Sophocles Philoctetes 383

mvp-comment-196-1 εἴτ’ ἄρ’ οὖν ¹

mvp-comment-196-2 ἀληθὲς ² λέγοντες ³

mvp-comment-196-3 γίγνοιτ’ ⁴

mvp-comment-197-1 ἄλλον ἢ )μ’ ⁵ ἢ )μ’ ⁶

mvp-comment-198-1 οὐ πολὺν ⁷

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 ⁸

mvp-comment-199-1 οὐ γὰρ εἰδόμην ⁹ εἰδόμην ¹⁰

mvp-comment-200-1 ἔπειτα μέντοι ¹¹

mvp-comment-200-2 χὡ λόγος καλὸς προσῆν ¹² ὁ λόγος ¹³ προσῆν ¹⁴

mvp-comment-200-3 εἰ … αἱρήσοιμ’ ¹⁵

mvp-comment-200-4 τἀπὶ Τροίᾳ πέργαμ’ ¹⁶ ἐπί ¹⁷

mvp-comment-200-5 ἰών ¹⁸

mvp-comment-201-1 πλέοντί μοι ¹⁹

mvp-comment-201-2 κἀγὼ ²⁰

mvp-comment-201-3 πικρὸν Σίγειον ²¹

mvp-comment-201-4 οὐρίῳ πλάτῃ ²²

mvp-comment-201-5 κατηγόμην ²³

mvp-comment-202-1 ὀμνύντες ²⁴ στρατός ²⁵

mvp-comment-202-2 ζῶντ’ Ἀχ. πάλιν ²⁶

mvp-comment-203-1 ἔκειτ’ ²⁷

mvp-comment-203-2 )δάκρυσα ²⁸

mvp-comment-203-3 οὐ μακρῷ χρόνῳ ²⁹

mvp-comment-204-1 ὡς εἰκὸς ἦν ³⁰ φίλους ³¹

mvp-comment-204-2 τά τ’ ἄλλ’ ὅσ’ ἦν ³²

mvp-comment-205-1 τλημονέστατον λόγον ³³

mvp-comment-206-1 πάρεστί σοι ³⁴

mvp-comment-206-2 Λαέρτου ³⁵

mvp-comment-207-1 δακρύσας ³⁶

mvp-comment-207-2 ἐξανίσταμαι ³⁷

mvp-comment-207-3 ὀργῇ ³⁸ βαρείᾳ ³⁹

mvp-comment-207-4 κᾳταλγήσας ⁴⁰

mvp-comment-208-1 ὦ σχέτλἰ ⁴¹ ἦ )τολμήσατ’ ⁴²

mvp-comment-208-2 πρὶν μαθεῖν ἐμοῦ ⁴³

mvp-comment-209-1 ὁ δ’ εἶπ’ Ὀδυσσεύς ⁴⁴

mvp-comment-209-2 ὢν κυρεῖ ⁴⁵ ἦν κυρῶν ⁴⁶

mvp-comment-209-3 τάδε ⁴⁷ δεδράκας’ ⁴⁸

mvp-comment-210-1 παρών ⁴⁹

mvp-comment-211-1 ἤρασσον ⁵⁰

mvp-comment-211-2 κακοῖς τοῖς πᾶσιν ⁵¹

mvp-comment-211-3 οὐδὲν ἐνδεὲς ποιούμενος ⁵²

mvp-comment-211-4 εἰ … ἀφαιρήσοιτο ⁵³

mvp-comment-212-1 ἐνθάδ’ ἥκων ⁵⁴

mvp-comment-212-2 οὐ δύσοργος ⁵⁵

mvp-comment-212-3 πρὸς ἁξήκουσεν ⁵⁶ δηχθείς ⁵⁷ ἠμείψατο ⁵⁸

mvp-comment-212-4 ἃ ἐξήκουσεν ⁵⁹

mvp-comment-213-1 ἐπειδὴ καὶ λέγεις ⁶⁰

mvp-comment-213-2 οὐ μήποτ’ ⁶¹ τὴν Σκῦρον ⁶²

mvp-comment-213-3 ἐκπλεύσῃς ⁶³

mvp-comment-213-4 382 ff. The words ἀκούσας κἀξονειδισθείς ⁶⁴ κακά ⁶⁵ κἀξονειδίσας ⁶⁶

mvp-comment-213-5 πρὸς οἴκους ⁶⁷

mvp-comment-213-6 τητώμενος ⁶⁸

mvp-comment-213-7 κἀκ κακῶν ⁶⁹

mvp-comment-214-1 τοὺς ἐν τέλει ⁷⁰

mvp-comment-214-2 πᾶσα ⁷¹ σύμπας ⁷²

mvp-comment-214-3 ἔστι … τῶν ἡγουμένων ⁷³

mvp-comment-214-4 στρατός ⁷⁴

mvp-comment-214-5 οἱ δ’ ἀκοσμοῦντες βροτῶν ⁷⁵

mvp-comment-214-6 διδασκάλων λόγοισι ⁷⁶

mvp-comment-215-1 λόγος λέλεκται πᾶς ⁷⁷

mvp-comment-215-2 Ἀτρείδας ⁷⁸

mvp-comment-215-3 φίλος ⁷⁹

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 ⁸⁰ παμβῶτι ⁸¹

mvp-comment-217-2 μᾶτερ αὐτοῦ Διός ⁸²

mvp-comment-218-1 Πακτωλὸν ⁸³

mvp-comment-218-2 εὔχρυσον ⁸⁴

mvp-comment-219-1 κἀκεῖ ⁸⁵

mvp-comment-219-2 ἐπηυδώμαν ⁸⁶

mvp-comment-219-3 Ἀτρειδᾶν ὕβρις πᾶς’ ⁸⁷

mvp-comment-220-1 τὰ πάτρια ⁸⁸

mvp-comment-221-1 ἰὼ ⁸⁹ μάκαιρα ⁹⁰

mvp-comment-221-2 ταυροκτόνων ⁹¹

mvp-comment-221-3 λεόντων ἔφεδρε ⁹²

mvp-comment-222-1 σέβας ⁹³

mvp-comment-222-2 We should not, then, change σέβας ⁹⁴ γέρας ⁹⁵

mvp-comment-223-1 σύμβολον … λύπης ⁹⁶

mvp-comment-224-1 προσᾴδεθ’ ⁹⁷

mvp-comment-224-2 ταῦτ’ … ἔργα ⁹⁸

mvp-comment-225-1 ἂν … θιγόντα ⁹⁹ πανουργίας ¹⁰⁰

mvp-comment-225-2 ἀφ’ ἧς μηδὲν … ποεῖν ¹⁰¹ μέλλοι ¹⁰²

mvp-comment-225-3 μηδὲν ¹⁰³

mvp-comment-225-4 ἐς τέλος ¹⁰⁴

mvp-comment-225-5 ποεῖν ¹⁰⁵

mvp-comment-226-1 ὁ μείζων ¹⁰⁶ οὐκ ἦν ἔτι ζῶν ¹⁰⁷

mvp-comment-227-1 ἀλλ’ ἦ ¹⁰⁸ ἦ γάρ ¹⁰⁹ πῶς εἶπας ¹¹⁰

mvp-comment-228-1 ὡς μηκέτ’ ὄντα ¹¹¹

mvp-comment-229-1 οἴμοι τάλας ¹¹² ἀλλ’ οὐχ ¹¹³

mvp-comment-230-1 οὑμπολητὸς Σισύφου Λαερτίῳ ¹¹⁴

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 ¹¹⁵

mvp-comment-231-1 ἔδει ¹¹⁶

mvp-comment-232-1 καὶ μέγα θάλλοντες ¹¹⁷

mvp-comment-233-1 τί δ’ ¹¹⁸ ὠ ¹¹⁹ οὐ ¹²⁰ αὖ ¹²¹ οὐ ¹²² τί δ’ ¹²³ τί δ’ ὃς ¹²⁴ ὃς ¹²⁵ ὁ ¹²⁶

mvp-comment-233-2 παλαιός ¹²⁷ καί … τε ¹²⁸

mvp-comment-233-3 τά γε κείνων κακά ¹²⁹ γε ¹³⁰

mvp-comment-233-4 ἐξήρυκε ¹³¹

mvp-comment-234-1 Ἀντίλοχος ¹³²

mvp-comment-234-2 ὃς παρῆν γόνος ¹³³ ὅσπερ ἦν γόνος ¹³⁴ ὅς γ’ ἔτ’ ἦν ¹³⁵ ὅς ποτ’ ἦν ¹³⁶

mvp-comment-235-1 δὔ αὖ τώδ’ ἄνδρ’ ἔλεξας ¹³⁷ δὔ αὖ τώδ’ ἐξέδειξας ¹³⁸ ἔλεξας ¹³⁹ δὔ αὔτως δείν’ ἔλεξας ¹⁴⁰

mvp-comment-235-2 As to the reading δὔ αὕτως δείν’ ἔλεξας ¹⁴¹

mvp-comment-235-3 δὔ … ἄνδρε ¹⁴² ὀλωλότοιν ¹⁴³ οἵδε ¹⁴⁴

mvp-comment-235-4 ἂν ἠθέλης’ ¹⁴⁵

mvp-comment-236-1 σκοπεῖν ¹⁴⁶

mvp-comment-236-2 οἵδε ¹⁴⁷

mvp-comment-237-1 Ὀδυσσεὺς δ’ ἔστιν αὖ κἀνταῦθ’ ¹⁴⁸

mvp-comment-238-1 αὐτὸν ¹⁴⁹ αὐδᾶσθαι ¹⁵⁰

mvp-comment-239-1 παλαιστὴς ¹⁵¹

mvp-comment-239-2 ἐμποδίζονται ¹⁵²

mvp-comment-240-1 θεῶν ¹⁵³

mvp-comment-240-2 ποῦ γὰρ ¹⁵⁴

mvp-comment-240-3 σοι ¹⁵⁵

mvp-comment-240-4 τὰ φίλτατα ¹⁵⁶

mvp-comment-241-1 λόγῳ … ἐν βραχεῖ ¹⁵⁷

mvp-comment-241-2 τοῦτ’ ¹⁵⁸

mvp-comment-241-3 πόλεμος ¹⁵⁹

mvp-comment-241-4 ἑκὼν ¹⁶⁰

mvp-comment-242-1 κατ’ αὐτὸ τοῦτό γε ¹⁶¹

mvp-comment-243-1 φωτὸς ¹⁶² κυρεῖ ¹⁶³ τί ¹⁶⁴

mvp-comment-244-1 ποίου δὲ τούτου ¹⁶⁵

mvp-comment-244-2 ἐρεῖς ¹⁶⁶

mvp-comment-244-3 Brunck's conjecture, τοῦτο ¹⁶⁷ τούτου ¹⁶⁸

mvp-comment-245-1 Θερσίτης ¹⁶⁹

mvp-comment-246-1 ὃς οὐκ ἂν εἵλετ’ ¹⁷⁰ ὅπου μηδεὶς ἐῴη ¹⁷¹

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’ ¹⁷²

mvp-comment-247-1 αὐτόν ¹⁷³ αὐτός ¹⁷⁴ νιν ¹⁷⁵

mvp-comment-248-1 ἔμελλ’ ¹⁷⁶

mvp-comment-248-2 ἐπεὶ οὐδέν ¹⁷⁷

mvp-comment-248-3 περιστέλλουσιν ¹⁷⁸

mvp-comment-249-1 τὰ πανοῦργα ¹⁷⁹

mvp-comment-249-2 παλιντριβῆ ¹⁸⁰

mvp-comment-249-3 ἀναστρέφοντες ¹⁸¹

mvp-comment-249-4 τὰ δὲ ¹⁸² τὰ χρήστ’ ¹⁸³ ἀποστέλλους’ ¹⁸⁴ προυσελοῦς’ ¹⁸⁵

mvp-comment-250-1 ποῦ χρὴ τίθεσθαι ¹⁸⁶

mvp-comment-250-2 ποῦ δ’ αἰνεῖν ¹⁸⁷

mvp-comment-250-3 ὅταν ¹⁸⁸ ἐπαινῶν ¹⁸⁹

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 ¹⁹⁰

mvp-comment-251-2 Οἰταίου ¹⁹¹

mvp-comment-252-1 τηλόθεν … εἰσορῶν ¹⁹²

mvp-comment-252-2 φυλάξομαι ¹⁹³

mvp-comment-253-1 ὅπου ¹⁹⁴ τούτους ¹⁹⁵

mvp-comment-253-2 δειλὸς ¹⁹⁶ δεινὸς ¹⁹⁷ δεινός ¹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-254-1 Σκῦρος ¹⁹⁹

