-1 ἐκ δυοῖν … ὠρφανισμένος βίον ¹³²⁰ βίου ¹³²¹ βίου ¹³²² ἐκ ¹³²³ εἷς ¹³²⁴

mvp-comment-485-1 δύο ¹³²⁵

mvp-comment-485-2 ἢ καί τι πλείους ¹³²⁶ ἢ καὶ πλείους τις ¹³²⁷ τι ¹³²⁸ ἢ καὶ πλέους τις ¹³²⁹

mvp-comment-485-3 The sense is:—‘Men often reckon on the morrow, or even, perchance ( τι ¹³³⁰

mvp-comment-486-1 πότερα πρότερον ¹³³¹

mvp-comment-486-2 μέλεα ¹³³² τέλεα ¹³³³

mvp-comment-487-1 τάδε ¹³³⁴ μένομεν ¹³³⁵ ἐπ’ ἐλπίσιν ¹³³⁶ μελόμεν’ ¹³³⁷

mvp-comment-488-1 ἔχειν ¹³³⁸ μέλλειν ¹³³⁹ κοινὰ ¹³⁴⁰

mvp-comment-489-1 ἀνεμόεσσα ¹³⁴¹ αὔρα ¹³⁴² ἔπουρος ¹³⁴³ ἑστιῶτις ¹³⁴⁴

mvp-comment-489-2 956 ff. It is doubtful whether the MS. Διὸς ¹³⁴⁵ Ζηνὸς ¹³⁴⁶ Δῖον ¹³⁴⁷

mvp-comment-489-3 μοῦνον ¹³⁴⁸ εἰσιδοῦσ’ ἄφαρ ¹³⁴⁹ μοῦνον ¹³⁵⁰ μῶλυν ¹³⁵¹ καῦρον ¹³⁵² μανὸν ¹³⁵³ μαῦρον ¹³⁵⁴ μαυρὸν ¹³⁵⁵ μοῦνον ¹³⁵⁶

