Sophocles Philoctetes 338

mvp-comment-193-1 τοιγαροῦν ¹ αὖθις πάλιν ²

mvp-comment-193-2 ὅτῳ ³

mvp-comment-194-1 ποικιλοστόλῳ ⁴ ποικιλοστόμῳ ⁵

mvp-comment-195-1 δῖός τ’ Ὀδυσσεὺς ⁶

mvp-comment-195-2 χὡ τροφεὺς ⁷

mvp-comment-196-1 εἴτ’ ἄρ’ οὖν ⁸

mvp-comment-196-2 ἀληθὲς ⁹ λέγοντες ¹⁰

mvp-comment-196-3 γίγνοιτ’ ¹¹

mvp-comment-197-1 ἄλλον ἢ )μ’ ¹² ἢ )μ’ ¹³

mvp-comment-198-1 οὐ πολὺν ¹⁴

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 ¹⁵

mvp-comment-199-1 οὐ γὰρ εἰδόμην ¹⁶ εἰδόμην ¹⁷

mvp-comment-200-1 ἔπειτα μέντοι ¹⁸

mvp-comment-200-2 χὡ λόγος καλὸς προσῆν ¹⁹ ὁ λόγος ²⁰ προσῆν ²¹

mvp-comment-200-3 εἰ … αἱρήσοιμ’ ²²

mvp-comment-200-4 τἀπὶ Τροίᾳ πέργαμ’ ²³ ἐπί ²⁴

mvp-comment-200-5 ἰών ²⁵

mvp-comment-201-1 πλέοντί μοι ²⁶

mvp-comment-201-2 κἀγὼ ²⁷

mvp-comment-201-3 πικρὸν Σίγειον ²⁸

mvp-comment-201-4 οὐρίῳ πλάτῃ ²⁹

mvp-comment-201-5 κατηγόμην ³⁰

mvp-comment-202-1 ὀμνύντες ³¹ στρατός ³²

mvp-comment-202-2 ζῶντ’ Ἀχ. πάλιν ³³

mvp-comment-203-1 ἔκειτ’ ³⁴

mvp-comment-203-2 )δάκρυσα ³⁵

mvp-comment-203-3 οὐ μακρῷ χρόνῳ ³⁶

mvp-comment-204-1 ὡς εἰκὸς ἦν ³⁷ φίλους ³⁸

mvp-comment-204-2 τά τ’ ἄλλ’ ὅσ’ ἦν ³⁹

mvp-comment-205-1 τλημονέστατον λόγον ⁴⁰

mvp-comment-206-1 πάρεστί σοι ⁴¹

mvp-comment-206-2 Λαέρτου ⁴²

mvp-comment-207-1 δακρύσας ⁴³

mvp-comment-207-2 ἐξανίσταμαι ⁴⁴

mvp-comment-207-3 ὀργῇ ⁴⁵ βαρείᾳ ⁴⁶

mvp-comment-207-4 κᾳταλγήσας ⁴⁷

mvp-comment-208-1 ὦ σχέτλἰ ⁴⁸ ἦ )τολμήσατ’ ⁴⁹

mvp-comment-208-2 πρὶν μαθεῖν ἐμοῦ ⁵⁰

mvp-comment-209-1 ὁ δ’ εἶπ’ Ὀδυσσεύς ⁵¹

mvp-comment-209-2 ὢν κυρεῖ ⁵² ἦν κυρῶν ⁵³

mvp-comment-209-3 τάδε ⁵⁴ δεδράκας’ ⁵⁵

mvp-comment-210-1 παρών ⁵⁶

mvp-comment-211-1 ἤρασσον ⁵⁷

mvp-comment-211-2 κακοῖς τοῖς πᾶσιν ⁵⁸

mvp-comment-211-3 οὐδὲν ἐνδεὲς ποιούμενος ⁵⁹

mvp-comment-211-4 εἰ … ἀφαιρήσοιτο ⁶⁰

mvp-comment-212-1 ἐνθάδ’ ἥκων ⁶¹

mvp-comment-212-2 οὐ δύσοργος ⁶²

mvp-comment-212-3 πρὸς ἁξήκουσεν ⁶³ δηχθείς ⁶⁴ ἠμείψατο ⁶⁵

mvp-comment-212-4 ἃ ἐξήκουσεν ⁶⁶

mvp-comment-213-1 ἐπειδὴ καὶ λέγεις ⁶⁷

mvp-comment-213-2 οὐ μήποτ’ ⁶⁸ τὴν Σκῦρον ⁶⁹

mvp-comment-213-3 ἐκπλεύσῃς ⁷⁰

mvp-comment-213-4 382 ff. The words ἀκούσας κἀξονειδισθείς ⁷¹ κακά ⁷² κἀξονειδίσας ⁷³

mvp-comment-213-5 πρὸς οἴκους ⁷⁴

mvp-comment-213-6 τητώμενος ⁷⁵

mvp-comment-213-7 κἀκ κακῶν ⁷⁶

mvp-comment-214-1 τοὺς ἐν τέλει ⁷⁷

mvp-comment-214-2 πᾶσα ⁷⁸ σύμπας ⁷⁹

mvp-comment-214-3 ἔστι … τῶν ἡγουμένων ⁸⁰

mvp-comment-214-4 στρατός ⁸¹

mvp-comment-214-5 οἱ δ’ ἀκοσμοῦντες βροτῶν ⁸²

mvp-comment-214-6 διδασκάλων λόγοισι ⁸³

mvp-comment-215-1 λόγος λέλεκται πᾶς ⁸⁴

mvp-comment-215-2 Ἀτρείδας ⁸⁵

mvp-comment-215-3 φίλος ⁸⁶

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 ⁸⁷ παμβῶτι ⁸⁸

mvp-comment-217-2 μᾶτερ αὐτοῦ Διός ⁸⁹

mvp-comment-218-1 Πακτωλὸν ⁹⁰

mvp-comment-218-2 εὔχρυσον ⁹¹

mvp-comment-219-1 κἀκεῖ ⁹²

mvp-comment-219-2 ἐπηυδώμαν ⁹³

mvp-comment-219-3 Ἀτρειδᾶν ὕβρις πᾶς’ ⁹⁴

mvp-comment-220-1 τὰ πάτρια ⁹⁵

mvp-comment-221-1 ἰὼ ⁹⁶ μάκαιρα ⁹⁷

mvp-comment-221-2 ταυροκτόνων ⁹⁸

mvp-comment-221-3 λεόντων ἔφεδρε ⁹⁹

mvp-comment-222-1 σέβας ¹⁰⁰

mvp-comment-222-2 We should not, then, change σέβας ¹⁰¹ γέρας ¹⁰²

mvp-comment-223-1 σύμβολον … λύπης ¹⁰³

mvp-comment-224-1 προσᾴδεθ’ ¹⁰⁴

mvp-comment-224-2 ταῦτ’ … ἔργα ¹⁰⁵

mvp-comment-225-1 ἂν … θιγόντα ¹⁰⁶ πανουργίας ¹⁰⁷

mvp-comment-225-2 ἀφ’ ἧς μηδὲν … ποεῖν ¹⁰⁸ μέλλοι ¹⁰⁹

mvp-comment-225-3 μηδὲν ¹¹⁰

mvp-comment-225-4 ἐς τέλος ¹¹¹

mvp-comment-225-5 ποεῖν ¹¹²

mvp-comment-226-1 ὁ μείζων ¹¹³ οὐκ ἦν ἔτι ζῶν ¹¹⁴

mvp-comment-227-1 ἀλλ’ ἦ ¹¹⁵ ἦ γάρ ¹¹⁶ πῶς εἶπας ¹¹⁷

mvp-comment-228-1 ὡς μηκέτ’ ὄντα ¹¹⁸

mvp-comment-229-1 οἴμοι τάλας ¹¹⁹ ἀλλ’ οὐχ ¹²⁰

mvp-comment-230-1 οὑμπολητὸς Σισύφου Λαερτίῳ ¹²¹

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 ¹²²

mvp-comment-231-1 ἔδει ¹²³

mvp-comment-232-1 καὶ μέγα θάλλοντες ¹²⁴

mvp-comment-233-1 τί δ’ ¹²⁵ ὠ ¹²⁶ οὐ ¹²⁷ αὖ ¹²⁸ οὐ ¹²⁹ τί δ’ ¹³⁰ τί δ’ ὃς ¹³¹ ὃς ¹³² ὁ ¹³³

mvp-comment-233-2 παλαιός ¹³⁴ καί … τε ¹³⁵

mvp-comment-233-3 τά γε κείνων κακά ¹³⁶ γε ¹³⁷

mvp-comment-233-4 ἐξήρυκε ¹³⁸

mvp-comment-234-1 Ἀντίλοχος ¹³⁹

mvp-comment-234-2 ὃς παρῆν γόνος ¹⁴⁰ ὅσπερ ἦν γόνος ¹⁴¹ ὅς γ’ ἔτ’ ἦν ¹⁴² ὅς ποτ’ ἦν ¹⁴³

mvp-comment-235-1 δὔ αὖ τώδ’ ἄνδρ’ ἔλεξας ¹⁴⁴ δὔ αὖ τώδ’ ἐξέδειξας ¹⁴⁵ ἔλεξας ¹⁴⁶ δὔ αὔτως δείν’ ἔλεξας ¹⁴⁷

mvp-comment-235-2 As to the reading δὔ αὕτως δείν’ ἔλεξας ¹⁴⁸

mvp-comment-235-3 δὔ … ἄνδρε ¹⁴⁹ ὀλωλότοιν ¹⁵⁰ οἵδε ¹⁵¹

mvp-comment-235-4 ἂν ἠθέλης’ ¹⁵²

mvp-comment-236-1 σκοπεῖν ¹⁵³

mvp-comment-236-2 οἵδε ¹⁵⁴

mvp-comment-237-1 Ὀδυσσεὺς δ’ ἔστιν αὖ κἀνταῦθ’ ¹⁵⁵

mvp-comment-238-1 αὐτὸν ¹⁵⁶ αὐδᾶσθαι ¹⁵⁷

mvp-comment-239-1 παλαιστὴς ¹⁵⁸

mvp-comment-239-2 ἐμποδίζονται ¹⁵⁹

mvp-comment-240-1 θεῶν ¹⁶⁰

mvp-comment-240-2 ποῦ γὰρ ¹⁶¹

mvp-comment-240-3 σοι ¹⁶²

mvp-comment-240-4 τὰ φίλτατα ¹⁶³

mvp-comment-241-1 λόγῳ … ἐν βραχεῖ ¹⁶⁴

mvp-comment-241-2 τοῦτ’ ¹⁶⁵

mvp-comment-241-3 πόλεμος ¹⁶⁶

mvp-comment-241-4 ἑκὼν ¹⁶⁷

mvp-comment-242-1 κατ’ αὐτὸ τοῦτό γε ¹⁶⁸

mvp-comment-243-1 φωτὸς ¹⁶⁹ κυρεῖ ¹⁷⁰ τί ¹⁷¹

mvp-comment-244-1 ποίου δὲ τούτου ¹⁷²

mvp-comment-244-2 ἐρεῖς ¹⁷³

mvp-comment-244-3 Brunck's conjecture, τοῦτο ¹⁷⁴ τούτου ¹⁷⁵

mvp-comment-245-1 Θερσίτης ¹⁷⁶

mvp-comment-246-1 ὃς οὐκ ἂν εἵλετ’ ¹⁷⁷ ὅπου μηδεὶς ἐῴη ¹⁷⁸

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’ ¹⁷⁹

mvp-comment-247-1 αὐτόν ¹⁸⁰ αὐτός ¹⁸¹ νιν ¹⁸²

mvp-comment-248-1 ἔμελλ’ ¹⁸³

mvp-comment-248-2 ἐπεὶ οὐδέν ¹⁸⁴

mvp-comment-248-3 περιστέλλουσιν ¹⁸⁵

mvp-comment-249-1 τὰ πανοῦργα ¹⁸⁶

mvp-comment-249-2 παλιντριβῆ ¹⁸⁷

mvp-comment-249-3 ἀναστρέφοντες ¹⁸⁸

mvp-comment-249-4 τὰ δὲ ¹⁸⁹ τὰ χρήστ’ ¹⁹⁰ ἀποστέλλους’ ¹⁹¹ προυσελοῦς’ ¹⁹²

mvp-comment-250-1 ποῦ χρὴ τίθεσθαι ¹⁹³

mvp-comment-250-2 ποῦ δ’ αἰνεῖν ¹⁹⁴

mvp-comment-250-3 ὅταν ¹⁹⁵ ἐπαινῶν ¹⁹⁶

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 ¹⁹⁷

mvp-comment-251-2 Οἰταίου ¹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-252-1 τηλόθεν … εἰσορῶν ¹⁹⁹

