ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πατρώαν τὴν τέχνην ἐκόμπασας.
1500
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)) — 1508 focus
Atreus' Stamm, wie drangst du so schwer
1470
Durch zahllos Leid zu der Freiheit durch,
Die nun dies Werk dir errungen!
(Alle ab in's Haus.)
Atreus' Stamm, wie drangst du so schwer
1470
Durch zahllos Leid zu der Freiheit durch,
Die nun dies Werk dir errungen!
Commentary
Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))
mvp-comment-828-1 τὴν τέχνην 1
mvp-comment-828-2
1501 Cp.
O. C. 1628
πάλαι δὴ τἀπὸ σοῦ βραδύνεται.
mvp-comment-828-3 1502 The double change of person within the verse ( Or.—Aeg.— Or.) is rare. As G. Wolff observes, there is no instance of it in Aesch. ; in Soph. the only other examples occur in the two latest plays, Soph. O. C. 832 , Soph. Ph. 810 , Soph. Ph. 814 , Soph. Ph. 816 , at moments of high excitement. A triple change within the verse occurs only once, in Soph. Ph. 753. This is another point which bcars on the date of the Electra: cp. 1160 n.
mvp-comment-828-4 ἕρφ’ 2
Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus
1500. mvp-comment-707-1 πατρώαν] See Essay on L. § 23. p. 38, δ 1.