Sophocles Philoctetes 323

mvp-comment-192-1 οἶμαι μὲν ¹

mvp-comment-192-2 καὶ τὰ ς’ ²

mvp-comment-193-1 τοιγαροῦν ³ αὖθις πάλιν ⁴

mvp-comment-193-2 ὅτῳ ⁵

mvp-comment-194-1 ποικιλοστόλῳ ⁶ ποικιλοστόμῳ ⁷

mvp-comment-195-1 δῖός τ’ Ὀδυσσεὺς ⁸

mvp-comment-195-2 χὡ τροφεὺς ⁹

mvp-comment-196-1 εἴτ’ ἄρ’ οὖν ¹⁰

mvp-comment-196-2 ἀληθὲς ¹¹ λέγοντες ¹²

mvp-comment-196-3 γίγνοιτ’ ¹³

mvp-comment-197-1 ἄλλον ἢ )μ’ ¹⁴ ἢ )μ’ ¹⁵

mvp-comment-198-1 οὐ πολὺν ¹⁶

mvp-comment-198-2 Instead of

, we might well prefer, with Blaydes, , were it not that palaeographically it is so improbable. And for where might be expected, cp. O. T. 1387 | , n. The repetition of με ¹⁷

mvp-comment-199-1 οὐ γὰρ εἰδόμην ¹⁸ εἰδόμην ¹⁹

mvp-comment-200-1 ἔπειτα μέντοι ²⁰

mvp-comment-200-2 χὡ λόγος καλὸς προσῆν ²¹ ὁ λόγος ²² προσῆν ²³

mvp-comment-200-3 εἰ … αἱρήσοιμ’ ²⁴

mvp-comment-200-4 τἀπὶ Τροίᾳ πέργαμ’ ²⁵ ἐπί ²⁶

mvp-comment-200-5 ἰών ²⁷

mvp-comment-201-1 πλέοντί μοι ²⁸

mvp-comment-201-2 κἀγὼ ²⁹

mvp-comment-201-3 πικρὸν Σίγειον ³⁰

mvp-comment-201-4 οὐρίῳ πλάτῃ ³¹

mvp-comment-201-5 κατηγόμην ³²

mvp-comment-202-1 ὀμνύντες ³³ στρατός ³⁴

mvp-comment-202-2 ζῶντ’ Ἀχ. πάλιν ³⁵

mvp-comment-203-1 ἔκειτ’ ³⁶

mvp-comment-203-2 )δάκρυσα ³⁷

mvp-comment-203-3 οὐ μακρῷ χρόνῳ ³⁸

mvp-comment-204-1 ὡς εἰκὸς ἦν ³⁹ φίλους ⁴⁰

mvp-comment-204-2 τά τ’ ἄλλ’ ὅσ’ ἦν ⁴¹

mvp-comment-205-1 τλημονέστατον λόγον ⁴²

mvp-comment-206-1 πάρεστί σοι ⁴³

mvp-comment-206-2 Λαέρτου ⁴⁴

mvp-comment-207-1 δακρύσας ⁴⁵

mvp-comment-207-2 ἐξανίσταμαι ⁴⁶

mvp-comment-207-3 ὀργῇ ⁴⁷ βαρείᾳ ⁴⁸

mvp-comment-207-4 κᾳταλγήσας ⁴⁹

mvp-comment-208-1 ὦ σχέτλἰ ⁵⁰ ἦ )τολμήσατ’ ⁵¹

mvp-comment-208-2 πρὶν μαθεῖν ἐμοῦ ⁵²

mvp-comment-209-1 ὁ δ’ εἶπ’ Ὀδυσσεύς ⁵³

mvp-comment-209-2 ὢν κυρεῖ ⁵⁴ ἦν κυρῶν ⁵⁵

mvp-comment-209-3 τάδε ⁵⁶ δεδράκας’ ⁵⁷

mvp-comment-210-1 παρών ⁵⁸

mvp-comment-211-1 ἤρασσον ⁵⁹

mvp-comment-211-2 κακοῖς τοῖς πᾶσιν ⁶⁰

mvp-comment-211-3 οὐδὲν ἐνδεὲς ποιούμενος ⁶¹

mvp-comment-211-4 εἰ … ἀφαιρήσοιτο ⁶²

mvp-comment-212-1 ἐνθάδ’ ἥκων ⁶³

mvp-comment-212-2 οὐ δύσοργος ⁶⁴

mvp-comment-212-3 πρὸς ἁξήκουσεν ⁶⁵ δηχθείς ⁶⁶ ἠμείψατο ⁶⁷

mvp-comment-212-4 ἃ ἐξήκουσεν ⁶⁸

mvp-comment-213-1 ἐπειδὴ καὶ λέγεις ⁶⁹

mvp-comment-213-2 οὐ μήποτ’ ⁷⁰ τὴν Σκῦρον ⁷¹

mvp-comment-213-3 ἐκπλεύσῃς ⁷²

mvp-comment-213-4 382 ff. The words ἀκούσας κἀξονειδισθείς ⁷³ κακά ⁷⁴ κἀξονειδίσας ⁷⁵

mvp-comment-213-5 πρὸς οἴκους ⁷⁶

mvp-comment-213-6 τητώμενος ⁷⁷

mvp-comment-213-7 κἀκ κακῶν ⁷⁸

mvp-comment-214-1 τοὺς ἐν τέλει ⁷⁹

mvp-comment-214-2 πᾶσα ⁸⁰ σύμπας ⁸¹

mvp-comment-214-3 ἔστι … τῶν ἡγουμένων ⁸²

mvp-comment-214-4 στρατός ⁸³

mvp-comment-214-5 οἱ δ’ ἀκοσμοῦντες βροτῶν ⁸⁴

mvp-comment-214-6 διδασκάλων λόγοισι ⁸⁵

mvp-comment-215-1 λόγος λέλεκται πᾶς ⁸⁶

mvp-comment-215-2 Ἀτρείδας ⁸⁷

mvp-comment-215-3 φίλος ⁸⁸

mvp-comment-216-1 Mindful of their young chief's precept—

(149)—the Chorus seize this moment in order to deepen the impression left on the mind of Philoctetes. It was in the land of the Trojans—often called ‘Phrygians’ —that Neoptolemus was wronged by the Atreidae. ‘Then and there’—say the Chorus—‘we invoked the most awful deity of the land, the great Earth Mother, the Phrygian Cybele—to punish our prince's wrong.’ The interposition of the Chorus is admirably effective for the purpose of making their master's indignation appear genuine.

mvp-comment-216-2 This strophe, to which vv. 507—518 form the antistrophe, is a

, or ‘dance-song’ ( O. T. 1086 n.). The dochmiacs of which it is mainly composed (see Metrical Analysis) are accompanied by animated movement, expressive of the lively resentment which these memories suggest.

mvp-comment-216-3 From a mythological point of view the verses are of singular interest. The attributes given to the goddess belong to three groups. (1)

recognises her in the primary character of an Elemental power. (2) identifies her with Rhea. (3) , and the mention of the Pactolus, present her as the specially Phrygian Cybele. But these three characters are completely fused in the unity of the .

mvp-comment-217-1 ὀρεστέρα ⁸⁹ παμβῶτι ⁹⁰

mvp-comment-217-2 μᾶτερ αὐτοῦ Διός ⁹¹

mvp-comment-218-1 Πακτωλὸν ⁹²

mvp-comment-218-2 εὔχρυσον ⁹³

mvp-comment-219-1 κἀκεῖ ⁹⁴

mvp-comment-219-2 ἐπηυδώμαν ⁹⁵

mvp-comment-219-3 Ἀτρειδᾶν ὕβρις πᾶς’ ⁹⁶

mvp-comment-220-1 τὰ πάτρια ⁹⁷

mvp-comment-221-1 ἰὼ ⁹⁸ μάκαιρα ⁹⁹

mvp-comment-221-2 ταυροκτόνων ¹⁰⁰

mvp-comment-221-3 λεόντων ἔφεδρε ¹⁰¹

mvp-comment-222-1 σέβας ¹⁰²

mvp-comment-222-2 We should not, then, change σέβας ¹⁰³ γέρας ¹⁰⁴

mvp-comment-223-1 σύμβολον … λύπης ¹⁰⁵

mvp-comment-224-1 προσᾴδεθ’ ¹⁰⁶

mvp-comment-224-2 ταῦτ’ … ἔργα ¹⁰⁷

mvp-comment-225-1 ἂν … θιγόντα ¹⁰⁸ πανουργίας ¹⁰⁹

mvp-comment-225-2 ἀφ’ ἧς μηδὲν … ποεῖν ¹¹⁰ μέλλοι ¹¹¹

mvp-comment-225-3 μηδὲν ¹¹²

mvp-comment-225-4 ἐς τέλος ¹¹³

mvp-comment-225-5 ποεῖν ¹¹⁴

mvp-comment-226-1 ὁ μείζων ¹¹⁵ οὐκ ἦν ἔτι ζῶν ¹¹⁶

mvp-comment-227-1 ἀλλ’ ἦ ¹¹⁷ ἦ γάρ ¹¹⁸ πῶς εἶπας ¹¹⁹

mvp-comment-228-1 ὡς μηκέτ’ ὄντα ¹²⁰

mvp-comment-229-1 οἴμοι τάλας ¹²¹ ἀλλ’ οὐχ ¹²²

mvp-comment-230-1 οὑμπολητὸς Σισύφου Λαερτίῳ ¹²³

mvp-comment-230-2 The legend is not Homeric, but is already known to Aesch. (fr. 169), and is congenial to the spirit in which the dramatists often conceive Odysseus; cp. Soph. Ai. 190 , fr. 143 (

| ): I. A. 524, Cycl. 104 : Lycophron 344 ( , ‘crafty fox’): Ov. Met. 13. 31

sanguine cretus | Sisyphio, furtisque et fraude simillimus illi.

mvp-comment-230-3 With regard to the order of words, note:—(1)

= , the simple gen. of origin being placed as would have been; though usually such a simple gen. comes immediately after the art. (as Ai. 450 ). (2) merely supplements , and hence can be placed as though it were an afterthought; the principle is the same as in O. C. 1514 : cp. n. on O. T. 1245. —The genit. Λαερτίου ¹²⁴

mvp-comment-231-1 ἔδει ¹²⁵

mvp-comment-232-1 καὶ μέγα θάλλοντες ¹²⁶

mvp-comment-233-1 τί δ’ ¹²⁷ ὠ ¹²⁸ οὐ ¹²⁹ αὖ ¹³⁰ οὐ ¹³¹ τί δ’ ¹³² τί δ’ ὃς ¹³³ ὃς ¹³⁴ ὁ ¹³⁵

mvp-comment-233-2 παλαιός ¹³⁶ καί … τε ¹³⁷

mvp-comment-233-3 τά γε κείνων κακά ¹³⁸ γε ¹³⁹

mvp-comment-233-4 ἐξήρυκε ¹⁴⁰

mvp-comment-234-1 Ἀντίλοχος ¹⁴¹

mvp-comment-234-2 ὃς παρῆν γόνος ¹⁴² ὅσπερ ἦν γόνος ¹⁴³ ὅς γ’ ἔτ’ ἦν ¹⁴⁴ ὅς ποτ’ ἦν ¹⁴⁵

mvp-comment-235-1 δὔ αὖ τώδ’ ἄνδρ’ ἔλεξας ¹⁴⁶ δὔ αὖ τώδ’ ἐξέδειξας ¹⁴⁷ ἔλεξας ¹⁴⁸ δὔ αὔτως δείν’ ἔλεξας ¹⁴⁹

mvp-comment-235-2 As to the reading δὔ αὕτως δείν’ ἔλεξας ¹⁵⁰

mvp-comment-235-3 δὔ … ἄνδρε ¹⁵¹ ὀλωλότοιν ¹⁵² οἵδε ¹⁵³

mvp-comment-235-4 ἂν ἠθέλης’ ¹⁵⁴

mvp-comment-236-1 σκοπεῖν ¹⁵⁵

mvp-comment-236-2 οἵδε ¹⁵⁶

mvp-comment-237-1 Ὀδυσσεὺς δ’ ἔστιν αὖ κἀνταῦθ’ ¹⁵⁷

mvp-comment-238-1 αὐτὸν ¹⁵⁸ αὐδᾶσθαι ¹⁵⁹

mvp-comment-239-1 παλαιστὴς ¹⁶⁰

mvp-comment-239-2 ἐμποδίζονται ¹⁶¹

mvp-comment-240-1 θεῶν ¹⁶²

mvp-comment-240-2 ποῦ γὰρ ¹⁶³

mvp-comment-240-3 σοι ¹⁶⁴

mvp-comment-240-4 τὰ φίλτατα ¹⁶⁵

mvp-comment-241-1 λόγῳ … ἐν βραχεῖ ¹⁶⁶

mvp-comment-241-2 τοῦτ’ ¹⁶⁷

mvp-comment-241-3 πόλεμος ¹⁶⁸

mvp-comment-241-4 ἑκὼν ¹⁶⁹

mvp-comment-242-1 κατ’ αὐτὸ τοῦτό γε ¹⁷⁰

mvp-comment-243-1 φωτὸς ¹⁷¹ κυρεῖ ¹⁷² τί ¹⁷³

mvp-comment-244-1 ποίου δὲ τούτου ¹⁷⁴

mvp-comment-244-2 ἐρεῖς ¹⁷⁵

mvp-comment-244-3 Brunck's conjecture, τοῦτο ¹⁷⁶ τούτου ¹⁷⁷

mvp-comment-245-1 Θερσίτης ¹⁷⁸

mvp-comment-246-1 ὃς οὐκ ἂν εἵλετ’ ¹⁷⁹ ὅπου μηδεὶς ἐῴη ¹⁸⁰

mvp-comment-246-2 Sophocles here reproduces the two salient traits of the Homeric Thersites: (1) he is irrepressible: Il. 2. 212

, | : (2) he disgusts those whom his bluster was intended to amuse or flatter; ib. 222 | .— τοῦτον οἶσθ’ ¹⁸¹

mvp-comment-247-1 αὐτόν ¹⁸² αὐτός ¹⁸³ νιν ¹⁸⁴

mvp-comment-248-1 ἔμελλ’ ¹⁸⁵

mvp-comment-248-2 ἐπεὶ οὐδέν ¹⁸⁶

mvp-comment-248-3 περιστέλλουσιν ¹⁸⁷

mvp-comment-249-1 τὰ πανοῦργα ¹⁸⁸

mvp-comment-249-2 παλιντριβῆ ¹⁸⁹

mvp-comment-249-3 ἀναστρέφοντες ¹⁹⁰

mvp-comment-249-4 τὰ δὲ ¹⁹¹ τὰ χρήστ’ ¹⁹² ἀποστέλλους’ ¹⁹³ προυσελοῦς’ ¹⁹⁴

mvp-comment-250-1 ποῦ χρὴ τίθεσθαι ¹⁹⁵

mvp-comment-250-2 ποῦ δ’ αἰνεῖν ¹⁹⁶

mvp-comment-250-3 ὅταν ¹⁹⁷ ἐπαινῶν ¹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-250-4 Theognis, in a similar strain, asks how a mortal is to revere the gods when he sees good men afflicted and bad men prosperous (743—752).