mvp-comment-490-1 ἐπεὶ ¹³⁵⁷

mvp-comment-491-1 χωρεῖν πρὸ δόμων ¹³⁵⁸

mvp-comment-492-1 θαῦμα ¹³⁵⁹ θέαμα ¹³⁶⁰

mvp-comment-493-1 ἀγχοῦ δ’ ἄρα ¹³⁶¹ ἀγχοῦ κοὐ μακρἀν προὔκλαιον ¹³⁶²

mvp-comment-493-2 ὀξύφωνος ὡς ἀηδών ¹³⁶³ ἀγχοῦ ¹³⁶⁴ μακρὰν ¹³⁶⁵

mvp-comment-494-1 ξένῳν ¹³⁶⁶

mvp-comment-494-2 ξένων … βάσις ¹³⁶⁷ στάσις ¹³⁶⁸ βάσις ¹³⁶⁹

mvp-comment-494-3 ἐξόμιλος ¹³⁷⁰

mvp-comment-495-1 πᾷ δ’ αὖ ¹³⁷¹

mvp-comment-495-2 βαρεῖαν ¹³⁷²

mvp-comment-495-3 φέρει βάσιν ¹³⁷³

mvp-comment-496-1 ἀναύδατος ¹³⁷⁴

mvp-comment-497-1 τί χρή ¹³⁷⁵ φθίμενον ¹³⁷⁶ θάνατον ¹³⁷⁷ θανόντα ¹³⁷⁸

mvp-comment-497-2 A comma should follow χρή ¹³⁷⁹ τί χρή ¹³⁸⁰ θανόντα νιν ¹³⁸¹

mvp-comment-498-1 τί πάθω; τί δὲ μήσομαι ¹³⁸²

mvp-comment-499-1 ὠμόφρονος ¹³⁸³

mvp-comment-500-1 προπετής ¹³⁸⁴

mvp-comment-500-2 δακὼν ¹³⁸⁵

mvp-comment-501-1 οὐ μὴ )ξεγερεῖς ¹³⁸⁶

mvp-comment-501-2 κάτοχον ¹³⁸⁷

mvp-comment-502-1 φοιτάδα ¹³⁸⁸

mvp-comment-503-1 ἀλλ’ ἐπί μοι ¹³⁸⁹

mvp-comment-503-2 ἄπλετον ¹³⁹⁰ ἄπλετον ¹³⁹¹ ἐμμέμονε ¹³⁹² ἐπί ¹³⁹³ μοι ¹³⁹⁴

mvp-comment-504-1 ὦ Ζεῦ ¹³⁹⁵

mvp-comment-504-2 τοῖσι ¹³⁹⁶

mvp-comment-504-3 πεπονημένος ¹³⁹⁷

mvp-comment-504-4 ἀλλήκτοις ¹³⁹⁸

mvp-comment-505-1 οἴμοι <μοι> ¹³⁹⁹ μοι ¹⁴⁰⁰ ὀδύναις ¹⁴⁰¹ ὧδ’ ¹⁴⁰²

mvp-comment-506-1 ἡ δ’ ¹⁴⁰³ ἅδ’ ¹⁴⁰⁴

mvp-comment-506-2 βρύκει ¹⁴⁰⁵

mvp-comment-507-1 ἆρ’ ἐξῄδη ¹⁴⁰⁶

mvp-comment-507-2 ἐξῄδη ς’ ¹⁴⁰⁷ ἐξῄδης ¹⁴⁰⁸ ἐξῄδησθ’ ¹⁴⁰⁹

mvp-comment-507-3 κεύθειν — σκεδάσαι ¹⁴¹⁰

mvp-comment-508-1 κρατὸς βλεφάρων θ’ ¹⁴¹¹ βλεφάρων ὕπνον ¹⁴¹²

mvp-comment-509-1 στέρξαιμι ¹⁴¹³

mvp-comment-510-1 Κηναία ¹⁴¹⁴

mvp-comment-510-2 κρηπὶς ¹⁴¹⁵

mvp-comment-511-1 ἱερῶν οἵων ¹⁴¹⁶ ἐπί μοι ¹⁴¹⁷ ἠνύσω ¹⁴¹⁸ ἤνυσας ¹⁴¹⁹ ἤνυσας ¹⁴²⁰

mvp-comment-511-2 ὦ Ζεῦ ¹⁴²¹

mvp-comment-512-1 ἔθου με λώβαν ¹⁴²²

mvp-comment-513-1 ἣν ¹⁴²³ ἣν … ὄσσοις ¹⁴²⁴

mvp-comment-513-2 μή ποτ’ ¹⁴²⁵ προσιδεῖν ¹⁴²⁶ ὤφελον ¹⁴²⁷

mvp-comment-513-3 ἀκήλητον ¹⁴²⁸

mvp-comment-513-4 καταδερχθῆναι ¹⁴²⁹

mvp-comment-514-1 ἀοιδός ¹⁴³⁰

mvp-comment-514-2 τίς ὁ χειροτέχνης ¹⁴³¹ ὃς ¹⁴³²

mvp-comment-514-3 χωρὶς Ζηνὸς ¹⁴³³

mvp-comment-515-1 θαῦμ’ ἂν πόρρωθεν ἰδοίμην ¹⁴³⁴ πόρρωθεν ¹⁴³⁵ θ<*>μα ¹⁴³⁶

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 ¹⁴³⁷ εὐνᾶσαι ¹⁴³⁸ ὕστατον ¹⁴³⁹ εὐνάσαι ¹⁴⁴⁰ δύστανον ¹⁴⁴¹ δύσμορον ¹⁴⁴² ὕστατον ¹⁴⁴³ ἐᾶθ’ ὕστατον εὐνᾶσθαι ¹⁴⁴⁴ μολὼν τοῦ στυγεροῦ; φεῦ φεῦ ¹⁴⁴⁵

mvp-comment-518-1 πᾷ … ψαύεις ¹⁴⁴⁶ πᾷ ¹⁴⁴⁷

mvp-comment-519-1 ἀνατέτροφας ¹⁴⁴⁸

mvp-comment-519-2 ὅ τι καὶ μύσῃ ¹⁴⁴⁹

mvp-comment-520-1 ἥδ’ ¹⁴⁵⁰

mvp-comment-520-2 πόθεν ἔστ’ ¹⁴⁵¹ πόθεν ἐστέ ¹⁴⁵²

mvp-comment-521-1 οὓς ¹⁴⁵³ καθαίρων ¹⁴⁵⁴ οἷς ¹⁴⁵⁵

mvp-comment-522-1 ἐν πόντῳ ¹⁴⁵⁶

mvp-comment-522-2

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

mvp-comment-522-3 δρία ¹⁴⁵⁷

mvp-comment-522-4 καὶ νῦν … οὐκ ἐπιτρέψει ¹⁴⁵⁸ οὐκ ¹⁴⁵⁹ ἀποτρέψει ¹⁴⁶⁰

mvp-comment-522-5 τῷδε ¹⁴⁶¹

mvp-comment-522-6 πῦρ ¹⁴⁶²

mvp-comment-522-7 ἔγχος ¹⁴⁶³

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 ¹⁴⁶⁴ τοῦ στυγεροῦ ¹⁴⁶⁵

mvp-comment-523-1 τοὔργον τόδε ¹⁴⁶⁶

mvp-comment-523-2 μεῖζον ¹⁴⁶⁷ ἀνήκει ¹⁴⁶⁸

mvp-comment-524-1 ἢ κατ ἐμὰν ῥώμαν ¹⁴⁶⁹

mvp-comment-524-2 σοὶ γὰρ ἑτοίμα ¹⁴⁷⁰ ἐς πλέον ἢ δἰ ἐμοῦ σῴζειν ¹⁴⁷¹

mvp-comment-524-3 The MSS. give σοί τε γὰρ ὄμμα ¹⁴⁷² ἔμπλεον ἢ δἰ ἐμοῦ σῴζειν ¹⁴⁷³ ἢ ¹⁴⁷⁴