mvp-comment-254-2 ἐξαρκοῦσά μοι … ὥστε ²⁰⁰ τέρπεσθαι δόμῳ ²⁰¹

mvp-comment-255-1 χαῖρε ²⁰² ὡς μέγιστα ²⁰³

mvp-comment-255-2 μεταστήσειαν ²⁰⁴

mvp-comment-255-3 ὡς αὐτὸς θέλεις ²⁰⁵

mvp-comment-256-1 πλοῦν ἡμὶν εἴκῃ ²⁰⁶ πλοῦν ²⁰⁷ πλεῖν ²⁰⁸

mvp-comment-257-1 καιρὸς ²⁰⁹ καλεῖ ²¹⁰

mvp-comment-258-1 πλοῦν … σκοπεῖν ²¹¹

mvp-comment-258-2 μὴ )ξ ἀπόπτου ²¹²

mvp-comment-259-1 πρός νύν σε πατρὸς ²¹³ πρός τ’ εἴ τι ²¹⁴

mvp-comment-260-1 ἱκέτης ²¹⁵ ἱκνοῦμαι ²¹⁶

mvp-comment-261-1 οἵοις ὁρᾷς … ἐνναίοντα ²¹⁷ ὅσοισί τ’ ἐξήκουσας ²¹⁸

mvp-comment-262-1 ἐν παρέργῳ θοῦ με ²¹⁹

mvp-comment-262-2 ἐν παρέργῳ ²²⁰

mvp-comment-262-3 δυσχέρεια ²²¹

mvp-comment-263-1 ἔξοιδα ²²²

mvp-comment-263-2 φορήματος ²²³

mvp-comment-264-1 τό τ’ αἰσχρὸν ²²⁴ εὐκλεές ²²⁵ εὐκλεές ²²⁶ τοῖσι γενναίοισι ²²⁷

mvp-comment-265-1 ἐκλιπόντι τοῦτ’ ²²⁸

mvp-comment-265-2 ὄνειδος ²²⁹ οὐ καλόν ²³⁰

mvp-comment-266-1 πλεῖστον ²³¹

mvp-comment-266-2 μόλω )γὼ ²³²

mvp-comment-267-1 ἴθ’ ²³³

mvp-comment-267-2 ἡμέρας … μιᾶς ²³⁴

mvp-comment-268-1 τόλμησον ²³⁵

mvp-comment-268-2 ὅπῃ ²³⁶ ὅποι ²³⁷ ἐμβαλοῦ ²³⁸ ἄγων ²³⁹

mvp-comment-269-1 ἀντλίαν ²⁴⁰

mvp-comment-269-2 πρῷραν … πρύμνην ²⁴¹

mvp-comment-269-3 ὅπου ²⁴² ὅποι ²⁴³ υ ²⁴⁴ ι ²⁴⁵

mvp-comment-269-4 μέλλω … ἀλγυνεῖν ²⁴⁶

mvp-comment-270-1 ἱκεσίου ²⁴⁷

mvp-comment-270-2 γόνασι ²⁴⁸

mvp-comment-271-1 ἀκράτωρ ²⁴⁹

mvp-comment-272-1 ἢ πρὸς οἶκον τὸν σὸν ²⁵⁰

mvp-comment-272-2 τὰ Χαλκώδοντος Εὐβοίας σταθμά ²⁵¹

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 ²⁵²

mvp-comment-274-1 Τραχινίαν … δειράδα ²⁵³

mvp-comment-274-2 All MSS. have δειράδα καὶ τὸν ²⁵⁴ δεράδα ²⁵⁵

mvp-comment-274-3 I am more disposed to think that δειράδα ²⁵⁶ καὶ τὸν ²⁵⁷

mvp-comment-274-4 εὔροον ²⁵⁸

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 ²⁵⁹ δέδοικ’ ²⁶⁰

mvp-comment-275-2 παλαιὸν ²⁶¹ ἐξ ὅτου ²⁶² παλαἴ ἂν ²⁶³

mvp-comment-276-1 μή μοι βεβήκῃ ²⁶⁴

mvp-comment-276-2 τοῖς ἱγμένοις ²⁶⁵ ἔστελλον ²⁶⁶

mvp-comment-277-1 αὐτόστολον πέμψαντα ²⁶⁷ αὐτόστολον ²⁶⁸ πέμψαντα ²⁶⁹ ἐκσῶσαι ²⁷⁰ πλεύσαντα ²⁷¹

mvp-comment-277-2 δόμους ²⁷² δόμοις ²⁷³

mvp-comment-277-3 497 ff. After τὰ τῶν διακόνων ²⁷⁴ ποιούμενοι ²⁷⁵ τὸ ²⁷⁶ τὰ ²⁷⁷

mvp-comment-277-4 ὡς εἰκός ²⁷⁸ οἶμαι ²⁷⁹ οἴμοι ²⁸⁰

mvp-comment-277-5 ἐν σμικρῷ ²⁸¹

mvp-comment-277-6 μέρος ²⁸² μέρει ²⁸³

mvp-comment-277-7 ἤπειγον ²⁸⁴

mvp-comment-278-1 πομπόν τε καὐτὸν ἄγγελον ²⁸⁵

mvp-comment-278-2 ἥκω ²⁸⁶

mvp-comment-279-1 δεινὰ κἀπικινδύνως … κεῖται ²⁸⁷ παθεῖν ²⁸⁸ παθεῖν μὲν εὖ, παθεῖν δὲ θάτερα ²⁸⁹

mvp-comment-279-2 θάτερα ²⁹⁰

mvp-comment-280-1 ἐκτὸς ὄντα ²⁹¹ τὰ δείν’ ὁρᾶν ²⁹²

mvp-comment-281-1 εὖ ζῇ ²⁹³

mvp-comment-281-2 τὸν βίον ²⁹⁴ λάθῃ ²⁹⁵

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 ²⁹⁶

mvp-comment-282-3 οἷα ²⁹⁷ οἷα ²⁹⁸ ἅσσα ²⁹⁹ τύχοι ³⁰⁰ λάχοι ³⁰¹

mvp-comment-283-1 πικρούς ³⁰²

mvp-comment-284-1 ἐγὼ μὲν ³⁰³ πορεύσαιμ’ ἂν ³⁰⁴

mvp-comment-284-2 τὸ κείνων κακὸν ³⁰⁵

mvp-comment-284-3 μετατιθέμενος ³⁰⁶

mvp-comment-284-4 ἐπιμέμονεν ³⁰⁷

mvp-comment-285-1 εὐστόλου ³⁰⁸

mvp-comment-286-1 τὰν θεῶν νέμεσιν ³⁰⁹

mvp-comment-287-1 νῦν μὲν … ὅταν δὲ ³¹⁰

mvp-comment-287-2 εὐχερὴς ³¹¹ τις ³¹² παρῇς ³¹³

mvp-comment-288-1 τῆς νόσου ³¹⁴ πλησθῇς· ξυνουσίᾳ ³¹⁵

mvp-comment-288-2 αὑτὸς τοῖς λόγοις τούτοις ³¹⁶

mvp-comment-289-1 οὐκ ἔσθ’ ὅπως ³¹⁷

mvp-comment-290-1 ἀλλὰ … μέντοι ³¹⁸

mvp-comment-290-2 αἰσχρὰ ³¹⁹

mvp-comment-290-3 σοῦ γέ μ’ ³²⁰ σοῦ γ’ ἔμ’ ³²¹

mvp-comment-290-4 πρὸς τὸ καίριον ³²²

mvp-comment-290-5 πονεῖν ³²³

mvp-comment-291-1 ὁρμάσθω ³²⁴ ταχύς ³²⁵ χἡ ναῦς ³²⁶

mvp-comment-291-2 ἀπαρνηθήσεται ³²⁷

mvp-comment-292-1 μόνον ³²⁸

mvp-comment-292-2 βουλοίμεσθα ³²⁹

mvp-comment-293-1 ὦ φίλτατον μὲν ³³⁰

mvp-comment-293-2 πῶς ἂν … γενοίμην ³³¹

mvp-comment-294-1 ἴωμεν ³³² ἴωμεν ³³³ ἴωμεν ³³⁴ εἰσοίκησιν ³³⁵ προσκύσαντε ³³⁶ εἰς οἴκησιν ³³⁷ προσκύσαντε ³³⁸

mvp-comment-294-2 ὡς … καὶ ³³⁹

mvp-comment-295-1 ἀφ’ ὧν ³⁴⁰

mvp-comment-295-2 διέζων ³⁴¹

mvp-comment-296-1 οἶμαι γὰρ ³⁴²

mvp-comment-296-2 μόνην ³⁴³ μόνον ³⁴⁴ τάδε ³⁴⁵ θέαν λαβόντα ³⁴⁶ τλῆναι ³⁴⁷

mvp-comment-297-1 προὔμαθον ³⁴⁸

mvp-comment-298-1 ἐπίσχετον ³⁴⁹ μάθωμεν ³⁵⁰

mvp-comment-298-2 ἀλλόθρους ³⁵¹

mvp-comment-298-3 ὧν μαθόντες ³⁵²

mvp-comment-298-4 αὖθις ³⁵³ εἴσιτον ³⁵⁴

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 ³⁵⁵

mvp-comment-299-1 φράσαι σε, ποῦ ³⁵⁶

mvp-comment-299-2 κυρῶν εἴης ³⁵⁷

mvp-comment-300-1 δοξάζων μὲν οὔ ³⁵⁸

mvp-comment-300-2 ὁρμισθεὶς ³⁵⁹ ταὐτὸν … πέδον ³⁶⁰

mvp-comment-301-1 οὐ πολλῷ στόλῳ ³⁶¹

mvp-comment-302-1 Πεπάρηθον ³⁶² εὔβοτρυν ³⁶³

mvp-comment-302-2 ἤκουσα τοὺς ναύτας ὅτι ³⁶⁴ πάντες ³⁶⁵ συννεναυστοληκότες ³⁶⁶ οἱ νεναυστοληκότες ³⁶⁷ σοὶ ³⁶⁸

mvp-comment-303-1 ἔδοξέ μοι ³⁶⁹ προστυχόντι ³⁷⁰ ποεῖσθαι ³⁷¹ μὴ σῖγα, πρὶν φράσαιμι ³⁷² προστυχόντι ³⁷³ προστυχόντι ³⁷⁴

mvp-comment-303-2 τῶν ἴσων ³⁷⁵ προστυχόντι ³⁷⁶ σοι ³⁷⁷

mvp-comment-304-1 ἃ τοῖσιν ³⁷⁸

mvp-comment-304-2 vέα ³⁷⁹

mvp-comment-305-1 οὐκέτ’ ἐξαργούμενα ³⁸⁰ ἔργα ³⁸¹ δρώμενα ³⁸²

mvp-comment-306-1 ἀλλ’ ³⁸³ ἡ χάρις … τῆς προμηθίας ³⁸⁴ προμηθίας ³⁸⁵

mvp-comment-306-2 εἰ μὴ κακὸς πέφυκα ³⁸⁶

mvp-comment-306-3 προσφιλὴς ³⁸⁷ χάρις ³⁸⁸

mvp-comment-307-1 ἅπερ γ’ ³⁸⁹ ἅπερ κἄλεξας ³⁹⁰ γε ³⁹¹ ἅπερ ³⁹²

mvp-comment-308-1 νεώτερον ³⁹³

mvp-comment-308-2 ἀπ’ Ἀργείων ³⁹⁴ βούλευμα ³⁹⁵ ἔχεις ³⁹⁶ μοι ³⁹⁷

mvp-comment-309-1 φοῖνιξ ³⁹⁸

mvp-comment-309-2 οἵ τε Θησέως κόροι ³⁹⁹

mvp-comment-310-1 ἐκ βίας ⁴⁰⁰

mvp-comment-310-2 λόγοις ⁴⁰¹ δόλοις ⁴⁰²

mvp-comment-311-1 καθ’ ὁρμὴν ⁴⁰³

mvp-comment-312-1 ὡς ταῦτ’ ἐπίστω δρώμεν’ ⁴⁰⁴

mvp-comment-313-1 πρὸς τάδ’ ⁴⁰⁵

mvp-comment-313-2 αὐτάγγελος ⁴⁰⁶

mvp-comment-314-1 κεῖνός γ’ ⁴⁰⁷

mvp-comment-314-2 ὁ Τυδέως παῖς ⁴⁰⁸ ἔστελλον ⁴⁰⁹

mvp-comment-315-1 πρὸς ποῖον αὖ τόνδ’ … ἔπλει ⁴¹⁰ αὖ ⁴¹¹ αὖ ⁴¹² ἂν ⁴¹³

mvp-comment-315-2 If ἂν ⁴¹⁴

mvp-comment-316-1 σοι ⁴¹⁵

mvp-comment-317-1 τὰ πλείον’ ⁴¹⁶

mvp-comment-317-2 σεαυτὸν ξυλλαβὼν ⁴¹⁷

mvp-comment-318-1 τί με ⁴¹⁸ διεμπολᾷ … πρός σε ⁴¹⁹ τί με ⁴²⁰ τί δὲ ⁴²¹ διεμπολᾷ ⁴²²

mvp-comment-319-1 εἰς φῶς ⁴²³ καί … τε ⁴²⁴

mvp-comment-320-1 σπέρμ’ ⁴²⁵

mvp-comment-320-2 στρατῷ ⁴²⁶

mvp-comment-320-3 ἃ μὴ δεῖ ⁴²⁷

mvp-comment-320-4 δρῶν ἀντιπάσχω ⁴²⁸ οἷ’ ἀνὴρ πένης ⁴²⁹

mvp-comment-320-5 χρηστά θ’ ⁴³⁰

mvp-comment-321-1 ἐγώ εἰμ’ ⁴³¹

mvp-comment-321-2 φίλος μέγιστος ⁴³²

mvp-comment-322-1 λόγων ⁴³³ λόγον ⁴³⁴ ὧν ⁴³⁵

mvp-comment-323-1 ὅρα ⁴³⁶

mvp-comment-323-2 πάλαι ⁴³⁷

mvp-comment-324-1 ποιοῦ ⁴³⁸

mvp-comment-324-2 λέγων ⁴³⁹

mvp-comment-325-1 λέγω ⁴⁴⁰

mvp-comment-325-2 )πὶ τοῦτον ⁴⁴¹

mvp-comment-325-3 τοῦτον ⁴⁴²

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 ⁴⁴³

mvp-comment-326-2 ἦ μὴν ⁴⁴⁴

mvp-comment-327-1 πείσαντες ⁴⁴⁵ πρὸς ⁴⁴⁶

mvp-comment-328-1 πλέον ⁴⁴⁷

mvp-comment-328-2 θατέρου ⁴⁴⁸

mvp-comment-329-1 τίνος … πράγματος χάριν ⁴⁴⁹

mvp-comment-329-2 χρόνῳ τοσῷδε ⁴⁵⁰

mvp-comment-329-3 ἐπεστρέφοντο ⁴⁵¹

mvp-comment-329-4 ἄγαν οὕτω ⁴⁵²

mvp-comment-329-5 The order of the words is remarkable, not only because τίνος ⁴⁵³ πράγματος ⁴⁵⁴ τοῦδ’ ⁴⁵⁵