mvp-comment-251-1 ἐγὼ μὲν ¹⁹⁹

mvp-comment-251-2 Οἰταίου ²⁰⁰

mvp-comment-252-1 τηλόθεν … εἰσορῶν ²⁰¹

mvp-comment-252-2 φυλάξομαι ²⁰²

mvp-comment-253-1 ὅπου ²⁰³ τούτους ²⁰⁴

mvp-comment-253-2 δειλὸς ²⁰⁵ δεινὸς ²⁰⁶ δεινός ²⁰⁷

mvp-comment-254-1 Σκῦρος ²⁰⁸

mvp-comment-254-2 ἐξαρκοῦσά μοι … ὥστε ²⁰⁹ τέρπεσθαι δόμῳ ²¹⁰

mvp-comment-255-1 χαῖρε ²¹¹ ὡς μέγιστα ²¹²

mvp-comment-255-2 μεταστήσειαν ²¹³

mvp-comment-255-3 ὡς αὐτὸς θέλεις ²¹⁴

mvp-comment-256-1 πλοῦν ἡμὶν εἴκῃ ²¹⁵ πλοῦν ²¹⁶ πλεῖν ²¹⁷

mvp-comment-257-1 καιρὸς ²¹⁸ καλεῖ ²¹⁹

mvp-comment-258-1 πλοῦν … σκοπεῖν ²²⁰

mvp-comment-258-2 μὴ )ξ ἀπόπτου ²²¹

mvp-comment-259-1 πρός νύν σε πατρὸς ²²² πρός τ’ εἴ τι ²²³

mvp-comment-260-1 ἱκέτης ²²⁴ ἱκνοῦμαι ²²⁵

mvp-comment-261-1 οἵοις ὁρᾷς … ἐνναίοντα ²²⁶ ὅσοισί τ’ ἐξήκουσας ²²⁷

mvp-comment-262-1 ἐν παρέργῳ θοῦ με ²²⁸

mvp-comment-262-2 ἐν παρέργῳ ²²⁹

mvp-comment-262-3 δυσχέρεια ²³⁰

mvp-comment-263-1 ἔξοιδα ²³¹

mvp-comment-263-2 φορήματος ²³²

mvp-comment-264-1 τό τ’ αἰσχρὸν ²³³ εὐκλεές ²³⁴ εὐκλεές ²³⁵ τοῖσι γενναίοισι ²³⁶

mvp-comment-265-1 ἐκλιπόντι τοῦτ’ ²³⁷

mvp-comment-265-2 ὄνειδος ²³⁸ οὐ καλόν ²³⁹

mvp-comment-266-1 πλεῖστον ²⁴⁰

mvp-comment-266-2 μόλω )γὼ ²⁴¹

mvp-comment-267-1 ἴθ’ ²⁴²

mvp-comment-267-2 ἡμέρας … μιᾶς ²⁴³

mvp-comment-268-1 τόλμησον ²⁴⁴

mvp-comment-268-2 ὅπῃ ²⁴⁵ ὅποι ²⁴⁶ ἐμβαλοῦ ²⁴⁷ ἄγων ²⁴⁸

mvp-comment-269-1 ἀντλίαν ²⁴⁹

mvp-comment-269-2 πρῷραν … πρύμνην ²⁵⁰

mvp-comment-269-3 ὅπου ²⁵¹ ὅποι ²⁵² υ ²⁵³ ι ²⁵⁴

mvp-comment-269-4 μέλλω … ἀλγυνεῖν ²⁵⁵

mvp-comment-270-1 ἱκεσίου ²⁵⁶

mvp-comment-270-2 γόνασι ²⁵⁷

mvp-comment-271-1 ἀκράτωρ ²⁵⁸

mvp-comment-272-1 ἢ πρὸς οἶκον τὸν σὸν ²⁵⁹

mvp-comment-272-2 τὰ Χαλκώδοντος Εὐβοίας σταθμά ²⁶⁰

mvp-comment-272-3 Schneidewin remarks that Philoctetes, the former comrade of Heracles, might naturally name Chalcodon, who had been the companion of Heracles in an expedition against the Eleans ( Paus. 8. 15. 6 ). But that was merely a local Arcadian myth; and Pausanias finds it inconsistent with the better-known Theban tradition, according to which Chalcodon was slain by Amphitryon in a war between the Euboeans and Thebans (9. 19. 3). At any rate the Attic poet might think of the Attic legend, according to which Theseus had sent his sons for protection to Chalcodon's son Elephenor, before retiring from Athens to Scyros ( Plut. Thes. 35 ).

mvp-comment-273-1 εἰς Οἴτην ²⁶¹

mvp-comment-274-1 Τραχινίαν … δειράδα ²⁶²

mvp-comment-274-2 All MSS. have δειράδα καὶ τὸν ²⁶³ δεράδα ²⁶⁴

mvp-comment-274-3 I am more disposed to think that δειράδα ²⁶⁵ καὶ τὸν ²⁶⁶

mvp-comment-274-4 εὔροον ²⁶⁷

mvp-comment-274-5 Like the Homeric

, the epithet refers simply to the beauty of the river, not to that swiftness ( ) from which it takes its name ( Il. 16. 176 : Lucan 6. 366 Ferit amne citato | Maliacas Spercheus aquas). Rising at the foot of Typhrestus, and fed by affluents from Othrys and Oeta, the Spercheius has a considerable volume of water even in the hot season (Tozer, Geo. of Greece, p. 81).

mvp-comment-275-1 ὃν ²⁶⁸ δέδοικ’ ²⁶⁹

mvp-comment-275-2 παλαιὸν ²⁷⁰ ἐξ ὅτου ²⁷¹ παλαἴ ἂν ²⁷²

mvp-comment-276-1 μή μοι βεβήκῃ ²⁷³

mvp-comment-276-2 τοῖς ἱγμένοις ²⁷⁴ ἔστελλον ²⁷⁵

mvp-comment-277-1 αὐτόστολον πέμψαντα ²⁷⁶ αὐτόστολον ²⁷⁷ πέμψαντα ²⁷⁸ ἐκσῶσαι ²⁷⁹ πλεύσαντα ²⁸⁰

mvp-comment-277-2 δόμους ²⁸¹ δόμοις ²⁸²

mvp-comment-277-3 497 ff. After τὰ τῶν διακόνων ²⁸³ ποιούμενοι ²⁸⁴ τὸ ²⁸⁵ τὰ ²⁸⁶

mvp-comment-277-4 ὡς εἰκός ²⁸⁷ οἶμαι ²⁸⁸ οἴμοι ²⁸⁹

mvp-comment-277-5 ἐν σμικρῷ ²⁹⁰

mvp-comment-277-6 μέρος ²⁹¹ μέρει ²⁹²

mvp-comment-277-7 ἤπειγον ²⁹³

mvp-comment-278-1 πομπόν τε καὐτὸν ἄγγελον ²⁹⁴

mvp-comment-278-2 ἥκω ²⁹⁵

mvp-comment-279-1 δεινὰ κἀπικινδύνως … κεῖται ²⁹⁶ παθεῖν ²⁹⁷ παθεῖν μὲν εὖ, παθεῖν δὲ θάτερα ²⁹⁸

mvp-comment-279-2 θάτερα ²⁹⁹

mvp-comment-280-1 ἐκτὸς ὄντα ³⁰⁰ τὰ δείν’ ὁρᾶν ³⁰¹

mvp-comment-281-1 εὖ ζῇ ³⁰²

mvp-comment-281-2 τὸν βίον ³⁰³ λάθῃ ³⁰⁴

mvp-comment-282-1 : antistrophe to 391—402. The pity expressed by the Chorus may well be sincere; but in this utterance of it, their first aim is to aid their master's design. Verse 510 shows this.

mvp-comment-282-2 πόνων ἆθλα ³⁰⁵

mvp-comment-282-3 οἷα ³⁰⁶ οἷα ³⁰⁷ ἅσσα ³⁰⁸ τύχοι ³⁰⁹ λάχοι ³¹⁰

mvp-comment-283-1 πικρούς ³¹¹

mvp-comment-284-1 ἐγὼ μὲν ³¹² πορεύσαιμ’ ἂν ³¹³

mvp-comment-284-2 τὸ κείνων κακὸν ³¹⁴

mvp-comment-284-3 μετατιθέμενος ³¹⁵

mvp-comment-284-4 ἐπιμέμονεν ³¹⁶

mvp-comment-285-1 εὐστόλου ³¹⁷

mvp-comment-286-1 τὰν θεῶν νέμεσιν ³¹⁸

mvp-comment-287-1 νῦν μὲν … ὅταν δὲ ³¹⁹

mvp-comment-287-2 εὐχερὴς ³²⁰ τις ³²¹ παρῇς ³²²

mvp-comment-288-1 τῆς νόσου ³²³ πλησθῇς· ξυνουσίᾳ ³²⁴

mvp-comment-288-2 αὑτὸς τοῖς λόγοις τούτοις ³²⁵

mvp-comment-289-1 οὐκ ἔσθ’ ὅπως ³²⁶

mvp-comment-290-1 ἀλλὰ … μέντοι ³²⁷

mvp-comment-290-2 αἰσχρὰ ³²⁸

mvp-comment-290-3 σοῦ γέ μ’ ³²⁹ σοῦ γ’ ἔμ’ ³³⁰

mvp-comment-290-4 πρὸς τὸ καίριον ³³¹

mvp-comment-290-5 πονεῖν ³³²

mvp-comment-291-1 ὁρμάσθω ³³³ ταχύς ³³⁴ χἡ ναῦς ³³⁵

mvp-comment-291-2 ἀπαρνηθήσεται ³³⁶

mvp-comment-292-1 μόνον ³³⁷

mvp-comment-292-2 βουλοίμεσθα ³³⁸

mvp-comment-293-1 ὦ φίλτατον μὲν ³³⁹

mvp-comment-293-2 πῶς ἂν … γενοίμην ³⁴⁰

mvp-comment-294-1 ἴωμεν ³⁴¹ ἴωμεν ³⁴² ἴωμεν ³⁴³ εἰσοίκησιν ³⁴⁴ προσκύσαντε ³⁴⁵ εἰς οἴκησιν ³⁴⁶ προσκύσαντε ³⁴⁷

mvp-comment-294-2 ὡς … καὶ ³⁴⁸

mvp-comment-295-1 ἀφ’ ὧν ³⁴⁹

mvp-comment-295-2 διέζων ³⁵⁰

mvp-comment-296-1 οἶμαι γὰρ ³⁵¹

mvp-comment-296-2 μόνην ³⁵² μόνον ³⁵³ τάδε ³⁵⁴ θέαν λαβόντα ³⁵⁵ τλῆναι ³⁵⁶

mvp-comment-297-1 προὔμαθον ³⁵⁷

mvp-comment-298-1 ἐπίσχετον ³⁵⁸ μάθωμεν ³⁵⁹

mvp-comment-298-2 ἀλλόθρους ³⁶⁰

mvp-comment-298-3 ὧν μαθόντες ³⁶¹

mvp-comment-298-4 αὖθις ³⁶² εἴσιτον ³⁶³

mvp-comment-298-5 542 Odysseus said that he would send back the

, disguised as a merchant captain, if N. seemed to be tarrying too long (126 ff.). The actor who now comes on as would not, however, be the same who played the (a mute person), but the tritagonist, who played Odysseus. The sailor who accompanies him is a mute person; and that part may have been taken by the former representative of the .

mvp-comment-298-6 As N. has already ensnared Ph. , and is on the point of starting with him, there is no actual need for the intervention of the

. But Odysseus, at the ship, could not know this; and we are to suppose that he had become impatient. The scene which follows heightens the dramatic interest by bringing out the horror with which Ph. regards the idea of returning to Troy.

mvp-comment-298-7 ξυνέμπορον ³⁶⁴

mvp-comment-299-1 φράσαι σε, ποῦ ³⁶⁵

mvp-comment-299-2 κυρῶν εἴης ³⁶⁶

mvp-comment-300-1 δοξάζων μὲν οὔ ³⁶⁷

mvp-comment-300-2 ὁρμισθεὶς ³⁶⁸ ταὐτὸν … πέδον ³⁶⁹

mvp-comment-301-1 οὐ πολλῷ στόλῳ ³⁷⁰

mvp-comment-302-1 Πεπάρηθον ³⁷¹ εὔβοτρυν ³⁷²

mvp-comment-302-2 ἤκουσα τοὺς ναύτας ὅτι ³⁷³ πάντες ³⁷⁴ συννεναυστοληκότες ³⁷⁵ οἱ νεναυστοληκότες ³⁷⁶ σοὶ ³⁷⁷

mvp-comment-303-1 ἔδοξέ μοι ³⁷⁸ προστυχόντι ³⁷⁹ ποεῖσθαι ³⁸⁰ μὴ σῖγα, πρὶν φράσαιμι ³⁸¹ προστυχόντι ³⁸² προστυχόντι ³⁸³

mvp-comment-303-2 τῶν ἴσων ³⁸⁴ προστυχόντι ³⁸⁵ σοι ³⁸⁶

mvp-comment-304-1 ἃ τοῖσιν ³⁸⁷

mvp-comment-304-2 vέα ³⁸⁸

mvp-comment-305-1 οὐκέτ’ ἐξαργούμενα ³⁸⁹ ἔργα ³⁹⁰ δρώμενα ³⁹¹

mvp-comment-306-1 ἀλλ’ ³⁹² ἡ χάρις … τῆς προμηθίας ³⁹³ προμηθίας ³⁹⁴

mvp-comment-306-2 εἰ μὴ κακὸς πέφυκα ³⁹⁵

mvp-comment-306-3 προσφιλὴς ³⁹⁶ χάρις ³⁹⁷

mvp-comment-307-1 ἅπερ γ’ ³⁹⁸ ἅπερ κἄλεξας ³⁹⁹ γε ⁴⁰⁰ ἅπερ ⁴⁰¹

mvp-comment-308-1 νεώτερον ⁴⁰²

mvp-comment-308-2 ἀπ’ Ἀργείων ⁴⁰³ βούλευμα ⁴⁰⁴ ἔχεις ⁴⁰⁵ μοι ⁴⁰⁶

mvp-comment-309-1 φοῖνιξ ⁴⁰⁷

mvp-comment-309-2 οἵ τε Θησέως κόροι ⁴⁰⁸

mvp-comment-310-1 ἐκ βίας ⁴⁰⁹

mvp-comment-310-2 λόγοις ⁴¹⁰ δόλοις ⁴¹¹

mvp-comment-311-1 καθ’ ὁρμὴν ⁴¹²

mvp-comment-312-1 ὡς ταῦτ’ ἐπίστω δρώμεν’ ⁴¹³

mvp-comment-313-1 πρὸς τάδ’ ⁴¹⁴

mvp-comment-313-2 αὐτάγγελος ⁴¹⁵

mvp-comment-314-1 κεῖνός γ’ ⁴¹⁶

mvp-comment-314-2 ὁ Τυδέως παῖς ⁴¹⁷ ἔστελλον ⁴¹⁸

mvp-comment-315-1 πρὸς ποῖον αὖ τόνδ’ … ἔπλει ⁴¹⁹ αὖ ⁴²⁰ αὖ ⁴²¹ ἂν ⁴²²

mvp-comment-315-2 If ἂν ⁴²³

mvp-comment-316-1 σοι ⁴²⁴

mvp-comment-317-1 τὰ πλείον’ ⁴²⁵

mvp-comment-317-2 σεαυτὸν ξυλλαβὼν ⁴²⁶

mvp-comment-318-1 τί με ⁴²⁷ διεμπολᾷ … πρός σε ⁴²⁸ τί με ⁴²⁹ τί δὲ ⁴³⁰ διεμπολᾷ ⁴³¹

mvp-comment-319-1 εἰς φῶς ⁴³² καί … τε ⁴³³

mvp-comment-320-1 σπέρμ’ ⁴³⁴

mvp-comment-320-2 στρατῷ ⁴³⁵

mvp-comment-320-3 ἃ μὴ δεῖ ⁴³⁶

mvp-comment-320-4 δρῶν ἀντιπάσχω ⁴³⁷ οἷ’ ἀνὴρ πένης ⁴³⁸

mvp-comment-320-5 χρηστά θ’ ⁴³⁹

mvp-comment-321-1 ἐγώ εἰμ’ ⁴⁴⁰

mvp-comment-321-2 φίλος μέγιστος ⁴⁴¹

mvp-comment-322-1 λόγων ⁴⁴² λόγον ⁴⁴³ ὧν ⁴⁴⁴

mvp-comment-323-1 ὅρα ⁴⁴⁵

mvp-comment-323-2 πάλαι ⁴⁴⁶

mvp-comment-324-1 ποιοῦ ⁴⁴⁷

mvp-comment-324-2 λέγων ⁴⁴⁸

mvp-comment-325-1 λέγω ⁴⁴⁹

mvp-comment-325-2 )πὶ τοῦτον ⁴⁵⁰

mvp-comment-325-3 τοῦτον ⁴⁵¹

mvp-comment-325-4 592 Although Odysseus and Diomedes had been named in 570, it is obviously natural that their names should be repeated in this more explicit statement.

