Sophocles Electra 384

Lewis Campbell (Translator)

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Why drive you me within? If this you do
Be noble, why must darkness hide the deed?
Why not destroy me out of hand?

Electra. Sophocles. Lewis Campbell (Translator). London, New York and Toronto. 1906.

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English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 384 focus
παθοῦσα μέμψῃ. νῦν γὰρ ἐν καλῷ φρονεῖν.
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 472-515 focus
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 385 focus
So hätten sie beschlossen, das mir anzuthun?
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 472-515 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-824-1 πρόχειρος … κτανεῖν 1

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

1493-1494. mvp-comment-704-1 πῶς.. οὐ πρόχειρος εἶ κτανεῖν] Why not slay me out of hand?' More lit. Why not put forth your hand at once to slay me?' For this use of πρόχειρος, cp. πρόθυμος, πρόφρων, πρόγλωσσος.