mvp-comment-330-1 εἶχον … ἐκβεβληκότες ⁴⁵⁶

mvp-comment-330-2 χρόνιον ⁴⁵⁷

mvp-comment-331-1 τίς ὁ πόθος ⁴⁵⁸

mvp-comment-331-2 ἵκετ’ ⁴⁵⁹

mvp-comment-331-3 θεῶν βία ⁴⁶⁰

mvp-comment-331-4 νέμεσις ⁴⁶¹

mvp-comment-331-5 ἀμύνουσιν ⁴⁶²

mvp-comment-332-1 ὄνομα δ’ ὠνομάζετο ⁴⁶³

mvp-comment-333-1 Ἕλενος ⁴⁶⁴

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 ⁴⁶⁵

mvp-comment-334-2 λωβητὰ ἔπη ⁴⁶⁶

mvp-comment-335-1 ἐς μέσον ⁴⁶⁷ ἔδειξ’ ⁴⁶⁸

mvp-comment-336-1 τά τ’ ἄλλα … πάντα ⁴⁶⁹ καὶ ⁴⁷⁰

mvp-comment-337-1 τἀπὶ Τροίᾳ πέργαμ’ ⁴⁷¹

mvp-comment-337-2 οὐ μή ποτε πέρσοιεν ⁴⁷² οὐ μή ⁴⁷³

mvp-comment-337-3 οὐ δηποτε πέρσοιεν ⁴⁷⁴

mvp-comment-338-1 ἄγοιντο ⁴⁷⁵ ἀγάγοιντο ⁴⁷⁶ ἄξοιντο ⁴⁷⁷ ἄγοιντο ⁴⁷⁸

mvp-comment-338-2 νήσου ⁴⁷⁹

mvp-comment-338-3 617 The words οἴοιτο μὲν μάλιστα ⁴⁸⁰

mvp-comment-338-4 μάλιστα ⁴⁸² οἴοιτο ⁴⁸³

mvp-comment-339-1 τούτων ⁴⁸⁴ μὴ τυχών ⁴⁸⁵

mvp-comment-339-2 κάρα τέμνειν ⁴⁸⁶ ἐφεῖτο ⁴⁸⁷

mvp-comment-340-1 τὸ σπεύδειν ⁴⁸⁸

mvp-comment-340-2 σοι καὐτῷ ⁴⁸⁹ πέρι ⁴⁹⁰

mvp-comment-341-1 ἡ πασα βλάβη ⁴⁹¹

mvp-comment-342-1 πεισθήσομαι ⁴⁹²

mvp-comment-342-2 γὰρ ⁴⁹³

mvp-comment-342-3 ὧδε ⁴⁹⁴

mvp-comment-342-4 πρὸς φῶς ἀνελθεῖν ⁴⁹⁵

mvp-comment-342-5 οὑκείνου πατήρ ⁴⁹⁶

mvp-comment-343-1 συμφέροι ⁴⁹⁷

mvp-comment-344-1 τάδε ⁴⁹⁸

mvp-comment-345-1 ἂν ⁴⁹⁹ δεῖξαι ⁵⁰⁰

mvp-comment-345-2 νεὼς ἄγοντ’ ⁵⁰¹

mvp-comment-346-1 οὔ· ⁵⁰²

mvp-comment-346-2 πλεῖστον ἐχθίστης ⁵⁰³

mvp-comment-347-1 ἄπουν ⁵⁰⁴

mvp-comment-348-1 πάντα λεκτά ⁵⁰⁵

mvp-comment-349-1 ὡς … ὁρίζῃ ⁵⁰⁶ ὁρίζει ⁵⁰⁷

mvp-comment-350-1 τοὐκ πρῴρας ⁵⁰⁸

mvp-comment-350-2 ἀνῇ ⁵⁰⁹

mvp-comment-350-3 στελοῦμεν ⁵¹⁰

mvp-comment-351-1 οὔκ, ἀλλὰ ⁵¹¹ οὐκ ⁵¹² οἶδ)· ⁵¹³ ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ ⁵¹⁴

mvp-comment-352-1 ἀλλ’ ⁵¹⁵

mvp-comment-352-2 χωρῶμεν … λαβὼν ⁵¹⁶ λαβόνθ’ ⁵¹⁷

mvp-comment-353-1 καίπερ οὐ πολλῶν ἄπο ⁵¹⁸

mvp-comment-354-1 νεώς γε τῆς ἐμῆς ἔπι ⁵¹⁹ ἔνι ⁵²⁰ ἔπι ⁵²¹ ἔνι ⁵²² νεώς ⁵²³ ἔνι ⁵²⁴ ἔνι ⁵²⁵

mvp-comment-355-1 πάνυ ⁵²⁶

mvp-comment-356-1 τί γὰρ ἔτ’ ⁵²⁷

mvp-comment-356-2 γάρ ⁵²⁸

mvp-comment-357-1 εἴ μοί τι τόξων ⁵²⁹ τόξα ⁵³⁰

mvp-comment-357-2 ἀπημελημένον ⁵³¹

mvp-comment-357-3 παρερρύηκεν ⁵³²

mvp-comment-357-4 ὡς λίπω μή ⁵³³ λαβεῖν ⁵³⁴

mvp-comment-358-1 οὐ γὰρ ἄλλ’ ἔστ’, ἀλλ’ ἃ κ.τ.λ. ⁵³⁵ ἀλλ’ ⁵³⁶ ἄλλ’ ⁵³⁷ ἄλλος ⁵³⁸ ἃ βαστάζω ⁵³⁹ ταῦτ’ ⁵⁴⁰ ἄλλα γ’ ἔσθ’ ἃ ⁵⁴¹

mvp-comment-359-1 ὥστε ⁵⁴² ἔστιν ⁵⁴³

mvp-comment-359-2 θεόν ⁵⁴⁴ θεός ⁵⁴⁵

mvp-comment-360-1 ξυμφέρῃ ⁵⁴⁶ ἐρῶ ⁵⁴⁷

mvp-comment-361-1 καὶ μὴν … γε ⁵⁴⁸ πάρες ⁵⁴⁹

mvp-comment-362-1 ὅσια … θέμις ⁵⁵⁰

mvp-comment-363-1 ὅς γ’ ⁵⁵¹

mvp-comment-363-2 φάος ⁵⁵²

mvp-comment-363-3 δέδωκας ⁵⁵³

mvp-comment-363-4 χθόν’ Οἰταίαν ⁵⁵⁴

mvp-comment-364-1 ἀνέστησας πέρα ⁵⁵⁵ πέρα ⁵⁵⁶ πέρα ⁵⁵⁷ ἔνερθεν ⁵⁵⁸ πέρα ⁵⁵⁹ μ’ ὕ ⁵⁶⁰ περ ⁵⁶¹ ἀναστήσας πάρει ⁵⁶² πέρα ⁵⁶³

mvp-comment-365-1 ταῦτα ⁵⁶⁴ παρέσται σοι ⁵⁶⁵ καὶ θιγγάνειν ⁵⁶⁶

mvp-comment-366-1 καὶ δόντι δοῦναι ⁵⁶⁷ δοῦναι ⁵⁶⁸ ἐπεύξασθαι ⁵⁶⁹ θιγγάνειν ⁵⁷⁰

mvp-comment-366-2 669 The acc. μόνον ⁵⁷¹ δόντι ⁵⁷² μόνῳ ⁵⁷³ μόνον ⁵⁷⁴ ς’ ⁵⁷⁵ ἀρετῆς ⁵⁷⁶

mvp-comment-367-1 εὐεργετῶν ⁵⁷⁷

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 ⁵⁷⁸

mvp-comment-369-2 κτήματος ⁵⁷⁹

mvp-comment-370-1 χωροῖς ἂν εἴσω ⁵⁸⁰ καὶ σέ γ’ εἰσάξω ⁵⁸¹ γε ⁵⁸² σέ ⁵⁸³ χωροῖς ἂν εἴσω ⁵⁸⁴

mvp-comment-370-2 τὸ γὰρ ⁵⁸⁵ νοσοῦν ⁵⁸⁶ τὸ … νοσοῦν ⁵⁸⁷

mvp-comment-371-1 ἐξήκους’ ⁵⁸⁸

mvp-comment-371-2 ὄπωπα δ’ οὐ μάλα ⁵⁸⁹

mvp-comment-372-1 τὸν πελάταν ⁵⁹⁰

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 ⁵⁹¹ τῶν ⁵⁹²

mvp-comment-373-1 κατὰ δρομάδ’ ἄμπυκα … Κρόνου παῖς ⁵⁹³ Ἰξίονα ⁵⁹⁴ δέσμιον ⁵⁹⁵ Ἰξίονα ⁵⁹⁶ δέσμιον ⁵⁹⁷ Ἰξίονα ⁵⁹⁸

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 ⁵⁹⁹ κατ’ ἄμπυκα … ἔβαλεν ⁶⁰⁰ δέσμιον ⁶⁰¹ κατ’ ⁶⁰² ἀν’ ⁶⁰³

mvp-comment-373-4 Ἰξίον’ ἀν’ ἄμπυκα δὴ δρομάδ’ ὡς ἔβαλεν ⁶⁰⁴ δέσμιον ⁶⁰⁵

mvp-comment-373-5 ἄμπυκα ⁶⁰⁶ δρομάδα ⁶⁰⁷

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

. Musgrave's ἄντυγα ⁶⁰⁸

mvp-comment-374-1 τοῦδ’ ⁶⁰⁹

mvp-comment-375-1 οὔτ’ ἔρξας τιν’, οὔ τι νοσφίσας ⁶¹⁰ οὔ τι ⁶¹¹ οὔτε ⁶¹² οὐκ ⁶¹³ νοσφίσας ⁶¹⁴ ἔρξας ⁶¹⁵ νοσφίσας ⁶¹⁶

mvp-comment-376-1 ἴσος ὢν ἴσοις ⁶¹⁷ ἴσος ὢν ἴσοις ⁶¹⁸ ἴσος ⁶¹⁹

mvp-comment-376-2 L has ἴσως ⁶²⁰ ἐν ἴσοις ⁶²¹ ἔν γ’ ⁶²²

mvp-comment-377-1 ὤλλυθ’ ⁶²³

mvp-comment-377-2 The MS. text here is ὤλλυθ’ ὧδ’ ἀναξίως· τόδε θαῦμ’ ἔχει με ⁶²⁴ τόδε τοι θαῦμά μ’ ἔχει ⁶²⁵ τότ’ ἂν εἰλυόμενος ⁶²⁶ ὤλλυθ’ ὧδ’ ἀναξίως ⁶²⁷ εἷρπε γὰρ ⁶²⁸ εἷρπε δ’ ⁶²⁹ ὤλλυθ’ ⁶³⁰ ὠλέκεθ’ ⁶³¹ ὤλλυτο τῇδ’ ⁶³² ἀναξίως ⁶³³ ἄλλᾳ ⁶³⁴ ἀλλ ⁶³⁵ αχ ⁶³⁶ ᾷ ⁶³⁷

mvp-comment-378-1 ἀμφιπλάκτων ⁶³⁸ κλύζων ⁶³⁹

mvp-comment-379-1 βιοτὰν κατέσχεν ⁶⁴⁰

mvp-comment-380-1 ἵν’ αὐτὸς ἦν πρόσουρος ⁶⁴¹ ἦν ⁶⁴² οἱ ⁶⁴³ πρόσουρος ⁶⁴⁴

mvp-comment-380-2 οὐκ ἔχων βάσιν ⁶⁴⁵ πρόσουρον οὐκ ἔχων βάσιν ⁶⁴⁶ πρόδουλον … βάσιν ⁶⁴⁷ οὔτιν’ ἐς ἔγχωρον ⁶⁴⁸

mvp-comment-381-1 κακογείτονα ⁶⁴⁹

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 ⁶⁵⁰ στόνον ⁶⁵¹ κακογείτονα ⁶⁵²

mvp-comment-382-1 παρ’ ᾧ ⁶⁵³ ἀποκλαύσειεν ⁶⁵⁴

mvp-comment-382-2 ἀντίτυπον ⁶⁵⁵

mvp-comment-382-3 βαρυβρῶτα … αἱματηρόν ⁶⁵⁶ στόνον ⁶⁵⁷

mvp-comment-383-1 ὃς τὰν ⁶⁵⁸ οὐδ’ ὃς τὰν ⁶⁵⁹ οὐδ’ ⁶⁶⁰ τὰν ⁶⁶¹ ὃς τὰν ⁶⁶² οὐδ’ ὃς ⁶⁶³