mvp-comment-326-1 διώμοτοι ⁴⁵²

mvp-comment-326-2 ἦ μὴν ⁴⁵³

mvp-comment-327-1 πείσαντες ⁴⁵⁴ πρὸς ⁴⁵⁵

mvp-comment-328-1 πλέον ⁴⁵⁶

mvp-comment-328-2 θατέρου ⁴⁵⁷

mvp-comment-329-1 τίνος … πράγματος χάριν ⁴⁵⁸

mvp-comment-329-2 χρόνῳ τοσῷδε ⁴⁵⁹

mvp-comment-329-3 ἐπεστρέφοντο ⁴⁶⁰

mvp-comment-329-4 ἄγαν οὕτω ⁴⁶¹

mvp-comment-329-5 The order of the words is remarkable, not only because τίνος ⁴⁶² πράγματος ⁴⁶³ τοῦδ’ ⁴⁶⁴

mvp-comment-330-1 εἶχον … ἐκβεβληκότες ⁴⁶⁵

mvp-comment-330-2 χρόνιον ⁴⁶⁶

mvp-comment-331-1 τίς ὁ πόθος ⁴⁶⁷

mvp-comment-331-2 ἵκετ’ ⁴⁶⁸

mvp-comment-331-3 θεῶν βία ⁴⁶⁹

mvp-comment-331-4 νέμεσις ⁴⁷⁰

mvp-comment-331-5 ἀμύνουσιν ⁴⁷¹

mvp-comment-332-1 ὄνομα δ’ ὠνομάζετο ⁴⁷²

mvp-comment-333-1 Ἕλενος ⁴⁷³

mvp-comment-333-2 The statement of the

is only part of the truth. Helenus had indeed been captured, and had said that Troy could not be taken without Philoctetes. But he had also said that Troy was destined to be taken that summer,—as if he knew that fate had decreed the return of Philoctetes,—who was then to be healed by the Asclepiadae, and to share with Neoptolemus the glory of the victory (1329—1342). Odysseus, however, believed that Philoctetes would not listen to persuasion, but must be brought back by a stratagem (103). And so the object of the in referring to Helenus is merely to convince Philoctetes that Odysseus is coming, in order that the sufferer may become still more anxious to depart with Neoptolemus for Greece, as he supposes.

mvp-comment-334-1 ἀκούων ⁴⁷⁴

mvp-comment-334-2 λωβητὰ ἔπη ⁴⁷⁵

mvp-comment-335-1 ἐς μέσον ⁴⁷⁶ ἔδειξ’ ⁴⁷⁷

mvp-comment-336-1 τά τ’ ἄλλα … πάντα ⁴⁷⁸ καὶ ⁴⁷⁹

mvp-comment-337-1 τἀπὶ Τροίᾳ πέργαμ’ ⁴⁸⁰

mvp-comment-337-2 οὐ μή ποτε πέρσοιεν ⁴⁸¹ οὐ μή ⁴⁸²

mvp-comment-337-3 οὐ δηποτε πέρσοιεν ⁴⁸³

mvp-comment-338-1 ἄγοιντο ⁴⁸⁴ ἀγάγοιντο ⁴⁸⁵ ἄξοιντο ⁴⁸⁶ ἄγοιντο ⁴⁸⁷

mvp-comment-338-2 νήσου ⁴⁸⁸

mvp-comment-338-3 617 The words οἴοιτο μὲν μάλιστα ⁴⁸⁹

mvp-comment-338-4 μάλιστα ⁴⁹¹ οἴοιτο ⁴⁹²

mvp-comment-339-1 τούτων ⁴⁹³ μὴ τυχών ⁴⁹⁴

mvp-comment-339-2 κάρα τέμνειν ⁴⁹⁵ ἐφεῖτο ⁴⁹⁶

mvp-comment-340-1 τὸ σπεύδειν ⁴⁹⁷

mvp-comment-340-2 σοι καὐτῷ ⁴⁹⁸ πέρι ⁴⁹⁹

mvp-comment-341-1 ἡ πασα βλάβη ⁵⁰⁰

mvp-comment-342-1 πεισθήσομαι ⁵⁰¹

mvp-comment-342-2 γὰρ ⁵⁰²

mvp-comment-342-3 ὧδε ⁵⁰³

mvp-comment-342-4 πρὸς φῶς ἀνελθεῖν ⁵⁰⁴

mvp-comment-342-5 οὑκείνου πατήρ ⁵⁰⁵

mvp-comment-343-1 συμφέροι ⁵⁰⁶

mvp-comment-344-1 τάδε ⁵⁰⁷

mvp-comment-345-1 ἂν ⁵⁰⁸ δεῖξαι ⁵⁰⁹

mvp-comment-345-2 νεὼς ἄγοντ’ ⁵¹⁰

mvp-comment-346-1 οὔ· ⁵¹¹

mvp-comment-346-2 πλεῖστον ἐχθίστης ⁵¹²

mvp-comment-347-1 ἄπουν ⁵¹³

mvp-comment-348-1 πάντα λεκτά ⁵¹⁴

mvp-comment-349-1 ὡς … ὁρίζῃ ⁵¹⁵ ὁρίζει ⁵¹⁶

mvp-comment-350-1 τοὐκ πρῴρας ⁵¹⁷

mvp-comment-350-2 ἀνῇ ⁵¹⁸

mvp-comment-350-3 στελοῦμεν ⁵¹⁹

mvp-comment-351-1 οὔκ, ἀλλὰ ⁵²⁰ οὐκ ⁵²¹ οἶδ)· ⁵²² ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ ⁵²³

mvp-comment-352-1 ἀλλ’ ⁵²⁴

mvp-comment-352-2 χωρῶμεν … λαβὼν ⁵²⁵ λαβόνθ’ ⁵²⁶

mvp-comment-353-1 καίπερ οὐ πολλῶν ἄπο ⁵²⁷

mvp-comment-354-1 νεώς γε τῆς ἐμῆς ἔπι ⁵²⁸ ἔνι ⁵²⁹ ἔπι ⁵³⁰ ἔνι ⁵³¹ νεώς ⁵³² ἔνι ⁵³³ ἔνι ⁵³⁴

mvp-comment-355-1 πάνυ ⁵³⁵

mvp-comment-356-1 τί γὰρ ἔτ’ ⁵³⁶

mvp-comment-356-2 γάρ ⁵³⁷

mvp-comment-357-1 εἴ μοί τι τόξων ⁵³⁸ τόξα ⁵³⁹

mvp-comment-357-2 ἀπημελημένον ⁵⁴⁰

mvp-comment-357-3 παρερρύηκεν ⁵⁴¹

mvp-comment-357-4 ὡς λίπω μή ⁵⁴² λαβεῖν ⁵⁴³

mvp-comment-358-1 οὐ γὰρ ἄλλ’ ἔστ’, ἀλλ’ ἃ κ.τ.λ. ⁵⁴⁴ ἀλλ’ ⁵⁴⁵ ἄλλ’ ⁵⁴⁶ ἄλλος ⁵⁴⁷ ἃ βαστάζω ⁵⁴⁸ ταῦτ’ ⁵⁴⁹ ἄλλα γ’ ἔσθ’ ἃ ⁵⁵⁰

mvp-comment-359-1 ὥστε ⁵⁵¹ ἔστιν ⁵⁵²

mvp-comment-359-2 θεόν ⁵⁵³ θεός ⁵⁵⁴

mvp-comment-360-1 ξυμφέρῃ ⁵⁵⁵ ἐρῶ ⁵⁵⁶

mvp-comment-361-1 καὶ μὴν … γε ⁵⁵⁷ πάρες ⁵⁵⁸

mvp-comment-362-1 ὅσια … θέμις ⁵⁵⁹

mvp-comment-363-1 ὅς γ’ ⁵⁶⁰

mvp-comment-363-2 φάος ⁵⁶¹

mvp-comment-363-3 δέδωκας ⁵⁶²

mvp-comment-363-4 χθόν’ Οἰταίαν ⁵⁶³

mvp-comment-364-1 ἀνέστησας πέρα ⁵⁶⁴ πέρα ⁵⁶⁵ πέρα ⁵⁶⁶ ἔνερθεν ⁵⁶⁷ πέρα ⁵⁶⁸ μ’ ὕ ⁵⁶⁹ περ ⁵⁷⁰ ἀναστήσας πάρει ⁵⁷¹ πέρα ⁵⁷²

mvp-comment-365-1 ταῦτα ⁵⁷³ παρέσται σοι ⁵⁷⁴ καὶ θιγγάνειν ⁵⁷⁵

mvp-comment-366-1 καὶ δόντι δοῦναι ⁵⁷⁶ δοῦναι ⁵⁷⁷ ἐπεύξασθαι ⁵⁷⁸ θιγγάνειν ⁵⁷⁹

mvp-comment-366-2 669 The acc. μόνον ⁵⁸⁰ δόντι ⁵⁸¹ μόνῳ ⁵⁸² μόνον ⁵⁸³ ς’ ⁵⁸⁴ ἀρετῆς ⁵⁸⁵

mvp-comment-367-1 εὐεργετῶν ⁵⁸⁶

mvp-comment-368-1 These three verses, called ‘manifesto spurii’ by Dindorf, are clearly genuine. If they are rejected, then Neoptolemus deigns no reply beyond

to the gracious and cordial speech of Philoctetes. In proof that the verses are pointless, Dindorf says:—‘Neque enim quidquam beneficii a Philocteta accepit Neoptolemus, ut dici possit.’ Blaydes, though he does not bracket the verses, assents to this argument:—‘Certainly cannot well apply to Neoptolemus.’ But refers, of course, to Philoctetes. Neoptolemus means:—‘I am not sorry that chance drove me to Lemnos, and thus enabled me to gain your friendship. One who is ready to requite a benefit (viz., conveyance to Greece) by such a kindness as this (the promised loan of the bow), must indeed prove to be a priceless friend.’

mvp-comment-369-1 εὖ δρᾶν εὖ παθὼν ⁵⁸⁷

mvp-comment-369-2 κτήματος ⁵⁸⁸

mvp-comment-370-1 χωροῖς ἂν εἴσω ⁵⁸⁹ καὶ σέ γ’ εἰσάξω ⁵⁹⁰ γε ⁵⁹¹ σέ ⁵⁹² χωροῖς ἂν εἴσω ⁵⁹³

mvp-comment-370-2 τὸ γὰρ ⁵⁹⁴ νοσοῦν ⁵⁹⁵ τὸ … νοσοῦν ⁵⁹⁶

mvp-comment-371-1 ἐξήκους’ ⁵⁹⁷

mvp-comment-371-2 ὄπωπα δ’ οὐ μάλα ⁵⁹⁸

mvp-comment-372-1 τὸν πελάταν ⁵⁹⁹

mvp-comment-372-2 The comparison with Ixion is the more forcible here, since reference has just been made to the gratitude shown by Philoctetes (672). Ixion was the great example of ingratitude. Cp. Pind. P. 2. 21

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mvp-comment-372-3 λέκτρων … τῶν Διὸς ⁶⁰⁰ τῶν ⁶⁰¹

mvp-comment-373-1 κατὰ δρομάδ’ ἄμπυκα … Κρόνου παῖς ⁶⁰² Ἰξίονα ⁶⁰³ δέσμιον ⁶⁰⁴ Ἰξίονα ⁶⁰⁵ δέσμιον ⁶⁰⁶ Ἰξίονα ⁶⁰⁷

mvp-comment-373-2 (1) The poet's tendency to omit the proper name in mythical allusion, when the context made his meaning clear, might be illustrated from Ant, 133, where Capaneus is described, yet not named; and from 966—987 of the same play, where Cleopatra—whose fate is being compared with Antigone's—is only indicated as the mother of the Phineidae (980) and the daughter of Boreas (985).

mvp-comment-373-3 (2) δέσμιον ⁶⁰⁸ κατ’ ἄμπυκα … ἔβαλεν ⁶⁰⁹ δέσμιον ⁶¹⁰ κατ’ ⁶¹¹ ἀν’ ⁶¹²

mvp-comment-373-4 Ἰξίον’ ἀν’ ἄμπυκα δὴ δρομάδ’ ὡς ἔβαλεν ⁶¹³ δέσμιον ⁶¹⁴

mvp-comment-373-5 ἄμπυκα ⁶¹⁵ δρομάδα ⁶¹⁶

mvp-comment-373-6 Cp. Hesych.,

. Musgrave's ἄντυγα ⁶¹⁷

mvp-comment-374-1 τοῦδ’ ⁶¹⁸

mvp-comment-375-1 οὔτ’ ἔρξας τιν’, οὔ τι νοσφίσας ⁶¹⁹ οὔ τι ⁶²⁰ οὔτε ⁶²¹ οὐκ ⁶²² νοσφίσας ⁶²³ ἔρξας ⁶²⁴ νοσφίσας ⁶²⁵

mvp-comment-376-1 ἴσος ὢν ἴσοις ⁶²⁶ ἴσος ὢν ἴσοις ⁶²⁷ ἴσος ⁶²⁸

mvp-comment-376-2 L has ἴσως ⁶²⁹ ἐν ἴσοις ⁶³⁰ ἔν γ’ ⁶³¹

mvp-comment-377-1 ὤλλυθ’ ⁶³²

mvp-comment-377-2 The MS. text here is ὤλλυθ’ ὧδ’ ἀναξίως· τόδε θαῦμ’ ἔχει με ⁶³³ τόδε τοι θαῦμά μ’ ἔχει ⁶³⁴ τότ’ ἂν εἰλυόμενος ⁶³⁵ ὤλλυθ’ ὧδ’ ἀναξίως ⁶³⁶ εἷρπε γὰρ ⁶³⁷ εἷρπε δ’ ⁶³⁸ ὤλλυθ’ ⁶³⁹ ὠλέκεθ’ ⁶⁴⁰ ὤλλυτο τῇδ’ ⁶⁴¹ ἀναξίως ⁶⁴² ἄλλᾳ ⁶⁴³ ἀλλ ⁶⁴⁴ αχ ⁶⁴⁵ ᾷ ⁶⁴⁶

mvp-comment-378-1 ἀμφιπλάκτων ⁶⁴⁷ κλύζων ⁶⁴⁸

mvp-comment-379-1 βιοτὰν κατέσχεν ⁶⁴⁹

mvp-comment-380-1 ἵν’ αὐτὸς ἦν πρόσουρος ⁶⁵⁰ ἦν ⁶⁵¹ οἱ ⁶⁵² πρόσουρος ⁶⁵³

mvp-comment-380-2 οὐκ ἔχων βάσιν ⁶⁵⁴ πρόσουρον οὐκ ἔχων βάσιν ⁶⁵⁵ πρόδουλον … βάσιν ⁶⁵⁶ οὔτιν’ ἐς ἔγχωρον ⁶⁵⁷

mvp-comment-381-1 κακογείτονα ⁶⁵⁸

mvp-comment-381-2 Compounds to which

gives the first part are of two classes, according as the element is (1) adj. or (2) subst. In class (1) there are again two types. ( a) The commonest is that of , = : i.e., the compound denotes ‘possessing’ the subst. as qualified by . ( b) A rarer, chiefly poet., type is that of as simply= . In class (2) ( a) the is most often equiv. to the subst. or in the acc., governed by a verb: as = . ( b) But sometimes this represents a gen. or dat., depending on another noun: thus , ‘prophet of evil’ ( Aesch. Pers. 10 etc.)= . Cratinus used as = (‘cruel to slaves’), fr. 7. And so could belong either to (1) b,= : or, as it actually does here, to (2) b, . Cp. .

