Sophocles Electra 1486

ed. Lewis Campbell

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

Current edition Experimental

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Translations (1)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1491 focus
Auf, geh' hinein und säume nicht! Denn traun, es gilt
Jezt keinen Kampf um Worte, nein, dein Leben gilt's.

Commentary

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

1485-1486. mvp-comment-700-1 'For wherein, when mortals are involved in misery, should he who defers his death be profited by the delay?' These lines have been not unnaturally suspected of interpolation, as the γνώμη is not dramatically appropriate. But the lines are Sophoclean, as Mr. Paley has remarked. As in Aj. 554, where see note, they may have been quoted in the margin of some early MS.