mvp-comment-383-2 αἱμάδα ⁶⁶⁴ κηκι—ομέναν ⁶⁶⁵

mvp-comment-383-3 ἑλκέων ⁶⁶⁶

mvp-comment-383-4 ἐνθήρου ⁶⁶⁷

mvp-comment-384-1 εἴ τις ἐμπέσοι ⁶⁶⁸ ἑλών ⁶⁶⁹ ἑλεῖν ⁶⁷⁰

mvp-comment-384-2 Some read εἴ τιν’ ἐμπέσοι ⁶⁷¹ εἵ τι ⁶⁷² συμπέσοι ⁶⁷³ ἑλεῖν ⁶⁷⁴

mvp-comment-384-3 φορβάδος ⁶⁷⁵

mvp-comment-385-1 εἷρπε ⁶⁷⁶ ἂν ⁶⁷⁷ εἷρπε ⁶⁷⁸ εἰλυόμενος ⁶⁷⁹

mvp-comment-386-1 παῖς … ὡς ⁶⁸⁰

mvp-comment-387-1 ὅθεν ⁶⁸¹ ὅθεν ὑπάρχοι ⁶⁸²

mvp-comment-387-2 εὐμάρεια … πόρου ⁶⁸³ πόρων ⁶⁸⁴ πόρον ⁶⁸⁵

mvp-comment-387-3 ἐξανείη ⁶⁸⁶

mvp-comment-387-4 δακέθυμος ⁶⁸⁷

mvp-comment-388-1 ἱερᾶς ⁶⁸⁸

mvp-comment-388-2 αἴρων ⁶⁸⁹

mvp-comment-388-3 ἄλλων ⁶⁹⁰ φορβὰν ⁶⁹¹ τῶν ⁶⁹²

mvp-comment-388-4 ἀλφησταί ⁶⁹³

mvp-comment-388-5 ἀνέρες ⁶⁹⁴ α— ⁶⁹⁵

mvp-comment-389-1 πτανοῖς ⁶⁹⁶

mvp-comment-389-2 ἰοῖς ⁶⁹⁷

mvp-comment-390-1 ψυχά, ὃς ⁶⁹⁸

mvp-comment-390-2 ὃς μηδ’ ⁶⁹⁹

mvp-comment-390-3 ἥσθη ⁷⁰⁰

mvp-comment-390-4 οἰνοχύτου ⁷⁰¹

mvp-comment-390-5 δεκέτει χρόνῳ ⁷⁰² δεκέτη χρόνον ⁷⁰³

mvp-comment-391-1 λεύσσων ⁷⁰⁴ ὅπου γνοίη ⁷⁰⁵ προσενώμα ⁷⁰⁶ εἰς στατὸν ὕδωρ ⁷⁰⁷ γνοίη ⁷⁰⁸ προσενώμα ⁷⁰⁹ στατὸν … ὕδωρ ⁷¹⁰

mvp-comment-392-1 ἀνδρῶν ἀγ ⁷¹¹

mvp-comment-392-2 ὑπαντήσας ⁷¹²

mvp-comment-393-1 ἀνύσει εὐδαίμων ⁷¹³

mvp-comment-393-2 ἐκ κείνων ⁷¹⁴

mvp-comment-394-1 ποντοπόρῳ ⁷¹⁵

mvp-comment-394-2 δούρατι ⁷¹⁶

mvp-comment-394-3 πλήθει … μηνῶν ⁷¹⁷

mvp-comment-395-1 πατρίαν ⁷¹⁸ πατρῴαν ⁷¹⁹

mvp-comment-395-2 Μαλιάδων ⁷²⁰ αὐλὰν ⁷²¹ ὄχθας ⁷²²

mvp-comment-395-3 παρ’ ὄχθας ⁷²³ Σπερχειοῦ τε ⁷²⁴ Σπερχειοῖο ⁷²⁵ ὄχθαις ⁷²⁶

mvp-comment-396-1 ὁ χάλκασπις ἀνὴρ ⁷²⁷

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 ⁷²⁸

mvp-comment-397-1 πλάθει ⁷²⁹ πλάθη ⁷³⁰ θείῳ πυρὶ παμφαής ⁷³¹

mvp-comment-397-2 *

is my emendation of the corrupt πᾶσι ⁷³² ὅπου ⁷³³ πᾶσι ⁷³⁴ πλάθει ⁷³⁵ θείῳ ⁷³⁶ πᾶσι ⁷³⁷ πατρὸς ⁷³⁸

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 ⁷³⁹

mvp-comment-399-1 εἰ θέλεις ⁷⁴⁰

mvp-comment-400-1 ἀπόπληκτος ἔχει ⁷⁴¹

mvp-comment-401-1 τί δ’ ἔστιν ⁷⁴² τί ἔστιν ⁷⁴³

mvp-comment-402-1 τῆς παρεστώσης ⁷⁴⁴

mvp-comment-402-2 735 The intrans. κουφίζειν ⁷⁴⁵

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 ⁷⁴⁶ ἰὼ θεοί ⁷⁴⁷

mvp-comment-402-4 τί θεοὺς ἀναστένων καλεῖς ⁷⁴⁸ θεοὺς ⁷⁴⁹

mvp-comment-403-1 κυρῶν ⁷⁵⁰

mvp-comment-404-1 διέρχεται ⁷⁵¹

mvp-comment-404-2 βρύκομαι ⁷⁵²

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 ⁷⁵³ χεροῖν ⁷⁵⁴

mvp-comment-405-2 πάταξον εἰς ἄκρον πόδα ⁷⁵⁵

mvp-comment-406-1 ἴθ’ ὦ παῖ ⁷⁵⁶

mvp-comment-407-1 νεοχμὸν ἐξαίφνης ⁷⁵⁷ σαυτοῦ ⁷⁵⁸ ἰυγήν ⁷⁵⁹ ποεῖ ⁷⁶⁰

mvp-comment-408-1 τί σοί ⁷⁶¹ ἔστιν ⁷⁶²

mvp-comment-409-1 τοὐπίσαγμα ⁷⁶³ τοὐπείσαγμα ⁷⁶⁴ τοὐπίσιγμα ⁷⁶⁵

mvp-comment-410-1 γὰρ ⁷⁶⁶

mvp-comment-410-2 δράσω ⁷⁶⁷

mvp-comment-411-1 ἥκει … ἐξεπλήσθη ⁷⁶⁸ αὕτη ⁷⁶⁹ διὰ χρόνου ⁷⁷⁰ ἥκει ⁷⁷¹ διὰ χρόνου ⁷⁷² πλάνοις ⁷⁷³ ἥκει ⁷⁷⁴ πλάνοις ⁷⁷⁵

mvp-comment-411-2 ἐξεπλήσθη. — ἰώ ⁷⁷⁶ φεῦ ⁷⁷⁷ ἰώ ⁷⁷⁸ ἐξέπλης ⁷⁷⁹ πλάνους ⁷⁸⁰

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 ⁷⁸¹

mvp-comment-411-5 δύστηνε … φανείς ⁷⁸²

mvp-comment-411-6 διὰ πόνων πάντων ⁷⁸³

mvp-comment-412-1 βούλει λάβωμαι ⁷⁸⁴ δῆτα ⁷⁸⁵

mvp-comment-413-1 μοι ⁷⁸⁶

mvp-comment-414-1 ἕως ⁷⁸⁷

mvp-comment-414-2 ἀνῇ ⁷⁸⁸

mvp-comment-415-1 τὸ πῆμα … τῆς νόσου ⁷⁸⁹

mvp-comment-416-1 γὰρ οὖν ⁷⁹⁰

mvp-comment-416-2 ἐξίῃ ⁷⁹¹

mvp-comment-417-1 λῆξαι ⁷⁹²

mvp-comment-418-1 ἕκηλον εὕδειν ⁷⁹³ τῷδε τῷ χρόνῳ ⁷⁹⁴

mvp-comment-418-2 ἐκεῖνοι ⁷⁹⁵

mvp-comment-419-1 ἑκόντα μήτ’ ἄκοντα ⁷⁹⁶ μήτ’ ⁷⁹⁷ μηδ’ ⁷⁹⁸

mvp-comment-419-2 μήτε τῳ τέχνῃ ⁷⁹⁹ μηδέ ⁸⁰⁰ μήτε ⁸⁰¹ τέχνῃ ⁸⁰²

mvp-comment-420-1 πρόστροπον ⁸⁰³

mvp-comment-420-2 κτείνας γένῃ ⁸⁰⁴

mvp-comment-421-1 προνοίας οὕνεκ’ ⁸⁰⁵ γ’ ⁸⁰⁶ οὕνεκα ⁸⁰⁷ γε ⁸⁰⁸

mvp-comment-421-2 πλὴν σοί τε κἀμοί ⁸⁰⁹

mvp-comment-421-3 ξὺν τύχῃ ⁸¹⁰

mvp-comment-422-1 τὸν φθόνον δὲ πρόσκυσον ⁸¹¹

mvp-comment-423-1 μή … γενέσθαι ⁸¹²

mvp-comment-423-2 πολύπονα ⁸¹³

mvp-comment-423-3 μηδ’ ὅπως ⁸¹⁴

mvp-comment-424-1 θεοί ⁸¹⁵

mvp-comment-424-2 γένοιτο … γένοιτο δὲ ⁸¹⁶ ταῦτα νῷν ⁸¹⁷

mvp-comment-424-3 κεὐσταλής ⁸¹⁸

mvp-comment-424-4 ὅποι ποτὲ ⁸¹⁹

mvp-comment-425-1 ἀλλ’ Ὄκνος ⁸²⁰ ἀλλὰ δέδοικ’, ὦ παῖ, μή μ’ ἀτελὴς εὐχή ⁸²¹ ὦ παῖ ⁸²² ἀλλὰ ⁸²³ δέδοικ’ ⁸²⁴ μ’ ⁸²⁵ με ⁸²⁶ εὔχῃ, μή μ’ ἀτελὴς ⁸²⁷ ἀτελῶς ⁸²⁸ εὔχῃ ⁸²⁹ ἔχει ⁸³⁰ ἀτέλεστ’ ⁸³¹

mvp-comment-425-2 For μὴ ⁸³² α ⁸³³

mvp-comment-426-1 κηκῖον ⁸³⁴ νέον ⁸³⁵

mvp-comment-427-1 ἐργάσει ⁸³⁶ προσέρπει ⁸³⁷

mvp-comment-428-1 τάλας ⁸³⁸

mvp-comment-428-2 ἔχετε ⁸³⁹

mvp-comment-428-3 μηδαμῇ ⁸⁴⁰

mvp-comment-429-1 Κεφαλλήν ⁸⁴¹

mvp-comment-429-2 σοῦ ⁸⁴² ἔχοιτο ⁸⁴³ διαμπερὲς στέρνων ⁸⁴⁴ σου ⁸⁴⁵

mvp-comment-430-1 μάλ’ αὖθις ⁸⁴⁶

mvp-comment-430-2 ὦ διπλοῖ στρ. ⁸⁴⁷

mvp-comment-430-3 Ἀγάμεμνον, ὦ Μενέλαε ⁸⁴⁸ Μενέλαέ τ’ Ἀγάμεμνόν τε ⁸⁴⁹ πῶς ἄν ⁸⁵⁰ τρέφοιτε ⁸⁵¹

mvp-comment-430-4 τὸν ἴσον χρόνον ⁸⁵²

mvp-comment-431-1 ὦ Θάνατε ⁸⁵³

mvp-comment-431-2 ἀεὶ … κατ’ ἦμαρ ⁸⁵⁴

mvp-comment-431-3 δύνᾳ ⁸⁵⁵

mvp-comment-432-1 ὦ τέκνον, ὦ γενναῖον ⁸⁵⁶

mvp-comment-432-2 ἀλλὰ ⁸⁵⁷

mvp-comment-433-1 τῷ Λ. τῷδ’ ἀνακ. πυρὶ ⁸⁵⁸

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 ⁸⁵⁹ πυρί μ’ ⁸⁶⁰ συλλαβὼν ⁸⁶¹

mvp-comment-435-1 τὸν τοῦ Διὸς παῖδ’ ⁸⁶²

mvp-comment-435-2 σῴζεις ⁸⁶³

mvp-comment-435-3 τοῦτ’ ⁸⁶⁴

mvp-comment-435-4 ἐπηξίωσα ⁸⁶⁵

mvp-comment-435-5 δρᾶν ⁸⁶⁶

mvp-comment-436-1 τί φής, παῖ ⁸⁶⁷

mvp-comment-436-2 ποῦ ποτ’ ὤν ⁸⁶⁸

mvp-comment-437-1 πάλαι δὴ ⁸⁶⁹

mvp-comment-437-2 τἀπὶ σοὶ … κακά ⁸⁷⁰

mvp-comment-438-1 καὶ θάρσος ἴσχε ⁸⁷¹ καὶ ⁸⁷² μοι. ⁸⁷³

mvp-comment-438-2 φοιτᾷ ⁸⁷⁴

mvp-comment-438-3 ὀξεῖα, ταχεῖα ⁸⁷⁵

mvp-comment-439-1 οὐ μήν ⁸⁷⁶

mvp-comment-439-2 ἔνορκον … θέσθαι ⁸⁷⁷

mvp-comment-440-1 ὡς ⁸⁷⁸ θέμις ⁸⁷⁹ γε ⁸⁸⁰ θέμις ⁸⁸¹

mvp-comment-440-2 ἐμοὔστι ⁸⁸²

mvp-comment-441-1 ἔμβαλλε ⁸⁸³

mvp-comment-442-1 ἐκεῖσε νῦν μ’ ⁸⁸⁴ ἐκεῖσε ⁸⁸⁵ ἐκεῖσε ⁸⁸⁶ ἄνω ⁸⁸⁷ παραφρονεῖς αὖ ⁸⁸⁸ τὸν ἄνω λεύσσεις κύκλον ⁸⁸⁹ εἴ τι δὴ πλέον φρονεῖς ⁸⁹⁰

mvp-comment-443-1 αὖ ⁸⁹¹

mvp-comment-443-2 τὸν ἄνω κύκλον ⁸⁹²

mvp-comment-444-1 ποτέ ⁸⁹³

mvp-comment-444-2 ἀπό μ’ ὀλεῖς ⁸⁹⁴

mvp-comment-445-1 καὶ δὴ μεθίημ’ ⁸⁹⁵

mvp-comment-445-2 εἴ τι δὴ ⁸⁹⁶

mvp-comment-445-3 πλέον φρονεῖς ⁸⁹⁷ εἰ ⁸⁹⁸

mvp-comment-446-1 θανάσιμον ⁸⁹⁹

mvp-comment-446-2 ὅπως ἔχω ⁹⁰⁰

mvp-comment-446-3 ὀρθοῦσθαι ⁹⁰¹

mvp-comment-447-1 οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου ⁹⁰²

mvp-comment-448-1 γέ τοι ⁹⁰³

mvp-comment-449-1 ἄκρον … ποδὸς ⁹⁰⁴ φλέψ ⁹⁰⁵

mvp-comment-450-1 ὄμμασι δ’ ἀντίσχοις ⁹⁰⁶ τάνδ’ αἴγλαν ἃ τέταται τανῦν ⁹⁰⁷ τάνδε ⁹⁰⁸ αἴγλαν ⁹⁰⁹ τέταται ⁹¹⁰