mvp-comment-524-4 The MS. words, σοί τε γὰρ ὄμμα ¹⁴⁷⁵ ὄμμα ¹⁴⁷⁶ τε ¹⁴⁷⁷ σοί τε γὰρ ὄμμα ¹⁴⁷⁸ σοὶ γὰρ ἑτοίμα ¹⁴⁷⁹ οίμα ¹⁴⁸⁰ ὄμμα ¹⁴⁸¹

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 ¹⁴⁸² ἐξανύσαι ¹⁴⁸³ βίοτον ¹⁴⁸⁴ ἔστι οἱ ¹⁴⁸⁵ μοι ¹⁴⁸⁶ ἔνδοθεν ¹⁴⁸⁷

mvp-comment-525-2 θύραθεν ¹⁴⁸⁸ ὀδύναν … βιότου ¹⁴⁸⁹

mvp-comment-525-3 τοιαῦτα νέμει Ζεύς ¹⁴⁹⁰

mvp-comment-526-1 τᾷδε ¹⁴⁹¹ τᾷδέ με … πρόσλαβε κουφίσας ¹⁴⁹² πρόσλαβέ με ¹⁴⁹³ κουφίσας ¹⁴⁹⁴

mvp-comment-527-1 ἰὼ δαῖμον ¹⁴⁹⁵

mvp-comment-528-1 θρῴσκει ¹⁴⁹⁶

mvp-comment-528-2 ἀποτίβατος ¹⁴⁹⁷

mvp-comment-529-1 Παλλάς ¹⁴⁹⁸

mvp-comment-530-1 φύτοῤ ¹⁴⁹⁹ τὸν φύσαντ’ οἴκτιῤ ¹⁵⁰⁰ οἴκτιῤ ¹⁵⁰¹ φύτοῤ ¹⁵⁰² φύσαντ’ ¹⁵⁰³

