1163-1165.
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The anapaests accompany the exit of Menelaus. The Chorus express their apprehension of what may follow this, viz. the coming of Agamemnon, who, both from his character and position, is more formidable.
ἔριδος .. ἀγών] So in Trach. 20,
ἀγῶνα μάχης.
1165.
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κοίλην κάπετον] This phrase, belonging to the Epic commonplace, is repeated
infr. 1403.
τινά, i. e.
πού, 'somewhere.' For this adverbial use of the indefinite pronoun, see Essay on L. § 22. p. 36, 4.
ἰδεῖν] · 'To look out,' 'provide.' For this use of
ὁρᾶν, cp. Od. 8. 443,
αὐτὸς νῦν ἴδε πῶμα: Theocr. 15. 2,
ὅρη δίφρον, Εὐνόα, αὐτῷ: Phil. 843,
τάδε μὲν θεὸς ὄψεται. So, also in Elizabethan English, 'to look' sometimes means 'to look for,' e.g. Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, 4. 2, 79, 'Mistress Page and I will look some linen for your head.'
1166.
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βροτοῖς] 'In the eyes of men.' A dative of remote reference in loose construction with the words which follow, and also to be resumed with
ἀείμνηστον. See Essay on L. § 13. p. 19. and cp. especially El. 1066,
ὦ χθονία βροτοῖσι φάμα. For the position of the article, cp. Trach. 872,
Ἡρακλεῖ τὸ πόμπιμον.
τὸν ἀείμνηστον] 'Of unfading renown.' The expression (with the article) is proleptic, and reminds the spectator that the fame of Ajax is eternal.
1167.
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εὐρώεντα] 'Mouldering,' or 'darksome,' an epithet recalling the natural horror of the grave. Whether to Sophocles, as to Oppian and Nonnus afterwards, the word conveyed the association of 'roomy,' 'wide-vaulted,' may be left an open question. See L. and S. s. ν.
εὐρώεις.
