mvp-comment-731-1 αἶνον αἰνέσας ¹

mvp-comment-732-1 ἃ … λῷσθ’ ὁρῶ τελούμενα ² τελούμενα ³

mvp-comment-733-1 καὶ ταῦτα λέξας ⁴ καταισχύνει ⁵ ὠφελούμενος ⁶ ὠφελούμενος ⁷

mvp-comment-733-2 Of emendations, Heath's ὠφελουμένους ⁸ θεούς ⁹ ὠφελουμένων ¹⁰

mvp-comment-733-3 I am persuaded, then, that the fault in ὠφελούμενος ¹¹ ὠφελῶν φίλους ¹²

mvp-comment-734-1 λέγεις δ’ ¹³

mvp-comment-734-2 ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ ¹⁴ Ἀτρείδαις ¹⁵ τάδε ¹⁶ τόδε ¹⁷

mvp-comment-735-1 σοί που ¹⁸ που ¹⁹

mvp-comment-736-1 πῶς ²⁰ ὅς γε ²¹

mvp-comment-737-1 ὦ τᾶν ²²

mvp-comment-737-2 θρασύνεσθαι κακοῖς ²³

mvp-comment-738-1 ὀλεῖς με ²⁴ σε ²⁵ γιγνώσκω ²⁶ τοῖσδε τοῖς λ. ²⁷

mvp-comment-739-1 οὔκουν ἔγωγε ²⁸

mvp-comment-740-1 ἐγὼ οὐκ ²⁹

mvp-comment-741-1 οὐδέποθ’, ἑκόντα γ’ ³⁰ σώσους’ ³¹

mvp-comment-741-2 ὥστε ³²

mvp-comment-741-3 ἰδεῖν ³³ ἑλεῖν ³⁴ μολεῖν ³⁵

mvp-comment-742-1 δρῷμεν ³⁶

mvp-comment-742-2 ἐν λόγοις ³⁷

mvp-comment-743-1 πείσειν δυνησόμεσθα ³⁸ πείσειν ³⁹ πεῖσαι ⁴⁰ πείθειν ⁴¹

mvp-comment-743-2 δυνησόμεσθα … λέγω ⁴²

mvp-comment-744-1 ὡς ⁴³

mvp-comment-744-2 ῥᾷστ’ ἐμοὶ μὲν ⁴⁴

mvp-comment-745-1 πάσχειν ⁴⁵ παθεῖν ⁴⁶

mvp-comment-745-2 δεῖ ⁴⁷

mvp-comment-746-1 ᾔνεσας ⁴⁸

mvp-comment-746-2 θιγών ⁴⁹

mvp-comment-746-3 πέμπειν ⁵⁰ ἃ ⁵¹

mvp-comment-747-1 βράδυνε ⁵²

mvp-comment-747-2 τεθρήνηται ⁵³

mvp-comment-747-3 γόοις ⁵⁴ λογοις ⁵⁵ τεθρύληται ⁵⁶

1381. mvp-comment-911-1 * λῷσθ'] The correction of Dindorf here (see v. rr.) is right and necessary. κάλ' is a manifest MS. conjecture, based on imperfect knowledge. See L. and S. s. v. καλός, λῷστα is supplementary predicate with τελούμενα, and λῷστα τελούμενα = λῷστα ἐσόμενα εἰ τελοῖτο.

1384. mvp-comment-912-1 In speaking of the taking of Troy as an advantage gained, Neoptolemus appears to Philoctetes to take part with the Atreidae, whose glory he accounted loss. Cp. Aj. 469, 70, ἀλλ' ὧδέ γ' ᾿Ατρείδας ἂν εὐφράναιμί που. | οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτα. The expression is slightly varied. 'Do you mean advantage to the Atreidae, or do you say this with reference to me?'

1385. mvp-comment-913-1 φίλος γ' ὤν] For the nominative, see Essay on L. § 15. p. 21; i. e. σοί που φίλος γ᾽ ὤν, φίλον σοι ἔχω καὶ τὸν λόγον.