mvp-comment-530-2 ἀνεπίφθονον ¹⁵⁰⁴

mvp-comment-531-1 ἐμᾶς ὑπὸ κλῇδος ¹⁵⁰⁵

mvp-comment-531-2 ἐχόλωσεν ¹⁵⁰⁶ ἐχόλησεν ¹⁵⁰⁷

mvp-comment-532-1 αὔτως ¹⁵⁰⁸

mvp-comment-532-2 γλυκὺς ¹⁵⁰⁹

mvp-comment-533-1 αὐθαίμων ¹⁵¹⁰

mvp-comment-534-1 ὠκυπέτᾳ ¹⁵¹¹

mvp-comment-535-1 οἵαις ¹⁵¹² οἵας ¹⁵¹³

mvp-comment-536-1 ὦ πολλὰ δὴ ¹⁵¹⁴

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 ¹⁵¹⁵

mvp-comment-536-4 κοὐ λόγῳ κακὰ ¹⁵¹⁶ θερμά ¹⁵¹⁷ οὐ λόγῳ ¹⁵¹⁸

mvp-comment-536-5 The MS. reading, καὶ λόγῳ κακὰ ¹⁵¹⁹

mvp-comment-537-1 χερσὶ ¹⁵²⁰ νώτοισι ¹⁵²¹ στέρνοισι ¹⁵²² μοχθήσας ¹⁵²³

mvp-comment-538-1 κοὔπω ¹⁵²⁴

mvp-comment-538-2 ἄκοιτις ἡ Διὸς ¹⁵²⁵

mvp-comment-538-3 προὔθηκεν ¹⁵²⁶

mvp-comment-538-4 Εὐρυσθεὺς ¹⁵²⁷

mvp-comment-539-1 οἷον τόδ’ ¹⁵²⁸

mvp-comment-539-2 δολῶπις ¹⁵²⁹

mvp-comment-539-3 Ἐρινύων … ἀμφίβληστρον ¹⁵³⁰ ὑφαντὸν ¹⁵³¹

mvp-comment-540-1 προσμαχθὲν ¹⁵³²

mvp-comment-540-2 πλεύμονός τ’ ἀρτηρίας ¹⁵³³

mvp-comment-541-1 ῥοφεῖ ¹⁵³⁴ ξυνοικοῦν ¹⁵³⁵

mvp-comment-541-2 χλωρὸν ¹⁵³⁶

mvp-comment-542-1 ἀφράστῳ ¹⁵³⁷

mvp-comment-542-2 χειρωθεὶς ¹⁵³⁸

mvp-comment-543-1 κοὐ … οὔθ’ ¹⁵³⁹ οὔθ’ ¹⁵⁴⁰ οὐδ’ ¹⁵⁴¹

mvp-comment-543-2 λόγχη πεδιάς ¹⁵⁴²

mvp-comment-543-3 στρατὸς Γιγάντων ¹⁵⁴³

mvp-comment-543-4 θήρειος βία ¹⁵⁴⁴

mvp-comment-544-1 ἄγλωσσος ¹⁵⁴⁵ Ἑλλὰς ¹⁵⁴⁶

mvp-comment-544-2 οὔθ’ ὅσην ¹⁵⁴⁷

mvp-comment-544-3 γαῖαν ¹⁵⁴⁸

mvp-comment-545-1 θῆλυς ¹⁵⁴⁹ οὖσα ¹⁵⁵⁰ φῦσα ¹⁵⁵¹ ἀνδρὸς ¹⁵⁵² ἀνὴρ ¹⁵⁵³

mvp-comment-545-2 καθεῖλε ¹⁵⁵⁴

mvp-comment-545-3 φασγάνου δίχα ¹⁵⁵⁵

mvp-comment-546-1 γενοῦ ¹⁵⁵⁶ γεγώς ¹⁵⁵⁷ ἐτήτυμος ¹⁵⁵⁸

mvp-comment-546-2 πρεσβεύσῃς ¹⁵⁵⁹

mvp-comment-547-1 εἰδῶ ¹⁵⁶⁰ ἴδω ¹⁵⁶¹

mvp-comment-547-2 εἰ τοὐμὸν ¹⁵⁶² κακούμενον ¹⁵⁶³

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’ ¹⁵⁶⁴ τόλμησον ¹⁵⁶⁵

mvp-comment-548-2 ὥστε παρθένος ¹⁵⁶⁶

mvp-comment-549-1 ἀστένακτος ¹⁵⁶⁷

mvp-comment-549-2 εἱπόμην ¹⁵⁶⁸ τόνδ’ ἄνδρα ¹⁵⁶⁹ ἑσπόμην ¹⁵⁷⁰ αἰὲν ¹⁵⁷¹

mvp-comment-549-3 εἱπόμην κακοῖς ¹⁵⁷²

mvp-comment-550-1 ἐκ τοιούτου ¹⁵⁷³

mvp-comment-551-1 καὶ νῦν … στῆθι … σκέψαι δ’ ¹⁵⁷⁴ δ’ ¹⁵⁷⁵ θ’ ¹⁵⁷⁶

mvp-comment-552-1 δείξω γὰρ ¹⁵⁷⁷

mvp-comment-552-2 ἐκ καλυμμάτων ¹⁵⁷⁸ ἐκ ¹⁵⁷⁹

mvp-comment-553-1 ἰδού ¹⁵⁸⁰

mvp-comment-553-2 1081 It is best to retain αἰαῖ, ὦ τάλας, αἰαῖ ¹⁵⁸¹

mvp-comment-554-1 ἔθαλψεν ¹⁵⁸²

mvp-comment-554-2 ἄτης ¹⁵⁸³

mvp-comment-554-3 ὅδ’ αὖ ¹⁵⁸⁴ ἔθαλψεν ¹⁵⁸⁵

mvp-comment-555-1 δέξαι μ’ ¹⁵⁸⁶ Ἅιδη ¹⁵⁸⁷ Ἀΐδη ¹⁵⁸⁸

mvp-comment-556-1 ἔνσεισον ¹⁵⁸⁹ ἐγκατάσκηψον ¹⁵⁹⁰

