Sophocles Electra 986

ed. Lewis Campbell

ἀλλ᾽, ὦ φίλη, πείσθητι ᾿πίσθητι L. Dobree corr., συμπόνει πατρί,

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

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Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 990 focus
In solchen Dingen muß ein wohlbedachter Sinn
Dem Sprecher, wie dem Hörer, stets zur Seite sein.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 1058-1095 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-557-1 συμπόνει 1 σύγκαμνε 2

mvp-comment-557-2 Electra has already declared her faith that Agamemnon, in the nether world, is the ally of his children (454

ἀρωγόν
: cp. 459 ). Orestes also, as she believes, is now there, working in the same cause. She asks her sister to aid their efforts.

mvp-comment-557-3 Nauck miserably defaces this passage by adopting the corrupt v. l. ἀδελφῇ 3 ἐμέ 4

mvp-comment-557-4 παῦσον ἐκ κακῶν 5

mvp-comment-557-5 989 In τοῖς καλῶς πεφυκόσιν 6

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

986. mvp-comment-474-1 συμπόνει πατρί] 'Labour in thy father's cause,-vindicate thy brother's name. As observed above in note on l. 811, the ideas of vengeance and of succour are inseparable. So συγκάμνειν is used of honouring the dead in Aj. 988.