mvp-comment-252-2 φυλάξομαι ²⁰⁰

mvp-comment-253-1 ὅπου ²⁰¹ τούτους ²⁰²

mvp-comment-253-2 δειλὸς ²⁰³ δεινὸς ²⁰⁴ δεινός ²⁰⁵

mvp-comment-254-1 Σκῦρος ²⁰⁶

mvp-comment-254-2 ἐξαρκοῦσά μοι … ὥστε ²⁰⁷ τέρπεσθαι δόμῳ ²⁰⁸

mvp-comment-255-1 χαῖρε ²⁰⁹ ὡς μέγιστα ²¹⁰

mvp-comment-255-2 μεταστήσειαν ²¹¹

mvp-comment-255-3 ὡς αὐτὸς θέλεις ²¹²

mvp-comment-256-1 πλοῦν ἡμὶν εἴκῃ ²¹³ πλοῦν ²¹⁴ πλεῖν ²¹⁵

mvp-comment-257-1 καιρὸς ²¹⁶ καλεῖ ²¹⁷

mvp-comment-258-1 πλοῦν … σκοπεῖν ²¹⁸

mvp-comment-258-2 μὴ )ξ ἀπόπτου ²¹⁹

mvp-comment-259-1 πρός νύν σε πατρὸς ²²⁰ πρός τ’ εἴ τι ²²¹

mvp-comment-260-1 ἱκέτης ²²² ἱκνοῦμαι ²²³

mvp-comment-261-1 οἵοις ὁρᾷς … ἐνναίοντα ²²⁴ ὅσοισί τ’ ἐξήκουσας ²²⁵

mvp-comment-262-1 ἐν παρέργῳ θοῦ με ²²⁶

mvp-comment-262-2 ἐν παρέργῳ ²²⁷

mvp-comment-262-3 δυσχέρεια ²²⁸

mvp-comment-263-1 ἔξοιδα ²²⁹

mvp-comment-263-2 φορήματος ²³⁰

mvp-comment-264-1 τό τ’ αἰσχρὸν ²³¹ εὐκλεές ²³² εὐκλεές ²³³ τοῖσι γενναίοισι ²³⁴

mvp-comment-265-1 ἐκλιπόντι τοῦτ’ ²³⁵

mvp-comment-265-2 ὄνειδος ²³⁶ οὐ καλόν ²³⁷

mvp-comment-266-1 πλεῖστον ²³⁸

mvp-comment-266-2 μόλω )γὼ ²³⁹

mvp-comment-267-1 ἴθ’ ²⁴⁰

mvp-comment-267-2 ἡμέρας … μιᾶς ²⁴¹

mvp-comment-268-1 τόλμησον ²⁴²

mvp-comment-268-2 ὅπῃ ²⁴³ ὅποι ²⁴⁴ ἐμβαλοῦ ²⁴⁵ ἄγων ²⁴⁶

mvp-comment-269-1 ἀντλίαν ²⁴⁷

mvp-comment-269-2 πρῷραν … πρύμνην ²⁴⁸

mvp-comment-269-3 ὅπου ²⁴⁹ ὅποι ²⁵⁰ υ ²⁵¹ ι ²⁵²

mvp-comment-269-4 μέλλω … ἀλγυνεῖν ²⁵³

mvp-comment-270-1 ἱκεσίου ²⁵⁴

mvp-comment-270-2 γόνασι ²⁵⁵

mvp-comment-271-1 ἀκράτωρ ²⁵⁶

mvp-comment-272-1 ἢ πρὸς οἶκον τὸν σὸν ²⁵⁷

mvp-comment-272-2 τὰ Χαλκώδοντος Εὐβοίας σταθμά ²⁵⁸

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 ²⁵⁹

mvp-comment-274-1 Τραχινίαν … δειράδα ²⁶⁰

mvp-comment-274-2 All MSS. have δειράδα καὶ τὸν ²⁶¹ δεράδα ²⁶²

mvp-comment-274-3 I am more disposed to think that δειράδα ²⁶³ καὶ τὸν ²⁶⁴

mvp-comment-274-4 εὔροον ²⁶⁵

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 ²⁶⁶ δέδοικ’ ²⁶⁷

mvp-comment-275-2 παλαιὸν ²⁶⁸ ἐξ ὅτου ²⁶⁹ παλαἴ ἂν ²⁷⁰

mvp-comment-276-1 μή μοι βεβήκῃ ²⁷¹

mvp-comment-276-2 τοῖς ἱγμένοις ²⁷² ἔστελλον ²⁷³

mvp-comment-277-1 αὐτόστολον πέμψαντα ²⁷⁴ αὐτόστολον ²⁷⁵ πέμψαντα ²⁷⁶ ἐκσῶσαι ²⁷⁷ πλεύσαντα ²⁷⁸

mvp-comment-277-2 δόμους ²⁷⁹ δόμοις ²⁸⁰

mvp-comment-277-3 497 ff. After τὰ τῶν διακόνων ²⁸¹ ποιούμενοι ²⁸² τὸ ²⁸³ τὰ ²⁸⁴

mvp-comment-277-4 ὡς εἰκός ²⁸⁵ οἶμαι ²⁸⁶ οἴμοι ²⁸⁷

mvp-comment-277-5 ἐν σμικρῷ ²⁸⁸

mvp-comment-277-6 μέρος ²⁸⁹ μέρει ²⁹⁰

mvp-comment-277-7 ἤπειγον ²⁹¹

mvp-comment-278-1 πομπόν τε καὐτὸν ἄγγελον ²⁹²

mvp-comment-278-2 ἥκω ²⁹³

mvp-comment-279-1 δεινὰ κἀπικινδύνως … κεῖται ²⁹⁴ παθεῖν ²⁹⁵ παθεῖν μὲν εὖ, παθεῖν δὲ θάτερα ²⁹⁶

mvp-comment-279-2 θάτερα ²⁹⁷

mvp-comment-280-1 ἐκτὸς ὄντα ²⁹⁸ τὰ δείν’ ὁρᾶν ²⁹⁹

mvp-comment-281-1 εὖ ζῇ ³⁰⁰

mvp-comment-281-2 τὸν βίον ³⁰¹ λάθῃ ³⁰²

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 ³⁰³

mvp-comment-282-3 οἷα ³⁰⁴ οἷα ³⁰⁵ ἅσσα ³⁰⁶ τύχοι ³⁰⁷ λάχοι ³⁰⁸

mvp-comment-283-1 πικρούς ³⁰⁹

mvp-comment-284-1 ἐγὼ μὲν ³¹⁰ πορεύσαιμ’ ἂν ³¹¹

mvp-comment-284-2 τὸ κείνων κακὸν ³¹²

mvp-comment-284-3 μετατιθέμενος ³¹³

mvp-comment-284-4 ἐπιμέμονεν ³¹⁴

mvp-comment-285-1 εὐστόλου ³¹⁵

mvp-comment-286-1 τὰν θεῶν νέμεσιν ³¹⁶

mvp-comment-287-1 νῦν μὲν … ὅταν δὲ ³¹⁷

mvp-comment-287-2 εὐχερὴς ³¹⁸ τις ³¹⁹ παρῇς ³²⁰

mvp-comment-288-1 τῆς νόσου ³²¹ πλησθῇς· ξυνουσίᾳ ³²²

mvp-comment-288-2 αὑτὸς τοῖς λόγοις τούτοις ³²³

mvp-comment-289-1 οὐκ ἔσθ’ ὅπως ³²⁴

mvp-comment-290-1 ἀλλὰ … μέντοι ³²⁵

mvp-comment-290-2 αἰσχρὰ ³²⁶

mvp-comment-290-3 σοῦ γέ μ’ ³²⁷ σοῦ γ’ ἔμ’ ³²⁸

mvp-comment-290-4 πρὸς τὸ καίριον ³²⁹

mvp-comment-290-5 πονεῖν ³³⁰

mvp-comment-291-1 ὁρμάσθω ³³¹ ταχύς ³³² χἡ ναῦς ³³³

mvp-comment-291-2 ἀπαρνηθήσεται ³³⁴

mvp-comment-292-1 μόνον ³³⁵

mvp-comment-292-2 βουλοίμεσθα ³³⁶

mvp-comment-293-1 ὦ φίλτατον μὲν ³³⁷

mvp-comment-293-2 πῶς ἂν … γενοίμην ³³⁸

mvp-comment-294-1 ἴωμεν ³³⁹ ἴωμεν ³⁴⁰ ἴωμεν ³⁴¹ εἰσοίκησιν ³⁴² προσκύσαντε ³⁴³ εἰς οἴκησιν ³⁴⁴ προσκύσαντε ³⁴⁵

mvp-comment-294-2 ὡς … καὶ ³⁴⁶

mvp-comment-295-1 ἀφ’ ὧν ³⁴⁷

mvp-comment-295-2 διέζων ³⁴⁸

mvp-comment-296-1 οἶμαι γὰρ ³⁴⁹

mvp-comment-296-2 μόνην ³⁵⁰ μόνον ³⁵¹ τάδε ³⁵² θέαν λαβόντα ³⁵³ τλῆναι ³⁵⁴

mvp-comment-297-1 προὔμαθον ³⁵⁵

mvp-comment-298-1 ἐπίσχετον ³⁵⁶ μάθωμεν ³⁵⁷

mvp-comment-298-2 ἀλλόθρους ³⁵⁸

mvp-comment-298-3 ὧν μαθόντες ³⁵⁹

mvp-comment-298-4 αὖθις ³⁶⁰ εἴσιτον ³⁶¹

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 ³⁶²

mvp-comment-299-1 φράσαι σε, ποῦ ³⁶³

mvp-comment-299-2 κυρῶν εἴης ³⁶⁴

mvp-comment-300-1 δοξάζων μὲν οὔ ³⁶⁵

mvp-comment-300-2 ὁρμισθεὶς ³⁶⁶ ταὐτὸν … πέδον ³⁶⁷

mvp-comment-301-1 οὐ πολλῷ στόλῳ ³⁶⁸

mvp-comment-302-1 Πεπάρηθον ³⁶⁹ εὔβοτρυν ³⁷⁰

mvp-comment-302-2 ἤκουσα τοὺς ναύτας ὅτι ³⁷¹ πάντες ³⁷² συννεναυστοληκότες ³⁷³ οἱ νεναυστοληκότες ³⁷⁴ σοὶ ³⁷⁵

mvp-comment-303-1 ἔδοξέ μοι ³⁷⁶ προστυχόντι ³⁷⁷ ποεῖσθαι ³⁷⁸ μὴ σῖγα, πρὶν φράσαιμι ³⁷⁹ προστυχόντι ³⁸⁰ προστυχόντι ³⁸¹

mvp-comment-303-2 τῶν ἴσων ³⁸² προστυχόντι ³⁸³ σοι ³⁸⁴

mvp-comment-304-1 ἃ τοῖσιν ³⁸⁵

mvp-comment-304-2 vέα ³⁸⁶

mvp-comment-305-1 οὐκέτ’ ἐξαργούμενα ³⁸⁷ ἔργα ³⁸⁸ δρώμενα ³⁸⁹

mvp-comment-306-1 ἀλλ’ ³⁹⁰ ἡ χάρις … τῆς προμηθίας ³⁹¹ προμηθίας ³⁹²

mvp-comment-306-2 εἰ μὴ κακὸς πέφυκα ³⁹³

mvp-comment-306-3 προσφιλὴς ³⁹⁴ χάρις ³⁹⁵

mvp-comment-307-1 ἅπερ γ’ ³⁹⁶ ἅπερ κἄλεξας ³⁹⁷ γε ³⁹⁸ ἅπερ ³⁹⁹

mvp-comment-308-1 νεώτερον ⁴⁰⁰

mvp-comment-308-2 ἀπ’ Ἀργείων ⁴⁰¹ βούλευμα ⁴⁰² ἔχεις ⁴⁰³ μοι ⁴⁰⁴

mvp-comment-309-1 φοῖνιξ ⁴⁰⁵

mvp-comment-309-2 οἵ τε Θησέως κόροι ⁴⁰⁶

mvp-comment-310-1 ἐκ βίας ⁴⁰⁷

mvp-comment-310-2 λόγοις ⁴⁰⁸ δόλοις ⁴⁰⁹

mvp-comment-311-1 καθ’ ὁρμὴν ⁴¹⁰

mvp-comment-312-1 ὡς ταῦτ’ ἐπίστω δρώμεν’ ⁴¹¹

mvp-comment-313-1 πρὸς τάδ’ ⁴¹²

mvp-comment-313-2 αὐτάγγελος ⁴¹³

mvp-comment-314-1 κεῖνός γ’ ⁴¹⁴

mvp-comment-314-2 ὁ Τυδέως παῖς ⁴¹⁵ ἔστελλον ⁴¹⁶

mvp-comment-315-1 πρὸς ποῖον αὖ τόνδ’ … ἔπλει ⁴¹⁷ αὖ ⁴¹⁸ αὖ ⁴¹⁹ ἂν ⁴²⁰

mvp-comment-315-2 If ἂν ⁴²¹

mvp-comment-316-1 σοι ⁴²²

mvp-comment-317-1 τὰ πλείον’ ⁴²³

mvp-comment-317-2 σεαυτὸν ξυλλαβὼν ⁴²⁴

mvp-comment-318-1 τί με ⁴²⁵ διεμπολᾷ … πρός σε ⁴²⁶ τί με ⁴²⁷ τί δὲ ⁴²⁸ διεμπολᾷ ⁴²⁹

mvp-comment-319-1 εἰς φῶς ⁴³⁰ καί … τε ⁴³¹

mvp-comment-320-1 σπέρμ’ ⁴³²

mvp-comment-320-2 στρατῷ ⁴³³

mvp-comment-320-3 ἃ μὴ δεῖ ⁴³⁴

mvp-comment-320-4 δρῶν ἀντιπάσχω ⁴³⁵ οἷ’ ἀνὴρ πένης ⁴³⁶

mvp-comment-320-5 χρηστά θ’ ⁴³⁷

mvp-comment-321-1 ἐγώ εἰμ’ ⁴³⁸

mvp-comment-321-2 φίλος μέγιστος ⁴³⁹

mvp-comment-322-1 λόγων ⁴⁴⁰ λόγον ⁴⁴¹ ὧν ⁴⁴²

mvp-comment-323-1 ὅρα ⁴⁴³

mvp-comment-323-2 πάλαι ⁴⁴⁴

mvp-comment-324-1 ποιοῦ ⁴⁴⁵

mvp-comment-324-2 λέγων ⁴⁴⁶

mvp-comment-325-1 λέγω ⁴⁴⁷

mvp-comment-325-2 )πὶ τοῦτον ⁴⁴⁸

mvp-comment-325-3 τοῦτον ⁴⁴⁹

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 ⁴⁵⁰

mvp-comment-326-2 ἦ μὴν ⁴⁵¹

mvp-comment-327-1 πείσαντες ⁴⁵² πρὸς ⁴⁵³

mvp-comment-328-1 πλέον ⁴⁵⁴

mvp-comment-328-2 θατέρου ⁴⁵⁵

mvp-comment-329-1 τίνος … πράγματος χάριν ⁴⁵⁶

mvp-comment-329-2 χρόνῳ τοσῷδε ⁴⁵⁷

mvp-comment-329-3 ἐπεστρέφοντο ⁴⁵⁸

mvp-comment-329-4 ἄγαν οὕτω ⁴⁵⁹

mvp-comment-329-5 The order of the words is remarkable, not only because τίνος ⁴⁶⁰ πράγματος ⁴⁶¹ τοῦδ’ ⁴⁶²