mvp-comment-556-2 δαίνυται ¹⁵⁹¹

mvp-comment-557-1 ἤνθηκεν ¹⁵⁹²

mvp-comment-557-2 ὦ χέρες ¹⁵⁹³

mvp-comment-557-3 ὦ νῶτα καὶ στέρν’ ¹⁵⁹⁴

mvp-comment-558-1 ὑμεῖς δὲ κεῖνοι ¹⁵⁹⁵ ὑμεῖς ἐκεῖνοι ¹⁵⁹⁶

mvp-comment-558-2 καθέσταθ’ ¹⁵⁹⁷ ὑμεῖς ¹⁵⁹⁸

mvp-comment-559-1 Νεμέας ¹⁵⁹⁹

mvp-comment-559-2 ἀλάστορα ¹⁶⁰⁰ ἄπλατον ¹⁶⁰¹

mvp-comment-560-1 βίᾳ κατειργάσασθε ¹⁶⁰²

mvp-comment-560-2 Λερναίαν θ’ ὕδραν ¹⁶⁰³

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

( θῆρα ¹⁶⁰⁴

mvp-comment-560-4 διφυᾶ ¹⁶⁰⁵

mvp-comment-560-5 ἱπποβάμονα ¹⁶⁰⁶

mvp-comment-560-6 θηρῶν ¹⁶⁰⁷

mvp-comment-560-7 ὑβριστήν, ἄνομον ¹⁶⁰⁸

mvp-comment-561-1 Ἅιδου τρίκρανον σκύλακ’ ¹⁶⁰⁹

mvp-comment-561-2 Ἐχίδνης θρέμμα ¹⁶¹⁰

mvp-comment-561-3 χρυσέων ¹⁶¹¹

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’ ¹⁶¹²

mvp-comment-561-6 ἐπ’ ἐσχάτοις τόποις ¹⁶¹³

mvp-comment-562-1 μόχθων ¹⁶¹⁴

mvp-comment-562-2 ἐγευσάμην ¹⁶¹⁵

mvp-comment-563-1 χερῶν ¹⁶¹⁶

mvp-comment-564-1 ἄναρθρος ¹⁶¹⁷

mvp-comment-565-1 ἀρίστης ¹⁶¹⁸

mvp-comment-565-2 ὠνομασμένος ¹⁶¹⁹

mvp-comment-566-1 τὸ μηδὲν ὦ ¹⁶²⁰

mvp-comment-567-1 κἂν μηδὲν ἕρπω ¹⁶²¹

mvp-comment-568-1 χειρώσομαι ¹⁶²²

mvp-comment-568-2 κἀκ τῶνδε ¹⁶²³

mvp-comment-568-3 ἵν’ ἐκδιδαχθῇ<01> ἀγγέλλειν ¹⁶²⁴

mvp-comment-568-4 κακούς γε ¹⁶²⁵ γε ¹⁶²⁶

mvp-comment-568-5 θανὼν ¹⁶²⁷

mvp-comment-569-1 ὦ τλῆμον Ἑλλάς ¹⁶²⁸

mvp-comment-569-2 σφαλήσεται ¹⁶²⁹ σφαλεῖσ’ ἔσει ¹⁶³⁰

mvp-comment-570-1 παρέσχες ¹⁶³¹ παρασχὼν ¹⁶³²

mvp-comment-570-2 νοσῶν ὅμως ¹⁶³³

mvp-comment-570-3 δίκαια ¹⁶³⁴

mvp-comment-571-1 δός μοι σεαυτόν ¹⁶³⁵ μὴ τοσοῦτον δύσοργος ¹⁶³⁶ ὡς δάκνει θυμῷ ¹⁶³⁷ δάκνῃ ¹⁶³⁸

mvp-comment-571-2 With the conjecture τοιοῦτον ¹⁶³⁹

mvp-comment-572-1 οὐ γὰρ ἂν γνοίης ¹⁶⁴⁰

mvp-comment-572-2 ἐν οἷς χαίρειν προθυμεῖ ¹⁶⁴¹

mvp-comment-572-3 κἀν ὅτοις ἀλγεῖς μάτην ¹⁶⁴²

mvp-comment-573-1 ποικίλλεις ¹⁶⁴³

mvp-comment-574-1 τῆς μητρὸς ¹⁶⁴⁴ φράσων ¹⁶⁴⁵ νῦν ἔστιν ¹⁶⁴⁶

mvp-comment-574-2 οἷς θ’ ἥμαρτεν ¹⁶⁴⁷

mvp-comment-575-1 καὶ παρεμνήσω ¹⁶⁴⁸ γὰρ ¹⁶⁴⁹

mvp-comment-575-2 παρεμνήσω ¹⁶⁵⁰

mvp-comment-576-1 πατροφόντου ¹⁶⁵¹

mvp-comment-576-2 ὡς κλύειν ἐμέ ¹⁶⁵²

mvp-comment-577-1 ἔχει γὰρ οὕτως ¹⁶⁵³

mvp-comment-578-1 οὐ δῆτα ¹⁶⁵⁴ τοῖς γε πρόσθεν ἡμαρτ ¹⁶⁵⁵

mvp-comment-579-1 ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ μὲν δὴ ἐρεῖς ¹⁶⁵⁶ τοῖς γ’ ἐφ’ ἡμέραν ¹⁶⁵⁷

mvp-comment-579-2 ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ μὲν δὴ ¹⁶⁵⁸