mvp-comment-450-2 The words could not mean, ‘keep off this sunlight from his eyes.’ ὄμμασι ⁹¹¹ ἀντίσχοις ⁹¹² αἴγλαν ⁹¹³ ἀντίσχοις ⁹¹⁴ τάνδ’ αἴγλαν ⁹¹⁵

mvp-comment-451-1 ἴθι ἴθι ⁹¹⁶

mvp-comment-452-1 ποῦ στάσει ⁹¹⁷

mvp-comment-453-1 The MSS. give here ποῖ δὲ βάσει πῶς δέ μοι τἀντεῦθεν ⁹¹⁸ κεῖνό μοι, κεῖνο λάθρᾳ ⁹¹⁹ ποῖ δέ μοι τἀνθένδε βάσει ⁹²⁰ ποῖ ⁹²¹ φροντίδος ⁹²²

mvp-comment-453-2 τἀνθένδε ⁹²³

mvp-comment-454-1 ὁρᾷς ἤδη ⁹²⁴ ὁρᾷς, εὕδει ⁹²⁵

mvp-comment-455-1 πρὸς τί μενοῦμεν ⁹²⁶ πράσσειν ⁹²⁷

mvp-comment-456-1 καιρός ⁹²⁸ πάντων γνώμαν ἴσχων ⁹²⁹

mvp-comment-456-2 < πολύ τι > πολὺ ⁹³⁰

mvp-comment-456-3 παρὰ πόδα ⁹³¹

mvp-comment-457-1 ἀλλ’ ὅδε μὲν ⁹³²

mvp-comment-457-2 θήραν … ἔχομεν ⁹³³

mvp-comment-458-1 τοῦδε … τοῦτον ⁹³⁴

mvp-comment-458-2 ὁ στέφανος ⁹³⁵

mvp-comment-459-1 κομπεῖν δ’ ⁹³⁶ ἀτελῆ σὺν ψεύδεσιν ⁹³⁷

mvp-comment-460-1 ἀλλά, τέκνον ⁹³⁸

mvp-comment-460-2 ὀψεται ⁹³⁹

mvp-comment-461-1 ὧν ⁹⁴⁰ λόγων ⁹⁴¹ ἀμείβῃ ⁹⁴²

mvp-comment-462-1 πάντων ⁹⁴³ λεύσσειν ⁹⁴⁴ εὐδρακὴς ⁹⁴⁵

mvp-comment-463-1 ἀλλ’ ὅτι δύνᾳ ⁹⁴⁶ λάθρᾳ ⁹⁴⁷

mvp-comment-463-2 δύνᾳ ⁹⁴⁸

mvp-comment-463-3 κεῖνο … κεῖνο ⁹⁴⁹ δή ⁹⁵⁰

mvp-comment-463-4 μοι ⁹⁵¹

mvp-comment-463-5 ὅτι δ. μάκιστον ⁹⁵² ἐξιδοῦ ⁹⁵³

mvp-comment-463-6 ὅπᾳ ⁹⁵⁴ ὅπως ⁹⁵⁵

mvp-comment-464-1 οἶσθα γὰρ ἃν … πάθη ⁹⁵⁶ ἃν ⁹⁵⁷ ὧν ⁹⁵⁸ ὃν ⁹⁵⁹ γνώμαν ⁹⁶⁰ οἶσθα γὰρ ἃν αὐδῶμαι ⁹⁶¹ ταύταν ⁹⁶² κεῖνο ⁹⁶³ τούτῳ ⁹⁶⁴ πυκινοῖς ⁹⁶⁵ ἐνιδεῖν ⁹⁶⁶ ἄπορα πάθη ⁹⁶⁷

mvp-comment-465-1 οὖρος ⁹⁶⁸

mvp-comment-466-1 οὐδ’ ἔχων ἀρωγὰν ⁹⁶⁹ νύχιος ⁹⁷⁰

mvp-comment-467-1 ἀλεὴς ὕπνος ἐσθλός ⁹⁷¹ ἀλεής ⁹⁷² ἀλέας ⁹⁷³ ἀδεὴς ⁹⁷⁴ δ’ ⁹⁷⁵ ἀλεὴς ⁹⁷⁶

mvp-comment-467-2 Some reject ἀλεὴς ὕπνος ἐσθλός ⁹⁷⁷ ἀδεὴς ⁹⁷⁸ ἀδεὴς πόνος ἐσθλός ⁹⁷⁹ πόνος ὁ μὴ φοβῶν κράτιστος ⁹⁸⁰ ἀδεὴς πόνος ἐσθλός ⁹⁸¹

mvp-comment-468-1 οὔ τινος ⁹⁸²

mvp-comment-469-1 Ἀΐδᾳ πάρα κείμενος ⁹⁸³ παρακείμενος ⁹⁸⁴

mvp-comment-470-1 ὅρα, βλέπ’ ⁹⁸⁵ ὅρα ⁹⁸⁶ ὁρᾷ ⁹⁸⁷

mvp-comment-470-2 εἰ καίρια φθέγγει ⁹⁸⁸

mvp-comment-471-1 τὸ δ’ ἁλώσιμον ἐμᾷ φρ. ⁹⁸⁹

mvp-comment-471-2 πόνος ὁ μὴ φοβῶν κράτιστος ⁹⁹⁰ ὁ μὴ φοβῶν ⁹⁹¹ πόνος ⁹⁹²

mvp-comment-472-1 μηδ’ ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν ⁹⁹³

mvp-comment-473-1 ὦ φέγγος ⁹⁹⁴ τό τ’ ⁹⁹⁵

mvp-comment-473-2 ἐλπίδων ἄπιστον ⁹⁹⁶ οἰκούρημα ⁹⁹⁷

mvp-comment-474-1 τοῦτ’ ⁹⁹⁸ ἐξηύχης’ ⁹⁹⁹ τλῆναι ¹⁰⁰⁰ ἂν ¹⁰⁰¹ τλῆναι ¹⁰⁰² ἐξηύχης’ ¹⁰⁰³

mvp-comment-474-2 μεῖναι ¹⁰⁰⁴ τἀμὰ πήματα ¹⁰⁰⁵

mvp-comment-474-3 ξυνωφελοῦντά μοι ¹⁰⁰⁶

mvp-comment-475-1 οὔκουν ¹⁰⁰⁷

mvp-comment-475-2 εὐφόρως ¹⁰⁰⁸ εὐπόρως ¹⁰⁰⁹

mvp-comment-476-1 κἀξ εὐγενῶν ¹⁰¹⁰ ἐν εὐχερεῖ ἔθου ¹⁰¹¹

mvp-comment-476-2 γέμων ¹⁰¹²

mvp-comment-477-1 λήθη ¹⁰¹³

mvp-comment-477-2 δή ¹⁰¹⁴

mvp-comment-478-1 σύ μ’ αὐτὸς … ποτέ ¹⁰¹⁵ κόπος ¹⁰¹⁶ ού μ’ αὐτὸς ἆρον, σύ με κατάστησον ¹⁰¹⁷

mvp-comment-478-2 νῦν δ’ αἶρε σαυτόν ¹⁰¹⁸ ἵν’, ἡνίκ’ ἂν κόπος μ’ ἀπαλλάξῃ ποτέ ¹⁰¹⁹

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 ¹⁰²⁰ τὸ πλεῖν ¹⁰²¹

mvp-comment-480-1 ἀλλ’ ἥδομαι μέν ¹⁰²² μέν ¹⁰²³

mvp-comment-480-2 ἀνώδυνον ¹⁰²⁴

mvp-comment-480-3 βλέποντα ¹⁰²⁵

mvp-comment-480-4 κἀμπνέοντ’ ¹⁰²⁶

mvp-comment-481-1 ὡς οὐκέτ’ ὄντος ¹⁰²⁷ συμβόλαια ¹⁰²⁸ τὰς παρούσας ξυμφορὰς ¹⁰²⁹ πρὸς ¹⁰³⁰ τὰς παρ. ξυμφοράς ¹⁰³¹ πρὸς τὰς παρ. ξυμφορὰς ¹⁰³²

mvp-comment-481-2 συμβόλαια ¹⁰³³

mvp-comment-482-1 νῦν δ’ αἶρε σαυτόν ¹⁰³⁴

mvp-comment-482-2 εἰ δέ σοι μᾶλλον φίλον ¹⁰³⁵

mvp-comment-482-3 τοῦ πόνου γὰρ ¹⁰³⁶

mvp-comment-483-1 αἰνῶ τάδ’, ὦ παῖ ¹⁰³⁷ αἰνῶ τάδε ¹⁰³⁸

mvp-comment-484-1 ἔασον ¹⁰³⁹

mvp-comment-484-2 ὀσμῇ ¹⁰⁴⁰

mvp-comment-484-3 συνναίειν ¹⁰⁴¹

mvp-comment-485-1 ἔσται τάδ’ ¹⁰⁴²

mvp-comment-485-2 ἵστω ¹⁰⁴³

mvp-comment-485-3 καὐτὸς ἀντέχου ¹⁰⁴⁴

mvp-comment-486-1 σύνηθες … ἔθος ¹⁰⁴⁵

mvp-comment-487-1 τί δῆτ’ ἂν δρῷμ’ ¹⁰⁴⁶

mvp-comment-487-2 δρῷμ’ ¹⁰⁴⁷

mvp-comment-487-3 τοὐνθένδε γε ¹⁰⁴⁸ γε ¹⁰⁴⁹

mvp-comment-488-1 ἐξέβης ¹⁰⁵⁰

mvp-comment-488-2 λόγῳ ¹⁰⁵¹ λόγων ¹⁰⁵²

mvp-comment-489-1 οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅποι χρὴ ¹⁰⁵³ στρέφειν ¹⁰⁵⁴ τρέπειν ¹⁰⁵⁵

mvp-comment-490-1 ἀπορεῖς δὲ τοῦ σύ ¹⁰⁵⁶

mvp-comment-491-1 ἐνθάδε … τοῦδε τοῦ πάθους ¹⁰⁵⁷

mvp-comment-492-1 οὐ δή ¹⁰⁵⁸ ὥστε ¹⁰⁵⁹ ἔπεισεν ¹⁰⁶⁰

mvp-comment-492-2 ναύτην ¹⁰⁶¹

mvp-comment-493-1 ἅπαντα δυσχέρεια ¹⁰⁶²

mvp-comment-493-2 τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν ¹⁰⁶³ λιπών ¹⁰⁶⁴ τὰ μὴ προσεικότα ¹⁰⁶⁵

mvp-comment-494-1 οὐδὲν ἔξω τοῦ φυτεύσαντος ¹⁰⁶⁶ φυτεύσαντος ¹⁰⁶⁷ προσεικότος ¹⁰⁶⁸ τοὐμφυτευθέντος ¹⁰⁶⁹

mvp-comment-494-2 ἐσθλὸν ¹⁰⁷⁰

mvp-comment-495-1 πάλαι ¹⁰⁷¹

mvp-comment-496-1 οὔκουν ¹⁰⁷² ἐν οἷς γε δρᾷς ¹⁰⁷³ ἐν οἷς δὲ αὐδᾷς ¹⁰⁷⁴

mvp-comment-496-2 ὀκνῶ ¹⁰⁷⁵ δρᾷς ¹⁰⁷⁶

mvp-comment-497-1 δράσω ¹⁰⁷⁷ λέγων αἴσχιστ’ ἐπῶν ¹⁰⁷⁸ κρύπτων ἃ μὴ δεῖ ¹⁰⁷⁹

mvp-comment-498-1 ἁνὴρ ὅδ’ ¹⁰⁸⁰

mvp-comment-498-2 εἰ μὴ )γὼ ¹⁰⁸¹ γνώμην ¹⁰⁸² γνώμων ¹⁰⁸³

mvp-comment-498-3 τὸν πλοῦν στελεῖν ¹⁰⁸⁴

mvp-comment-499-1 λιπὼν ¹⁰⁸⁵

mvp-comment-499-2 πέμπω ¹⁰⁸⁶ πέμπων ¹⁰⁸⁷ τοῦτ’ ¹⁰⁸⁸ τοῦτ’ ἀνιῶμαι πάλαι ¹⁰⁸⁹

mvp-comment-500-1 οὐδέν σε κρύψω ¹⁰⁹⁰

mvp-comment-500-2 γὰρ ¹⁰⁹¹

mvp-comment-501-1 τί <δ)> εἶπας ¹⁰⁹² δ’ ¹⁰⁹³ τί εἶπας ¹⁰⁹⁴ τί μ’ εἶπας ¹⁰⁹⁵ τί γ’ εἶπας ¹⁰⁹⁶