mvp-comment-330-1 εἶχον … ἐκβεβληκότες ⁴⁶³

mvp-comment-330-2 χρόνιον ⁴⁶⁴

mvp-comment-331-1 τίς ὁ πόθος ⁴⁶⁵

mvp-comment-331-2 ἵκετ’ ⁴⁶⁶

mvp-comment-331-3 θεῶν βία ⁴⁶⁷

mvp-comment-331-4 νέμεσις ⁴⁶⁸

mvp-comment-331-5 ἀμύνουσιν ⁴⁶⁹

mvp-comment-332-1 ὄνομα δ’ ὠνομάζετο ⁴⁷⁰

mvp-comment-333-1 Ἕλενος ⁴⁷¹

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 ⁴⁷²

mvp-comment-334-2 λωβητὰ ἔπη ⁴⁷³

mvp-comment-335-1 ἐς μέσον ⁴⁷⁴ ἔδειξ’ ⁴⁷⁵

mvp-comment-336-1 τά τ’ ἄλλα … πάντα ⁴⁷⁶ καὶ ⁴⁷⁷

mvp-comment-337-1 τἀπὶ Τροίᾳ πέργαμ’ ⁴⁷⁸

mvp-comment-337-2 οὐ μή ποτε πέρσοιεν ⁴⁷⁹ οὐ μή ⁴⁸⁰

mvp-comment-337-3 οὐ δηποτε πέρσοιεν ⁴⁸¹

mvp-comment-338-1 ἄγοιντο ⁴⁸² ἀγάγοιντο ⁴⁸³ ἄξοιντο ⁴⁸⁴ ἄγοιντο ⁴⁸⁵

mvp-comment-338-2 νήσου ⁴⁸⁶

mvp-comment-338-3 617 The words οἴοιτο μὲν μάλιστα ⁴⁸⁷

mvp-comment-338-4 μάλιστα ⁴⁸⁹ οἴοιτο ⁴⁹⁰

mvp-comment-339-1 τούτων ⁴⁹¹ μὴ τυχών ⁴⁹²

mvp-comment-339-2 κάρα τέμνειν ⁴⁹³ ἐφεῖτο ⁴⁹⁴

mvp-comment-340-1 τὸ σπεύδειν ⁴⁹⁵

mvp-comment-340-2 σοι καὐτῷ ⁴⁹⁶ πέρι ⁴⁹⁷

mvp-comment-341-1 ἡ πασα βλάβη ⁴⁹⁸

mvp-comment-342-1 πεισθήσομαι ⁴⁹⁹

mvp-comment-342-2 γὰρ ⁵⁰⁰

mvp-comment-342-3 ὧδε ⁵⁰¹

mvp-comment-342-4 πρὸς φῶς ἀνελθεῖν ⁵⁰²

mvp-comment-342-5 οὑκείνου πατήρ ⁵⁰³

mvp-comment-343-1 συμφέροι ⁵⁰⁴

mvp-comment-344-1 τάδε ⁵⁰⁵

mvp-comment-345-1 ἂν ⁵⁰⁶ δεῖξαι ⁵⁰⁷

mvp-comment-345-2 νεὼς ἄγοντ’ ⁵⁰⁸

mvp-comment-346-1 οὔ· ⁵⁰⁹

mvp-comment-346-2 πλεῖστον ἐχθίστης ⁵¹⁰

mvp-comment-347-1 ἄπουν ⁵¹¹

mvp-comment-348-1 πάντα λεκτά ⁵¹²

mvp-comment-349-1 ὡς … ὁρίζῃ ⁵¹³ ὁρίζει ⁵¹⁴

mvp-comment-350-1 τοὐκ πρῴρας ⁵¹⁵

mvp-comment-350-2 ἀνῇ ⁵¹⁶

mvp-comment-350-3 στελοῦμεν ⁵¹⁷

mvp-comment-351-1 οὔκ, ἀλλὰ ⁵¹⁸ οὐκ ⁵¹⁹ οἶδ)· ⁵²⁰ ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ ⁵²¹

mvp-comment-352-1 ἀλλ’ ⁵²²

mvp-comment-352-2 χωρῶμεν … λαβὼν ⁵²³ λαβόνθ’ ⁵²⁴

mvp-comment-353-1 καίπερ οὐ πολλῶν ἄπο ⁵²⁵

mvp-comment-354-1 νεώς γε τῆς ἐμῆς ἔπι ⁵²⁶ ἔνι ⁵²⁷ ἔπι ⁵²⁸ ἔνι ⁵²⁹ νεώς ⁵³⁰ ἔνι ⁵³¹ ἔνι ⁵³²

mvp-comment-355-1 πάνυ ⁵³³

mvp-comment-356-1 τί γὰρ ἔτ’ ⁵³⁴

mvp-comment-356-2 γάρ ⁵³⁵

mvp-comment-357-1 εἴ μοί τι τόξων ⁵³⁶ τόξα ⁵³⁷

mvp-comment-357-2 ἀπημελημένον ⁵³⁸

mvp-comment-357-3 παρερρύηκεν ⁵³⁹

mvp-comment-357-4 ὡς λίπω μή ⁵⁴⁰ λαβεῖν ⁵⁴¹

mvp-comment-358-1 οὐ γὰρ ἄλλ’ ἔστ’, ἀλλ’ ἃ κ.τ.λ. ⁵⁴² ἀλλ’ ⁵⁴³ ἄλλ’ ⁵⁴⁴ ἄλλος ⁵⁴⁵ ἃ βαστάζω ⁵⁴⁶ ταῦτ’ ⁵⁴⁷ ἄλλα γ’ ἔσθ’ ἃ ⁵⁴⁸

mvp-comment-359-1 ὥστε ⁵⁴⁹ ἔστιν ⁵⁵⁰

mvp-comment-359-2 θεόν ⁵⁵¹ θεός ⁵⁵²

mvp-comment-360-1 ξυμφέρῃ ⁵⁵³ ἐρῶ ⁵⁵⁴

mvp-comment-361-1 καὶ μὴν … γε ⁵⁵⁵ πάρες ⁵⁵⁶

mvp-comment-362-1 ὅσια … θέμις ⁵⁵⁷

mvp-comment-363-1 ὅς γ’ ⁵⁵⁸

mvp-comment-363-2 φάος ⁵⁵⁹

mvp-comment-363-3 δέδωκας ⁵⁶⁰

mvp-comment-363-4 χθόν’ Οἰταίαν ⁵⁶¹

mvp-comment-364-1 ἀνέστησας πέρα ⁵⁶² πέρα ⁵⁶³ πέρα ⁵⁶⁴ ἔνερθεν ⁵⁶⁵ πέρα ⁵⁶⁶ μ’ ὕ ⁵⁶⁷ περ ⁵⁶⁸ ἀναστήσας πάρει ⁵⁶⁹ πέρα ⁵⁷⁰

mvp-comment-365-1 ταῦτα ⁵⁷¹ παρέσται σοι ⁵⁷² καὶ θιγγάνειν ⁵⁷³

mvp-comment-366-1 καὶ δόντι δοῦναι ⁵⁷⁴ δοῦναι ⁵⁷⁵ ἐπεύξασθαι ⁵⁷⁶ θιγγάνειν ⁵⁷⁷

mvp-comment-366-2 669 The acc. μόνον ⁵⁷⁸ δόντι ⁵⁷⁹ μόνῳ ⁵⁸⁰ μόνον ⁵⁸¹ ς’ ⁵⁸² ἀρετῆς ⁵⁸³

mvp-comment-367-1 εὐεργετῶν ⁵⁸⁴

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 ⁵⁸⁵

mvp-comment-369-2 κτήματος ⁵⁸⁶

mvp-comment-370-1 χωροῖς ἂν εἴσω ⁵⁸⁷ καὶ σέ γ’ εἰσάξω ⁵⁸⁸ γε ⁵⁸⁹ σέ ⁵⁹⁰ χωροῖς ἂν εἴσω ⁵⁹¹

mvp-comment-370-2 τὸ γὰρ ⁵⁹² νοσοῦν ⁵⁹³ τὸ … νοσοῦν ⁵⁹⁴

mvp-comment-371-1 ἐξήκους’ ⁵⁹⁵

mvp-comment-371-2 ὄπωπα δ’ οὐ μάλα ⁵⁹⁶

mvp-comment-372-1 τὸν πελάταν ⁵⁹⁷

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 ⁵⁹⁸ τῶν ⁵⁹⁹

mvp-comment-373-1 κατὰ δρομάδ’ ἄμπυκα … Κρόνου παῖς ⁶⁰⁰ Ἰξίονα ⁶⁰¹ δέσμιον ⁶⁰² Ἰξίονα ⁶⁰³ δέσμιον ⁶⁰⁴ Ἰξίονα ⁶⁰⁵

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 ⁶⁰⁶ κατ’ ἄμπυκα … ἔβαλεν ⁶⁰⁷ δέσμιον ⁶⁰⁸ κατ’ ⁶⁰⁹ ἀν’ ⁶¹⁰

mvp-comment-373-4 Ἰξίον’ ἀν’ ἄμπυκα δὴ δρομάδ’ ὡς ἔβαλεν ⁶¹¹ δέσμιον ⁶¹²

mvp-comment-373-5 ἄμπυκα ⁶¹³ δρομάδα ⁶¹⁴

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

. Musgrave's ἄντυγα ⁶¹⁵

mvp-comment-374-1 τοῦδ’ ⁶¹⁶

mvp-comment-375-1 οὔτ’ ἔρξας τιν’, οὔ τι νοσφίσας ⁶¹⁷ οὔ τι ⁶¹⁸ οὔτε ⁶¹⁹ οὐκ ⁶²⁰ νοσφίσας ⁶²¹ ἔρξας ⁶²² νοσφίσας ⁶²³

mvp-comment-376-1 ἴσος ὢν ἴσοις ⁶²⁴ ἴσος ὢν ἴσοις ⁶²⁵ ἴσος ⁶²⁶

mvp-comment-376-2 L has ἴσως ⁶²⁷ ἐν ἴσοις ⁶²⁸ ἔν γ’ ⁶²⁹

mvp-comment-377-1 ὤλλυθ’ ⁶³⁰

mvp-comment-377-2 The MS. text here is ὤλλυθ’ ὧδ’ ἀναξίως· τόδε θαῦμ’ ἔχει με ⁶³¹ τόδε τοι θαῦμά μ’ ἔχει ⁶³² τότ’ ἂν εἰλυόμενος ⁶³³ ὤλλυθ’ ὧδ’ ἀναξίως ⁶³⁴ εἷρπε γὰρ ⁶³⁵ εἷρπε δ’ ⁶³⁶ ὤλλυθ’ ⁶³⁷ ὠλέκεθ’ ⁶³⁸ ὤλλυτο τῇδ’ ⁶³⁹ ἀναξίως ⁶⁴⁰ ἄλλᾳ ⁶⁴¹ ἀλλ ⁶⁴² αχ ⁶⁴³ ᾷ ⁶⁴⁴

mvp-comment-378-1 ἀμφιπλάκτων ⁶⁴⁵ κλύζων ⁶⁴⁶

mvp-comment-379-1 βιοτὰν κατέσχεν ⁶⁴⁷

mvp-comment-380-1 ἵν’ αὐτὸς ἦν πρόσουρος ⁶⁴⁸ ἦν ⁶⁴⁹ οἱ ⁶⁵⁰ πρόσουρος ⁶⁵¹

mvp-comment-380-2 οὐκ ἔχων βάσιν ⁶⁵² πρόσουρον οὐκ ἔχων βάσιν ⁶⁵³ πρόδουλον … βάσιν ⁶⁵⁴ οὔτιν’ ἐς ἔγχωρον ⁶⁵⁵

mvp-comment-381-1 κακογείτονα ⁶⁵⁶

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 ⁶⁵⁷ στόνον ⁶⁵⁸ κακογείτονα ⁶⁵⁹

mvp-comment-382-1 παρ’ ᾧ ⁶⁶⁰ ἀποκλαύσειεν ⁶⁶¹

mvp-comment-382-2 ἀντίτυπον ⁶⁶²

mvp-comment-382-3 βαρυβρῶτα … αἱματηρόν ⁶⁶³ στόνον ⁶⁶⁴

mvp-comment-383-1 ὃς τὰν ⁶⁶⁵ οὐδ’ ὃς τὰν ⁶⁶⁶ οὐδ’ ⁶⁶⁷ τὰν ⁶⁶⁸ ὃς τὰν ⁶⁶⁹ οὐδ’ ὃς ⁶⁷⁰

mvp-comment-383-2 αἱμάδα ⁶⁷¹ κηκι—ομέναν ⁶⁷²

mvp-comment-383-3 ἑλκέων ⁶⁷³

mvp-comment-383-4 ἐνθήρου ⁶⁷⁴

mvp-comment-384-1 εἴ τις ἐμπέσοι ⁶⁷⁵ ἑλών ⁶⁷⁶ ἑλεῖν ⁶⁷⁷

mvp-comment-384-2 Some read εἴ τιν’ ἐμπέσοι ⁶⁷⁸ εἵ τι ⁶⁷⁹ συμπέσοι ⁶⁸⁰ ἑλεῖν ⁶⁸¹

mvp-comment-384-3 φορβάδος ⁶⁸²

mvp-comment-385-1 εἷρπε ⁶⁸³ ἂν ⁶⁸⁴ εἷρπε ⁶⁸⁵ εἰλυόμενος ⁶⁸⁶

mvp-comment-386-1 παῖς … ὡς ⁶⁸⁷

mvp-comment-387-1 ὅθεν ⁶⁸⁸ ὅθεν ὑπάρχοι ⁶⁸⁹

mvp-comment-387-2 εὐμάρεια … πόρου ⁶⁹⁰ πόρων ⁶⁹¹ πόρον ⁶⁹²

mvp-comment-387-3 ἐξανείη ⁶⁹³

mvp-comment-387-4 δακέθυμος ⁶⁹⁴

mvp-comment-388-1 ἱερᾶς ⁶⁹⁵

mvp-comment-388-2 αἴρων ⁶⁹⁶

mvp-comment-388-3 ἄλλων ⁶⁹⁷ φορβὰν ⁶⁹⁸ τῶν ⁶⁹⁹

mvp-comment-388-4 ἀλφησταί ⁷⁰⁰

mvp-comment-388-5 ἀνέρες ⁷⁰¹ α— ⁷⁰²

mvp-comment-389-1 πτανοῖς ⁷⁰³

mvp-comment-389-2 ἰοῖς ⁷⁰⁴

mvp-comment-390-1 ψυχά, ὃς ⁷⁰⁵

mvp-comment-390-2 ὃς μηδ’ ⁷⁰⁶

mvp-comment-390-3 ἥσθη ⁷⁰⁷

mvp-comment-390-4 οἰνοχύτου ⁷⁰⁸

mvp-comment-390-5 δεκέτει χρόνῳ ⁷⁰⁹ δεκέτη χρόνον ⁷¹⁰

mvp-comment-391-1 λεύσσων ⁷¹¹ ὅπου γνοίη ⁷¹² προσενώμα ⁷¹³ εἰς στατὸν ὕδωρ ⁷¹⁴ γνοίη ⁷¹⁵ προσενώμα ⁷¹⁶ στατὸν … ὕδωρ ⁷¹⁷

mvp-comment-392-1 ἀνδρῶν ἀγ ⁷¹⁸

mvp-comment-392-2 ὑπαντήσας ⁷¹⁹

mvp-comment-393-1 ἀνύσει εὐδαίμων ⁷²⁰

mvp-comment-393-2 ἐκ κείνων ⁷²¹

mvp-comment-394-1 ποντοπόρῳ ⁷²²

mvp-comment-394-2 δούρατι ⁷²³

mvp-comment-394-3 πλήθει … μηνῶν ⁷²⁴

mvp-comment-395-1 πατρίαν ⁷²⁵ πατρῴαν ⁷²⁶

mvp-comment-395-2 Μαλιάδων ⁷²⁷ αὐλὰν ⁷²⁸ ὄχθας ⁷²⁹

mvp-comment-395-3 παρ’ ὄχθας ⁷³⁰ Σπερχειοῦ τε ⁷³¹ Σπερχειοῖο ⁷³² ὄχθαις ⁷³³

mvp-comment-396-1 ὁ χάλκασπις ἀνὴρ ⁷³⁴

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 ⁷³⁵

mvp-comment-397-1 πλάθει ⁷³⁶ πλάθη ⁷³⁷ θείῳ πυρὶ παμφαής ⁷³⁸

mvp-comment-397-2 *

is my emendation of the corrupt πᾶσι ⁷³⁹ ὅπου ⁷⁴⁰ πᾶσι ⁷⁴¹ πλάθει ⁷⁴² θείῳ ⁷⁴³ πᾶσι ⁷⁴⁴ πατρὸς ⁷⁴⁵