mvp-comment-579-3 τοῖς … ἐφ’ ἡμέραν ¹⁶⁵⁹

mvp-comment-580-1 κακὸς ¹⁶⁶⁰

mvp-comment-581-1 λέγω ¹⁶⁶¹

mvp-comment-581-2 ἀρτίως νεοσφαγής ¹⁶⁶²

mvp-comment-582-1 ἐθέσπισας ¹⁶⁶³

mvp-comment-582-2 διὰ κακῶν ¹⁶⁶⁴

mvp-comment-583-1 οὐδενὸς πρὸς ἐκτόπου ¹⁶⁶⁵

mvp-comment-583-2 1133 The emphasis on ἐξ ἐμῆς χερός ¹⁶⁶⁶ πρὶν θανεῖν ¹⁶⁶⁷

mvp-comment-584-1 δεινοῦ ¹⁶⁶⁸

mvp-comment-584-2 κατῆρξας ¹⁶⁶⁹

mvp-comment-585-1 ἅπαν τὸ χρῆμ’ ¹⁶⁷⁰ τὸ χρῆμα ¹⁶⁷¹

mvp-comment-585-2 μωμένη ¹⁶⁷²

mvp-comment-586-1 κτείνασα ¹⁶⁷³

mvp-comment-587-1 γὰρ ¹⁶⁷⁴ στέργημα ¹⁶⁷⁵ στέργηθρα ¹⁶⁷⁶

mvp-comment-587-2 σέθεν ¹⁶⁷⁷

mvp-comment-587-3 δοκοῦσα ¹⁶⁷⁸

mvp-comment-587-4 τοὺς ἔνδον γάμους ¹⁶⁷⁹

mvp-comment-588-1 καὶ ¹⁶⁸⁰

mvp-comment-588-2 τοσοῦτος ¹⁶⁸¹

mvp-comment-589-1 ἐκμῆναι ¹⁶⁸²

mvp-comment-590-1 ἰοὺ ἰοὺ ¹⁶⁸³

mvp-comment-590-2 δύστηνος ¹⁶⁸⁴

mvp-comment-590-3 οἴχομαι ¹⁶⁸⁵

mvp-comment-591-1 φέγγος οὐκέτ’ ἔστι μοι ¹⁶⁸⁶

mvp-comment-592-1 κάλει … κάλει δὲ ¹⁶⁸⁷

mvp-comment-592-2 ὁμαιμόνων ¹⁶⁸⁸

mvp-comment-592-3 Ἀλκμήνην ¹⁶⁸⁹

mvp-comment-592-4 μάτην ¹⁶⁹⁰

mvp-comment-592-5 τελευταίαν … φήμην … θεσφάτων ¹⁶⁹¹ πύθησθε ¹⁶⁹²

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’ ¹⁶⁹³

mvp-comment-593-2 οὔτε ¹⁶⁹⁴ δὲ ¹⁶⁹⁵

mvp-comment-593-3 ἐπακτίᾳ Τίρυνθι ¹⁶⁹⁶

mvp-comment-593-4 συμβέβηκεν ¹⁶⁹⁷ ἔχειν ¹⁶⁹⁸ ὥστε ¹⁶⁹⁹

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’ ¹⁷⁰⁰

mvp-comment-594-1 τὸ Θήβης ἄστυ ¹⁷⁰¹

mvp-comment-595-1 ὅσοι πάρεσμεν ¹⁷⁰²

mvp-comment-595-2 ἐξυπηρετήσομεν ¹⁷⁰³

mvp-comment-596-1 σὺ δ’ οὖν ἄκουε ¹⁷⁰⁴

mvp-comment-596-2 τοὔργον ¹⁷⁰⁵

mvp-comment-597-1 γὰρ ¹⁷⁰⁶

mvp-comment-597-2 πρόφαντον ἐκ πατρὸς ¹⁷⁰⁷

mvp-comment-598-1 τῶν ἐμπνεόντων ¹⁷⁰⁸ πρὸς τῶν πνεόντων ¹⁷⁰⁹ ὕπο ¹⁷¹⁰

mvp-comment-599-1 ἀλλ’ ὅστις ¹⁷¹¹

mvp-comment-599-2 ὅστις … πέλοι ¹⁷¹²

mvp-comment-600-1 θὴρ ¹⁷¹³ Κένταυρος ¹⁷¹⁴

mvp-comment-600-2 ζῶντά μ’ ἔκτεινεν θανών ¹⁷¹⁵

mvp-comment-601-1 τούτοισι ¹⁷¹⁶ μαντεῖα καινὰ ¹⁷¹⁷

mvp-comment-601-2 συμβαίνοντ’ ἴσα ¹⁷¹⁸ τοῖς πάλαι ξυνήγορα ¹⁷¹⁹

mvp-comment-602-1 ἃ τῶν ὀρείων ¹⁷²⁰ Σελλῶν ἄλσος ¹⁷²¹

mvp-comment-602-2 The name

, or (akin to ), denoted a prehistoric tribe, dwelling at and around Dodona: see Appendix, § 4. The priests of Zeus, furnished by this tribe, are said to have been called , from Mount Tomāros ( Orphic Argon. 268 ), which towers above Dodona on W.S.W. In early times these priests were the direct interpreters of the oracle; hence the are called in Il.16. 235. Afterwards, when the cult of Dionè was associated with that of Zeus, the office of interpretation was transferred to the priestesses called Peleiades (172: Strabo 7. 329 ). Here, as in 171 f., the poet says that the oak gave the oracle; but he does not here mention the expositors. He mentions the only to define the .