mvp-comment-381-3 The schol. joined κακογείτονα ⁶⁵⁹ στόνον ⁶⁶⁰ κακογείτονα ⁶⁶¹

mvp-comment-382-1 παρ’ ᾧ ⁶⁶² ἀποκλαύσειεν ⁶⁶³

mvp-comment-382-2 ἀντίτυπον ⁶⁶⁴

mvp-comment-382-3 βαρυβρῶτα … αἱματηρόν ⁶⁶⁵ στόνον ⁶⁶⁶

mvp-comment-383-1 ὃς τὰν ⁶⁶⁷ οὐδ’ ὃς τὰν ⁶⁶⁸ οὐδ’ ⁶⁶⁹ τὰν ⁶⁷⁰ ὃς τὰν ⁶⁷¹ οὐδ’ ὃς ⁶⁷²

mvp-comment-383-2 αἱμάδα ⁶⁷³ κηκι—ομέναν ⁶⁷⁴

mvp-comment-383-3 ἑλκέων ⁶⁷⁵

mvp-comment-383-4 ἐνθήρου ⁶⁷⁶

mvp-comment-384-1 εἴ τις ἐμπέσοι ⁶⁷⁷ ἑλών ⁶⁷⁸ ἑλεῖν ⁶⁷⁹

mvp-comment-384-2 Some read εἴ τιν’ ἐμπέσοι ⁶⁸⁰ εἵ τι ⁶⁸¹ συμπέσοι ⁶⁸² ἑλεῖν ⁶⁸³

mvp-comment-384-3 φορβάδος ⁶⁸⁴

mvp-comment-385-1 εἷρπε ⁶⁸⁵ ἂν ⁶⁸⁶ εἷρπε ⁶⁸⁷ εἰλυόμενος ⁶⁸⁸

mvp-comment-386-1 παῖς … ὡς ⁶⁸⁹

mvp-comment-387-1 ὅθεν ⁶⁹⁰ ὅθεν ὑπάρχοι ⁶⁹¹

mvp-comment-387-2 εὐμάρεια … πόρου ⁶⁹² πόρων ⁶⁹³ πόρον ⁶⁹⁴

mvp-comment-387-3 ἐξανείη ⁶⁹⁵

mvp-comment-387-4 δακέθυμος ⁶⁹⁶

mvp-comment-388-1 ἱερᾶς ⁶⁹⁷

mvp-comment-388-2 αἴρων ⁶⁹⁸

mvp-comment-388-3 ἄλλων ⁶⁹⁹ φορβὰν ⁷⁰⁰ τῶν ⁷⁰¹

mvp-comment-388-4 ἀλφησταί ⁷⁰²

mvp-comment-388-5 ἀνέρες ⁷⁰³ α— ⁷⁰⁴

mvp-comment-389-1 πτανοῖς ⁷⁰⁵

mvp-comment-389-2 ἰοῖς ⁷⁰⁶

mvp-comment-390-1 ψυχά, ὃς ⁷⁰⁷

mvp-comment-390-2 ὃς μηδ’ ⁷⁰⁸

mvp-comment-390-3 ἥσθη ⁷⁰⁹

mvp-comment-390-4 οἰνοχύτου ⁷¹⁰

mvp-comment-390-5 δεκέτει χρόνῳ ⁷¹¹ δεκέτη χρόνον ⁷¹²

mvp-comment-391-1 λεύσσων ⁷¹³ ὅπου γνοίη ⁷¹⁴ προσενώμα ⁷¹⁵ εἰς στατὸν ὕδωρ ⁷¹⁶ γνοίη ⁷¹⁷ προσενώμα ⁷¹⁸ στατὸν … ὕδωρ ⁷¹⁹

mvp-comment-392-1 ἀνδρῶν ἀγ ⁷²⁰

mvp-comment-392-2 ὑπαντήσας ⁷²¹

mvp-comment-393-1 ἀνύσει εὐδαίμων ⁷²²

mvp-comment-393-2 ἐκ κείνων ⁷²³

mvp-comment-394-1 ποντοπόρῳ ⁷²⁴

mvp-comment-394-2 δούρατι ⁷²⁵

mvp-comment-394-3 πλήθει … μηνῶν ⁷²⁶

mvp-comment-395-1 πατρίαν ⁷²⁷ πατρῴαν ⁷²⁸

mvp-comment-395-2 Μαλιάδων ⁷²⁹ αὐλὰν ⁷³⁰ ὄχθας ⁷³¹

mvp-comment-395-3 παρ’ ὄχθας ⁷³² Σπερχειοῦ τε ⁷³³ Σπερχειοῖο ⁷³⁴ ὄχθαις ⁷³⁵

mvp-comment-396-1 ὁ χάλκασπις ἀνὴρ ⁷³⁶

mvp-comment-396-2 In this play Heracles figures especially as the former possessor of the invincible bow. Why, then, has Soph. here chosen an epithet, χάλκασπις ⁷³⁷

mvp-comment-397-1 πλάθει ⁷³⁸ πλάθη ⁷³⁹ θείῳ πυρὶ παμφαής ⁷⁴⁰

mvp-comment-397-2 *

is my emendation of the corrupt πᾶσι ⁷⁴¹ ὅπου ⁷⁴² πᾶσι ⁷⁴³ πλάθει ⁷⁴⁴ θείῳ ⁷⁴⁵ πᾶσι ⁷⁴⁶ πατρὸς ⁷⁴⁷

mvp-comment-397-3 The burning of Heracles, and his apotheosis, are combined in some vase paintings. (1) A bowl (

) of the 4th cent. B.C., now in the Collegio Rainone at Agata S. dei Goti: Milani, Mito di Filottete, p. 65: Baumeister, Denkm., p. 307, fig. 322. In the lower part of the picture is the still burning pyre, which a Nymph on the left is trying to quench by pouring water from a jug. The trunk of the hero's mortal body lies on the pyre. On the right, a bearded figure in a peaked cap is hastily receding. This is either Poeas or Philoctetes: at his side is the quiver given him by the hero for kindling the pyre. Above, a Doric portal represents the entrance to Olympus. Apollo, laurel-crowned, sits on the left of it; a four-horse chariot approaches him, preceded by Hermes. It is driven by a winged goddess (a ): on her left sits Heracles, crowned with laurel, his club in his left hand; a light garment (a sort of chlamys) floats round his shoulders. (2) A Lucanian vase, now at Munich: Baumeister, p. 669, fig. 734. Below is the pyre, with the trunk of Heracles on it: the fire is being quenched by two Nymphs on the right and (an Attic fountain). On the left are two Satyr figures. Above, Athena Nikè, with helmet, lance, and chequered aegis worn as a corslet, is driving Heracles to Olympus; his left hand holds the club, and round his left arm is wound his chlamys.—We notice how the participation of Nymphs in these scenes illustrates the poet's (v. 725).

mvp-comment-398-1 ὄχθων ⁷⁴⁸

mvp-comment-399-1 εἰ θέλεις ⁷⁴⁹

mvp-comment-400-1 ἀπόπληκτος ἔχει ⁷⁵⁰

mvp-comment-401-1 τί δ’ ἔστιν ⁷⁵¹ τί ἔστιν ⁷⁵²

mvp-comment-402-1 τῆς παρεστώσης ⁷⁵³

mvp-comment-402-2 735 The intrans. κουφίζειν ⁷⁵⁴

mvp-comment-402-3 736 f. I follow A here (see cr. n.), for a reason which was felt by Hermann, but which has not been sufficiently considered by some other editors,—viz., that ἰὼ θεοί ⁷⁵⁵ ἰὼ θεοί ⁷⁵⁶

mvp-comment-402-4 τί θεοὺς ἀναστένων καλεῖς ⁷⁵⁷ θεοὺς ⁷⁵⁸

mvp-comment-403-1 κυρῶν ⁷⁵⁹

mvp-comment-404-1 διέρχεται ⁷⁶⁰

mvp-comment-404-2 βρύκομαι ⁷⁶¹

mvp-comment-404-3 746 Written as above, the exclamations represent three successive cries of pain, each longer than the last, as the agony becomes sharper; they seem to suggest the convulsive movement of the lips from which the sounds are wrung.

mvp-comment-405-1 εἴ τί σοι ξίφος πρόχειρον ⁷⁶² χεροῖν ⁷⁶³

mvp-comment-405-2 πάταξον εἰς ἄκρον πόδα ⁷⁶⁴

mvp-comment-406-1 ἴθ’ ὦ παῖ ⁷⁶⁵

mvp-comment-407-1 νεοχμὸν ἐξαίφνης ⁷⁶⁶ σαυτοῦ ⁷⁶⁷ ἰυγήν ⁷⁶⁸ ποεῖ ⁷⁶⁹

mvp-comment-408-1 τί σοί ⁷⁷⁰ ἔστιν ⁷⁷¹

mvp-comment-409-1 τοὐπίσαγμα ⁷⁷² τοὐπείσαγμα ⁷⁷³ τοὐπίσιγμα ⁷⁷⁴

mvp-comment-410-1 γὰρ ⁷⁷⁵

mvp-comment-410-2 δράσω ⁷⁷⁶

mvp-comment-411-1 ἥκει … ἐξεπλήσθη ⁷⁷⁷ αὕτη ⁷⁷⁸ διὰ χρόνου ⁷⁷⁹ ἥκει ⁷⁸⁰ διὰ χρόνου ⁷⁸¹ πλάνοις ⁷⁸² ἥκει ⁷⁸³ πλάνοις ⁷⁸⁴

mvp-comment-411-2 ἐξεπλήσθη. — ἰώ ⁷⁸⁵ φεῦ ⁷⁸⁶ ἰώ ⁷⁸⁷ ἐξέπλης ⁷⁸⁸ πλάνους ⁷⁸⁹

mvp-comment-411-3 760 There is an error in the traditional numbering here, as the fourth verse after this is called 765. The origin of this error is explained in the Appendix. To avoid changing the usual numeration throughout the rest of the play, I designate the next verse as 762.

mvp-comment-411-4 δῆτα ⁷⁹⁰

mvp-comment-411-5 δύστηνε … φανείς ⁷⁹¹

mvp-comment-411-6 διὰ πόνων πάντων ⁷⁹²

mvp-comment-412-1 βούλει λάβωμαι ⁷⁹³ δῆτα ⁷⁹⁴

mvp-comment-413-1 μοι ⁷⁹⁵

mvp-comment-414-1 ἕως ⁷⁹⁶

mvp-comment-414-2 ἀνῇ ⁷⁹⁷

mvp-comment-415-1 τὸ πῆμα … τῆς νόσου ⁷⁹⁸

mvp-comment-416-1 γὰρ οὖν ⁷⁹⁹

mvp-comment-416-2 ἐξίῃ ⁸⁰⁰

mvp-comment-417-1 λῆξαι ⁸⁰¹

mvp-comment-418-1 ἕκηλον εὕδειν ⁸⁰² τῷδε τῷ χρόνῳ ⁸⁰³

mvp-comment-418-2 ἐκεῖνοι ⁸⁰⁴

mvp-comment-419-1 ἑκόντα μήτ’ ἄκοντα ⁸⁰⁵ μήτ’ ⁸⁰⁶ μηδ’ ⁸⁰⁷

mvp-comment-419-2 μήτε τῳ τέχνῃ ⁸⁰⁸ μηδέ ⁸⁰⁹ μήτε ⁸¹⁰ τέχνῃ ⁸¹¹

mvp-comment-420-1 πρόστροπον ⁸¹²

mvp-comment-420-2 κτείνας γένῃ ⁸¹³

mvp-comment-421-1 προνοίας οὕνεκ’ ⁸¹⁴ γ’ ⁸¹⁵ οὕνεκα ⁸¹⁶ γε ⁸¹⁷

mvp-comment-421-2 πλὴν σοί τε κἀμοί ⁸¹⁸

mvp-comment-421-3 ξὺν τύχῃ ⁸¹⁹

mvp-comment-422-1 τὸν φθόνον δὲ πρόσκυσον ⁸²⁰

mvp-comment-423-1 μή … γενέσθαι ⁸²¹

mvp-comment-423-2 πολύπονα ⁸²²

mvp-comment-423-3 μηδ’ ὅπως ⁸²³

mvp-comment-424-1 θεοί ⁸²⁴

mvp-comment-424-2 γένοιτο … γένοιτο δὲ ⁸²⁵ ταῦτα νῷν ⁸²⁶

mvp-comment-424-3 κεὐσταλής ⁸²⁷

mvp-comment-424-4 ὅποι ποτὲ ⁸²⁸

mvp-comment-425-1 ἀλλ’ Ὄκνος ⁸²⁹ ἀλλὰ δέδοικ’, ὦ παῖ, μή μ’ ἀτελὴς εὐχή ⁸³⁰ ὦ παῖ ⁸³¹ ἀλλὰ ⁸³² δέδοικ’ ⁸³³ μ’ ⁸³⁴ με ⁸³⁵ εὔχῃ, μή μ’ ἀτελὴς ⁸³⁶ ἀτελῶς ⁸³⁷ εὔχῃ ⁸³⁸ ἔχει ⁸³⁹ ἀτέλεστ’ ⁸⁴⁰

mvp-comment-425-2 For μὴ ⁸⁴¹ α ⁸⁴²

mvp-comment-426-1 κηκῖον ⁸⁴³ νέον ⁸⁴⁴

mvp-comment-427-1 ἐργάσει ⁸⁴⁵ προσέρπει ⁸⁴⁶

mvp-comment-428-1 τάλας ⁸⁴⁷

mvp-comment-428-2 ἔχετε ⁸⁴⁸

mvp-comment-428-3 μηδαμῇ ⁸⁴⁹

mvp-comment-429-1 Κεφαλλήν ⁸⁵⁰

mvp-comment-429-2 σοῦ ⁸⁵¹ ἔχοιτο ⁸⁵² διαμπερὲς στέρνων ⁸⁵³ σου ⁸⁵⁴

mvp-comment-430-1 μάλ’ αὖθις ⁸⁵⁵

mvp-comment-430-2 ὦ διπλοῖ στρ. ⁸⁵⁶

mvp-comment-430-3 Ἀγάμεμνον, ὦ Μενέλαε ⁸⁵⁷ Μενέλαέ τ’ Ἀγάμεμνόν τε ⁸⁵⁸ πῶς ἄν ⁸⁵⁹ τρέφοιτε ⁸⁶⁰

mvp-comment-430-4 τὸν ἴσον χρόνον ⁸⁶¹

mvp-comment-431-1 ὦ Θάνατε ⁸⁶²

mvp-comment-431-2 ἀεὶ … κατ’ ἦμαρ ⁸⁶³

mvp-comment-431-3 δύνᾳ ⁸⁶⁴

mvp-comment-432-1 ὦ τέκνον, ὦ γενναῖον ⁸⁶⁵

mvp-comment-432-2 ἀλλὰ ⁸⁶⁶

mvp-comment-433-1 τῷ Λ. τῷδ’ ἀνακ. πυρὶ ⁸⁶⁷

mvp-comment-433-2 The volcanic mountain called

appears to have been on the east coast of Lemnos, south of the rocky promontory ( , v. 1459) to which the cave of Philoctetes was adjacent. No volcanic crater can now be traced in Lemnos; and it is probable that the ancient Mosychlus has been submerged. See Appendix. was proverbial for ‘a fierce fire’ ( Ar. Lys. 299 ). Lycophron (227) has in this sense, and calls Ajax | (462), ‘Lemnian thunderbolt of war.’ Cp. Hesych. . The legendary association of Lemnos with fierce crime ( ) may have helped to suggest such phrases.