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 ⁷⁴⁶

mvp-comment-399-1 εἰ θέλεις ⁷⁴⁷

mvp-comment-400-1 ἀπόπληκτος ἔχει ⁷⁴⁸

mvp-comment-401-1 τί δ’ ἔστιν ⁷⁴⁹ τί ἔστιν ⁷⁵⁰

mvp-comment-402-1 τῆς παρεστώσης ⁷⁵¹

mvp-comment-402-2 735 The intrans. κουφίζειν ⁷⁵²

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 ⁷⁵³ ἰὼ θεοί ⁷⁵⁴

mvp-comment-402-4 τί θεοὺς ἀναστένων καλεῖς ⁷⁵⁵ θεοὺς ⁷⁵⁶

mvp-comment-403-1 κυρῶν ⁷⁵⁷

mvp-comment-404-1 διέρχεται ⁷⁵⁸

mvp-comment-404-2 βρύκομαι ⁷⁵⁹

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 ⁷⁶⁰ χεροῖν ⁷⁶¹

mvp-comment-405-2 πάταξον εἰς ἄκρον πόδα ⁷⁶²

mvp-comment-406-1 ἴθ’ ὦ παῖ ⁷⁶³

mvp-comment-407-1 νεοχμὸν ἐξαίφνης ⁷⁶⁴ σαυτοῦ ⁷⁶⁵ ἰυγήν ⁷⁶⁶ ποεῖ ⁷⁶⁷

mvp-comment-408-1 τί σοί ⁷⁶⁸ ἔστιν ⁷⁶⁹

mvp-comment-409-1 τοὐπίσαγμα ⁷⁷⁰ τοὐπείσαγμα ⁷⁷¹ τοὐπίσιγμα ⁷⁷²

mvp-comment-410-1 γὰρ ⁷⁷³

mvp-comment-410-2 δράσω ⁷⁷⁴

mvp-comment-411-1 ἥκει … ἐξεπλήσθη ⁷⁷⁵ αὕτη ⁷⁷⁶ διὰ χρόνου ⁷⁷⁷ ἥκει ⁷⁷⁸ διὰ χρόνου ⁷⁷⁹ πλάνοις ⁷⁸⁰ ἥκει ⁷⁸¹ πλάνοις ⁷⁸²

mvp-comment-411-2 ἐξεπλήσθη. — ἰώ ⁷⁸³ φεῦ ⁷⁸⁴ ἰώ ⁷⁸⁵ ἐξέπλης ⁷⁸⁶ πλάνους ⁷⁸⁷

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 ⁷⁸⁸

mvp-comment-411-5 δύστηνε … φανείς ⁷⁸⁹

mvp-comment-411-6 διὰ πόνων πάντων ⁷⁹⁰

mvp-comment-412-1 βούλει λάβωμαι ⁷⁹¹ δῆτα ⁷⁹²

mvp-comment-413-1 μοι ⁷⁹³

mvp-comment-414-1 ἕως ⁷⁹⁴

mvp-comment-414-2 ἀνῇ ⁷⁹⁵

mvp-comment-415-1 τὸ πῆμα … τῆς νόσου ⁷⁹⁶

mvp-comment-416-1 γὰρ οὖν ⁷⁹⁷

mvp-comment-416-2 ἐξίῃ ⁷⁹⁸

mvp-comment-417-1 λῆξαι ⁷⁹⁹

mvp-comment-418-1 ἕκηλον εὕδειν ⁸⁰⁰ τῷδε τῷ χρόνῳ ⁸⁰¹

mvp-comment-418-2 ἐκεῖνοι ⁸⁰²

mvp-comment-419-1 ἑκόντα μήτ’ ἄκοντα ⁸⁰³ μήτ’ ⁸⁰⁴ μηδ’ ⁸⁰⁵

mvp-comment-419-2 μήτε τῳ τέχνῃ ⁸⁰⁶ μηδέ ⁸⁰⁷ μήτε ⁸⁰⁸ τέχνῃ ⁸⁰⁹

mvp-comment-420-1 πρόστροπον ⁸¹⁰

mvp-comment-420-2 κτείνας γένῃ ⁸¹¹

mvp-comment-421-1 προνοίας οὕνεκ’ ⁸¹² γ’ ⁸¹³ οὕνεκα ⁸¹⁴ γε ⁸¹⁵

mvp-comment-421-2 πλὴν σοί τε κἀμοί ⁸¹⁶

mvp-comment-421-3 ξὺν τύχῃ ⁸¹⁷

mvp-comment-422-1 τὸν φθόνον δὲ πρόσκυσον ⁸¹⁸

mvp-comment-423-1 μή … γενέσθαι ⁸¹⁹

mvp-comment-423-2 πολύπονα ⁸²⁰

mvp-comment-423-3 μηδ’ ὅπως ⁸²¹

mvp-comment-424-1 θεοί ⁸²²

mvp-comment-424-2 γένοιτο … γένοιτο δὲ ⁸²³ ταῦτα νῷν ⁸²⁴

mvp-comment-424-3 κεὐσταλής ⁸²⁵

mvp-comment-424-4 ὅποι ποτὲ ⁸²⁶

mvp-comment-425-1 ἀλλ’ Ὄκνος ⁸²⁷ ἀλλὰ δέδοικ’, ὦ παῖ, μή μ’ ἀτελὴς εὐχή ⁸²⁸ ὦ παῖ ⁸²⁹ ἀλλὰ ⁸³⁰ δέδοικ’ ⁸³¹ μ’ ⁸³² με ⁸³³ εὔχῃ, μή μ’ ἀτελὴς ⁸³⁴ ἀτελῶς ⁸³⁵ εὔχῃ ⁸³⁶ ἔχει ⁸³⁷ ἀτέλεστ’ ⁸³⁸

mvp-comment-425-2 For μὴ ⁸³⁹ α ⁸⁴⁰

mvp-comment-426-1 κηκῖον ⁸⁴¹ νέον ⁸⁴²

mvp-comment-427-1 ἐργάσει ⁸⁴³ προσέρπει ⁸⁴⁴

mvp-comment-428-1 τάλας ⁸⁴⁵

mvp-comment-428-2 ἔχετε ⁸⁴⁶

mvp-comment-428-3 μηδαμῇ ⁸⁴⁷

mvp-comment-429-1 Κεφαλλήν ⁸⁴⁸

mvp-comment-429-2 σοῦ ⁸⁴⁹ ἔχοιτο ⁸⁵⁰ διαμπερὲς στέρνων ⁸⁵¹ σου ⁸⁵²

mvp-comment-430-1 μάλ’ αὖθις ⁸⁵³

mvp-comment-430-2 ὦ διπλοῖ στρ. ⁸⁵⁴

mvp-comment-430-3 Ἀγάμεμνον, ὦ Μενέλαε ⁸⁵⁵ Μενέλαέ τ’ Ἀγάμεμνόν τε ⁸⁵⁶ πῶς ἄν ⁸⁵⁷ τρέφοιτε ⁸⁵⁸

mvp-comment-430-4 τὸν ἴσον χρόνον ⁸⁵⁹

mvp-comment-431-1 ὦ Θάνατε ⁸⁶⁰

mvp-comment-431-2 ἀεὶ … κατ’ ἦμαρ ⁸⁶¹

mvp-comment-431-3 δύνᾳ ⁸⁶²

mvp-comment-432-1 ὦ τέκνον, ὦ γενναῖον ⁸⁶³

mvp-comment-432-2 ἀλλὰ ⁸⁶⁴

mvp-comment-433-1 τῷ Λ. τῷδ’ ἀνακ. πυρὶ ⁸⁶⁵

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 ⁸⁶⁶ πυρί μ’ ⁸⁶⁷ συλλαβὼν ⁸⁶⁸

mvp-comment-435-1 τὸν τοῦ Διὸς παῖδ’ ⁸⁶⁹

mvp-comment-435-2 σῴζεις ⁸⁷⁰

mvp-comment-435-3 τοῦτ’ ⁸⁷¹

mvp-comment-435-4 ἐπηξίωσα ⁸⁷²

mvp-comment-435-5 δρᾶν ⁸⁷³

mvp-comment-436-1 τί φής, παῖ ⁸⁷⁴

mvp-comment-436-2 ποῦ ποτ’ ὤν ⁸⁷⁵

mvp-comment-437-1 πάλαι δὴ ⁸⁷⁶

mvp-comment-437-2 τἀπὶ σοὶ … κακά ⁸⁷⁷

mvp-comment-438-1 καὶ θάρσος ἴσχε ⁸⁷⁸ καὶ ⁸⁷⁹ μοι. ⁸⁸⁰

mvp-comment-438-2 φοιτᾷ ⁸⁸¹

mvp-comment-438-3 ὀξεῖα, ταχεῖα ⁸⁸²

mvp-comment-439-1 οὐ μήν ⁸⁸³

mvp-comment-439-2 ἔνορκον … θέσθαι ⁸⁸⁴

mvp-comment-440-1 ὡς ⁸⁸⁵ θέμις ⁸⁸⁶ γε ⁸⁸⁷ θέμις ⁸⁸⁸

mvp-comment-440-2 ἐμοὔστι ⁸⁸⁹

mvp-comment-441-1 ἔμβαλλε ⁸⁹⁰

mvp-comment-442-1 ἐκεῖσε νῦν μ’ ⁸⁹¹ ἐκεῖσε ⁸⁹² ἐκεῖσε ⁸⁹³ ἄνω ⁸⁹⁴ παραφρονεῖς αὖ ⁸⁹⁵ τὸν ἄνω λεύσσεις κύκλον ⁸⁹⁶ εἴ τι δὴ πλέον φρονεῖς ⁸⁹⁷

mvp-comment-443-1 αὖ ⁸⁹⁸

mvp-comment-443-2 τὸν ἄνω κύκλον ⁸⁹⁹

mvp-comment-444-1 ποτέ ⁹⁰⁰

mvp-comment-444-2 ἀπό μ’ ὀλεῖς ⁹⁰¹

mvp-comment-445-1 καὶ δὴ μεθίημ’ ⁹⁰²

mvp-comment-445-2 εἴ τι δὴ ⁹⁰³

mvp-comment-445-3 πλέον φρονεῖς ⁹⁰⁴ εἰ ⁹⁰⁵

mvp-comment-446-1 θανάσιμον ⁹⁰⁶

mvp-comment-446-2 ὅπως ἔχω ⁹⁰⁷

mvp-comment-446-3 ὀρθοῦσθαι ⁹⁰⁸

mvp-comment-447-1 οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου ⁹⁰⁹

mvp-comment-448-1 γέ τοι ⁹¹⁰

mvp-comment-449-1 ἄκρον … ποδὸς ⁹¹¹ φλέψ ⁹¹²

mvp-comment-450-1 ὄμμασι δ’ ἀντίσχοις ⁹¹³ τάνδ’ αἴγλαν ἃ τέταται τανῦν ⁹¹⁴ τάνδε ⁹¹⁵ αἴγλαν ⁹¹⁶ τέταται ⁹¹⁷

mvp-comment-450-2 The words could not mean, ‘keep off this sunlight from his eyes.’ ὄμμασι ⁹¹⁸ ἀντίσχοις ⁹¹⁹ αἴγλαν ⁹²⁰ ἀντίσχοις ⁹²¹ τάνδ’ αἴγλαν ⁹²²

mvp-comment-451-1 ἴθι ἴθι ⁹²³

mvp-comment-452-1 ποῦ στάσει ⁹²⁴

mvp-comment-453-1 The MSS. give here ποῖ δὲ βάσει πῶς δέ μοι τἀντεῦθεν ⁹²⁵ κεῖνό μοι, κεῖνο λάθρᾳ ⁹²⁶ ποῖ δέ μοι τἀνθένδε βάσει ⁹²⁷ ποῖ ⁹²⁸ φροντίδος ⁹²⁹