mvp-comment-501-2 πρὶν μάθῃς ¹⁰⁹⁷

mvp-comment-501-3 ποῖον μάθημα ¹⁰⁹⁸

mvp-comment-501-4 δρᾶσαι ¹⁰⁹⁹

mvp-comment-502-1 σῶσαι κακοῦ ¹¹⁰⁰

mvp-comment-502-2 ξὺν σοὶ ¹¹⁰¹

mvp-comment-503-1 καὶ ταῦτ’ ¹¹⁰²

mvp-comment-503-2 ἀληθῆ ¹¹⁰³

mvp-comment-503-3 κρατεῖ τούτων ¹¹⁰⁴

mvp-comment-504-1 ὦ ξένε ¹¹⁰⁵

mvp-comment-505-1 ἀλλ’ οὐχ οἷόν τε ¹¹⁰⁶

mvp-comment-505-2 τῶν ἐν τέλει ¹¹⁰⁷

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 ¹¹⁰⁸ πῦρ ¹¹⁰⁹ δεῖμα ¹¹¹⁰

mvp-comment-506-2 πᾶν δεῖμα ¹¹¹¹ δεῖμα ¹¹¹²

mvp-comment-506-3 πανουργίας … τέχνημα ¹¹¹³ τέχνημα ¹¹¹⁴

mvp-comment-507-1 εἰργάσω ¹¹¹⁵

mvp-comment-508-1 τὸν προστρόπαιον ¹¹¹⁶

mvp-comment-509-1 τὸν βίον ¹¹¹⁷

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 ¹¹¹⁸

mvp-comment-510-2 με μὴ ἀφέλῃ ¹¹¹⁹

mvp-comment-511-1 προσφωνεῖ ¹¹²⁰

mvp-comment-511-2 ὡς μεθήσων μήποθ’ ¹¹²¹ ὁρᾷ πάλιν ¹¹²²

mvp-comment-512-1 λιμένες ¹¹²³ προβλῆτες ¹¹²⁴

mvp-comment-512-2 ξυνουσίαι θηρῶν ¹¹²⁵

mvp-comment-512-3 καταρρῶγες ¹¹²⁶

mvp-comment-513-1 λέγω ¹¹²⁷

mvp-comment-513-2 ἀνακλαίομαι ¹¹²⁸

mvp-comment-513-3 παροῦσι ¹¹²⁹ τοῖς εἰωθόσιν ¹¹³⁰ παροῦσι ¹¹³¹

mvp-comment-514-1 ὀμόσας ¹¹³²

mvp-comment-514-2 προσθείς ¹¹³³ προθείς ¹¹³⁴

mvp-comment-515-1 ἱερὰ ¹¹³⁵ τοῦ Ζηνὸς Ἡρακλέους ¹¹³⁶ ἱερὰ ¹¹³⁷ τοῦ Ζ. Ἡρ ¹¹³⁸ τοῦ Ζ. Ἡρακλ. ¹¹³⁹

mvp-comment-516-1 φήνασθαι ¹¹⁴⁰ φήνασθαι ¹¹⁴¹ φήνασθαι ¹¹⁴²

mvp-comment-516-2 Seyffert, placing only a comma after θέλει ¹¹⁴³ κοὐχ ὡς ¹¹⁴⁴ κοὐκ οἶδ’ ¹¹⁴⁵ ὡς ¹¹⁴⁶ κοὐχ ὡς ¹¹⁴⁷ ὡς ¹¹⁴⁸ θέλει ¹¹⁴⁹ ὡς ἑλὼν ¹¹⁵⁰

mvp-comment-517-1 κοὐκ οἶδ’ ¹¹⁵¹

mvp-comment-517-2 ἐναίρων νεκρὸν ¹¹⁵²

mvp-comment-517-3 καπνοῦ σκιάν ¹¹⁵³

mvp-comment-517-4 εἴδωλον ἄλλως ¹¹⁵⁴ ἄλλως ¹¹⁵⁵

mvp-comment-518-1 ἐπεὶ οὐδ’ ¹¹⁵⁶

mvp-comment-519-1 ἀλλ’ ¹¹⁵⁷

mvp-comment-519-2 ἀλλὰ νῦν ¹¹⁵⁸

mvp-comment-519-3 ἐν σαυτῷ γενοῦ ¹¹⁵⁹ ἔτι ¹¹⁶⁰ ἐν σαυτοῦ ¹¹⁶¹

mvp-comment-520-1 σιωπᾷς ¹¹⁶² οὐδέν εἰμ’ ¹¹⁶³

mvp-comment-521-1 ὦ σχῆμα πέτρας δίπυλον ¹¹⁶⁴ σχῆμα ¹¹⁶⁵

mvp-comment-521-2 αὖθις αὖ πάλιν ¹¹⁶⁶

mvp-comment-521-3 953 The MSS. and edd. give πρὸς σὲ ¹¹⁶⁷ πρός σε ¹¹⁶⁸

mvp-comment-521-4 ψιλός ¹¹⁶⁹

mvp-comment-522-1 αὐανοῦμαι ¹¹⁷⁰

mvp-comment-523-1 πτηνὸν ¹¹⁷¹ ὀρειβάτην ¹¹⁷²

mvp-comment-523-2 τοισίδ’ ¹¹⁷³ τοισίδ’ ¹¹⁷⁴ τοῖσδ’ ἔτ’ ¹¹⁷⁵

mvp-comment-524-1 παρέξω δαῖτα ¹¹⁷⁶ ὑφ’ ὧν ἐφερβ ¹¹⁷⁷

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 ¹¹⁷⁸ ἀπό ¹¹⁷⁹

mvp-comment-525-1 καί μ’ ¹¹⁸⁰ κἄμ’ ¹¹⁸¹ ἐθήρων ¹¹⁸² θηράσουσι ¹¹⁸³

mvp-comment-526-1 ῥύσιον ¹¹⁸⁴ φόνον φόνου … ῥύσιον τείσω ¹¹⁸⁵ φόνου ¹¹⁸⁶

mvp-comment-526-2 τοῦ δοκοῦντος ¹¹⁸⁷

mvp-comment-526-3 οὐδὲν εἰδέναι κακόν ¹¹⁸⁸

mvp-comment-527-1 ὄλοιο ¹¹⁸⁹

mvp-comment-527-2 μήπω ¹¹⁹⁰ μήπω ¹¹⁹¹

mvp-comment-527-3 πρὶν μάθοιμ’ ¹¹⁹²

mvp-comment-527-4 εἰ καὶ πάλιν ¹¹⁹³ καὶ ¹¹⁹⁴ εἰ ¹¹⁹⁵ καὶ ¹¹⁹⁶ εἰ καὶ πάλιν ¹¹⁹⁷

mvp-comment-527-5 καὶ ¹¹⁹⁸ πάλιν ¹¹⁹⁹ μετοίσεις ¹²⁰⁰ πάλιν μετοίσεις ¹²⁰¹

mvp-comment-528-1 δρῶμεν ¹²⁰²

mvp-comment-528-2 ἐν σοὶ ¹²⁰³

mvp-comment-528-3 προσχωρεῖν ¹²⁰⁴

mvp-comment-529-1 ἐμοὶ μὲν ¹²⁰⁵

mvp-comment-529-2 ἐμπέπτωκε ¹²⁰⁶ οὐ νῦν πρῶτον ¹²⁰⁷

mvp-comment-530-1 ἐλἐησον ¹²⁰⁸

mvp-comment-530-2 παρῇς σαυτοῦ βρ. ὄνειδος ¹²⁰⁹

mvp-comment-530-3 ἐκκλέψας ¹²¹⁰

mvp-comment-531-1 μήποτ’ ¹²¹¹ λιπεῖν ¹²¹² ὤφελον ¹²¹³

mvp-comment-531-2 Σκῦρον ¹²¹⁴

mvp-comment-532-1 νῦν δ’ ἄλλοισι δοὺς ¹²¹⁵ οἷς εἰκός ¹²¹⁶ οὐκ εἶ κακὸς σύ ¹²¹⁷ ἄλλοισι ¹²¹⁸

mvp-comment-532-2 Other interpretations are: (1) δοὺς ¹²¹⁹ ἄλλοις σε δοὺς ¹²²⁰ οἷα ¹²²¹ ἄλλοισι ¹²²²

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 ¹²²³

mvp-comment-533-1 πέπραμαι ¹²²⁴

mvp-comment-534-1 ἅμ’ αὐτοῖς ¹²²⁵ στελοῦσί σε ¹²²⁶ αὐτοῖς ¹²²⁷

mvp-comment-535-1 τολμήστατε ¹²²⁸

mvp-comment-536-1 οἵδ’ ¹²²⁹

mvp-comment-536-2 μὴ ἕρπῃς ¹²³⁰ η ¹²³¹ ε ¹²³² α ¹²³³ γ’ ¹²³⁴ ἕρπῃς ¹²³⁵

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

mvp-comment-536-4 τὸ παγκρατὲς σέλας Ἡφαιστότευκτον ¹²³⁶

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 ¹²³⁷

mvp-comment-537-2 τῶν σῶν ¹²³⁸

mvp-comment-538-1 Ζεύς ¹²³⁹ ἵν’ εἰδῇς ¹²⁴⁰

mvp-comment-539-1 μῖσος ¹²⁴¹

mvp-comment-539-2 καὶ ἐξανευρίσκεις ¹²⁴² λέγειν ¹²⁴³ λέγων ¹²⁴⁴

mvp-comment-540-1 προτείνων ¹²⁴⁵ ψευδεῖς τίθης ¹²⁴⁶

mvp-comment-541-1 ἀληθεῖς ¹²⁴⁷

mvp-comment-541-2 ἡ δ’ ὁδὸς ¹²⁴⁸

mvp-comment-542-1 οὐ φήμ’ ¹²⁴⁹

mvp-comment-542-2 ἐγὼ δὲ φημί ¹²⁵⁰

mvp-comment-542-3 πειστέον τάδε ¹²⁵¹

mvp-comment-543-1 ἡμᾶς μὲν ¹²⁵²

mvp-comment-544-1 τοῖς ἀρίστοισιν ¹²⁵³

mvp-comment-544-2 κατασκάψαι ¹²⁵⁴

mvp-comment-545-1 οὐδέποτέ γ’ ¹²⁵⁵

mvp-comment-545-2 πᾶν … κακόν ¹²⁵⁶

mvp-comment-545-3 γῆς τόδ’ αἰπεινὸν βάθρον ¹²⁵⁷

mvp-comment-546-1 ἐργασείεις ¹²⁵⁸

mvp-comment-547-1 πέτρᾳ ¹²⁵⁹ αἱμάξω ¹²⁶⁰

mvp-comment-547-2 πέτρας ¹²⁶¹ πεσών ¹²⁶² ἄνωθεν ¹²⁶³

mvp-comment-548-1 ξυλλάβετον αὐτόν ¹²⁶⁴ ξυλλάβετ’ αὐτόν ¹²⁶⁵ γε ¹²⁶⁶ ξυλλάβετε ¹²⁶⁷

mvp-comment-548-2 μὴ )πὶ τῷδ’ ¹²⁶⁸

mvp-comment-549-1 ὦ χεῖρες ¹²⁶⁹

mvp-comment-549-2 ἐν χρείᾳ ¹²⁷⁰

mvp-comment-549-3 συνθηρώμεναι ¹²⁷¹

mvp-comment-550-1 ὦ μηδὲν ὑγιὲς … φρονῶν ¹²⁷²

mvp-comment-550-2 μηδὲν ὑγιές ¹²⁷³

mvp-comment-550-3 ἐλεύθερον ¹²⁷⁴

mvp-comment-551-1 οἷ’ αὖ μ’ ὑπῆλθες ¹²⁷⁵

mvp-comment-551-2 ὑπῆλθες ¹²⁷⁶

mvp-comment-552-1 πρόβλημα ¹²⁷⁷

mvp-comment-553-1 ἀνάξιον μὲν σοῦ ¹²⁷⁸ σοῦ ¹²⁷⁹

mvp-comment-553-2 οὐδὲν ᾔδει πλὴν ¹²⁸⁰

mvp-comment-554-1 καὶ νῦν ¹²⁸¹

mvp-comment-554-2 οἷς ¹²⁸²

mvp-comment-555-1 διὰ μυχῶν βλέπους’ ¹²⁸³

mvp-comment-555-2 ἀφυᾶ ¹²⁸⁴ ‐εα ¹²⁸⁵ ε ¹²⁸⁶ ‐εᾶ ¹²⁸⁷ ι ¹²⁸⁸ υ ¹²⁸⁹ ‐ιᾶ ¹²⁹⁰ ‐λῆ; ‐υᾶ ¹²⁹¹ ‐υῆ ¹²⁹² ᾶ ¹²⁹³ ῆ ¹²⁹⁴

mvp-comment-555-3 προὐδίδαξεν ¹²⁹⁵

mvp-comment-556-1 συνδήσας ¹²⁹⁶ ἄγειν ¹²⁹⁷

mvp-comment-556-2 προὐβάλου ¹²⁹⁸

mvp-comment-556-3 ἄπολιν ¹²⁹⁹

mvp-comment-557-1 θεοὶ ¹³⁰⁰

mvp-comment-557-2 1022 ff. Seyffert puts a comma after ζῶ ¹³⁰¹ σὺν κακοῖς πολλοῖς ¹³⁰² γελώμενος ¹³⁰³ σὺν κακοῖς πολλοῖς ¹³⁰⁴ ζῶ ¹³⁰⁵ σὺν κακοῖς πολλοῖς ¹³⁰⁶ ζῶ ¹³⁰⁷

mvp-comment-557-3 τῶν Ἀτρέως … στρατηγῶν ¹³⁰⁸

mvp-comment-558-1 κλοπῇ τε κἀνάγκῃ ζυγεὶς ¹³⁰⁹ ζυγεὶς ¹³¹⁰

mvp-comment-559-1 ἑπτὰ ναυσὶ ¹³¹¹

mvp-comment-560-1 ἔβαλον ¹³¹² ὡς σὺ φής ¹³¹³

mvp-comment-561-1 ἄγετε ¹³¹⁴ ἀπάγεσθε ¹³¹⁵

mvp-comment-561-2 οὐδέν εἰμι ¹³¹⁶ τέθνηχ’ ὑμῖν ¹³¹⁷

mvp-comment-562-1 σοι ¹³¹⁸

mvp-comment-562-2 δυσώδης ¹³¹⁹

mvp-comment-562-3 πῶς … ἔξεσθ’, ὁμοῦ ¹³²⁰ πῶς … εὔξεσθ’, ἐμοῦ ¹³²¹ εὔξεσθ’ ¹³²² εὔξεσθ’ ¹³²³ ἔξεσθ’ ¹³²⁴ ὁμοῦ ¹³²⁵ ἐμοῦ ¹³²⁶ εὔξεσθ’ ἐμοῦ ¹³²⁷ ἔξεστ’ ἐμοῦ ¹³²⁸ ἔξεσθ’ ὁμοῦ ¹³²⁹ θ’ ¹³³⁰ θεοῖς ¹³³¹