mvp-comment-434-1 ἔμπρησον ⁸⁶⁸ πυρί μ’ ⁸⁶⁹ συλλαβὼν ⁸⁷⁰

mvp-comment-435-1 τὸν τοῦ Διὸς παῖδ’ ⁸⁷¹

mvp-comment-435-2 σῴζεις ⁸⁷²

mvp-comment-435-3 τοῦτ’ ⁸⁷³

mvp-comment-435-4 ἐπηξίωσα ⁸⁷⁴

mvp-comment-435-5 δρᾶν ⁸⁷⁵

mvp-comment-436-1 τί φής, παῖ ⁸⁷⁶

mvp-comment-436-2 ποῦ ποτ’ ὤν ⁸⁷⁷

mvp-comment-437-1 πάλαι δὴ ⁸⁷⁸

mvp-comment-437-2 τἀπὶ σοὶ … κακά ⁸⁷⁹

mvp-comment-438-1 καὶ θάρσος ἴσχε ⁸⁸⁰ καὶ ⁸⁸¹ μοι. ⁸⁸²

mvp-comment-438-2 φοιτᾷ ⁸⁸³

mvp-comment-438-3 ὀξεῖα, ταχεῖα ⁸⁸⁴

mvp-comment-439-1 οὐ μήν ⁸⁸⁵

mvp-comment-439-2 ἔνορκον … θέσθαι ⁸⁸⁶

mvp-comment-440-1 ὡς ⁸⁸⁷ θέμις ⁸⁸⁸ γε ⁸⁸⁹ θέμις ⁸⁹⁰

mvp-comment-440-2 ἐμοὔστι ⁸⁹¹

mvp-comment-441-1 ἔμβαλλε ⁸⁹²

mvp-comment-442-1 ἐκεῖσε νῦν μ’ ⁸⁹³ ἐκεῖσε ⁸⁹⁴ ἐκεῖσε ⁸⁹⁵ ἄνω ⁸⁹⁶ παραφρονεῖς αὖ ⁸⁹⁷ τὸν ἄνω λεύσσεις κύκλον ⁸⁹⁸ εἴ τι δὴ πλέον φρονεῖς ⁸⁹⁹

mvp-comment-443-1 αὖ ⁹⁰⁰

mvp-comment-443-2 τὸν ἄνω κύκλον ⁹⁰¹

mvp-comment-444-1 ποτέ ⁹⁰²

mvp-comment-444-2 ἀπό μ’ ὀλεῖς ⁹⁰³

mvp-comment-445-1 καὶ δὴ μεθίημ’ ⁹⁰⁴

mvp-comment-445-2 εἴ τι δὴ ⁹⁰⁵

mvp-comment-445-3 πλέον φρονεῖς ⁹⁰⁶ εἰ ⁹⁰⁷

mvp-comment-446-1 θανάσιμον ⁹⁰⁸

mvp-comment-446-2 ὅπως ἔχω ⁹⁰⁹

mvp-comment-446-3 ὀρθοῦσθαι ⁹¹⁰

mvp-comment-447-1 οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου ⁹¹¹

mvp-comment-448-1 γέ τοι ⁹¹²

mvp-comment-449-1 ἄκρον … ποδὸς ⁹¹³ φλέψ ⁹¹⁴

mvp-comment-450-1 ὄμμασι δ’ ἀντίσχοις ⁹¹⁵ τάνδ’ αἴγλαν ἃ τέταται τανῦν ⁹¹⁶ τάνδε ⁹¹⁷ αἴγλαν ⁹¹⁸ τέταται ⁹¹⁹

mvp-comment-450-2 The words could not mean, ‘keep off this sunlight from his eyes.’ ὄμμασι ⁹²⁰ ἀντίσχοις ⁹²¹ αἴγλαν ⁹²² ἀντίσχοις ⁹²³ τάνδ’ αἴγλαν ⁹²⁴

mvp-comment-451-1 ἴθι ἴθι ⁹²⁵

mvp-comment-452-1 ποῦ στάσει ⁹²⁶

mvp-comment-453-1 The MSS. give here ποῖ δὲ βάσει πῶς δέ μοι τἀντεῦθεν ⁹²⁷ κεῖνό μοι, κεῖνο λάθρᾳ ⁹²⁸ ποῖ δέ μοι τἀνθένδε βάσει ⁹²⁹ ποῖ ⁹³⁰ φροντίδος ⁹³¹

mvp-comment-453-2 τἀνθένδε ⁹³²

mvp-comment-454-1 ὁρᾷς ἤδη ⁹³³ ὁρᾷς, εὕδει ⁹³⁴

mvp-comment-455-1 πρὸς τί μενοῦμεν ⁹³⁵ πράσσειν ⁹³⁶

mvp-comment-456-1 καιρός ⁹³⁷ πάντων γνώμαν ἴσχων ⁹³⁸

mvp-comment-456-2 < πολύ τι > πολὺ ⁹³⁹

mvp-comment-456-3 παρὰ πόδα ⁹⁴⁰

mvp-comment-457-1 ἀλλ’ ὅδε μὲν ⁹⁴¹

mvp-comment-457-2 θήραν … ἔχομεν ⁹⁴²

mvp-comment-458-1 τοῦδε … τοῦτον ⁹⁴³

mvp-comment-458-2 ὁ στέφανος ⁹⁴⁴

mvp-comment-459-1 κομπεῖν δ’ ⁹⁴⁵ ἀτελῆ σὺν ψεύδεσιν ⁹⁴⁶

mvp-comment-460-1 ἀλλά, τέκνον ⁹⁴⁷

mvp-comment-460-2 ὀψεται ⁹⁴⁸

mvp-comment-461-1 ὧν ⁹⁴⁹ λόγων ⁹⁵⁰ ἀμείβῃ ⁹⁵¹

mvp-comment-462-1 πάντων ⁹⁵² λεύσσειν ⁹⁵³ εὐδρακὴς ⁹⁵⁴

mvp-comment-463-1 ἀλλ’ ὅτι δύνᾳ ⁹⁵⁵ λάθρᾳ ⁹⁵⁶

mvp-comment-463-2 δύνᾳ ⁹⁵⁷

mvp-comment-463-3 κεῖνο … κεῖνο ⁹⁵⁸ δή ⁹⁵⁹

mvp-comment-463-4 μοι ⁹⁶⁰

mvp-comment-463-5 ὅτι δ. μάκιστον ⁹⁶¹ ἐξιδοῦ ⁹⁶²

mvp-comment-463-6 ὅπᾳ ⁹⁶³ ὅπως ⁹⁶⁴

mvp-comment-464-1 οἶσθα γὰρ ἃν … πάθη ⁹⁶⁵ ἃν ⁹⁶⁶ ὧν ⁹⁶⁷ ὃν ⁹⁶⁸ γνώμαν ⁹⁶⁹ οἶσθα γὰρ ἃν αὐδῶμαι ⁹⁷⁰ ταύταν ⁹⁷¹ κεῖνο ⁹⁷² τούτῳ ⁹⁷³ πυκινοῖς ⁹⁷⁴ ἐνιδεῖν ⁹⁷⁵ ἄπορα πάθη ⁹⁷⁶

mvp-comment-465-1 οὖρος ⁹⁷⁷

mvp-comment-466-1 οὐδ’ ἔχων ἀρωγὰν ⁹⁷⁸ νύχιος ⁹⁷⁹

mvp-comment-467-1 ἀλεὴς ὕπνος ἐσθλός ⁹⁸⁰ ἀλεής ⁹⁸¹ ἀλέας ⁹⁸² ἀδεὴς ⁹⁸³ δ’ ⁹⁸⁴ ἀλεὴς ⁹⁸⁵

mvp-comment-467-2 Some reject ἀλεὴς ὕπνος ἐσθλός ⁹⁸⁶ ἀδεὴς ⁹⁸⁷ ἀδεὴς πόνος ἐσθλός ⁹⁸⁸ πόνος ὁ μὴ φοβῶν κράτιστος ⁹⁸⁹ ἀδεὴς πόνος ἐσθλός ⁹⁹⁰

mvp-comment-468-1 οὔ τινος ⁹⁹¹

mvp-comment-469-1 Ἀΐδᾳ πάρα κείμενος ⁹⁹² παρακείμενος ⁹⁹³

mvp-comment-470-1 ὅρα, βλέπ’ ⁹⁹⁴ ὅρα ⁹⁹⁵ ὁρᾷ ⁹⁹⁶

mvp-comment-470-2 εἰ καίρια φθέγγει ⁹⁹⁷

mvp-comment-471-1 τὸ δ’ ἁλώσιμον ἐμᾷ φρ. ⁹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-471-2 πόνος ὁ μὴ φοβῶν κράτιστος ⁹⁹⁹ ὁ μὴ φοβῶν ¹⁰⁰⁰ πόνος ¹⁰⁰¹

mvp-comment-472-1 μηδ’ ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν ¹⁰⁰²

mvp-comment-473-1 ὦ φέγγος ¹⁰⁰³ τό τ’ ¹⁰⁰⁴

mvp-comment-473-2 ἐλπίδων ἄπιστον ¹⁰⁰⁵ οἰκούρημα ¹⁰⁰⁶

mvp-comment-474-1 τοῦτ’ ¹⁰⁰⁷ ἐξηύχης’ ¹⁰⁰⁸ τλῆναι ¹⁰⁰⁹ ἂν ¹⁰¹⁰ τλῆναι ¹⁰¹¹ ἐξηύχης’ ¹⁰¹²

mvp-comment-474-2 μεῖναι ¹⁰¹³ τἀμὰ πήματα ¹⁰¹⁴

mvp-comment-474-3 ξυνωφελοῦντά μοι ¹⁰¹⁵

mvp-comment-475-1 οὔκουν ¹⁰¹⁶

mvp-comment-475-2 εὐφόρως ¹⁰¹⁷ εὐπόρως ¹⁰¹⁸

mvp-comment-476-1 κἀξ εὐγενῶν ¹⁰¹⁹ ἐν εὐχερεῖ ἔθου ¹⁰²⁰

mvp-comment-476-2 γέμων ¹⁰²¹

mvp-comment-477-1 λήθη ¹⁰²²

mvp-comment-477-2 δή ¹⁰²³

mvp-comment-478-1 σύ μ’ αὐτὸς … ποτέ ¹⁰²⁴ κόπος ¹⁰²⁵ ού μ’ αὐτὸς ἆρον, σύ με κατάστησον ¹⁰²⁶

mvp-comment-478-2 νῦν δ’ αἶρε σαυτόν ¹⁰²⁷ ἵν’, ἡνίκ’ ἂν κόπος μ’ ἀπαλλάξῃ ποτέ ¹⁰²⁸

mvp-comment-478-3 ZippmannA. , whom Nauck and Cavallin follow in their texts, deletes both v. 880 and v. 889 as spurious, and transposes 879 to a place between 888 and 890. His two main objections to the traditional text are:—Why should Ph. , formerly so eager to start, now wish to wait till his

has passed off? (880). And why should he desire to rise before that moment, instead of resting on the ground? The view of the whole situation which I have given above will show why I believe the traditional text to be sound.

mvp-comment-479-1 ἐπίσχωμεν ¹⁰²⁹ τὸ πλεῖν ¹⁰³⁰

mvp-comment-480-1 ἀλλ’ ἥδομαι μέν ¹⁰³¹ μέν ¹⁰³²

mvp-comment-480-2 ἀνώδυνον ¹⁰³³

mvp-comment-480-3 βλέποντα ¹⁰³⁴

mvp-comment-480-4 κἀμπνέοντ’ ¹⁰³⁵

mvp-comment-481-1 ὡς οὐκέτ’ ὄντος ¹⁰³⁶ συμβόλαια ¹⁰³⁷ τὰς παρούσας ξυμφορὰς ¹⁰³⁸ πρὸς ¹⁰³⁹ τὰς παρ. ξυμφοράς ¹⁰⁴⁰ πρὸς τὰς παρ. ξυμφορὰς ¹⁰⁴¹

mvp-comment-481-2 συμβόλαια ¹⁰⁴²

mvp-comment-482-1 νῦν δ’ αἶρε σαυτόν ¹⁰⁴³

mvp-comment-482-2 εἰ δέ σοι μᾶλλον φίλον ¹⁰⁴⁴

mvp-comment-482-3 τοῦ πόνου γὰρ ¹⁰⁴⁵

mvp-comment-483-1 αἰνῶ τάδ’, ὦ παῖ ¹⁰⁴⁶ αἰνῶ τάδε ¹⁰⁴⁷

mvp-comment-484-1 ἔασον ¹⁰⁴⁸

mvp-comment-484-2 ὀσμῇ ¹⁰⁴⁹

mvp-comment-484-3 συνναίειν ¹⁰⁵⁰

mvp-comment-485-1 ἔσται τάδ’ ¹⁰⁵¹

mvp-comment-485-2 ἵστω ¹⁰⁵²

mvp-comment-485-3 καὐτὸς ἀντέχου ¹⁰⁵³

mvp-comment-486-1 σύνηθες … ἔθος ¹⁰⁵⁴

mvp-comment-487-1 τί δῆτ’ ἂν δρῷμ’ ¹⁰⁵⁵

mvp-comment-487-2 δρῷμ’ ¹⁰⁵⁶

mvp-comment-487-3 τοὐνθένδε γε ¹⁰⁵⁷ γε ¹⁰⁵⁸

mvp-comment-488-1 ἐξέβης ¹⁰⁵⁹

mvp-comment-488-2 λόγῳ ¹⁰⁶⁰ λόγων ¹⁰⁶¹

mvp-comment-489-1 οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅποι χρὴ ¹⁰⁶² στρέφειν ¹⁰⁶³ τρέπειν ¹⁰⁶⁴

mvp-comment-490-1 ἀπορεῖς δὲ τοῦ σύ ¹⁰⁶⁵

mvp-comment-491-1 ἐνθάδε … τοῦδε τοῦ πάθους ¹⁰⁶⁶

mvp-comment-492-1 οὐ δή ¹⁰⁶⁷ ὥστε ¹⁰⁶⁸ ἔπεισεν ¹⁰⁶⁹

mvp-comment-492-2 ναύτην ¹⁰⁷⁰

mvp-comment-493-1 ἅπαντα δυσχέρεια ¹⁰⁷¹

mvp-comment-493-2 τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν ¹⁰⁷² λιπών ¹⁰⁷³ τὰ μὴ προσεικότα ¹⁰⁷⁴

mvp-comment-494-1 οὐδὲν ἔξω τοῦ φυτεύσαντος ¹⁰⁷⁵ φυτεύσαντος ¹⁰⁷⁶ προσεικότος ¹⁰⁷⁷ τοὐμφυτευθέντος ¹⁰⁷⁸

mvp-comment-494-2 ἐσθλὸν ¹⁰⁷⁹

mvp-comment-495-1 πάλαι ¹⁰⁸⁰

mvp-comment-496-1 οὔκουν ¹⁰⁸¹ ἐν οἷς γε δρᾷς ¹⁰⁸² ἐν οἷς δὲ αὐδᾷς ¹⁰⁸³

mvp-comment-496-2 ὀκνῶ ¹⁰⁸⁴ δρᾷς ¹⁰⁸⁵

mvp-comment-497-1 δράσω ¹⁰⁸⁶ λέγων αἴσχιστ’ ἐπῶν ¹⁰⁸⁷ κρύπτων ἃ μὴ δεῖ ¹⁰⁸⁸

mvp-comment-498-1 ἁνὴρ ὅδ’ ¹⁰⁸⁹

mvp-comment-498-2 εἰ μὴ )γὼ ¹⁰⁹⁰ γνώμην ¹⁰⁹¹ γνώμων ¹⁰⁹²

mvp-comment-498-3 τὸν πλοῦν στελεῖν ¹⁰⁹³

mvp-comment-499-1 λιπὼν ¹⁰⁹⁴

mvp-comment-499-2 πέμπω ¹⁰⁹⁵ πέμπων ¹⁰⁹⁶ τοῦτ’ ¹⁰⁹⁷ τοῦτ’ ἀνιῶμαι πάλαι ¹⁰⁹⁸

mvp-comment-500-1 οὐδέν σε κρύψω ¹⁰⁹⁹

mvp-comment-500-2 γὰρ ¹¹⁰⁰

mvp-comment-501-1 τί <δ)> εἶπας ¹¹⁰¹ δ’ ¹¹⁰² τί εἶπας ¹¹⁰³ τί μ’ εἶπας ¹¹⁰⁴ τί γ’ εἶπας ¹¹⁰⁵

mvp-comment-501-2 πρὶν μάθῃς ¹¹⁰⁶

mvp-comment-501-3 ποῖον μάθημα ¹¹⁰⁷

mvp-comment-501-4 δρᾶσαι ¹¹⁰⁸

mvp-comment-502-1 σῶσαι κακοῦ ¹¹⁰⁹

mvp-comment-502-2 ξὺν σοὶ ¹¹¹⁰

mvp-comment-503-1 καὶ ταῦτ’ ¹¹¹¹

mvp-comment-503-2 ἀληθῆ ¹¹¹²

mvp-comment-503-3 κρατεῖ τούτων ¹¹¹³

mvp-comment-504-1 ὦ ξένε ¹¹¹⁴

mvp-comment-505-1 ἀλλ’ οὐχ οἷόν τε ¹¹¹⁵

mvp-comment-505-2 τῶν ἐν τέλει ¹¹¹⁶

mvp-comment-505-3 927 ff. While Philoctetes makes this appeal, Neoptolemus stands with averted face (935), still holding the bow. Despairing anguish could not be more pathetically expressed than by the transitions from imprecation to entreaty, and from entreaty to the half-soliloquy in which he imagines the future (952).