mvp-comment-453-2 τἀνθένδε ⁹³⁰

mvp-comment-454-1 ὁρᾷς ἤδη ⁹³¹ ὁρᾷς, εὕδει ⁹³²

mvp-comment-455-1 πρὸς τί μενοῦμεν ⁹³³ πράσσειν ⁹³⁴

mvp-comment-456-1 καιρός ⁹³⁵ πάντων γνώμαν ἴσχων ⁹³⁶

mvp-comment-456-2 < πολύ τι > πολὺ ⁹³⁷

mvp-comment-456-3 παρὰ πόδα ⁹³⁸

mvp-comment-457-1 ἀλλ’ ὅδε μὲν ⁹³⁹

mvp-comment-457-2 θήραν … ἔχομεν ⁹⁴⁰

mvp-comment-458-1 τοῦδε … τοῦτον ⁹⁴¹

mvp-comment-458-2 ὁ στέφανος ⁹⁴²

mvp-comment-459-1 κομπεῖν δ’ ⁹⁴³ ἀτελῆ σὺν ψεύδεσιν ⁹⁴⁴

mvp-comment-460-1 ἀλλά, τέκνον ⁹⁴⁵

mvp-comment-460-2 ὀψεται ⁹⁴⁶

mvp-comment-461-1 ὧν ⁹⁴⁷ λόγων ⁹⁴⁸ ἀμείβῃ ⁹⁴⁹

mvp-comment-462-1 πάντων ⁹⁵⁰ λεύσσειν ⁹⁵¹ εὐδρακὴς ⁹⁵²

mvp-comment-463-1 ἀλλ’ ὅτι δύνᾳ ⁹⁵³ λάθρᾳ ⁹⁵⁴

mvp-comment-463-2 δύνᾳ ⁹⁵⁵

mvp-comment-463-3 κεῖνο … κεῖνο ⁹⁵⁶ δή ⁹⁵⁷

mvp-comment-463-4 μοι ⁹⁵⁸

mvp-comment-463-5 ὅτι δ. μάκιστον ⁹⁵⁹ ἐξιδοῦ ⁹⁶⁰

mvp-comment-463-6 ὅπᾳ ⁹⁶¹ ὅπως ⁹⁶²

mvp-comment-464-1 οἶσθα γὰρ ἃν … πάθη ⁹⁶³ ἃν ⁹⁶⁴ ὧν ⁹⁶⁵ ὃν ⁹⁶⁶ γνώμαν ⁹⁶⁷ οἶσθα γὰρ ἃν αὐδῶμαι ⁹⁶⁸ ταύταν ⁹⁶⁹ κεῖνο ⁹⁷⁰ τούτῳ ⁹⁷¹ πυκινοῖς ⁹⁷² ἐνιδεῖν ⁹⁷³ ἄπορα πάθη ⁹⁷⁴

mvp-comment-465-1 οὖρος ⁹⁷⁵

mvp-comment-466-1 οὐδ’ ἔχων ἀρωγὰν ⁹⁷⁶ νύχιος ⁹⁷⁷

mvp-comment-467-1 ἀλεὴς ὕπνος ἐσθλός ⁹⁷⁸ ἀλεής ⁹⁷⁹ ἀλέας ⁹⁸⁰ ἀδεὴς ⁹⁸¹ δ’ ⁹⁸² ἀλεὴς ⁹⁸³

mvp-comment-467-2 Some reject ἀλεὴς ὕπνος ἐσθλός ⁹⁸⁴ ἀδεὴς ⁹⁸⁵ ἀδεὴς πόνος ἐσθλός ⁹⁸⁶ πόνος ὁ μὴ φοβῶν κράτιστος ⁹⁸⁷ ἀδεὴς πόνος ἐσθλός ⁹⁸⁸

mvp-comment-468-1 οὔ τινος ⁹⁸⁹

mvp-comment-469-1 Ἀΐδᾳ πάρα κείμενος ⁹⁹⁰ παρακείμενος ⁹⁹¹

mvp-comment-470-1 ὅρα, βλέπ’ ⁹⁹² ὅρα ⁹⁹³ ὁρᾷ ⁹⁹⁴

mvp-comment-470-2 εἰ καίρια φθέγγει ⁹⁹⁵

mvp-comment-471-1 τὸ δ’ ἁλώσιμον ἐμᾷ φρ. ⁹⁹⁶

mvp-comment-471-2 πόνος ὁ μὴ φοβῶν κράτιστος ⁹⁹⁷ ὁ μὴ φοβῶν ⁹⁹⁸ πόνος ⁹⁹⁹

mvp-comment-472-1 μηδ’ ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν ¹⁰⁰⁰

mvp-comment-473-1 ὦ φέγγος ¹⁰⁰¹ τό τ’ ¹⁰⁰²

mvp-comment-473-2 ἐλπίδων ἄπιστον ¹⁰⁰³ οἰκούρημα ¹⁰⁰⁴

mvp-comment-474-1 τοῦτ’ ¹⁰⁰⁵ ἐξηύχης’ ¹⁰⁰⁶ τλῆναι ¹⁰⁰⁷ ἂν ¹⁰⁰⁸ τλῆναι ¹⁰⁰⁹ ἐξηύχης’ ¹⁰¹⁰

mvp-comment-474-2 μεῖναι ¹⁰¹¹ τἀμὰ πήματα ¹⁰¹²

mvp-comment-474-3 ξυνωφελοῦντά μοι ¹⁰¹³

mvp-comment-475-1 οὔκουν ¹⁰¹⁴

mvp-comment-475-2 εὐφόρως ¹⁰¹⁵ εὐπόρως ¹⁰¹⁶

mvp-comment-476-1 κἀξ εὐγενῶν ¹⁰¹⁷ ἐν εὐχερεῖ ἔθου ¹⁰¹⁸

mvp-comment-476-2 γέμων ¹⁰¹⁹

mvp-comment-477-1 λήθη ¹⁰²⁰

mvp-comment-477-2 δή ¹⁰²¹

mvp-comment-478-1 σύ μ’ αὐτὸς … ποτέ ¹⁰²² κόπος ¹⁰²³ ού μ’ αὐτὸς ἆρον, σύ με κατάστησον ¹⁰²⁴

mvp-comment-478-2 νῦν δ’ αἶρε σαυτόν ¹⁰²⁵ ἵν’, ἡνίκ’ ἂν κόπος μ’ ἀπαλλάξῃ ποτέ ¹⁰²⁶

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 ¹⁰²⁷ τὸ πλεῖν ¹⁰²⁸

mvp-comment-480-1 ἀλλ’ ἥδομαι μέν ¹⁰²⁹ μέν ¹⁰³⁰

mvp-comment-480-2 ἀνώδυνον ¹⁰³¹

mvp-comment-480-3 βλέποντα ¹⁰³²

mvp-comment-480-4 κἀμπνέοντ’ ¹⁰³³

mvp-comment-481-1 ὡς οὐκέτ’ ὄντος ¹⁰³⁴ συμβόλαια ¹⁰³⁵ τὰς παρούσας ξυμφορὰς ¹⁰³⁶ πρὸς ¹⁰³⁷ τὰς παρ. ξυμφοράς ¹⁰³⁸ πρὸς τὰς παρ. ξυμφορὰς ¹⁰³⁹

mvp-comment-481-2 συμβόλαια ¹⁰⁴⁰

mvp-comment-482-1 νῦν δ’ αἶρε σαυτόν ¹⁰⁴¹

mvp-comment-482-2 εἰ δέ σοι μᾶλλον φίλον ¹⁰⁴²

mvp-comment-482-3 τοῦ πόνου γὰρ ¹⁰⁴³

mvp-comment-483-1 αἰνῶ τάδ’, ὦ παῖ ¹⁰⁴⁴ αἰνῶ τάδε ¹⁰⁴⁵

mvp-comment-484-1 ἔασον ¹⁰⁴⁶

mvp-comment-484-2 ὀσμῇ ¹⁰⁴⁷

mvp-comment-484-3 συνναίειν ¹⁰⁴⁸

mvp-comment-485-1 ἔσται τάδ’ ¹⁰⁴⁹

mvp-comment-485-2 ἵστω ¹⁰⁵⁰

mvp-comment-485-3 καὐτὸς ἀντέχου ¹⁰⁵¹

mvp-comment-486-1 σύνηθες … ἔθος ¹⁰⁵²

mvp-comment-487-1 τί δῆτ’ ἂν δρῷμ’ ¹⁰⁵³

mvp-comment-487-2 δρῷμ’ ¹⁰⁵⁴

mvp-comment-487-3 τοὐνθένδε γε ¹⁰⁵⁵ γε ¹⁰⁵⁶

mvp-comment-488-1 ἐξέβης ¹⁰⁵⁷

mvp-comment-488-2 λόγῳ ¹⁰⁵⁸ λόγων ¹⁰⁵⁹

mvp-comment-489-1 οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅποι χρὴ ¹⁰⁶⁰ στρέφειν ¹⁰⁶¹ τρέπειν ¹⁰⁶²

mvp-comment-490-1 ἀπορεῖς δὲ τοῦ σύ ¹⁰⁶³

mvp-comment-491-1 ἐνθάδε … τοῦδε τοῦ πάθους ¹⁰⁶⁴

mvp-comment-492-1 οὐ δή ¹⁰⁶⁵ ὥστε ¹⁰⁶⁶ ἔπεισεν ¹⁰⁶⁷

mvp-comment-492-2 ναύτην ¹⁰⁶⁸

mvp-comment-493-1 ἅπαντα δυσχέρεια ¹⁰⁶⁹

mvp-comment-493-2 τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν ¹⁰⁷⁰ λιπών ¹⁰⁷¹ τὰ μὴ προσεικότα ¹⁰⁷²

mvp-comment-494-1 οὐδὲν ἔξω τοῦ φυτεύσαντος ¹⁰⁷³ φυτεύσαντος ¹⁰⁷⁴ προσεικότος ¹⁰⁷⁵ τοὐμφυτευθέντος ¹⁰⁷⁶

mvp-comment-494-2 ἐσθλὸν ¹⁰⁷⁷

mvp-comment-495-1 πάλαι ¹⁰⁷⁸

mvp-comment-496-1 οὔκουν ¹⁰⁷⁹ ἐν οἷς γε δρᾷς ¹⁰⁸⁰ ἐν οἷς δὲ αὐδᾷς ¹⁰⁸¹

mvp-comment-496-2 ὀκνῶ ¹⁰⁸² δρᾷς ¹⁰⁸³

mvp-comment-497-1 δράσω ¹⁰⁸⁴ λέγων αἴσχιστ’ ἐπῶν ¹⁰⁸⁵ κρύπτων ἃ μὴ δεῖ ¹⁰⁸⁶

mvp-comment-498-1 ἁνὴρ ὅδ’ ¹⁰⁸⁷

mvp-comment-498-2 εἰ μὴ )γὼ ¹⁰⁸⁸ γνώμην ¹⁰⁸⁹ γνώμων ¹⁰⁹⁰

mvp-comment-498-3 τὸν πλοῦν στελεῖν ¹⁰⁹¹

mvp-comment-499-1 λιπὼν ¹⁰⁹²

mvp-comment-499-2 πέμπω ¹⁰⁹³ πέμπων ¹⁰⁹⁴ τοῦτ’ ¹⁰⁹⁵ τοῦτ’ ἀνιῶμαι πάλαι ¹⁰⁹⁶

mvp-comment-500-1 οὐδέν σε κρύψω ¹⁰⁹⁷

mvp-comment-500-2 γὰρ ¹⁰⁹⁸

mvp-comment-501-1 τί <δ)> εἶπας ¹⁰⁹⁹ δ’ ¹¹⁰⁰ τί εἶπας ¹¹⁰¹ τί μ’ εἶπας ¹¹⁰² τί γ’ εἶπας ¹¹⁰³

mvp-comment-501-2 πρὶν μάθῃς ¹¹⁰⁴

mvp-comment-501-3 ποῖον μάθημα ¹¹⁰⁵

mvp-comment-501-4 δρᾶσαι ¹¹⁰⁶

mvp-comment-502-1 σῶσαι κακοῦ ¹¹⁰⁷

mvp-comment-502-2 ξὺν σοὶ ¹¹⁰⁸

mvp-comment-503-1 καὶ ταῦτ’ ¹¹⁰⁹

mvp-comment-503-2 ἀληθῆ ¹¹¹⁰

mvp-comment-503-3 κρατεῖ τούτων ¹¹¹¹

mvp-comment-504-1 ὦ ξένε ¹¹¹²

mvp-comment-505-1 ἀλλ’ οὐχ οἷόν τε ¹¹¹³

mvp-comment-505-2 τῶν ἐν τέλει ¹¹¹⁴

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 ¹¹¹⁵ πῦρ ¹¹¹⁶ δεῖμα ¹¹¹⁷

mvp-comment-506-2 πᾶν δεῖμα ¹¹¹⁸ δεῖμα ¹¹¹⁹

mvp-comment-506-3 πανουργίας … τέχνημα ¹¹²⁰ τέχνημα ¹¹²¹

mvp-comment-507-1 εἰργάσω ¹¹²²

mvp-comment-508-1 τὸν προστρόπαιον ¹¹²³

mvp-comment-509-1 τὸν βίον ¹¹²⁴

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 ¹¹²⁵

mvp-comment-510-2 με μὴ ἀφέλῃ ¹¹²⁶

mvp-comment-511-1 προσφωνεῖ ¹¹²⁷

mvp-comment-511-2 ὡς μεθήσων μήποθ’ ¹¹²⁸ ὁρᾷ πάλιν ¹¹²⁹

mvp-comment-512-1 λιμένες ¹¹³⁰ προβλῆτες ¹¹³¹

mvp-comment-512-2 ξυνουσίαι θηρῶν ¹¹³²

mvp-comment-512-3 καταρρῶγες ¹¹³³

mvp-comment-513-1 λέγω ¹¹³⁴

mvp-comment-513-2 ἀνακλαίομαι ¹¹³⁵

mvp-comment-513-3 παροῦσι ¹¹³⁶ τοῖς εἰωθόσιν ¹¹³⁷ παροῦσι ¹¹³⁸

mvp-comment-514-1 ὀμόσας ¹¹³⁹

mvp-comment-514-2 προσθείς ¹¹⁴⁰ προθείς ¹¹⁴¹

mvp-comment-515-1 ἱερὰ ¹¹⁴² τοῦ Ζηνὸς Ἡρακλέους ¹¹⁴³ ἱερὰ ¹¹⁴⁴ τοῦ Ζ. Ἡρ ¹¹⁴⁵ τοῦ Ζ. Ἡρακλ. ¹¹⁴⁶