1386. mvp-comment-914-1 The change from ἐχθροίσιν to ἐχθροῖσί μ', which Dindorf adopts from Brunck, is certainly a very slight one, but the text is sufficiently clear as it stands. Cp. O. T. 461, κἂν λάβῃς ἐψευσμένον, and note, supr. 769.

1387. mvp-comment-915-1 ὦ τάν] Ср. O. T. 1145, and note. Neoptolemus has earned the right to address Philoctetes with familiar confidence. θρασύνεσθαι κακοῖς] 'To be hardened by misfortune,' so as to be unreasonably obdurate in resentment.

1388. mvp-comment-916-1 γιγνώσκω σε] Sc. ὅτι ὀλεῖς με.

1389. mvp-comment-917-1 οὔκουν] 'Not I, assure thee!' For οὖν, in giving assurance, cp. Ant. 741, σοῦ γὰρ οὖν προκήδομαι : O.T. 565, οὔκουν ἐμοῦ γ᾽ ἑστῶτος οὐδαμοῦ πέλας : O. C. 651, οὔκουν πέρα γ᾽ ἂν οὐδὲν ἢ λόγῳ φέροις. φημὶ δ᾽ οὔ σε μανθάνειν] 'But I declare that you do not understand the case:'-the fact, namely, that the voyage to Troy will be for the advantage and renown of Philoctetes himself, and that the generals now mean well to him.

1390. mvp-comment-918-1 ἐγὼ οὐκ ᾿Ατρείδας] This (see v. rr.) is Dindorf's very probable correction. The reading of L has arisen, as he observes, from the confusion of ἐγὼ οὐκ and ἐγ᾽ οὐκ, two ways of writing the same thing. Cp. O. T. 1002, and v. rr.

1391. mvp-comment-919-1 Ср. O. C. 394, νῦν γὰρ θεοί σ᾽ ὀρθοῦσι, πρόσθε δ᾽ ὤλλυσαν.

1392. mvp-comment-920-1 The reading Τροίαν γ' deserves some consideration, notwithstanding the repetition of γε. Cp. O. C. 977, and v. rr.

1394. mvp-comment-921-1 πείσειν] For the assimilation of the tense of the infinitive to that of the principal verb, cp. 1242. But qy. πεῖσαι? μηδὲν ὧν λέγω] 'In nothing of what I say.' For this accusative, cp. O. C. 797, ἀλλ᾽ οἶδα γάρ σε ταῦτα μὴ πείθων, ἴθι.

1395-1396. mvp-comment-922-1 'Since the easiest course for me were that I should cease from speech, and that you should live on as you now live and get no relief.' The antithesis becomes clearer as the sentence proceeds. The full expression would be, ὡς ἔμοι μὲν ῥᾷστόν ἐστιν, ἐμὲ μέν, κ.τ.λ. See Essay on L. § 41. p. 78. In this speech Neoptolemus casts 'one last lingering look' at the cherished object of his ambition. But before Philoctetes has again ceased speaking, his resignation is complete.

1397. mvp-comment-923-1 Ср. O. C. 1432 foll., Πολυνείκης. καὶ μὴ μ' ἐπίσχῃς γ'. ἀλλ᾿ ἐμοὶ μὲν ἤδ᾽ ὁδός, κ.τ.λ.

1398-1399. mvp-comment-924-1 ἃ.. πέμπειν] For this apposition or epexegesis, cp. supr. 1355, 6. δεξιᾶς.. θιγών] This was Philoctetes' understanding of supr. 813; cp. 941, 2.

1400. mvp-comment-925-1 βράδυνε] Sc. τὸ πρᾶγμα.

1401. mvp-comment-926-1 ἅλις .. γόοις] 'That name has been enough sounded in my complaints and cries.' The other reading, which is to be gathered from L and A (see v. rr.) τεθρύλληται λόγοις, although somewhat more prosaic, is not impossible.

1402. mvp-comment-927-1 At this point, before the commencement of the trochaic movement, which indicates departure ( cp. O. T. 1515 foll.), there must have been some by-play, signifying the act of renunciation on the part of Neoptolemus. Porson thought this verse defective in rhythm. But it has not been improved by conjectural alteration. Cp. supr. 526, 645.