mvp-comment-506-1 πῦρ ¹¹¹⁷ πῦρ ¹¹¹⁸ δεῖμα ¹¹¹⁹

mvp-comment-506-2 πᾶν δεῖμα ¹¹²⁰ δεῖμα ¹¹²¹

mvp-comment-506-3 πανουργίας … τέχνημα ¹¹²² τέχνημα ¹¹²³

mvp-comment-507-1 εἰργάσω ¹¹²⁴

mvp-comment-508-1 τὸν προστρόπαιον ¹¹²⁵

mvp-comment-509-1 τὸν βίον ¹¹²⁶

mvp-comment-509-2 932 A dactyl is here followed by a tribrach, as in 1029 we have two tribrachs. In both verses the rhythm marks agitation.

mvp-comment-510-1 θεῶν πατρῴων ¹¹²⁷

mvp-comment-510-2 με μὴ ἀφέλῃ ¹¹²⁸

mvp-comment-511-1 προσφωνεῖ ¹¹²⁹

mvp-comment-511-2 ὡς μεθήσων μήποθ’ ¹¹³⁰ ὁρᾷ πάλιν ¹¹³¹

mvp-comment-512-1 λιμένες ¹¹³² προβλῆτες ¹¹³³

mvp-comment-512-2 ξυνουσίαι θηρῶν ¹¹³⁴

mvp-comment-512-3 καταρρῶγες ¹¹³⁵

mvp-comment-513-1 λέγω ¹¹³⁶

mvp-comment-513-2 ἀνακλαίομαι ¹¹³⁷

mvp-comment-513-3 παροῦσι ¹¹³⁸ τοῖς εἰωθόσιν ¹¹³⁹ παροῦσι ¹¹⁴⁰

mvp-comment-514-1 ὀμόσας ¹¹⁴¹

mvp-comment-514-2 προσθείς ¹¹⁴² προθείς ¹¹⁴³

mvp-comment-515-1 ἱερὰ ¹¹⁴⁴ τοῦ Ζηνὸς Ἡρακλέους ¹¹⁴⁵ ἱερὰ ¹¹⁴⁶ τοῦ Ζ. Ἡρ ¹¹⁴⁷ τοῦ Ζ. Ἡρακλ. ¹¹⁴⁸

mvp-comment-516-1 φήνασθαι ¹¹⁴⁹ φήνασθαι ¹¹⁵⁰ φήνασθαι ¹¹⁵¹

mvp-comment-516-2 Seyffert, placing only a comma after θέλει ¹¹⁵² κοὐχ ὡς ¹¹⁵³ κοὐκ οἶδ’ ¹¹⁵⁴ ὡς ¹¹⁵⁵ κοὐχ ὡς ¹¹⁵⁶ ὡς ¹¹⁵⁷ θέλει ¹¹⁵⁸ ὡς ἑλὼν ¹¹⁵⁹

mvp-comment-517-1 κοὐκ οἶδ’ ¹¹⁶⁰

mvp-comment-517-2 ἐναίρων νεκρὸν ¹¹⁶¹

mvp-comment-517-3 καπνοῦ σκιάν ¹¹⁶²

mvp-comment-517-4 εἴδωλον ἄλλως ¹¹⁶³ ἄλλως ¹¹⁶⁴

mvp-comment-518-1 ἐπεὶ οὐδ’ ¹¹⁶⁵

mvp-comment-519-1 ἀλλ’ ¹¹⁶⁶

mvp-comment-519-2 ἀλλὰ νῦν ¹¹⁶⁷

mvp-comment-519-3 ἐν σαυτῷ γενοῦ ¹¹⁶⁸ ἔτι ¹¹⁶⁹ ἐν σαυτοῦ ¹¹⁷⁰

mvp-comment-520-1 σιωπᾷς ¹¹⁷¹ οὐδέν εἰμ’ ¹¹⁷²

mvp-comment-521-1 ὦ σχῆμα πέτρας δίπυλον ¹¹⁷³ σχῆμα ¹¹⁷⁴

mvp-comment-521-2 αὖθις αὖ πάλιν ¹¹⁷⁵

mvp-comment-521-3 953 The MSS. and edd. give πρὸς σὲ ¹¹⁷⁶ πρός σε ¹¹⁷⁷

mvp-comment-521-4 ψιλός ¹¹⁷⁸

mvp-comment-522-1 αὐανοῦμαι ¹¹⁷⁹

mvp-comment-523-1 πτηνὸν ¹¹⁸⁰ ὀρειβάτην ¹¹⁸¹

mvp-comment-523-2 τοισίδ’ ¹¹⁸² τοισίδ’ ¹¹⁸³ τοῖσδ’ ἔτ’ ¹¹⁸⁴

mvp-comment-524-1 παρέξω δαῖτα ¹¹⁸⁵ ὑφ’ ὧν ἐφερβ ¹¹⁸⁶

mvp-comment-524-2 Wunder proposes

, objecting that implies active ministration, ‘as by a nurse.’ It is true that properly refers to the nurse, while the source of nourishment is denoted by , or ( cp. 535 ). But here Ph. is poetically saying that he had forced the beasts to become his ,—as he will now be theirs; and so ὑπό ¹¹⁸⁷ ἀπό ¹¹⁸⁸

mvp-comment-525-1 καί μ’ ¹¹⁸⁹ κἄμ’ ¹¹⁹⁰ ἐθήρων ¹¹⁹¹ θηράσουσι ¹¹⁹²

mvp-comment-526-1 ῥύσιον ¹¹⁹³ φόνον φόνου … ῥύσιον τείσω ¹¹⁹⁴ φόνου ¹¹⁹⁵

mvp-comment-526-2 τοῦ δοκοῦντος ¹¹⁹⁶

mvp-comment-526-3 οὐδὲν εἰδέναι κακόν ¹¹⁹⁷

mvp-comment-527-1 ὄλοιο ¹¹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-527-2 μήπω ¹¹⁹⁹ μήπω ¹²⁰⁰

mvp-comment-527-3 πρὶν μάθοιμ’ ¹²⁰¹

mvp-comment-527-4 εἰ καὶ πάλιν ¹²⁰² καὶ ¹²⁰³ εἰ ¹²⁰⁴ καὶ ¹²⁰⁵ εἰ καὶ πάλιν ¹²⁰⁶

mvp-comment-527-5 καὶ ¹²⁰⁷ πάλιν ¹²⁰⁸ μετοίσεις ¹²⁰⁹ πάλιν μετοίσεις ¹²¹⁰

mvp-comment-528-1 δρῶμεν ¹²¹¹

mvp-comment-528-2 ἐν σοὶ ¹²¹²

mvp-comment-528-3 προσχωρεῖν ¹²¹³

mvp-comment-529-1 ἐμοὶ μὲν ¹²¹⁴

mvp-comment-529-2 ἐμπέπτωκε ¹²¹⁵ οὐ νῦν πρῶτον ¹²¹⁶

mvp-comment-530-1 ἐλἐησον ¹²¹⁷

mvp-comment-530-2 παρῇς σαυτοῦ βρ. ὄνειδος ¹²¹⁸

mvp-comment-530-3 ἐκκλέψας ¹²¹⁹

mvp-comment-531-1 μήποτ’ ¹²²⁰ λιπεῖν ¹²²¹ ὤφελον ¹²²²

mvp-comment-531-2 Σκῦρον ¹²²³

mvp-comment-532-1 νῦν δ’ ἄλλοισι δοὺς ¹²²⁴ οἷς εἰκός ¹²²⁵ οὐκ εἶ κακὸς σύ ¹²²⁶ ἄλλοισι ¹²²⁷

mvp-comment-532-2 Other interpretations are: (1) δοὺς ¹²²⁸ ἄλλοις σε δοὺς ¹²²⁹ οἷα ¹²³⁰ ἄλλοισι ¹²³¹

mvp-comment-532-3 974 We are to suppose that Odysseus,—disquieted when he found that the

(627) was not quickly followed by N.,—had set out to inquire into the cause of the delay. From a place of concealment close to the scene he has overheard the last part of the conversation, and now, at the critical moment, he springs forward. The abruptness of his entrance is marked by the divided verse ( ).

mvp-comment-532-4 975 Join εἶ … πάλιν ¹²³²

mvp-comment-533-1 πέπραμαι ¹²³³

mvp-comment-534-1 ἅμ’ αὐτοῖς ¹²³⁴ στελοῦσί σε ¹²³⁵ αὐτοῖς ¹²³⁶

mvp-comment-535-1 τολμήστατε ¹²³⁷

mvp-comment-536-1 οἵδ’ ¹²³⁸

mvp-comment-536-2 μὴ ἕρπῃς ¹²³⁹ η ¹²⁴⁰ ε ¹²⁴¹ α ¹²⁴² γ’ ¹²⁴³ ἕρπῃς ¹²⁴⁴

mvp-comment-536-3 986 f. For the voc. combined with nom., cp. 867 n.

mvp-comment-536-4 τὸ παγκρατὲς σέλας Ἡφαιστότευκτον ¹²⁴⁵

mvp-comment-536-5 The Lemnians had an early repute as workers in iron: Tzetzes on Lycophr. 460

. The local cult and the local industry of Lemnos were both expressed by its name (‘sooty’), acc. to Polybius ap. Byz. Steph. s. v. . The same name was given to Ilva (Elba), on account of its iron-stone.

mvp-comment-537-1 εἰ … ἀπάξεται ¹²⁴⁶

mvp-comment-537-2 τῶν σῶν ¹²⁴⁷

mvp-comment-538-1 Ζεύς ¹²⁴⁸ ἵν’ εἰδῇς ¹²⁴⁹

mvp-comment-539-1 μῖσος ¹²⁵⁰

mvp-comment-539-2 καὶ ἐξανευρίσκεις ¹²⁵¹ λέγειν ¹²⁵² λέγων ¹²⁵³

mvp-comment-540-1 προτείνων ¹²⁵⁴ ψευδεῖς τίθης ¹²⁵⁵

mvp-comment-541-1 ἀληθεῖς ¹²⁵⁶

mvp-comment-541-2 ἡ δ’ ὁδὸς ¹²⁵⁷

mvp-comment-542-1 οὐ φήμ’ ¹²⁵⁸

mvp-comment-542-2 ἐγὼ δὲ φημί ¹²⁵⁹

mvp-comment-542-3 πειστέον τάδε ¹²⁶⁰

mvp-comment-543-1 ἡμᾶς μὲν ¹²⁶¹

mvp-comment-544-1 τοῖς ἀρίστοισιν ¹²⁶²

mvp-comment-544-2 κατασκάψαι ¹²⁶³

mvp-comment-545-1 οὐδέποτέ γ’ ¹²⁶⁴

mvp-comment-545-2 πᾶν … κακόν ¹²⁶⁵

mvp-comment-545-3 γῆς τόδ’ αἰπεινὸν βάθρον ¹²⁶⁶

mvp-comment-546-1 ἐργασείεις ¹²⁶⁷

mvp-comment-547-1 πέτρᾳ ¹²⁶⁸ αἱμάξω ¹²⁶⁹

mvp-comment-547-2 πέτρας ¹²⁷⁰ πεσών ¹²⁷¹ ἄνωθεν ¹²⁷²

mvp-comment-548-1 ξυλλάβετον αὐτόν ¹²⁷³ ξυλλάβετ’ αὐτόν ¹²⁷⁴ γε ¹²⁷⁵ ξυλλάβετε ¹²⁷⁶

mvp-comment-548-2 μὴ )πὶ τῷδ’ ¹²⁷⁷

mvp-comment-549-1 ὦ χεῖρες ¹²⁷⁸

mvp-comment-549-2 ἐν χρείᾳ ¹²⁷⁹

mvp-comment-549-3 συνθηρώμεναι ¹²⁸⁰

mvp-comment-550-1 ὦ μηδὲν ὑγιὲς … φρονῶν ¹²⁸¹

mvp-comment-550-2 μηδὲν ὑγιές ¹²⁸²

mvp-comment-550-3 ἐλεύθερον ¹²⁸³

mvp-comment-551-1 οἷ’ αὖ μ’ ὑπῆλθες ¹²⁸⁴

mvp-comment-551-2 ὑπῆλθες ¹²⁸⁵

mvp-comment-552-1 πρόβλημα ¹²⁸⁶

mvp-comment-553-1 ἀνάξιον μὲν σοῦ ¹²⁸⁷ σοῦ ¹²⁸⁸

mvp-comment-553-2 οὐδὲν ᾔδει πλὴν ¹²⁸⁹

mvp-comment-554-1 καὶ νῦν ¹²⁹⁰

mvp-comment-554-2 οἷς ¹²⁹¹

mvp-comment-555-1 διὰ μυχῶν βλέπους’ ¹²⁹²

mvp-comment-555-2 ἀφυᾶ ¹²⁹³ ‐εα ¹²⁹⁴ ε ¹²⁹⁵ ‐εᾶ ¹²⁹⁶ ι ¹²⁹⁷ υ ¹²⁹⁸ ‐ιᾶ ¹²⁹⁹ ‐λῆ; ‐υᾶ ¹³⁰⁰ ‐υῆ ¹³⁰¹ ᾶ ¹³⁰² ῆ ¹³⁰³

mvp-comment-555-3 προὐδίδαξεν ¹³⁰⁴

mvp-comment-556-1 συνδήσας ¹³⁰⁵ ἄγειν ¹³⁰⁶

mvp-comment-556-2 προὐβάλου ¹³⁰⁷

mvp-comment-556-3 ἄπολιν ¹³⁰⁸

mvp-comment-557-1 θεοὶ ¹³⁰⁹

mvp-comment-557-2 1022 ff. Seyffert puts a comma after ζῶ ¹³¹⁰ σὺν κακοῖς πολλοῖς ¹³¹¹ γελώμενος ¹³¹² σὺν κακοῖς πολλοῖς ¹³¹³ ζῶ ¹³¹⁴ σὺν κακοῖς πολλοῖς ¹³¹⁵ ζῶ ¹³¹⁶

mvp-comment-557-3 τῶν Ἀτρέως … στρατηγῶν ¹³¹⁷

mvp-comment-558-1 κλοπῇ τε κἀνάγκῃ ζυγεὶς ¹³¹⁸ ζυγεὶς ¹³¹⁹

mvp-comment-559-1 ἑπτὰ ναυσὶ ¹³²⁰

mvp-comment-560-1 ἔβαλον ¹³²¹ ὡς σὺ φής ¹³²²

mvp-comment-561-1 ἄγετε ¹³²³ ἀπάγεσθε ¹³²⁴

mvp-comment-561-2 οὐδέν εἰμι ¹³²⁵ τέθνηχ’ ὑμῖν ¹³²⁶

mvp-comment-562-1 σοι ¹³²⁷

mvp-comment-562-2 δυσώδης ¹³²⁸

mvp-comment-562-3 πῶς … ἔξεσθ’, ὁμοῦ ¹³²⁹ πῶς … εὔξεσθ’, ἐμοῦ ¹³³⁰ εὔξεσθ’ ¹³³¹ εὔξεσθ’ ¹³³² ἔξεσθ’ ¹³³³ ὁμοῦ ¹³³⁴ ἐμοῦ ¹³³⁵ εὔξεσθ’ ἐμοῦ ¹³³⁶ ἔξεστ’ ἐμοῦ ¹³³⁷ ἔξεσθ’ ὁμοῦ ¹³³⁸ θ’ ¹³³⁹ θεοῖς ¹³⁴⁰