mvp-comment-516-1 φήνασθαι ¹¹⁴⁷ φήνασθαι ¹¹⁴⁸ φήνασθαι ¹¹⁴⁹

mvp-comment-516-2 Seyffert, placing only a comma after θέλει ¹¹⁵⁰ κοὐχ ὡς ¹¹⁵¹ κοὐκ οἶδ’ ¹¹⁵² ὡς ¹¹⁵³ κοὐχ ὡς ¹¹⁵⁴ ὡς ¹¹⁵⁵ θέλει ¹¹⁵⁶ ὡς ἑλὼν ¹¹⁵⁷

mvp-comment-517-1 κοὐκ οἶδ’ ¹¹⁵⁸

mvp-comment-517-2 ἐναίρων νεκρὸν ¹¹⁵⁹

mvp-comment-517-3 καπνοῦ σκιάν ¹¹⁶⁰

mvp-comment-517-4 εἴδωλον ἄλλως ¹¹⁶¹ ἄλλως ¹¹⁶²

mvp-comment-518-1 ἐπεὶ οὐδ’ ¹¹⁶³

mvp-comment-519-1 ἀλλ’ ¹¹⁶⁴

mvp-comment-519-2 ἀλλὰ νῦν ¹¹⁶⁵

mvp-comment-519-3 ἐν σαυτῷ γενοῦ ¹¹⁶⁶ ἔτι ¹¹⁶⁷ ἐν σαυτοῦ ¹¹⁶⁸

mvp-comment-520-1 σιωπᾷς ¹¹⁶⁹ οὐδέν εἰμ’ ¹¹⁷⁰

mvp-comment-521-1 ὦ σχῆμα πέτρας δίπυλον ¹¹⁷¹ σχῆμα ¹¹⁷²

mvp-comment-521-2 αὖθις αὖ πάλιν ¹¹⁷³

mvp-comment-521-3 953 The MSS. and edd. give πρὸς σὲ ¹¹⁷⁴ πρός σε ¹¹⁷⁵

mvp-comment-521-4 ψιλός ¹¹⁷⁶

mvp-comment-522-1 αὐανοῦμαι ¹¹⁷⁷

mvp-comment-523-1 πτηνὸν ¹¹⁷⁸ ὀρειβάτην ¹¹⁷⁹

mvp-comment-523-2 τοισίδ’ ¹¹⁸⁰ τοισίδ’ ¹¹⁸¹ τοῖσδ’ ἔτ’ ¹¹⁸²

mvp-comment-524-1 παρέξω δαῖτα ¹¹⁸³ ὑφ’ ὧν ἐφερβ ¹¹⁸⁴

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 ¹¹⁸⁵ ἀπό ¹¹⁸⁶

mvp-comment-525-1 καί μ’ ¹¹⁸⁷ κἄμ’ ¹¹⁸⁸ ἐθήρων ¹¹⁸⁹ θηράσουσι ¹¹⁹⁰

mvp-comment-526-1 ῥύσιον ¹¹⁹¹ φόνον φόνου … ῥύσιον τείσω ¹¹⁹² φόνου ¹¹⁹³

mvp-comment-526-2 τοῦ δοκοῦντος ¹¹⁹⁴

mvp-comment-526-3 οὐδὲν εἰδέναι κακόν ¹¹⁹⁵

mvp-comment-527-1 ὄλοιο ¹¹⁹⁶

mvp-comment-527-2 μήπω ¹¹⁹⁷ μήπω ¹¹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-527-3 πρὶν μάθοιμ’ ¹¹⁹⁹

mvp-comment-527-4 εἰ καὶ πάλιν ¹²⁰⁰ καὶ ¹²⁰¹ εἰ ¹²⁰² καὶ ¹²⁰³ εἰ καὶ πάλιν ¹²⁰⁴

mvp-comment-527-5 καὶ ¹²⁰⁵ πάλιν ¹²⁰⁶ μετοίσεις ¹²⁰⁷ πάλιν μετοίσεις ¹²⁰⁸

mvp-comment-528-1 δρῶμεν ¹²⁰⁹

mvp-comment-528-2 ἐν σοὶ ¹²¹⁰

mvp-comment-528-3 προσχωρεῖν ¹²¹¹

mvp-comment-529-1 ἐμοὶ μὲν ¹²¹²

mvp-comment-529-2 ἐμπέπτωκε ¹²¹³ οὐ νῦν πρῶτον ¹²¹⁴

mvp-comment-530-1 ἐλἐησον ¹²¹⁵

mvp-comment-530-2 παρῇς σαυτοῦ βρ. ὄνειδος ¹²¹⁶

mvp-comment-530-3 ἐκκλέψας ¹²¹⁷

mvp-comment-531-1 μήποτ’ ¹²¹⁸ λιπεῖν ¹²¹⁹ ὤφελον ¹²²⁰

mvp-comment-531-2 Σκῦρον ¹²²¹

mvp-comment-532-1 νῦν δ’ ἄλλοισι δοὺς ¹²²² οἷς εἰκός ¹²²³ οὐκ εἶ κακὸς σύ ¹²²⁴ ἄλλοισι ¹²²⁵

mvp-comment-532-2 Other interpretations are: (1) δοὺς ¹²²⁶ ἄλλοις σε δοὺς ¹²²⁷ οἷα ¹²²⁸ ἄλλοισι ¹²²⁹

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 ¹²³⁰

mvp-comment-533-1 πέπραμαι ¹²³¹

mvp-comment-534-1 ἅμ’ αὐτοῖς ¹²³² στελοῦσί σε ¹²³³ αὐτοῖς ¹²³⁴

mvp-comment-535-1 τολμήστατε ¹²³⁵

mvp-comment-536-1 οἵδ’ ¹²³⁶

mvp-comment-536-2 μὴ ἕρπῃς ¹²³⁷ η ¹²³⁸ ε ¹²³⁹ α ¹²⁴⁰ γ’ ¹²⁴¹ ἕρπῃς ¹²⁴²

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

mvp-comment-536-4 τὸ παγκρατὲς σέλας Ἡφαιστότευκτον ¹²⁴³

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 ¹²⁴⁴

mvp-comment-537-2 τῶν σῶν ¹²⁴⁵

mvp-comment-538-1 Ζεύς ¹²⁴⁶ ἵν’ εἰδῇς ¹²⁴⁷

mvp-comment-539-1 μῖσος ¹²⁴⁸

mvp-comment-539-2 καὶ ἐξανευρίσκεις ¹²⁴⁹ λέγειν ¹²⁵⁰ λέγων ¹²⁵¹

mvp-comment-540-1 προτείνων ¹²⁵² ψευδεῖς τίθης ¹²⁵³

mvp-comment-541-1 ἀληθεῖς ¹²⁵⁴

mvp-comment-541-2 ἡ δ’ ὁδὸς ¹²⁵⁵

mvp-comment-542-1 οὐ φήμ’ ¹²⁵⁶

mvp-comment-542-2 ἐγὼ δὲ φημί ¹²⁵⁷

mvp-comment-542-3 πειστέον τάδε ¹²⁵⁸

mvp-comment-543-1 ἡμᾶς μὲν ¹²⁵⁹

mvp-comment-544-1 τοῖς ἀρίστοισιν ¹²⁶⁰

mvp-comment-544-2 κατασκάψαι ¹²⁶¹

mvp-comment-545-1 οὐδέποτέ γ’ ¹²⁶²

mvp-comment-545-2 πᾶν … κακόν ¹²⁶³

mvp-comment-545-3 γῆς τόδ’ αἰπεινὸν βάθρον ¹²⁶⁴

mvp-comment-546-1 ἐργασείεις ¹²⁶⁵

mvp-comment-547-1 πέτρᾳ ¹²⁶⁶ αἱμάξω ¹²⁶⁷

mvp-comment-547-2 πέτρας ¹²⁶⁸ πεσών ¹²⁶⁹ ἄνωθεν ¹²⁷⁰

mvp-comment-548-1 ξυλλάβετον αὐτόν ¹²⁷¹ ξυλλάβετ’ αὐτόν ¹²⁷² γε ¹²⁷³ ξυλλάβετε ¹²⁷⁴

mvp-comment-548-2 μὴ )πὶ τῷδ’ ¹²⁷⁵

mvp-comment-549-1 ὦ χεῖρες ¹²⁷⁶

mvp-comment-549-2 ἐν χρείᾳ ¹²⁷⁷

mvp-comment-549-3 συνθηρώμεναι ¹²⁷⁸

mvp-comment-550-1 ὦ μηδὲν ὑγιὲς … φρονῶν ¹²⁷⁹

mvp-comment-550-2 μηδὲν ὑγιές ¹²⁸⁰

mvp-comment-550-3 ἐλεύθερον ¹²⁸¹

mvp-comment-551-1 οἷ’ αὖ μ’ ὑπῆλθες ¹²⁸²

mvp-comment-551-2 ὑπῆλθες ¹²⁸³

mvp-comment-552-1 πρόβλημα ¹²⁸⁴

mvp-comment-553-1 ἀνάξιον μὲν σοῦ ¹²⁸⁵ σοῦ ¹²⁸⁶

mvp-comment-553-2 οὐδὲν ᾔδει πλὴν ¹²⁸⁷

mvp-comment-554-1 καὶ νῦν ¹²⁸⁸

mvp-comment-554-2 οἷς ¹²⁸⁹

mvp-comment-555-1 διὰ μυχῶν βλέπους’ ¹²⁹⁰

mvp-comment-555-2 ἀφυᾶ ¹²⁹¹ ‐εα ¹²⁹² ε ¹²⁹³ ‐εᾶ ¹²⁹⁴ ι ¹²⁹⁵ υ ¹²⁹⁶ ‐ιᾶ ¹²⁹⁷ ‐λῆ; ‐υᾶ ¹²⁹⁸ ‐υῆ ¹²⁹⁹ ᾶ ¹³⁰⁰ ῆ ¹³⁰¹

mvp-comment-555-3 προὐδίδαξεν ¹³⁰²

mvp-comment-556-1 συνδήσας ¹³⁰³ ἄγειν ¹³⁰⁴

mvp-comment-556-2 προὐβάλου ¹³⁰⁵

mvp-comment-556-3 ἄπολιν ¹³⁰⁶

mvp-comment-557-1 θεοὶ ¹³⁰⁷

mvp-comment-557-2 1022 ff. Seyffert puts a comma after ζῶ ¹³⁰⁸ σὺν κακοῖς πολλοῖς ¹³⁰⁹ γελώμενος ¹³¹⁰ σὺν κακοῖς πολλοῖς ¹³¹¹ ζῶ ¹³¹² σὺν κακοῖς πολλοῖς ¹³¹³ ζῶ ¹³¹⁴

mvp-comment-557-3 τῶν Ἀτρέως … στρατηγῶν ¹³¹⁵

mvp-comment-558-1 κλοπῇ τε κἀνάγκῃ ζυγεὶς ¹³¹⁶ ζυγεὶς ¹³¹⁷

mvp-comment-559-1 ἑπτὰ ναυσὶ ¹³¹⁸

mvp-comment-560-1 ἔβαλον ¹³¹⁹ ὡς σὺ φής ¹³²⁰

mvp-comment-561-1 ἄγετε ¹³²¹ ἀπάγεσθε ¹³²²

mvp-comment-561-2 οὐδέν εἰμι ¹³²³ τέθνηχ’ ὑμῖν ¹³²⁴

mvp-comment-562-1 σοι ¹³²⁵

mvp-comment-562-2 δυσώδης ¹³²⁶

mvp-comment-562-3 πῶς … ἔξεσθ’, ὁμοῦ ¹³²⁷ πῶς … εὔξεσθ’, ἐμοῦ ¹³²⁸ εὔξεσθ’ ¹³²⁹ εὔξεσθ’ ¹³³⁰ ἔξεσθ’ ¹³³¹ ὁμοῦ ¹³³² ἐμοῦ ¹³³³ εὔξεσθ’ ἐμοῦ ¹³³⁴ ἔξεστ’ ἐμοῦ ¹³³⁵ ἔξεσθ’ ὁμοῦ ¹³³⁶ θ’ ¹³³⁷ θεοῖς ¹³³⁸

mvp-comment-562-4 Against ἔξεσθ’ ¹³³⁹

mvp-comment-563-1 ὄλοισθ)· ὀλεῖσθε δ’ ¹³⁴⁰

mvp-comment-564-1 μέλει γ’ ¹³⁴¹

mvp-comment-564-2 ἐπεὶ οὔποτ’ ¹³⁴² ἀνδρὸς ἀθλίου ¹³⁴³

mvp-comment-564-3 1039 For the place of τι ¹³⁴⁴

mvp-comment-564-4 κέντρον … ἐμοῦ ¹³⁴⁵

mvp-comment-565-1 θεοί τ’ ἐπόψιοι ¹³⁴⁶

mvp-comment-565-2 Thus the invocation of πατρῴα γῆ ¹³⁴⁷ ἐπόψιοι ¹³⁴⁸

mvp-comment-566-1 τείσασθε ¹³⁴⁹

mvp-comment-566-2 ἀλλὰ τῷ χρόνῳ ¹³⁵⁰

mvp-comment-567-1 κἄμ’ ¹³⁵¹

mvp-comment-568-1 τῆς vόσου ¹³⁵²

mvp-comment-569-1 βαρύς ¹³⁵³

mvp-comment-569-2 κοὐχ ὑπείκ. ¹³⁵⁴

mvp-comment-570-1 παρείκοι ¹³⁵⁵

mvp-comment-570-2 ἑνὸς κρατῶ λόγου ¹³⁵⁶

mvp-comment-571-1 γὰρ ¹³⁵⁷

mvp-comment-571-2 τοιούτων ¹³⁵⁸ τοιούτων ¹³⁵⁹ πανούργων ¹³⁶⁰

mvp-comment-571-3 κρίσις ¹³⁶¹

mvp-comment-571-4 μου ¹³⁶²

mvp-comment-572-1 νικᾶν ¹³⁶³

mvp-comment-572-2 γε μέντοι ¹³⁶⁴

mvp-comment-572-3 εἰς σέ ¹³⁶⁵

mvp-comment-572-4 ἐκστήσομαι ¹³⁶⁶

mvp-comment-573-1 ἄφετε γὰρ αὐτόν ¹³⁶⁷ γὰρ ¹³⁶⁸

mvp-comment-573-2 οὐδὲ σοῦ ¹³⁶⁹ οὐδέ σου ¹³⁷⁰ προσχρῄζομεν ¹³⁷¹ σοῦ ¹³⁷² τά γ’ ὅπλ’ ¹³⁷³