mvp-comment-602-3 ὀρείων ¹⁷²²

mvp-comment-602-4 χαμαικοιτῶν ¹⁷²³

mvp-comment-602-5 εἰσεγραψάμην ¹⁷²⁴

mvp-comment-603-1 χρόνῳ τῷ ζῶντι ¹⁷²⁵

mvp-comment-604-1 ἐφεστώτων ¹⁷²⁶

mvp-comment-605-1 τὸ δ’ ¹⁷²⁷

mvp-comment-606-1 συμβαίνει ¹⁷²⁸

mvp-comment-607-1 ἐπιμεῖναι … ὀξῦναι ¹⁷²⁹

mvp-comment-607-2 αὐτὸν ¹⁷³⁰

mvp-comment-607-3 εἰκαθόντα ¹⁷³¹

mvp-comment-608-1 ἐξευρόντα ¹⁷³²

mvp-comment-608-2 Cp. Eur. fr. 219

, | | .

mvp-comment-609-1 ἀλλ’, ὦ πάτερ ¹⁷³³

mvp-comment-609-2 ταρβῶ μὲν ¹⁷³⁴ λόγου στάσιν τοιάνδε ¹⁷³⁵ ἐπελθών ¹⁷³⁶ λόγου ¹⁷³⁷

mvp-comment-609-3 Throughout the dialogue (1114—1156), Hyllus has been gentle and respectful. If, then,

means ‘strife,’ must mean merely, ‘having advanced up to it,’ i.e., ‘come to the verge of it.’ But the clause with , opposed to , ought to express something which tells against obedience (as the fear of a blind promise does); not something which tells in favour of it, as the fear of strife would do. The same objection applies to conjecturing (‘I am afraid of being drawn into such a strife’).

mvp-comment-610-1 ἔμβαλλε ¹⁷³⁸

mvp-comment-611-1 ὡς πρός τί ¹⁷³⁹

mvp-comment-611-2 ἐπιστρέφεις ¹⁷⁴⁰

mvp-comment-612-1 οὐ θᾶσσον ¹⁷⁴¹

mvp-comment-612-2 οἴσεις ¹⁷⁴²

mvp-comment-613-1 ὄμνυ … κάρα ¹⁷⁴³

mvp-comment-614-1 ἐξειρήσεται ¹⁷⁴⁴

mvp-comment-615-1 ἐπώμοτον ¹⁷⁴⁵

mvp-comment-616-1 ἐκτὸς ἔλθοις ¹⁷⁴⁶

mvp-comment-617-1 οὐ μὴ λάβω ¹⁷⁴⁷

mvp-comment-618-1 τὸν Οἴτης Ζηνὸς … πάγον ¹⁷⁴⁸ ὕψιστον ¹⁷⁴⁹ ὑψίστου ¹⁷⁵⁰

mvp-comment-618-2 The place traditionally known as the ‘Pyre’ was probably somewhere near ‘the proper summit of Oeta’ (Leake, Northern Greece, vol. II. pp. 19 f.), now Mount Patriótiko, about eight miles W.N.W. of Trachis. A Pyra is marked in Kiepert's Atlas von Hellas (ed. 1872, map 5), where the greatest height of Oeta is given as 2152 mètres, or about 7055 ft. It is mentioned by Theophr. Hist. Plant. 9. 10. 2 (

): cp. Liv.36. 30 , and Soph. Ph.1432.

mvp-comment-619-1 θυτήρ ¹⁷⁵¹ γε ¹⁷⁵²

mvp-comment-619-2 σταθεὶς ¹⁷⁵³

mvp-comment-620-1 ἐνταῦθα ¹⁷⁵⁴ ἐξάραντα ¹⁷⁵⁵

mvp-comment-621-1 καὶ ¹⁷⁵⁶ αὐτόχειρα ¹⁷⁵⁷

mvp-comment-622-1 The pyre is to be built with (1) oak, sacred to Zeus (1168); and (2) the wild olive, which Heracles himself had brought to Greece: Paus.5. 7. 7

. Pindar, in treating that legend, uses the generic word, , O. 3. 13. Pliny H. N. 16. 89

Olympiae oleaster, ex quo primus Hercules coronatus est:

where he also mentions that, near Heracleia in Pontus, were

mvp-comment-622-2 κείραντα ¹⁷⁵⁸ ἄγριον ἔλαιον ¹⁷⁵⁹ ἄρσενα ¹⁷⁶⁰

mvp-comment-622-3 πολλὸν ¹⁷⁶¹ σῶμα τοὐμὸν ¹⁷⁶²

mvp-comment-623-1 πευκίνης ¹⁷⁶³

mvp-comment-623-2 πρῆσαι ¹⁷⁶⁴

mvp-comment-623-3 εἰσίτω ¹⁷⁶⁵

mvp-comment-623-4 The ordinary

was attended by wailing; but these obsequies, like those of the priests in Legg. 947 B, were to be . Cp. Manoah's words in Samson Agonistes (1708), ‘Come, come; no time for lamentation now.’