mvp-comment-562-4 Against ἔξεσθ’ ¹³³²

mvp-comment-563-1 ὄλοισθ)· ὀλεῖσθε δ’ ¹³³³

mvp-comment-564-1 μέλει γ’ ¹³³⁴

mvp-comment-564-2 ἐπεὶ οὔποτ’ ¹³³⁵ ἀνδρὸς ἀθλίου ¹³³⁶

mvp-comment-564-3 1039 For the place of τι ¹³³⁷

mvp-comment-564-4 κέντρον … ἐμοῦ ¹³³⁸

mvp-comment-565-1 θεοί τ’ ἐπόψιοι ¹³³⁹

mvp-comment-565-2 Thus the invocation of πατρῴα γῆ ¹³⁴⁰ ἐπόψιοι ¹³⁴¹

mvp-comment-566-1 τείσασθε ¹³⁴²

mvp-comment-566-2 ἀλλὰ τῷ χρόνῳ ¹³⁴³

mvp-comment-567-1 κἄμ’ ¹³⁴⁴

mvp-comment-568-1 τῆς vόσου ¹³⁴⁵

mvp-comment-569-1 βαρύς ¹³⁴⁶

mvp-comment-569-2 κοὐχ ὑπείκ. ¹³⁴⁷

mvp-comment-570-1 παρείκοι ¹³⁴⁸

mvp-comment-570-2 ἑνὸς κρατῶ λόγου ¹³⁴⁹

mvp-comment-571-1 γὰρ ¹³⁵⁰

mvp-comment-571-2 τοιούτων ¹³⁵¹ τοιούτων ¹³⁵² πανούργων ¹³⁵³

mvp-comment-571-3 κρίσις ¹³⁵⁴

mvp-comment-571-4 μου ¹³⁵⁵

mvp-comment-572-1 νικᾶν ¹³⁵⁶

mvp-comment-572-2 γε μέντοι ¹³⁵⁷

mvp-comment-572-3 εἰς σέ ¹³⁵⁸

mvp-comment-572-4 ἐκστήσομαι ¹³⁵⁹

mvp-comment-573-1 ἄφετε γὰρ αὐτόν ¹³⁶⁰ γὰρ ¹³⁶¹

mvp-comment-573-2 οὐδὲ σοῦ ¹³⁶² οὐδέ σου ¹³⁶³ προσχρῄζομεν ¹³⁶⁴ σοῦ ¹³⁶⁵ τά γ’ ὅπλ’ ¹³⁶⁶

mvp-comment-574-1 Τεῦκρος ¹³⁶⁷ τήνδ’ ἐπιστήμην ¹³⁶⁸

mvp-comment-574-2 παρ’ ἡμῖν ¹³⁶⁹ πάρεστι ¹³⁷⁰

mvp-comment-575-1 ἐγώ θ’ ¹³⁷¹

mvp-comment-575-2 μηδ’ ἐπιθύνειν ¹³⁷²

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’ ¹³⁷³ οὐδὲν ¹³⁷⁴ οὐδὲν ¹³⁷⁵ κάκιον ¹³⁷⁶ κρατύνειν ¹³⁷⁷

mvp-comment-575-4 (2) The less probable view is that οὐδὲν ¹³⁷⁸ κρατύνειν ¹³⁷⁹ μηδ’ ¹³⁸⁰ ἐπιθύνειν ¹³⁸¹ οἶμαι ¹³⁸² οὐ ¹³⁸³ μηδέ ¹³⁸⁴ οὐ … μηδέ ¹³⁸⁵ οὐ … οὐδέ ¹³⁸⁶

mvp-comment-575-5 Nauck's conjecture, ἠδ’ ἐπευθύνειν ¹³⁸⁷

mvp-comment-576-1 τὴν Αῆμνον ¹³⁸⁸

mvp-comment-577-1 γέρας ¹³⁸⁹

mvp-comment-577-2 ἣν σὲ χρῆν ¹³⁹⁰ ἣν σ’ ἐχρῆν ¹³⁹¹

mvp-comment-577-3 1064 Since ἐν ¹³⁹² Ἀργείοις ¹³⁹³ ὅπλοισι κοσμηθεὶς ¹³⁹⁴

mvp-comment-578-1 μή μ’ ἀντιφώνει ¹³⁹⁵

mvp-comment-578-2 δή ¹³⁹⁶

mvp-comment-579-1 προσφθεγκτός ¹³⁹⁷

mvp-comment-579-2 οὕτως ¹³⁹⁸

mvp-comment-580-1 γενναῖός περ ὤν ¹³⁹⁹ τὴν τύχην διαφθερεῖς ¹⁴⁰⁰

mvp-comment-580-2 ὅπως μὴ ¹⁴⁰¹

mvp-comment-581-1 ναυκράτωρ ¹⁴⁰²

mvp-comment-582-1 ἀκούσομαι ¹⁴⁰³

mvp-comment-583-1 εἰς ὅσον ¹⁴⁰⁴

mvp-comment-583-2 τά … ἐκ νεὼς στείλωσι ¹⁴⁰⁵ στείλωσι ¹⁴⁰⁶

mvp-comment-583-3 θεοῖς εὐξώμεθα ¹⁴⁰⁷

mvp-comment-584-1 ὁρμώμεθον ¹⁴⁰⁸

mvp-comment-585-1 ὁρμᾶσθαι ¹⁴⁰⁹ ταχεῖς ¹⁴¹⁰

mvp-comment-586-1 γύαλον ¹⁴¹¹ κοίλας πέτρας ¹⁴¹²

mvp-comment-586-2 θερμὸν καὶ παγετῶδες ¹⁴¹³

mvp-comment-587-1 θνῄσκοντι συνείσει ¹⁴¹⁴ συνοίσει ¹⁴¹⁵ συνοίσει ¹⁴¹⁶ συνοίσει ¹⁴¹⁷ συνοίσεις ¹⁴¹⁸ συνοίσει ¹⁴¹⁹ συνείσει ¹⁴²⁰

mvp-comment-588-1 αὔλιον ¹⁴²¹

mvp-comment-588-2 λύπας τᾶς ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ¹⁴²² πληρέστατον ¹⁴²³

mvp-comment-589-1 τίπτ’ αὖ ¹⁴²⁴

mvp-comment-589-2 τὸ κατ’ ἆμαρ ¹⁴²⁵

mvp-comment-590-1 σιτονόμου … ἐλπίδος ¹⁴²⁶

mvp-comment-590-2 τοῦ … πόθεν ¹⁴²⁷

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 ¹⁴²⁸ εἴθ’ ¹⁴²⁹ μ’ ἕλοιεν ¹⁴³⁰ ἕλωσί μ’ ¹⁴³¹ ἐλῶσιν ¹⁴³² ἕλωσί μ’ ¹⁴³³ ἴσχω ¹⁴³⁴ ἰσχύω ¹⁴³⁵ αἰθέρος ¹⁴³⁶ εἴθ’ ¹⁴³⁷ πτωκάδες ¹⁴³⁸ αἰθίρος ¹⁴³⁹

mvp-comment-590-5 But if so, the corruption has been a deep one; i.e., εἴθ’ αἰθέρος ¹⁴⁴⁰

mvp-comment-590-6 ὀξυτόνου … πνεύματος ¹⁴⁴¹

mvp-comment-590-7 οὐκέτ’ ἴσχω ¹⁴⁴² οὐ γὰρ ἔτ’ ἰσχύω ¹⁴⁴³ ἐλῶς)· ἔτ’ οὐ γὰρ ἴσχω ¹⁴⁴⁴ γὰρ ¹⁴⁴⁵

mvp-comment-591-1 σύ τοι … ἀπὸ μείζονος ¹⁴⁴⁶ κοὐκ ¹⁴⁴⁷ οὐκ ¹⁴⁴⁸ ἄλλοθεν ἔχει τύχᾳ τᾷδ’ ¹⁴⁴⁹ ἔσχ’ ὑπὸ χειρὸς ἐμᾶς ¹⁴⁵⁰ ἔχει ¹⁴⁵¹

mvp-comment-591-2 κατηξίωσας ¹⁴⁵²

mvp-comment-591-3 ἔχει τύχᾳ τᾷδ’ ¹⁴⁵³

mvp-comment-591-4 ἀπὸ μείζονος ¹⁴⁵⁴ ἄλλοθεν ¹⁴⁵⁵

mvp-comment-592-1 παρὸν ¹⁴⁵⁶

mvp-comment-592-2 φρονῆσαι ¹⁴⁵⁷

mvp-comment-592-3 The gen. τοῦ … δαίμονος ¹⁴⁵⁸ εἵλον ¹⁴⁵⁹ εἵλου τὸ κάκιον αἰνεῖν ¹⁴⁶⁰ αἰνεῖν ¹⁴⁶¹

mvp-comment-592-4 τοῦ λῴονος δαίμονος ¹⁴⁶² ωι ¹⁴⁶³ ο ¹⁴⁶⁴ αι ¹⁴⁶⁵ οι ¹⁴⁶⁶

mvp-comment-592-5 Are we, then, to admit the v. l. τοῦ πλέονος ¹⁴⁶⁷ τοῦ ¹⁴⁶⁸ λωΐονος ¹⁴⁶⁹ λωϊτέρου ¹⁴⁷⁰

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 ¹⁴⁷¹ ὕστερον … εἰσοπίσω ¹⁴⁷² ὕστερον ¹⁴⁷³

mvp-comment-594-1 προσφέρων ¹⁴⁷⁴

mvp-comment-595-1 οὐ πτανῶν … ἴσχων ¹⁴⁷⁵ πτανῶν ἀπ’ ἐμῶν ὅπλων ¹⁴⁷⁶ ἴσχων ¹⁴⁷⁷ πτανῶν ¹⁴⁷⁸ κραταιαῖς ¹⁴⁷⁹

mvp-comment-596-1 ἄσκοπα ¹⁴⁸⁰ ὑπέδυ ¹⁴⁸¹

mvp-comment-597-1 ἰδοίμαν ¹⁴⁸²

mvp-comment-598-1 πότμος … δαιμόνων ¹⁴⁸³ τάδε ¹⁴⁸⁴ σε πότμος … ἔσχεν ¹⁴⁸⁵ πότμος σε τάδε ¹⁴⁸⁶ ἔσχεν ¹⁴⁸⁷ ἔσχεν ¹⁴⁸⁸

mvp-comment-598-2 οὐδὲ σέ γε ¹⁴⁸⁹

mvp-comment-598-3 ἀμᾶς ¹⁴⁹⁰

mvp-comment-599-1 στυγερὰν ¹⁴⁹¹

mvp-comment-599-2 ἐπ’ ἄλλοις ¹⁴⁹²

mvp-comment-600-1 καὶ γὰρ ἐμοὶ ¹⁴⁹³ τοῦτο ¹⁴⁹⁴ μέλει ¹⁴⁹⁵ μὴ … ἀπώσῃ ¹⁴⁹⁶ τοῦτο ¹⁴⁹⁷

mvp-comment-601-1 πολιᾶς ¹⁴⁹⁸ ἐφημένος ¹⁴⁹⁹ που ¹⁵⁰⁰

mvp-comment-601-2 1125 *

is my emendation of γελᾷ μου ¹⁵⁰¹ ἐγ ¹⁵⁰² ἐγγελᾷ ¹⁵⁰³ μου ¹⁵⁰⁴

mvp-comment-602-1 τὰν ἐμὰν μελέου ¹⁵⁰⁵

mvp-comment-602-2 τροφάν ¹⁵⁰⁶

mvp-comment-603-1 ἦ που ¹⁵⁰⁷

mvp-comment-603-2 τὸν Ἡράκλειον ἄρθμιον ¹⁵⁰⁸ ἄρθμιον ¹⁵⁰⁹ ἄθλιον ¹⁵¹⁰ Ἡράκλειον ¹⁵¹¹

mvp-comment-604-1 ἄλλου δ’ ἐν μεταλλαγᾷ ¹⁵¹² ἀλλ’ ἐν μεταλλαγᾷ ¹⁵¹³ ἐν ¹⁵¹⁴ μεταλλαγᾷ ¹⁵¹⁵ ἄλλου ¹⁵¹⁶

mvp-comment-604-2 ἐρέσσει ¹⁵¹⁷

mvp-comment-604-3 Cavallin's conject., ἀλλ’ αἰὲν μετ’ ἀγκάλαις ¹⁵¹⁸

mvp-comment-605-1 ὁρῶν μὲν ¹⁵¹⁹

mvp-comment-605-2 στυγνόν τε ¹⁵²⁰

mvp-comment-605-3 φῶτ’ ἐχθοδοπόν ¹⁵²¹

mvp-comment-605-4 ὦ Ζεῦ ¹⁵²² Ὀδυσσεύς ¹⁵²³ ὦ Ζεῦ ¹⁵²⁴ ὃς ¹⁵²⁵ ὅς’ ¹⁵²⁶ ἀνατέλλονθ’ ¹⁵²⁷

mvp-comment-605-5 Next to ὦ Ζεῦ ¹⁵²⁸ οὐδείς ¹⁵²⁹ ἀνατέλλονθ’ ¹⁵³⁰ ὅς’ ¹⁵³¹

mvp-comment-606-1 ἀνδρός τοι τὰ μὲν ἔνδικ’ αἰὲν εἰπεῖν ¹⁵³² ἀνδρός τοι τὸ μὲν εὖ δίκαιον εἰπεῖν ¹⁵³³

mvp-comment-606-2 τὰ ¹⁵³⁴ τὸ, ν ¹⁵³⁵ υ ¹⁵³⁶ ε ¹⁵³⁷ ο ¹⁵³⁸ αἰὲν ¹⁵³⁹ λέγειν ¹⁵⁴⁰ αἰὲν εἰπεῖν ¹⁵⁴¹

mvp-comment-606-3 The only sound version of the vulgate, ἀνδρός τοι τὸ μὲν εὖ δίκαιον εἰπεῖν ¹⁵⁴² τὸ εὖ ¹⁵⁴³ τὸ εὖ ¹⁵⁴⁴ εἰπόντος δὲ ¹⁵⁴⁵

mvp-comment-607-1 εἰπόντος δὲ … ὀδύναν ¹⁵⁴⁶

mvp-comment-607-2 ἐξῶσαι ¹⁵⁴⁷

mvp-comment-607-3 γλώσσας ὀδύναν ¹⁵⁴⁸

mvp-comment-608-1 κεῖνος δ’ ¹⁵⁴⁹

mvp-comment-608-2 εἷς ἀπὸ πολλῶν ταχθεὶς ¹⁵⁵⁰ ὑπὸ ¹⁵⁵¹

mvp-comment-608-3 ἐφημοσύνᾳ ¹⁵⁵² τῶνδ’ ¹⁵⁵³ τοῦδ’ ¹⁵⁵⁴

mvp-comment-608-4 ἐς φίλους ¹⁵⁵⁵

mvp-comment-609-1 χαροπῶν ¹⁵⁵⁶

mvp-comment-610-1 οὐρεσιβώτας ¹⁵⁵⁷

mvp-comment-610-2 1149 f. *

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μηδᾶτ’