mvp-comment-574-1 Τεῦκρος ¹³⁷⁴ τήνδ’ ἐπιστήμην ¹³⁷⁵

mvp-comment-574-2 παρ’ ἡμῖν ¹³⁷⁶ πάρεστι ¹³⁷⁷

mvp-comment-575-1 ἐγώ θ’ ¹³⁷⁸

mvp-comment-575-2 μηδ’ ἐπιθύνειν ¹³⁷⁹

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’ ¹³⁸⁰ οὐδὲν ¹³⁸¹ οὐδὲν ¹³⁸² κάκιον ¹³⁸³ κρατύνειν ¹³⁸⁴

mvp-comment-575-4 (2) The less probable view is that οὐδὲν ¹³⁸⁵ κρατύνειν ¹³⁸⁶ μηδ’ ¹³⁸⁷ ἐπιθύνειν ¹³⁸⁸ οἶμαι ¹³⁸⁹ οὐ ¹³⁹⁰ μηδέ ¹³⁹¹ οὐ … μηδέ ¹³⁹² οὐ … οὐδέ ¹³⁹³

mvp-comment-575-5 Nauck's conjecture, ἠδ’ ἐπευθύνειν ¹³⁹⁴

mvp-comment-576-1 τὴν Αῆμνον ¹³⁹⁵

mvp-comment-577-1 γέρας ¹³⁹⁶

mvp-comment-577-2 ἣν σὲ χρῆν ¹³⁹⁷ ἣν σ’ ἐχρῆν ¹³⁹⁸

mvp-comment-577-3 1064 Since ἐν ¹³⁹⁹ Ἀργείοις ¹⁴⁰⁰ ὅπλοισι κοσμηθεὶς ¹⁴⁰¹

mvp-comment-578-1 μή μ’ ἀντιφώνει ¹⁴⁰²

mvp-comment-578-2 δή ¹⁴⁰³

mvp-comment-579-1 προσφθεγκτός ¹⁴⁰⁴

mvp-comment-579-2 οὕτως ¹⁴⁰⁵

mvp-comment-580-1 γενναῖός περ ὤν ¹⁴⁰⁶ τὴν τύχην διαφθερεῖς ¹⁴⁰⁷

mvp-comment-580-2 ὅπως μὴ ¹⁴⁰⁸

mvp-comment-581-1 ναυκράτωρ ¹⁴⁰⁹

mvp-comment-582-1 ἀκούσομαι ¹⁴¹⁰

mvp-comment-583-1 εἰς ὅσον ¹⁴¹¹

mvp-comment-583-2 τά … ἐκ νεὼς στείλωσι ¹⁴¹² στείλωσι ¹⁴¹³

mvp-comment-583-3 θεοῖς εὐξώμεθα ¹⁴¹⁴

mvp-comment-584-1 ὁρμώμεθον ¹⁴¹⁵

mvp-comment-585-1 ὁρμᾶσθαι ¹⁴¹⁶ ταχεῖς ¹⁴¹⁷

mvp-comment-586-1 γύαλον ¹⁴¹⁸ κοίλας πέτρας ¹⁴¹⁹

mvp-comment-586-2 θερμὸν καὶ παγετῶδες ¹⁴²⁰

mvp-comment-587-1 θνῄσκοντι συνείσει ¹⁴²¹ συνοίσει ¹⁴²² συνοίσει ¹⁴²³ συνοίσει ¹⁴²⁴ συνοίσεις ¹⁴²⁵ συνοίσει ¹⁴²⁶ συνείσει ¹⁴²⁷

mvp-comment-588-1 αὔλιον ¹⁴²⁸

mvp-comment-588-2 λύπας τᾶς ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ¹⁴²⁹ πληρέστατον ¹⁴³⁰

mvp-comment-589-1 τίπτ’ αὖ ¹⁴³¹

mvp-comment-589-2 τὸ κατ’ ἆμαρ ¹⁴³²

mvp-comment-590-1 σιτονόμου … ἐλπίδος ¹⁴³³

mvp-comment-590-2 τοῦ … πόθεν ¹⁴³⁴

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 ¹⁴³⁵ εἴθ’ ¹⁴³⁶ μ’ ἕλοιεν ¹⁴³⁷ ἕλωσί μ’ ¹⁴³⁸ ἐλῶσιν ¹⁴³⁹ ἕλωσί μ’ ¹⁴⁴⁰ ἴσχω ¹⁴⁴¹ ἰσχύω ¹⁴⁴² αἰθέρος ¹⁴⁴³ εἴθ’ ¹⁴⁴⁴ πτωκάδες ¹⁴⁴⁵ αἰθίρος ¹⁴⁴⁶

mvp-comment-590-5 But if so, the corruption has been a deep one; i.e., εἴθ’ αἰθέρος ¹⁴⁴⁷

mvp-comment-590-6 ὀξυτόνου … πνεύματος ¹⁴⁴⁸

mvp-comment-590-7 οὐκέτ’ ἴσχω ¹⁴⁴⁹ οὐ γὰρ ἔτ’ ἰσχύω ¹⁴⁵⁰ ἐλῶς)· ἔτ’ οὐ γὰρ ἴσχω ¹⁴⁵¹ γὰρ ¹⁴⁵²

mvp-comment-591-1 σύ τοι … ἀπὸ μείζονος ¹⁴⁵³ κοὐκ ¹⁴⁵⁴ οὐκ ¹⁴⁵⁵ ἄλλοθεν ἔχει τύχᾳ τᾷδ’ ¹⁴⁵⁶ ἔσχ’ ὑπὸ χειρὸς ἐμᾶς ¹⁴⁵⁷ ἔχει ¹⁴⁵⁸

mvp-comment-591-2 κατηξίωσας ¹⁴⁵⁹

mvp-comment-591-3 ἔχει τύχᾳ τᾷδ’ ¹⁴⁶⁰

mvp-comment-591-4 ἀπὸ μείζονος ¹⁴⁶¹ ἄλλοθεν ¹⁴⁶²

mvp-comment-592-1 παρὸν ¹⁴⁶³

mvp-comment-592-2 φρονῆσαι ¹⁴⁶⁴

mvp-comment-592-3 The gen. τοῦ … δαίμονος ¹⁴⁶⁵ εἵλον ¹⁴⁶⁶ εἵλου τὸ κάκιον αἰνεῖν ¹⁴⁶⁷ αἰνεῖν ¹⁴⁶⁸

mvp-comment-592-4 τοῦ λῴονος δαίμονος ¹⁴⁶⁹ ωι ¹⁴⁷⁰ ο ¹⁴⁷¹ αι ¹⁴⁷² οι ¹⁴⁷³

mvp-comment-592-5 Are we, then, to admit the v. l. τοῦ πλέονος ¹⁴⁷⁴ τοῦ ¹⁴⁷⁵ λωΐονος ¹⁴⁷⁶ λωϊτέρου ¹⁴⁷⁷

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 ¹⁴⁷⁸ ὕστερον … εἰσοπίσω ¹⁴⁷⁹ ὕστερον ¹⁴⁸⁰

mvp-comment-594-1 προσφέρων ¹⁴⁸¹

mvp-comment-595-1 οὐ πτανῶν … ἴσχων ¹⁴⁸² πτανῶν ἀπ’ ἐμῶν ὅπλων ¹⁴⁸³ ἴσχων ¹⁴⁸⁴ πτανῶν ¹⁴⁸⁵ κραταιαῖς ¹⁴⁸⁶

mvp-comment-596-1 ἄσκοπα ¹⁴⁸⁷ ὑπέδυ ¹⁴⁸⁸

mvp-comment-597-1 ἰδοίμαν ¹⁴⁸⁹

mvp-comment-598-1 πότμος … δαιμόνων ¹⁴⁹⁰ τάδε ¹⁴⁹¹ σε πότμος … ἔσχεν ¹⁴⁹² πότμος σε τάδε ¹⁴⁹³ ἔσχεν ¹⁴⁹⁴ ἔσχεν ¹⁴⁹⁵

mvp-comment-598-2 οὐδὲ σέ γε ¹⁴⁹⁶

mvp-comment-598-3 ἀμᾶς ¹⁴⁹⁷

mvp-comment-599-1 στυγερὰν ¹⁴⁹⁸

mvp-comment-599-2 ἐπ’ ἄλλοις ¹⁴⁹⁹

mvp-comment-600-1 καὶ γὰρ ἐμοὶ ¹⁵⁰⁰ τοῦτο ¹⁵⁰¹ μέλει ¹⁵⁰² μὴ … ἀπώσῃ ¹⁵⁰³ τοῦτο ¹⁵⁰⁴

mvp-comment-601-1 πολιᾶς ¹⁵⁰⁵ ἐφημένος ¹⁵⁰⁶ που ¹⁵⁰⁷

mvp-comment-601-2 1125 *

is my emendation of γελᾷ μου ¹⁵⁰⁸ ἐγ ¹⁵⁰⁹ ἐγγελᾷ ¹⁵¹⁰ μου ¹⁵¹¹

mvp-comment-602-1 τὰν ἐμὰν μελέου ¹⁵¹²

mvp-comment-602-2 τροφάν ¹⁵¹³

mvp-comment-603-1 ἦ που ¹⁵¹⁴

mvp-comment-603-2 τὸν Ἡράκλειον ἄρθμιον ¹⁵¹⁵ ἄρθμιον ¹⁵¹⁶ ἄθλιον ¹⁵¹⁷ Ἡράκλειον ¹⁵¹⁸

mvp-comment-604-1 ἄλλου δ’ ἐν μεταλλαγᾷ ¹⁵¹⁹ ἀλλ’ ἐν μεταλλαγᾷ ¹⁵²⁰ ἐν ¹⁵²¹ μεταλλαγᾷ ¹⁵²² ἄλλου ¹⁵²³

mvp-comment-604-2 ἐρέσσει ¹⁵²⁴

mvp-comment-604-3 Cavallin's conject., ἀλλ’ αἰὲν μετ’ ἀγκάλαις ¹⁵²⁵

mvp-comment-605-1 ὁρῶν μὲν ¹⁵²⁶

mvp-comment-605-2 στυγνόν τε ¹⁵²⁷

mvp-comment-605-3 φῶτ’ ἐχθοδοπόν ¹⁵²⁸

mvp-comment-605-4 ὦ Ζεῦ ¹⁵²⁹ Ὀδυσσεύς ¹⁵³⁰ ὦ Ζεῦ ¹⁵³¹ ὃς ¹⁵³² ὅς’ ¹⁵³³ ἀνατέλλονθ’ ¹⁵³⁴

mvp-comment-605-5 Next to ὦ Ζεῦ ¹⁵³⁵ οὐδείς ¹⁵³⁶ ἀνατέλλονθ’ ¹⁵³⁷ ὅς’ ¹⁵³⁸

mvp-comment-606-1 ἀνδρός τοι τὰ μὲν ἔνδικ’ αἰὲν εἰπεῖν ¹⁵³⁹ ἀνδρός τοι τὸ μὲν εὖ δίκαιον εἰπεῖν ¹⁵⁴⁰

mvp-comment-606-2 τὰ ¹⁵⁴¹ τὸ, ν ¹⁵⁴² υ ¹⁵⁴³ ε ¹⁵⁴⁴ ο ¹⁵⁴⁵ αἰὲν ¹⁵⁴⁶ λέγειν ¹⁵⁴⁷ αἰὲν εἰπεῖν ¹⁵⁴⁸

mvp-comment-606-3 The only sound version of the vulgate, ἀνδρός τοι τὸ μὲν εὖ δίκαιον εἰπεῖν ¹⁵⁴⁹ τὸ εὖ ¹⁵⁵⁰ τὸ εὖ ¹⁵⁵¹ εἰπόντος δὲ ¹⁵⁵²

mvp-comment-607-1 εἰπόντος δὲ … ὀδύναν ¹⁵⁵³

mvp-comment-607-2 ἐξῶσαι ¹⁵⁵⁴

mvp-comment-607-3 γλώσσας ὀδύναν ¹⁵⁵⁵

mvp-comment-608-1 κεῖνος δ’ ¹⁵⁵⁶

mvp-comment-608-2 εἷς ἀπὸ πολλῶν ταχθεὶς ¹⁵⁵⁷ ὑπὸ ¹⁵⁵⁸

mvp-comment-608-3 ἐφημοσύνᾳ ¹⁵⁵⁹ τῶνδ’ ¹⁵⁶⁰ τοῦδ’ ¹⁵⁶¹

mvp-comment-608-4 ἐς φίλους ¹⁵⁶²

mvp-comment-609-1 χαροπῶν ¹⁵⁶³

mvp-comment-610-1 οὐρεσιβώτας ¹⁵⁶⁴

mvp-comment-610-2 1149 f. *

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μηδᾶτ’

. The MSS. give φυγᾷ μ’ οὐκέτ<*> ἀπ’ αὐλίων ¹⁵⁶⁵ πελᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁶⁶ πελᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁶⁷

mvp-comment-610-3 Auratus and Canter saw that μ’ οὐκέτ’ ¹⁵⁶⁸ μηκέτ’ ¹⁵⁶⁹ ἐλᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁷⁰ πηδᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁷¹ πηδᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁷² πελᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁷³ μηκέτ’ ¹⁵⁷⁴ μ’ οὐκέτ’ ¹⁵⁷⁵