mvp-comment-562-4 Against ἔξεσθ’ ¹³⁴¹

mvp-comment-563-1 ὄλοισθ)· ὀλεῖσθε δ’ ¹³⁴²

mvp-comment-564-1 μέλει γ’ ¹³⁴³

mvp-comment-564-2 ἐπεὶ οὔποτ’ ¹³⁴⁴ ἀνδρὸς ἀθλίου ¹³⁴⁵

mvp-comment-564-3 1039 For the place of τι ¹³⁴⁶

mvp-comment-564-4 κέντρον … ἐμοῦ ¹³⁴⁷

mvp-comment-565-1 θεοί τ’ ἐπόψιοι ¹³⁴⁸

mvp-comment-565-2 Thus the invocation of πατρῴα γῆ ¹³⁴⁹ ἐπόψιοι ¹³⁵⁰

mvp-comment-566-1 τείσασθε ¹³⁵¹

mvp-comment-566-2 ἀλλὰ τῷ χρόνῳ ¹³⁵²

mvp-comment-567-1 κἄμ’ ¹³⁵³

mvp-comment-568-1 τῆς vόσου ¹³⁵⁴

mvp-comment-569-1 βαρύς ¹³⁵⁵

mvp-comment-569-2 κοὐχ ὑπείκ. ¹³⁵⁶

mvp-comment-570-1 παρείκοι ¹³⁵⁷

mvp-comment-570-2 ἑνὸς κρατῶ λόγου ¹³⁵⁸

mvp-comment-571-1 γὰρ ¹³⁵⁹

mvp-comment-571-2 τοιούτων ¹³⁶⁰ τοιούτων ¹³⁶¹ πανούργων ¹³⁶²

mvp-comment-571-3 κρίσις ¹³⁶³

mvp-comment-571-4 μου ¹³⁶⁴

mvp-comment-572-1 νικᾶν ¹³⁶⁵

mvp-comment-572-2 γε μέντοι ¹³⁶⁶

mvp-comment-572-3 εἰς σέ ¹³⁶⁷

mvp-comment-572-4 ἐκστήσομαι ¹³⁶⁸

mvp-comment-573-1 ἄφετε γὰρ αὐτόν ¹³⁶⁹ γὰρ ¹³⁷⁰

mvp-comment-573-2 οὐδὲ σοῦ ¹³⁷¹ οὐδέ σου ¹³⁷² προσχρῄζομεν ¹³⁷³ σοῦ ¹³⁷⁴ τά γ’ ὅπλ’ ¹³⁷⁵

mvp-comment-574-1 Τεῦκρος ¹³⁷⁶ τήνδ’ ἐπιστήμην ¹³⁷⁷

mvp-comment-574-2 παρ’ ἡμῖν ¹³⁷⁸ πάρεστι ¹³⁷⁹

mvp-comment-575-1 ἐγώ θ’ ¹³⁸⁰

mvp-comment-575-2 μηδ’ ἐπιθύνειν ¹³⁸¹

mvp-comment-575-3 After a verb of thinking or saying,

is the ordinary negative with the inf.: but sometimes occurs ( O. T. 1455 n., 2nd ed.). Here the question is, why the second inf. should have μηδ’ ¹³⁸² οὐδὲν ¹³⁸³ οὐδὲν ¹³⁸⁴ κάκιον ¹³⁸⁵ κρατύνειν ¹³⁸⁶

mvp-comment-575-4 (2) The less probable view is that οὐδὲν ¹³⁸⁷ κρατύνειν ¹³⁸⁸ μηδ’ ¹³⁸⁹ ἐπιθύνειν ¹³⁹⁰ οἶμαι ¹³⁹¹ οὐ ¹³⁹² μηδέ ¹³⁹³ οὐ … μηδέ ¹³⁹⁴ οὐ … οὐδέ ¹³⁹⁵

mvp-comment-575-5 Nauck's conjecture, ἠδ’ ἐπευθύνειν ¹³⁹⁶

mvp-comment-576-1 τὴν Αῆμνον ¹³⁹⁷

mvp-comment-577-1 γέρας ¹³⁹⁸

mvp-comment-577-2 ἣν σὲ χρῆν ¹³⁹⁹ ἣν σ’ ἐχρῆν ¹⁴⁰⁰

mvp-comment-577-3 1064 Since ἐν ¹⁴⁰¹ Ἀργείοις ¹⁴⁰² ὅπλοισι κοσμηθεὶς ¹⁴⁰³

mvp-comment-578-1 μή μ’ ἀντιφώνει ¹⁴⁰⁴

mvp-comment-578-2 δή ¹⁴⁰⁵

mvp-comment-579-1 προσφθεγκτός ¹⁴⁰⁶

mvp-comment-579-2 οὕτως ¹⁴⁰⁷

mvp-comment-580-1 γενναῖός περ ὤν ¹⁴⁰⁸ τὴν τύχην διαφθερεῖς ¹⁴⁰⁹

mvp-comment-580-2 ὅπως μὴ ¹⁴¹⁰

mvp-comment-581-1 ναυκράτωρ ¹⁴¹¹

mvp-comment-582-1 ἀκούσομαι ¹⁴¹²

mvp-comment-583-1 εἰς ὅσον ¹⁴¹³

mvp-comment-583-2 τά … ἐκ νεὼς στείλωσι ¹⁴¹⁴ στείλωσι ¹⁴¹⁵

mvp-comment-583-3 θεοῖς εὐξώμεθα ¹⁴¹⁶

mvp-comment-584-1 ὁρμώμεθον ¹⁴¹⁷

mvp-comment-585-1 ὁρμᾶσθαι ¹⁴¹⁸ ταχεῖς ¹⁴¹⁹

mvp-comment-586-1 γύαλον ¹⁴²⁰ κοίλας πέτρας ¹⁴²¹

mvp-comment-586-2 θερμὸν καὶ παγετῶδες ¹⁴²²

mvp-comment-587-1 θνῄσκοντι συνείσει ¹⁴²³ συνοίσει ¹⁴²⁴ συνοίσει ¹⁴²⁵ συνοίσει ¹⁴²⁶ συνοίσεις ¹⁴²⁷ συνοίσει ¹⁴²⁸ συνείσει ¹⁴²⁹

mvp-comment-588-1 αὔλιον ¹⁴³⁰

mvp-comment-588-2 λύπας τᾶς ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ¹⁴³¹ πληρέστατον ¹⁴³²

mvp-comment-589-1 τίπτ’ αὖ ¹⁴³³

mvp-comment-589-2 τὸ κατ’ ἆμαρ ¹⁴³⁴

mvp-comment-590-1 σιτονόμου … ἐλπίδος ¹⁴³⁵

mvp-comment-590-2 τοῦ … πόθεν ¹⁴³⁶

mvp-comment-590-3 1092 ff. A discussion of this passage, and a notice of conjectures, will be found in the Appendix. Here I briefly give the results.

mvp-comment-590-4 πέλειαι δ’ ἄνω ¹⁴³⁷ εἴθ’ ¹⁴³⁸ μ’ ἕλοιεν ¹⁴³⁹ ἕλωσί μ’ ¹⁴⁴⁰ ἐλῶσιν ¹⁴⁴¹ ἕλωσί μ’ ¹⁴⁴² ἴσχω ¹⁴⁴³ ἰσχύω ¹⁴⁴⁴ αἰθέρος ¹⁴⁴⁵ εἴθ’ ¹⁴⁴⁶ πτωκάδες ¹⁴⁴⁷ αἰθίρος ¹⁴⁴⁸

mvp-comment-590-5 But if so, the corruption has been a deep one; i.e., εἴθ’ αἰθέρος ¹⁴⁴⁹

mvp-comment-590-6 ὀξυτόνου … πνεύματος ¹⁴⁵⁰

mvp-comment-590-7 οὐκέτ’ ἴσχω ¹⁴⁵¹ οὐ γὰρ ἔτ’ ἰσχύω ¹⁴⁵² ἐλῶς)· ἔτ’ οὐ γὰρ ἴσχω ¹⁴⁵³ γὰρ ¹⁴⁵⁴

mvp-comment-591-1 σύ τοι … ἀπὸ μείζονος ¹⁴⁵⁵ κοὐκ ¹⁴⁵⁶ οὐκ ¹⁴⁵⁷ ἄλλοθεν ἔχει τύχᾳ τᾷδ’ ¹⁴⁵⁸ ἔσχ’ ὑπὸ χειρὸς ἐμᾶς ¹⁴⁵⁹ ἔχει ¹⁴⁶⁰

mvp-comment-591-2 κατηξίωσας ¹⁴⁶¹

mvp-comment-591-3 ἔχει τύχᾳ τᾷδ’ ¹⁴⁶²

mvp-comment-591-4 ἀπὸ μείζονος ¹⁴⁶³ ἄλλοθεν ¹⁴⁶⁴

mvp-comment-592-1 παρὸν ¹⁴⁶⁵

mvp-comment-592-2 φρονῆσαι ¹⁴⁶⁶

mvp-comment-592-3 The gen. τοῦ … δαίμονος ¹⁴⁶⁷ εἵλον ¹⁴⁶⁸ εἵλου τὸ κάκιον αἰνεῖν ¹⁴⁶⁹ αἰνεῖν ¹⁴⁷⁰

mvp-comment-592-4 τοῦ λῴονος δαίμονος ¹⁴⁷¹ ωι ¹⁴⁷² ο ¹⁴⁷³ αι ¹⁴⁷⁴ οι ¹⁴⁷⁵

mvp-comment-592-5 Are we, then, to admit the v. l. τοῦ πλέονος ¹⁴⁷⁶ τοῦ ¹⁴⁷⁷ λωΐονος ¹⁴⁷⁸ λωϊτέρου ¹⁴⁷⁹

mvp-comment-592-6 I should like to read

. The loss of might have led to being added by some one who thought that the first syll. of could be short.

mvp-comment-593-1 ἤδη ¹⁴⁸⁰ ὕστερον … εἰσοπίσω ¹⁴⁸¹ ὕστερον ¹⁴⁸²

mvp-comment-594-1 προσφέρων ¹⁴⁸³

mvp-comment-595-1 οὐ πτανῶν … ἴσχων ¹⁴⁸⁴ πτανῶν ἀπ’ ἐμῶν ὅπλων ¹⁴⁸⁵ ἴσχων ¹⁴⁸⁶ πτανῶν ¹⁴⁸⁷ κραταιαῖς ¹⁴⁸⁸

mvp-comment-596-1 ἄσκοπα ¹⁴⁸⁹ ὑπέδυ ¹⁴⁹⁰

mvp-comment-597-1 ἰδοίμαν ¹⁴⁹¹

mvp-comment-598-1 πότμος … δαιμόνων ¹⁴⁹² τάδε ¹⁴⁹³ σε πότμος … ἔσχεν ¹⁴⁹⁴ πότμος σε τάδε ¹⁴⁹⁵ ἔσχεν ¹⁴⁹⁶ ἔσχεν ¹⁴⁹⁷

mvp-comment-598-2 οὐδὲ σέ γε ¹⁴⁹⁸

mvp-comment-598-3 ἀμᾶς ¹⁴⁹⁹

mvp-comment-599-1 στυγερὰν ¹⁵⁰⁰

mvp-comment-599-2 ἐπ’ ἄλλοις ¹⁵⁰¹

mvp-comment-600-1 καὶ γὰρ ἐμοὶ ¹⁵⁰² τοῦτο ¹⁵⁰³ μέλει ¹⁵⁰⁴ μὴ … ἀπώσῃ ¹⁵⁰⁵ τοῦτο ¹⁵⁰⁶

mvp-comment-601-1 πολιᾶς ¹⁵⁰⁷ ἐφημένος ¹⁵⁰⁸ που ¹⁵⁰⁹

mvp-comment-601-2 1125 *

is my emendation of γελᾷ μου ¹⁵¹⁰ ἐγ ¹⁵¹¹ ἐγγελᾷ ¹⁵¹² μου ¹⁵¹³

mvp-comment-602-1 τὰν ἐμὰν μελέου ¹⁵¹⁴

mvp-comment-602-2 τροφάν ¹⁵¹⁵

mvp-comment-603-1 ἦ που ¹⁵¹⁶

mvp-comment-603-2 τὸν Ἡράκλειον ἄρθμιον ¹⁵¹⁷ ἄρθμιον ¹⁵¹⁸ ἄθλιον ¹⁵¹⁹ Ἡράκλειον ¹⁵²⁰

mvp-comment-604-1 ἄλλου δ’ ἐν μεταλλαγᾷ ¹⁵²¹ ἀλλ’ ἐν μεταλλαγᾷ ¹⁵²² ἐν ¹⁵²³ μεταλλαγᾷ ¹⁵²⁴ ἄλλου ¹⁵²⁵

mvp-comment-604-2 ἐρέσσει ¹⁵²⁶

mvp-comment-604-3 Cavallin's conject., ἀλλ’ αἰὲν μετ’ ἀγκάλαις ¹⁵²⁷

mvp-comment-605-1 ὁρῶν μὲν ¹⁵²⁸

mvp-comment-605-2 στυγνόν τε ¹⁵²⁹

mvp-comment-605-3 φῶτ’ ἐχθοδοπόν ¹⁵³⁰

mvp-comment-605-4 ὦ Ζεῦ ¹⁵³¹ Ὀδυσσεύς ¹⁵³² ὦ Ζεῦ ¹⁵³³ ὃς ¹⁵³⁴ ὅς’ ¹⁵³⁵ ἀνατέλλονθ’ ¹⁵³⁶

mvp-comment-605-5 Next to ὦ Ζεῦ ¹⁵³⁷ οὐδείς ¹⁵³⁸ ἀνατέλλονθ’ ¹⁵³⁹ ὅς’ ¹⁵⁴⁰

mvp-comment-606-1 ἀνδρός τοι τὰ μὲν ἔνδικ’ αἰὲν εἰπεῖν ¹⁵⁴¹ ἀνδρός τοι τὸ μὲν εὖ δίκαιον εἰπεῖν ¹⁵⁴²

mvp-comment-606-2 τὰ ¹⁵⁴³ τὸ, ν ¹⁵⁴⁴ υ ¹⁵⁴⁵ ε ¹⁵⁴⁶ ο ¹⁵⁴⁷ αἰὲν ¹⁵⁴⁸ λέγειν ¹⁵⁴⁹ αἰὲν εἰπεῖν ¹⁵⁵⁰

mvp-comment-606-3 The only sound version of the vulgate, ἀνδρός τοι τὸ μὲν εὖ δίκαιον εἰπεῖν ¹⁵⁵¹ τὸ εὖ ¹⁵⁵² τὸ εὖ ¹⁵⁵³ εἰπόντος δὲ ¹⁵⁵⁴

mvp-comment-607-1 εἰπόντος δὲ … ὀδύναν ¹⁵⁵⁵

mvp-comment-607-2 ἐξῶσαι ¹⁵⁵⁶

mvp-comment-607-3 γλώσσας ὀδύναν ¹⁵⁵⁷

mvp-comment-608-1 κεῖνος δ’ ¹⁵⁵⁸

mvp-comment-608-2 εἷς ἀπὸ πολλῶν ταχθεὶς ¹⁵⁵⁹ ὑπὸ ¹⁵⁶⁰

mvp-comment-608-3 ἐφημοσύνᾳ ¹⁵⁶¹ τῶνδ’ ¹⁵⁶² τοῦδ’ ¹⁵⁶³

mvp-comment-608-4 ἐς φίλους ¹⁵⁶⁴

mvp-comment-609-1 χαροπῶν ¹⁵⁶⁵

mvp-comment-610-1 οὐρεσιβώτας ¹⁵⁶⁶

mvp-comment-610-2 1149 f. *

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μηδᾶτ’

