1266.
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ὡς ταχεῖά τις] 'How swiftly, somehow!' For
τις added to the supplementary predicate, cp. O. T. 618,
ὅταν ταχύς τις οὐπιβουλεύων λάθρα | χωρῇ, and see Essay on L. § 22. p. 36, sub fin. Cp. also for the meaning of
ταχεῖα, Pind. Pyth. 1. 161,
ταχείας ἐλπίδας.
1267.
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διαρρεῖ] ‘Melts away.'
Cp. Trach. 698,
ῥεῖ πᾶν ἄδηλον.
Cp. Shak. Midsummer Night's Dream, 4.1, 'My love to Hermia, | Melted as doth the snow, seems to me now | As the remembrance of an idle gaud.'
καὶ προδοῦσ᾽ ἁλίσκεται] 'And is found to turn traitor.' An idiomatic phrase, for which, cp. Ant. 46,
οὐ γὰρ δὴ προδοῦσ᾽ ἁλώσομαι.
1268.
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οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ σμικρῶν λόγων] ‘Not even in the least degree.' Lit. either (1) 'On a slight account,' or (2) 'With a slight word.' For (1), cp. Plat. Rep. 7. 524 Ε,
ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τοῦ δακτύλου ἐλέγομεν. And for (2), cp. O. C. 746,
κἀπὶ προσπόλου μιᾶς | βιοστερῆ χωροῦντα.
1270.
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τὴν σὴν προτείνων . . ψυχὴν δορί] 'Exposing thy life in war.' Perhaps
αὐτοῦ should be resumed from
οὗ.
Cp. Il. 9. 322,
αἰὲν ἐμὴν ψυχὴν παραβαλλόμενος πολεμίζειν.
1271.
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οἴχεται . . ἐρριμμένα] 'Are cast away,' a periphrasis like
οἴχεται θανών (Phil. 414). Compare especially Andoc. 19. 7,
οὐκ ἔστιν . . ἔτι λοιπὸς τοῦ γένους τοῦ ἡμετέρου οὐδείς, ἀλλ᾽ οἴχεται πᾶν πρόρριζον.
1272.
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κἀνόνητ᾽, although a possible reading, may be due to
κἀνόητα above. 'Senseless' is more pointed here than 'profitless.'