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

. But a simpler remedy is to place φυγᾷ ¹⁵⁷⁶

mvp-comment-611-1 ἀλλ’ ἀνέδην ¹⁵⁷⁷ ἀνέδην ¹⁵⁷⁸ ἐρύκεται ¹⁵⁷⁹

mvp-comment-611-2 In the Journ. Phil. II. p. 80 (1869) I proposed the emendation which I believe to be true. ἐρύκεται ¹⁵⁸⁰ ἄρ’ οὐκέτι ¹⁵⁸¹ χῶρος ¹⁵⁸² α ¹⁵⁸³ ἀνέδην ¹⁵⁸⁴ ἄρα ¹⁵⁸⁵ οὐκέτι ¹⁵⁸⁶

mvp-comment-611-3 The simple transposition, φοβητός, οὐκέθ’ ¹⁵⁸⁷

mvp-comment-612-1 νῦν καλὸν ¹⁵⁸⁸

mvp-comment-612-2 ἀντίφονον ¹⁵⁸⁹

mvp-comment-612-3 πρὸς χάριν ¹⁵⁹⁰

mvp-comment-612-4 αἰόλας ¹⁵⁹¹

mvp-comment-613-1 ἀπὸ … λείψω ¹⁵⁹²

mvp-comment-614-1 ἐν αὔ, ιις τρέφεται ¹⁵⁹³ ἐν ¹⁵⁹⁴

mvp-comment-615-1 μηκέτι ¹⁵⁹⁵

mvp-comment-615-2 μηδενὸς ¹⁵⁹⁶ ὅσα ¹⁵⁹⁷

mvp-comment-615-3 πέμπει ¹⁵⁹⁸

mvp-comment-615-4 βιόδωρος ¹⁵⁹⁹

mvp-comment-616-1 εἴ τι σέβει ξένον ¹⁶⁰⁰ εὐνοίᾳ πάσᾳ πελάταν ¹⁶⁰¹ πέλασσον ¹⁶⁰²

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 ¹⁶⁰³ εὐν. π. πελάταν ¹⁶⁰⁴

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 ¹⁶⁰⁵ ὅτι σοι ¹⁶⁰⁶ σοί ¹⁶⁰⁷ ὅτι σόν ¹⁶⁰⁸

mvp-comment-618-1 βόσκειν ¹⁶⁰⁹ μέν ¹⁶¹⁰

mvp-comment-618-2 ἀδαὴς δ’ ἔχειν ¹⁶¹¹ ὀχεῖν ¹⁶¹²

mvp-comment-618-3 ὃ ξυνοικεῖ ¹⁶¹³ ὃ ¹⁶¹⁴ ᾧ ¹⁶¹⁵

mvp-comment-619-1 παλαιὸν ἄλγημ’ ¹⁶¹⁶

mvp-comment-619-2 ὑπέμνασας ¹⁶¹⁷

mvp-comment-619-3 τῶν πρὶν ἐντόπων ¹⁶¹⁸

mvp-comment-620-1 ὤλεσας ¹⁶¹⁹

mvp-comment-620-2 εἴργασαι ¹⁶²⁰

mvp-comment-621-1 τί τοῦτ’ ἔλεξας ¹⁶²¹ εἰ … ἤλπισας ¹⁶²²

mvp-comment-621-2 ἄξειν ¹⁶²³

mvp-comment-622-1 ἀπό … λείπετ’ ¹⁶²⁴

mvp-comment-622-2 νυν ¹⁶²⁵ νοῶ ¹⁶²⁶

mvp-comment-623-1 φίλα μοι … παρήγγειλας ἑκόντι τε πράσσειν ¹⁶²⁷ τε ¹⁶²⁸ ἑκόντι ¹⁶²⁹ ἑκόντα ¹⁶³⁰ τε ¹⁶³¹

mvp-comment-624-1 ναὸς ¹⁶³² ἵν’ ἡμῖν τέτακται ¹⁶³³

mvp-comment-625-1 ἀραίου Διός ¹⁶³⁴

mvp-comment-625-2 ἔλθῃς ¹⁶³⁵

mvp-comment-625-3 1183 The older edd. give μετρίαζε ¹⁶³⁶ μετρίαζ’ ¹⁶³⁷

mvp-comment-626-1 δαίμων ¹⁶³⁸

mvp-comment-627-1 ὦ ποὺς πούς ¹⁶³⁹

mvp-comment-627-2 τί σε τεύξω ¹⁶⁴⁰

mvp-comment-627-3 μετόπιν ¹⁶⁴¹

mvp-comment-628-1 ἔλθετ’ ἐπήλυδες ¹⁶⁴² αὖθις ¹⁶⁴³

mvp-comment-629-1 τί ῥέξοντες ¹⁶⁴⁴ γνώμᾳ ἀλλοκότῳ τῶν πάρος ¹⁶⁴⁵ ὧν ¹⁶⁴⁶ προὔφαινες ¹⁶⁴⁷

mvp-comment-629-2 The objection to the plausible conjecture ῥέξοντος ¹⁶⁴⁸

mvp-comment-630-1 οὔτοι νεμεσητόν ¹⁶⁴⁹

mvp-comment-630-2 ἀλύοντα ¹⁶⁵⁰

mvp-comment-630-3 χειμερίῳ ¹⁶⁵¹

mvp-comment-630-4 καὶ παρὰ νοῦν θροεῖν ¹⁶⁵²

mvp-comment-631-1 οὐδ’ εἰ πυρφόρος ἀστεροπητὴς ¹⁶⁵³

mvp-comment-631-2 βροντᾶς αὐγαῖς ¹⁶⁵⁴

mvp-comment-631-3 εἶσι φλογίζων ¹⁶⁵⁵

mvp-comment-632-1 ἐρρέτω Ἴλιον ¹⁶⁵⁶

mvp-comment-632-2 οἵ θ’ ὑπ’ ἐκείνῳ ¹⁶⁵⁷

mvp-comment-632-3 τόδ’ ἐμοῦ ποδὸς ἄρθρον ¹⁶⁵⁸ ἀπῶσαι ¹⁶⁵⁹

mvp-comment-633-1 ἀλλ’ ¹⁶⁶⁰

mvp-comment-633-2 ὀρέξατε ¹⁶⁶¹

mvp-comment-634-1 ἐρεῖς ¹⁶⁶² εἴ ποθεν ¹⁶⁶³

mvp-comment-634-2 γένυν ¹⁶⁶⁴

mvp-comment-634-3 προπέμψατε ¹⁶⁶⁵ εἴ ποθεν ¹⁶⁶⁶

mvp-comment-635-1 ὡς τίνα δὴ ῥέξῃς ¹⁶⁶⁷

mvp-comment-635-2 παλάμαν ¹⁶⁶⁸

mvp-comment-635-3 1207 *

, Hermann's correction of κρᾶτ’ ¹⁶⁶⁹ Χρῶτα πάντα ¹⁶⁷⁰

mvp-comment-635-4 If the MS. κρᾶτ’ ¹⁶⁷¹ πάντα ¹⁶⁷²

mvp-comment-636-1 φονᾷ ¹⁶⁷³

mvp-comment-636-2 τί ποτε ¹⁶⁷⁴

mvp-comment-636-3 πατέρα ματεύων ¹⁶⁷⁵

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 ¹⁶⁷⁶ ἐν ¹⁶⁷⁷

mvp-comment-638-1 ὦ πόλις ¹⁶⁷⁸

mvp-comment-639-1 πῶς ἂν ¹⁶⁷⁹

mvp-comment-639-2 ἄθλιός γ’ ἀνήρ ¹⁶⁸⁰ γε ¹⁶⁸¹ ὅς ¹⁶⁸² ἄθλιος ¹⁶⁸³ εἰσίδοιμί ς’ ¹⁶⁸⁴

mvp-comment-640-1 ἱερὰν λιβάδ’ ¹⁶⁸⁵ ἐχθροῖς ¹⁶⁸⁶

mvp-comment-640-2 ἔτ’ οὐδέν εἰμι ¹⁶⁸⁷

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 ¹⁶⁸⁸

mvp-comment-641-3 (2) στείχων ¹⁶⁸⁹

mvp-comment-641-4 (3) στείχοντα ¹⁶⁹⁰

mvp-comment-641-5 (4) πρὸς ἡμᾶς δεῦρ’ ἰόντ’ ¹⁶⁹¹ ἰόντ’ ¹⁶⁹²

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 ¹⁶⁹³

mvp-comment-643-1 ἐλεύσσομεν ¹⁶⁹⁴ ἦ ¹⁶⁹⁵

mvp-comment-644-1 οὐκ ἂν φράσειας ¹⁶⁹⁶

mvp-comment-644-2 παλίντροπος ¹⁶⁹⁷

mvp-comment-644-3 κέλευθον ¹⁶⁹⁸

mvp-comment-644-4 σὺν σπουδῇ ταχύς ¹⁶⁹⁹

mvp-comment-645-1 λύσων ¹⁷⁰⁰

mvp-comment-646-1 δεινόν γε φωνεῖς ¹⁷⁰¹

mvp-comment-647-1 ἣν σοὶ πιθόμενος ¹⁷⁰²

mvp-comment-648-1 ὧν οὔ σοι πρέπον ¹⁷⁰³

mvp-comment-649-1 ἑλών ¹⁷⁰⁴ ποῖον ¹⁷⁰⁵ ἣν ¹⁷⁰⁶ ἑλών ¹⁷⁰⁷

mvp-comment-650-1 νέον ¹⁷⁰⁸

mvp-comment-651-1 ὥς μ’ ὑπῆλθέ τις φόβος ¹⁷⁰⁹ ὡς ¹⁷¹⁰ τοι ¹⁷¹¹ ὑπήλυθεν ¹⁷¹²

mvp-comment-652-1 παρ’ οὗπερ ἔλαβον ¹⁷¹³

mvp-comment-653-1 τί λέξεις ¹⁷¹⁴ οὔ τί που ¹⁷¹⁵

mvp-comment-654-1 πότερα δὴ ¹⁷¹⁶ δὲ ¹⁷¹⁷ πότερα ¹⁷¹⁸

mvp-comment-654-2 κερτομῶν ¹⁷¹⁹

mvp-comment-655-1 εἰ κερτόμησις ¹⁷²⁰ γ’ ¹⁷²¹

mvp-comment-656-1 ἀναπολεῖν ¹⁷²²

mvp-comment-657-1 ἀρχὴν ¹⁷²³

mvp-comment-657-2 ἂν ¹⁷²⁴ ἐβουλόμην ¹⁷²⁵

mvp-comment-658-1 εὖ νῦν ¹⁷²⁶

mvp-comment-658-2 ἀκηκοὼς ¹⁷²⁷ ἀκήκοας ¹⁷²⁸

mvp-comment-659-1 τὸ δρᾶν ¹⁷²⁹

mvp-comment-659-2 τίς ἔσται μ’ οὑπικωλύσων τάδε ¹⁷³⁰ μ’ ¹⁷³¹ ἐπικωλύσων ¹⁷³² κωλύσει ¹⁷³³ τάδε ¹⁷³⁴

mvp-comment-660-1 ἐν δὲ τοῖς ¹⁷³⁵ τοῖσδ’ ¹⁷³⁶

mvp-comment-661-1 δρασείεις ¹⁷³⁷

mvp-comment-661-2 σοφά ¹⁷³⁸ δίκαια ¹⁷³⁹ σοφόν ¹⁷⁴⁰

mvp-comment-662-1 ἅ γ’ ἔλαβες ¹⁷⁴¹

mvp-comment-663-1 τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ¹⁷⁴²

mvp-comment-663-2 ἀναλαβεῖν ¹⁷⁴³

mvp-comment-664-1 ξὺν τῷ δικαίῳ ¹⁷⁴⁴

mvp-comment-664-2 τὸν σὸν οὐ ταρβῶ φόβον ¹⁷⁴⁵ τὸν σὸν ¹⁷⁴⁶

mvp-comment-665-1 Hermann's earlier view (see cr. n.) seems clearly the true one. Verse 1252, ἀλλ’ οὐδέ τοι ¹⁷⁴⁷

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 ¹⁷⁴⁸ μαχούμεθα ¹⁷⁴⁹

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 ¹⁷⁵⁰ ἀλλ’ ¹⁷⁵¹ οὐδέ τοι ¹⁷⁵²

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 ¹⁷⁵³ οὐδέ ¹⁷⁵⁴ σῇ χειρὶ ¹⁷⁵⁵ τὸ δρᾶν ¹⁷⁵⁶ πείθομαι ¹⁷⁵⁷

mvp-comment-666-1 ἔστω ¹⁷⁵⁸

mvp-comment-667-1 κοὐ μέλλοντ’ ἔτι ¹⁷⁵⁹

mvp-comment-668-1 καίτοι ¹⁷⁶⁰

mvp-comment-668-2 ἐλθών ¹⁷⁶¹

mvp-comment-669-1 ἐσωφρόνησας ¹⁷⁶²

mvp-comment-669-2 κλαυμάτων ¹⁷⁶³ πόδα ¹⁷⁶⁴

mvp-comment-670-1 Φιλοκτήτην λέγω ¹⁷⁶⁵ Φιλοκτήτης ¹⁷⁶⁶

mvp-comment-671-1 ἀμείψας ¹⁷⁶⁷

mvp-comment-671-2 πετρήρεις ¹⁷⁶⁸

mvp-comment-672-1 τίς αὖ ¹⁷⁶⁹

mvp-comment-672-2 ἄντροις ¹⁷⁷⁰

mvp-comment-672-3 ἵσταται ¹⁷⁷¹

mvp-comment-672-4 ἐκκαλεῖσθε ¹⁷⁷² κεχρημένοι ¹⁷⁷³

mvp-comment-673-1 ὤμοι· κακὸν τὸ χρῆμα ¹⁷⁷⁴ χρῆμα ¹⁷⁷⁵

mvp-comment-673-2 μῶν τί μοι vέα … κακά ¹⁷⁷⁶ vέα ¹⁷⁷⁷ μέγα ¹⁷⁷⁸ τι ¹⁷⁷⁹

mvp-comment-673-3 πέμποντες ¹⁷⁸⁰

mvp-comment-674-1 ἐκ λόγων ¹⁷⁸¹

mvp-comment-674-2 λόγοις ¹⁷⁸²

mvp-comment-675-1 τοιοῦτος ¹⁷⁸³ πιστός ¹⁷⁸⁴

mvp-comment-675-2 πιστός ¹⁷⁸⁵

mvp-comment-676-1 ἀλλ’ οὔ τι μὴν ¹⁷⁸⁶ μὴ ¹⁷⁸⁷

mvp-comment-677-1 παῦε ¹⁷⁸⁸

mvp-comment-677-2 ἃν εἴπῃς γε ¹⁷⁸⁹ γε ¹⁷⁹⁰ σὺ ¹⁷⁹¹ γε ¹⁷⁹²

mvp-comment-678-1 καὶ πέρα γ’, ἴσθ’, ἢ λέγω ¹⁷⁹³ ἴσθ’ ¹⁷⁹⁴ ἢ λέγω ¹⁷⁹⁵

mvp-comment-679-1 ἀλλ’ ἤθελον μὲν ἄν ¹⁷⁹⁶ πρὸς καιρὸν ¹⁷⁹⁷ πέπαυμαι ¹⁷⁹⁸ πάντα γὰρ ¹⁷⁹⁹