. The MSS. give φυγᾷ μ’ οὐκέτ<*> ἀπ’ αὐλίων ¹⁵⁶⁷ πελᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁶⁸ πελᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁶⁹

mvp-comment-610-3 Auratus and Canter saw that μ’ οὐκέτ’ ¹⁵⁷⁰ μηκέτ’ ¹⁵⁷¹ ἐλᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁷² πηδᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁷³ πηδᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁷⁴ πελᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁷⁵ μηκέτ’ ¹⁵⁷⁶ μ’ οὐκέτ’ ¹⁵⁷⁷

mvp-comment-610-4 The metre would be restored by reading

. But a simpler remedy is to place φυγᾷ ¹⁵⁷⁸

mvp-comment-611-1 ἀλλ’ ἀνέδην ¹⁵⁷⁹ ἀνέδην ¹⁵⁸⁰ ἐρύκεται ¹⁵⁸¹

mvp-comment-611-2 In the Journ. Phil. II. p. 80 (1869) I proposed the emendation which I believe to be true. ἐρύκεται ¹⁵⁸² ἄρ’ οὐκέτι ¹⁵⁸³ χῶρος ¹⁵⁸⁴ α ¹⁵⁸⁵ ἀνέδην ¹⁵⁸⁶ ἄρα ¹⁵⁸⁷ οὐκέτι ¹⁵⁸⁸

mvp-comment-611-3 The simple transposition, φοβητός, οὐκέθ’ ¹⁵⁸⁹

mvp-comment-612-1 νῦν καλὸν ¹⁵⁹⁰

mvp-comment-612-2 ἀντίφονον ¹⁵⁹¹

mvp-comment-612-3 πρὸς χάριν ¹⁵⁹²

mvp-comment-612-4 αἰόλας ¹⁵⁹³

mvp-comment-613-1 ἀπὸ … λείψω ¹⁵⁹⁴

mvp-comment-614-1 ἐν αὔ, ιις τρέφεται ¹⁵⁹⁵ ἐν ¹⁵⁹⁶

mvp-comment-615-1 μηκέτι ¹⁵⁹⁷

mvp-comment-615-2 μηδενὸς ¹⁵⁹⁸ ὅσα ¹⁵⁹⁹

mvp-comment-615-3 πέμπει ¹⁶⁰⁰

mvp-comment-615-4 βιόδωρος ¹⁶⁰¹

mvp-comment-616-1 εἴ τι σέβει ξένον ¹⁶⁰² εὐνοίᾳ πάσᾳ πελάταν ¹⁶⁰³ πέλασσον ¹⁶⁰⁴

mvp-comment-616-2 Philoctetes is at the mouth of his cave, as if about to enter it (952): the Chorus now advance a little towards him, as they make this earnest appeal. The position of πέλασσον ¹⁶⁰⁵ εὐν. π. πελάταν ¹⁶⁰⁶

mvp-comment-616-3 Arndt conjectures:

: ‘if thou hast too little respect for a guest-friend, at least ( ) think’ of thine own interest. Such a use of would be obscure; and the supposed antithesis of ideas seems forced; since, even if he did ‘revere the stranger,’ that feeling would not be his only motive for leaving Lemnos.

mvp-comment-617-1 ἐπὶ σοὶ ¹⁶⁰⁷ ὅτι σοι ¹⁶⁰⁸ σοί ¹⁶⁰⁹ ὅτι σόν ¹⁶¹⁰

mvp-comment-618-1 βόσκειν ¹⁶¹¹ μέν ¹⁶¹²

mvp-comment-618-2 ἀδαὴς δ’ ἔχειν ¹⁶¹³ ὀχεῖν ¹⁶¹⁴

mvp-comment-618-3 ὃ ξυνοικεῖ ¹⁶¹⁵ ὃ ¹⁶¹⁶ ᾧ ¹⁶¹⁷

mvp-comment-619-1 παλαιὸν ἄλγημ’ ¹⁶¹⁸

mvp-comment-619-2 ὑπέμνασας ¹⁶¹⁹

mvp-comment-619-3 τῶν πρὶν ἐντόπων ¹⁶²⁰

mvp-comment-620-1 ὤλεσας ¹⁶²¹

mvp-comment-620-2 εἴργασαι ¹⁶²²

mvp-comment-621-1 τί τοῦτ’ ἔλεξας ¹⁶²³ εἰ … ἤλπισας ¹⁶²⁴

mvp-comment-621-2 ἄξειν ¹⁶²⁵

mvp-comment-622-1 ἀπό … λείπετ’ ¹⁶²⁶

mvp-comment-622-2 νυν ¹⁶²⁷ νοῶ ¹⁶²⁸

mvp-comment-623-1 φίλα μοι … παρήγγειλας ἑκόντι τε πράσσειν ¹⁶²⁹ τε ¹⁶³⁰ ἑκόντι ¹⁶³¹ ἑκόντα ¹⁶³² τε ¹⁶³³

mvp-comment-624-1 ναὸς ¹⁶³⁴ ἵν’ ἡμῖν τέτακται ¹⁶³⁵

mvp-comment-625-1 ἀραίου Διός ¹⁶³⁶

mvp-comment-625-2 ἔλθῃς ¹⁶³⁷

mvp-comment-625-3 1183 The older edd. give μετρίαζε ¹⁶³⁸ μετρίαζ’ ¹⁶³⁹

mvp-comment-626-1 δαίμων ¹⁶⁴⁰

mvp-comment-627-1 ὦ ποὺς πούς ¹⁶⁴¹

mvp-comment-627-2 τί σε τεύξω ¹⁶⁴²

mvp-comment-627-3 μετόπιν ¹⁶⁴³

mvp-comment-628-1 ἔλθετ’ ἐπήλυδες ¹⁶⁴⁴ αὖθις ¹⁶⁴⁵

mvp-comment-629-1 τί ῥέξοντες ¹⁶⁴⁶ γνώμᾳ ἀλλοκότῳ τῶν πάρος ¹⁶⁴⁷ ὧν ¹⁶⁴⁸ προὔφαινες ¹⁶⁴⁹

mvp-comment-629-2 The objection to the plausible conjecture ῥέξοντος ¹⁶⁵⁰

mvp-comment-630-1 οὔτοι νεμεσητόν ¹⁶⁵¹

mvp-comment-630-2 ἀλύοντα ¹⁶⁵²

mvp-comment-630-3 χειμερίῳ ¹⁶⁵³

mvp-comment-630-4 καὶ παρὰ νοῦν θροεῖν ¹⁶⁵⁴

mvp-comment-631-1 οὐδ’ εἰ πυρφόρος ἀστεροπητὴς ¹⁶⁵⁵

mvp-comment-631-2 βροντᾶς αὐγαῖς ¹⁶⁵⁶

mvp-comment-631-3 εἶσι φλογίζων ¹⁶⁵⁷

mvp-comment-632-1 ἐρρέτω Ἴλιον ¹⁶⁵⁸

mvp-comment-632-2 οἵ θ’ ὑπ’ ἐκείνῳ ¹⁶⁵⁹

mvp-comment-632-3 τόδ’ ἐμοῦ ποδὸς ἄρθρον ¹⁶⁶⁰ ἀπῶσαι ¹⁶⁶¹

mvp-comment-633-1 ἀλλ’ ¹⁶⁶²

mvp-comment-633-2 ὀρέξατε ¹⁶⁶³

mvp-comment-634-1 ἐρεῖς ¹⁶⁶⁴ εἴ ποθεν ¹⁶⁶⁵

mvp-comment-634-2 γένυν ¹⁶⁶⁶

mvp-comment-634-3 προπέμψατε ¹⁶⁶⁷ εἴ ποθεν ¹⁶⁶⁸

mvp-comment-635-1 ὡς τίνα δὴ ῥέξῃς ¹⁶⁶⁹

mvp-comment-635-2 παλάμαν ¹⁶⁷⁰

mvp-comment-635-3 1207 *

, Hermann's correction of κρᾶτ’ ¹⁶⁷¹ Χρῶτα πάντα ¹⁶⁷²

mvp-comment-635-4 If the MS. κρᾶτ’ ¹⁶⁷³ πάντα ¹⁶⁷⁴

mvp-comment-636-1 φονᾷ ¹⁶⁷⁵

mvp-comment-636-2 τί ποτε ¹⁶⁷⁶

mvp-comment-636-3 πατέρα ματεύων ¹⁶⁷⁷

mvp-comment-636-4 In vv. 492 ff. he had expressed the fear that his aged father must be dead; and here, in the bitterness of despair—when he feels himself utterly friendless upon earth—he utters a yearning to join Poeas in the world below. At brighter moments, again—when there is a gleam of hope that he may return to Malis—he thinks of his father as still living (665, 1371). And Heracles tells him that Poeas is indeed alive (1430).

mvp-comment-637-1 οὐ γὰρ ἐν φάει γ’ ἔτι ¹⁶⁷⁸ ἐν ¹⁶⁷⁹

mvp-comment-638-1 ὦ πόλις ¹⁶⁸⁰

mvp-comment-639-1 πῶς ἂν ¹⁶⁸¹

mvp-comment-639-2 ἄθλιός γ’ ἀνήρ ¹⁶⁸² γε ¹⁶⁸³ ὅς ¹⁶⁸⁴ ἄθλιος ¹⁶⁸⁵ εἰσίδοιμί ς’ ¹⁶⁸⁶

mvp-comment-640-1 ἱερὰν λιβάδ’ ¹⁶⁸⁷ ἐχθροῖς ¹⁶⁸⁸

mvp-comment-640-2 ἔτ’ οὐδέν εἰμι ¹⁶⁸⁹

mvp-comment-641-1 Much suspicion has fallen upon these verses. Some critics, indeed, hold that the only resource is to write them anew (see cr. n.). The points to which objection is made are the following.

mvp-comment-641-2 (1) ὁμοῦ ¹⁶⁹⁰

mvp-comment-641-3 (2) στείχων ¹⁶⁹¹

mvp-comment-641-4 (3) στείχοντα ¹⁶⁹²

mvp-comment-641-5 (4) πρὸς ἡμᾶς δεῦρ’ ἰόντ’ ¹⁶⁹³ ἰόντ’ ¹⁶⁹⁴

mvp-comment-641-6 On the whole, I incline to think that these four vv. are sound, though (like vv. 265 ff.) they are somewhat carelessly written.

mvp-comment-642-1 στείχων ἂν ἦ σοι ¹⁶⁹⁵

mvp-comment-643-1 ἐλεύσσομεν ¹⁶⁹⁶ ἦ ¹⁶⁹⁷

mvp-comment-644-1 οὐκ ἂν φράσειας ¹⁶⁹⁸

mvp-comment-644-2 παλίντροπος ¹⁶⁹⁹

mvp-comment-644-3 κέλευθον ¹⁷⁰⁰

mvp-comment-644-4 σὺν σπουδῇ ταχύς ¹⁷⁰¹

mvp-comment-645-1 λύσων ¹⁷⁰²

mvp-comment-646-1 δεινόν γε φωνεῖς ¹⁷⁰³

mvp-comment-647-1 ἣν σοὶ πιθόμενος ¹⁷⁰⁴

mvp-comment-648-1 ὧν οὔ σοι πρέπον ¹⁷⁰⁵

mvp-comment-649-1 ἑλών ¹⁷⁰⁶ ποῖον ¹⁷⁰⁷ ἣν ¹⁷⁰⁸ ἑλών ¹⁷⁰⁹

mvp-comment-650-1 νέον ¹⁷¹⁰

mvp-comment-651-1 ὥς μ’ ὑπῆλθέ τις φόβος ¹⁷¹¹ ὡς ¹⁷¹² τοι ¹⁷¹³ ὑπήλυθεν ¹⁷¹⁴

mvp-comment-652-1 παρ’ οὗπερ ἔλαβον ¹⁷¹⁵

mvp-comment-653-1 τί λέξεις ¹⁷¹⁶ οὔ τί που ¹⁷¹⁷

mvp-comment-654-1 πότερα δὴ ¹⁷¹⁸ δὲ ¹⁷¹⁹ πότερα ¹⁷²⁰

mvp-comment-654-2 κερτομῶν ¹⁷²¹

mvp-comment-655-1 εἰ κερτόμησις ¹⁷²² γ’ ¹⁷²³

mvp-comment-656-1 ἀναπολεῖν ¹⁷²⁴

mvp-comment-657-1 ἀρχὴν ¹⁷²⁵

mvp-comment-657-2 ἂν ¹⁷²⁶ ἐβουλόμην ¹⁷²⁷

mvp-comment-658-1 εὖ νῦν ¹⁷²⁸

mvp-comment-658-2 ἀκηκοὼς ¹⁷²⁹ ἀκήκοας ¹⁷³⁰

mvp-comment-659-1 τὸ δρᾶν ¹⁷³¹

mvp-comment-659-2 τίς ἔσται μ’ οὑπικωλύσων τάδε ¹⁷³² μ’ ¹⁷³³ ἐπικωλύσων ¹⁷³⁴ κωλύσει ¹⁷³⁵ τάδε ¹⁷³⁶

mvp-comment-660-1 ἐν δὲ τοῖς ¹⁷³⁷ τοῖσδ’ ¹⁷³⁸

mvp-comment-661-1 δρασείεις ¹⁷³⁹

mvp-comment-661-2 σοφά ¹⁷⁴⁰ δίκαια ¹⁷⁴¹ σοφόν ¹⁷⁴²

mvp-comment-662-1 ἅ γ’ ἔλαβες ¹⁷⁴³

mvp-comment-663-1 τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ¹⁷⁴⁴

mvp-comment-663-2 ἀναλαβεῖν ¹⁷⁴⁵

mvp-comment-664-1 ξὺν τῷ δικαίῳ ¹⁷⁴⁶

mvp-comment-664-2 τὸν σὸν οὐ ταρβῶ φόβον ¹⁷⁴⁷ τὸν σὸν ¹⁷⁴⁸

mvp-comment-665-1 Hermann's earlier view (see cr. n.) seems clearly the true one. Verse 1252, ἀλλ’ οὐδέ τοι ¹⁷⁴⁹

mvp-comment-665-2 (1) To transpose vv. 1252 and 1253. This was Hermann's later theory. The objection to it is that N. then says,

. | ,—when the last three words lose the force which they now possess as a short and direct reply to a threat. Further, the verbal echoes in this dialogue ( in 1246, in 1247, in 1251) make it probable that σῇ χειρὶ ¹⁷⁵⁰ μαχούμεθα ¹⁷⁵¹

mvp-comment-665-3 (2) To remove v. 1252. Wunder proposes to delete it: Todt, to place it after v. 1290. Neither course is warrantable.

mvp-comment-665-4 (3) To assume that vv. 1251, 1252 were spoken consecutively by N., and that v. 1252 alludes to a menacing gesture of Odysseus. This is Wecklein's view. But it appears scarcely consonant with the character and practice of Greek Tragedy that words spoken by one person should require the dumb action of another to make them clear.

mvp-comment-665-5 If, then—as seems hardly doubtful—a verse has dropped out, its loss may have been due to the fact that it began with the same words as one of its next neighbours. In dialogue of this kind, anger is sometimes marked by derisive repetition: cp. O. T. 547

. | etc. (with n. there). Odysseus—who asserts a of his own (1247)—may have replied to N.'s words, ξὺν τῷ δικαίῳ τὸν σὸν οὐ ταρβῶ φόβον ¹⁷⁵² ἀλλ’ ¹⁷⁵³ οὐδέ τοι ¹⁷⁵⁴

mvp-comment-665-6 The textual history of this passage is parallel with that of O. T. 622 —626, where the loss of one verse led to a similar confusion of persons in the MSS.

mvp-comment-665-7 ἀλλ’ οὐδέ τοι ¹⁷⁵⁵ οὐδέ ¹⁷⁵⁶ σῇ χειρὶ ¹⁷⁵⁷ τὸ δρᾶν ¹⁷⁵⁸ πείθομαι ¹⁷⁵⁹