mvp-comment-624-1 ἀστένακτος ¹⁷⁶⁶ εἴπερ εἶ ¹⁷⁶⁷

mvp-comment-624-2 μενῶ σ’ ἐγὼ ¹⁷⁶⁸

mvp-comment-624-3 εἰσαεὶ ¹⁷⁶⁹

mvp-comment-624-4 βαρύς ¹⁷⁷⁰

mvp-comment-624-5 1203 The hiatus τί εἶπας ¹⁷⁷¹ τί μ’ εἶπας ¹⁷⁷² δ’ ¹⁷⁷³

mvp-comment-625-1 ὁποῖα δραστἔ ἐστίν ¹⁷⁷⁴

mvp-comment-625-2 εἰ δὲ μή ¹⁷⁷⁵

mvp-comment-626-1 οἷά μ’ ἐκκαλεῖ ¹⁷⁷⁶

mvp-comment-626-2 παλαμναῖον ¹⁷⁷⁷ φονέα ¹⁷⁷⁸

mvp-comment-627-1 οὐ δῆτ’ ἔγωγ’, ἀλλ’ ¹⁷⁷⁹

mvp-comment-627-2 ὧν ἔχω ¹⁷⁸⁰ παιώνιον ¹⁷⁸¹ ἰατῆρα τῶν ἐμῶν κακῶν ¹⁷⁸² ὡς ἔχω ¹⁷⁸³

mvp-comment-628-1 φοβεῖ πρὸς τοῦτο ¹⁷⁸⁴

mvp-comment-629-1 φθόνησις ¹⁷⁸⁵

mvp-comment-630-1 πλήρωμα ¹⁷⁸⁶

mvp-comment-630-2 1214 (

), ὅσον γε ¹⁷⁸⁷ ἂν μὴ ποτιψ ¹⁷⁸⁸ ποτιψαύων ¹⁷⁸⁹

mvp-comment-631-1 κοὐ καμεῖ ¹⁷⁹⁰ τοὐμὸν μέρος ¹⁷⁹¹

mvp-comment-632-1 ἀρκέσει καὶ ταῦτα ¹⁷⁹² προσνεῖμαι ¹⁷⁹³

mvp-comment-633-1 βραχεῖαν ¹⁷⁹⁴ μακροῖς ¹⁷⁹⁵

mvp-comment-633-2 διδούς ¹⁷⁹⁶

mvp-comment-634-1 Εὐρυτείαν ¹⁷⁹⁷

mvp-comment-634-2 παρθένον ¹⁷⁹⁸

mvp-comment-635-1 ἐπεικάζειν ¹⁷⁹⁹ ὥς γ’ ¹⁸⁰⁰ ὥστ’ ¹⁸⁰¹ ὡς ¹⁸⁰² ἐμέ ¹⁸⁰³

mvp-comment-636-1 ἐπισκήπτω ¹⁸⁰⁴

mvp-comment-637-1 πατρῴων ὁρκίων ¹⁸⁰⁵

mvp-comment-638-1 προσθοῦ ¹⁸⁰⁶

mvp-comment-638-2 δάμαρτα ¹⁸⁰⁷

mvp-comment-638-3 Iolè figured in legend as the wife of Hyllus. Their son,

(called by Theopompus, fr. 30), was mentioned by Hesiod (schol. Ap. Rh. 1. 824 ), and was recorded in the pedigree of the Spartan kings, being the grandfather of Aristodemus ( Her.6. 52 Her., 8. 131 ). Hyllus and Iolè had also a daughter, , known in Messenian story ( Paus.4. 2. 1 ).

mvp-comment-638-4 But, in this play, Iolè is the paramour of Heracles, and indirectly the cause of his death. How, then, could Hyllus wed her? His own words (1233—1237) express what a Greek would feel. It was necessary, then, that the marriage should be imposed upon him by his dying father's inexorable command.

mvp-comment-638-5 Cp. Apollodorus 2. 7. 7 § 13

: as if Hyllus were younger than Sophocles here imagines him. Ovid, Met.9. 278 , of Iolè: Acc. to Pherecydes, it was for Hyllus, not for himself, that Heracles had first asked the hand of Iolè (schol. on v. 354).

mvp-comment-639-1 ἀλλος … ἀντὶ σοῦ ¹⁸⁰⁸

mvp-comment-639-2 λάβῃ ¹⁸⁰⁹

mvp-comment-640-1 ἀλλ’ αὐτός ¹⁸¹⁰

mvp-comment-640-2 τοῦτο … λέχος ¹⁸¹¹ κήδευσον ¹⁸¹²

mvp-comment-641-1 πιθοῦ ¹⁸¹³

mvp-comment-641-2 πιστεύσαντ’ ¹⁸¹⁴

mvp-comment-641-3 ἐμοὶ ¹⁸¹⁵ μοι ¹⁸¹⁶ σμικροῖς ¹⁸¹⁷