Sophocles Electra 1469

ed. Lewis Campbell

τὸ ταῦθ᾽ ὁρᾶν τε καὶ προσηγορεῖν φίλως φίλος φίλως.

Electra. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.

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German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1466 focus
Zeus! Ein Opfer, hingestreckt durch Götterzorn,
Erblick' ich! Doch ich schweige, wenn ich Sünde sprach.
Löst ganz die Hülle meinem Blick, daß auch von mir
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Dem Anverwandten sei gebracht der Thränen Zoll!

Commentary

Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))

mvp-comment-811-1 τὸ συγγενές 1

mvp-comment-811-2 τοι 2

mvp-comment-811-3 κἀπ’ ἐμοῦ 3

mvp-comment-811-4 θρήνων τύψῃ 4

Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus

1466-1467. mvp-comment-692-1 By an ἐκκύκλημα, the body of Clytemnestra is brought out, covered, with Orestes standing by. Aegisthus imagines the corpse to be that of Orestes, and Orestes to be the Phocian messenger. What I see here cannot have fallen thus without Divine jealousy, but if to say so provokes Nemesis, I do not say it.' ἔπεστι, sc. τῷ λόγῳ. For οὐ λέγω, cp. Trach. 500. πίπτειν is used in the sense of 'to befall' (L. and S. s. v. V. 2), but also with an allusion to the fall of Orestes. Another way of taking the words has been suggested, What I see cannot have fallen thus without the Envy of the Gods, whether Just Retribution has also been at work, I do not say. But such an opposition between φθόνος and νέμεσις is hardly possible in tragic Greek.