. The MSS. give φυγᾷ μ’ οὐκέτ<*> ἀπ’ αὐλίων ¹⁵⁵⁸ πελᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁵⁹ πελᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁶⁰

mvp-comment-610-3 Auratus and Canter saw that μ’ οὐκέτ’ ¹⁵⁶¹ μηκέτ’ ¹⁵⁶² ἐλᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁶³ πηδᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁶⁴ πηδᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁶⁵ πελᾶτ’ ¹⁵⁶⁶ μηκέτ’ ¹⁵⁶⁷ μ’ οὐκέτ’ ¹⁵⁶⁸

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

. But a simpler remedy is to place φυγᾷ ¹⁵⁶⁹

mvp-comment-611-1 ἀλλ’ ἀνέδην ¹⁵⁷⁰ ἀνέδην ¹⁵⁷¹ ἐρύκεται ¹⁵⁷²

mvp-comment-611-2 In the Journ. Phil. II. p. 80 (1869) I proposed the emendation which I believe to be true. ἐρύκεται ¹⁵⁷³ ἄρ’ οὐκέτι ¹⁵⁷⁴ χῶρος ¹⁵⁷⁵ α ¹⁵⁷⁶ ἀνέδην ¹⁵⁷⁷ ἄρα ¹⁵⁷⁸ οὐκέτι ¹⁵⁷⁹

mvp-comment-611-3 The simple transposition, φοβητός, οὐκέθ’ ¹⁵⁸⁰

mvp-comment-612-1 νῦν καλὸν ¹⁵⁸¹

mvp-comment-612-2 ἀντίφονον ¹⁵⁸²

mvp-comment-612-3 πρὸς χάριν ¹⁵⁸³

mvp-comment-612-4 αἰόλας ¹⁵⁸⁴

mvp-comment-613-1 ἀπὸ … λείψω ¹⁵⁸⁵

mvp-comment-614-1 ἐν αὔ, ιις τρέφεται ¹⁵⁸⁶ ἐν ¹⁵⁸⁷

mvp-comment-615-1 μηκέτι ¹⁵⁸⁸

mvp-comment-615-2 μηδενὸς ¹⁵⁸⁹ ὅσα ¹⁵⁹⁰

mvp-comment-615-3 πέμπει ¹⁵⁹¹

mvp-comment-615-4 βιόδωρος ¹⁵⁹²

mvp-comment-616-1 εἴ τι σέβει ξένον ¹⁵⁹³ εὐνοίᾳ πάσᾳ πελάταν ¹⁵⁹⁴ πέλασσον ¹⁵⁹⁵

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 ¹⁵⁹⁶ εὐν. π. πελάταν ¹⁵⁹⁷

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 ¹⁵⁹⁸ ὅτι σοι ¹⁵⁹⁹ σοί ¹⁶⁰⁰ ὅτι σόν ¹⁶⁰¹

mvp-comment-618-1 βόσκειν ¹⁶⁰² μέν ¹⁶⁰³

mvp-comment-618-2 ἀδαὴς δ’ ἔχειν ¹⁶⁰⁴ ὀχεῖν ¹⁶⁰⁵

mvp-comment-618-3 ὃ ξυνοικεῖ ¹⁶⁰⁶ ὃ ¹⁶⁰⁷ ᾧ ¹⁶⁰⁸

mvp-comment-619-1 παλαιὸν ἄλγημ’ ¹⁶⁰⁹

mvp-comment-619-2 ὑπέμνασας ¹⁶¹⁰

mvp-comment-619-3 τῶν πρὶν ἐντόπων ¹⁶¹¹

mvp-comment-620-1 ὤλεσας ¹⁶¹²

mvp-comment-620-2 εἴργασαι ¹⁶¹³

mvp-comment-621-1 τί τοῦτ’ ἔλεξας ¹⁶¹⁴ εἰ … ἤλπισας ¹⁶¹⁵

mvp-comment-621-2 ἄξειν ¹⁶¹⁶

mvp-comment-622-1 ἀπό … λείπετ’ ¹⁶¹⁷

mvp-comment-622-2 νυν ¹⁶¹⁸ νοῶ ¹⁶¹⁹

mvp-comment-623-1 φίλα μοι … παρήγγειλας ἑκόντι τε πράσσειν ¹⁶²⁰ τε ¹⁶²¹ ἑκόντι ¹⁶²² ἑκόντα ¹⁶²³ τε ¹⁶²⁴

mvp-comment-624-1 ναὸς ¹⁶²⁵ ἵν’ ἡμῖν τέτακται ¹⁶²⁶

mvp-comment-625-1 ἀραίου Διός ¹⁶²⁷

mvp-comment-625-2 ἔλθῃς ¹⁶²⁸

mvp-comment-625-3 1183 The older edd. give μετρίαζε ¹⁶²⁹ μετρίαζ’ ¹⁶³⁰

mvp-comment-626-1 δαίμων ¹⁶³¹

mvp-comment-627-1 ὦ ποὺς πούς ¹⁶³²

mvp-comment-627-2 τί σε τεύξω ¹⁶³³

mvp-comment-627-3 μετόπιν ¹⁶³⁴

mvp-comment-628-1 ἔλθετ’ ἐπήλυδες ¹⁶³⁵ αὖθις ¹⁶³⁶

mvp-comment-629-1 τί ῥέξοντες ¹⁶³⁷ γνώμᾳ ἀλλοκότῳ τῶν πάρος ¹⁶³⁸ ὧν ¹⁶³⁹ προὔφαινες ¹⁶⁴⁰

mvp-comment-629-2 The objection to the plausible conjecture ῥέξοντος ¹⁶⁴¹

mvp-comment-630-1 οὔτοι νεμεσητόν ¹⁶⁴²

mvp-comment-630-2 ἀλύοντα ¹⁶⁴³

mvp-comment-630-3 χειμερίῳ ¹⁶⁴⁴

mvp-comment-630-4 καὶ παρὰ νοῦν θροεῖν ¹⁶⁴⁵

mvp-comment-631-1 οὐδ’ εἰ πυρφόρος ἀστεροπητὴς ¹⁶⁴⁶

mvp-comment-631-2 βροντᾶς αὐγαῖς ¹⁶⁴⁷

mvp-comment-631-3 εἶσι φλογίζων ¹⁶⁴⁸

mvp-comment-632-1 ἐρρέτω Ἴλιον ¹⁶⁴⁹

mvp-comment-632-2 οἵ θ’ ὑπ’ ἐκείνῳ ¹⁶⁵⁰

mvp-comment-632-3 τόδ’ ἐμοῦ ποδὸς ἄρθρον ¹⁶⁵¹ ἀπῶσαι ¹⁶⁵²

mvp-comment-633-1 ἀλλ’ ¹⁶⁵³

mvp-comment-633-2 ὀρέξατε ¹⁶⁵⁴

mvp-comment-634-1 ἐρεῖς ¹⁶⁵⁵ εἴ ποθεν ¹⁶⁵⁶

mvp-comment-634-2 γένυν ¹⁶⁵⁷

mvp-comment-634-3 προπέμψατε ¹⁶⁵⁸ εἴ ποθεν ¹⁶⁵⁹

mvp-comment-635-1 ὡς τίνα δὴ ῥέξῃς ¹⁶⁶⁰

mvp-comment-635-2 παλάμαν ¹⁶⁶¹

mvp-comment-635-3 1207 *

, Hermann's correction of κρᾶτ’ ¹⁶⁶² Χρῶτα πάντα ¹⁶⁶³

mvp-comment-635-4 If the MS. κρᾶτ’ ¹⁶⁶⁴ πάντα ¹⁶⁶⁵

mvp-comment-636-1 φονᾷ ¹⁶⁶⁶

mvp-comment-636-2 τί ποτε ¹⁶⁶⁷

mvp-comment-636-3 πατέρα ματεύων ¹⁶⁶⁸

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 ¹⁶⁶⁹ ἐν ¹⁶⁷⁰

mvp-comment-638-1 ὦ πόλις ¹⁶⁷¹

mvp-comment-639-1 πῶς ἂν ¹⁶⁷²

mvp-comment-639-2 ἄθλιός γ’ ἀνήρ ¹⁶⁷³ γε ¹⁶⁷⁴ ὅς ¹⁶⁷⁵ ἄθλιος ¹⁶⁷⁶ εἰσίδοιμί ς’ ¹⁶⁷⁷

mvp-comment-640-1 ἱερὰν λιβάδ’ ¹⁶⁷⁸ ἐχθροῖς ¹⁶⁷⁹

mvp-comment-640-2 ἔτ’ οὐδέν εἰμι ¹⁶⁸⁰

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 ¹⁶⁸¹

mvp-comment-641-3 (2) στείχων ¹⁶⁸²

mvp-comment-641-4 (3) στείχοντα ¹⁶⁸³

mvp-comment-641-5 (4) πρὸς ἡμᾶς δεῦρ’ ἰόντ’ ¹⁶⁸⁴ ἰόντ’ ¹⁶⁸⁵

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 ¹⁶⁸⁶

mvp-comment-643-1 ἐλεύσσομεν ¹⁶⁸⁷ ἦ ¹⁶⁸⁸

mvp-comment-644-1 οὐκ ἂν φράσειας ¹⁶⁸⁹

mvp-comment-644-2 παλίντροπος ¹⁶⁹⁰

mvp-comment-644-3 κέλευθον ¹⁶⁹¹

mvp-comment-644-4 σὺν σπουδῇ ταχύς ¹⁶⁹²

mvp-comment-645-1 λύσων ¹⁶⁹³

mvp-comment-646-1 δεινόν γε φωνεῖς ¹⁶⁹⁴

mvp-comment-647-1 ἣν σοὶ πιθόμενος ¹⁶⁹⁵

mvp-comment-648-1 ὧν οὔ σοι πρέπον ¹⁶⁹⁶

mvp-comment-649-1 ἑλών ¹⁶⁹⁷ ποῖον ¹⁶⁹⁸ ἣν ¹⁶⁹⁹ ἑλών ¹⁷⁰⁰

mvp-comment-650-1 νέον ¹⁷⁰¹

mvp-comment-651-1 ὥς μ’ ὑπῆλθέ τις φόβος ¹⁷⁰² ὡς ¹⁷⁰³ τοι ¹⁷⁰⁴ ὑπήλυθεν ¹⁷⁰⁵

mvp-comment-652-1 παρ’ οὗπερ ἔλαβον ¹⁷⁰⁶

mvp-comment-653-1 τί λέξεις ¹⁷⁰⁷ οὔ τί που ¹⁷⁰⁸

mvp-comment-654-1 πότερα δὴ ¹⁷⁰⁹ δὲ ¹⁷¹⁰ πότερα ¹⁷¹¹

mvp-comment-654-2 κερτομῶν ¹⁷¹²

mvp-comment-655-1 εἰ κερτόμησις ¹⁷¹³ γ’ ¹⁷¹⁴

mvp-comment-656-1 ἀναπολεῖν ¹⁷¹⁵

mvp-comment-657-1 ἀρχὴν ¹⁷¹⁶

mvp-comment-657-2 ἂν ¹⁷¹⁷ ἐβουλόμην ¹⁷¹⁸

mvp-comment-658-1 εὖ νῦν ¹⁷¹⁹

mvp-comment-658-2 ἀκηκοὼς ¹⁷²⁰ ἀκήκοας ¹⁷²¹

mvp-comment-659-1 τὸ δρᾶν ¹⁷²²

mvp-comment-659-2 τίς ἔσται μ’ οὑπικωλύσων τάδε ¹⁷²³ μ’ ¹⁷²⁴ ἐπικωλύσων ¹⁷²⁵ κωλύσει ¹⁷²⁶ τάδε ¹⁷²⁷

mvp-comment-660-1 ἐν δὲ τοῖς ¹⁷²⁸ τοῖσδ’ ¹⁷²⁹

mvp-comment-661-1 δρασείεις ¹⁷³⁰

mvp-comment-661-2 σοφά ¹⁷³¹ δίκαια ¹⁷³² σοφόν ¹⁷³³

mvp-comment-662-1 ἅ γ’ ἔλαβες ¹⁷³⁴

mvp-comment-663-1 τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ¹⁷³⁵

mvp-comment-663-2 ἀναλαβεῖν ¹⁷³⁶

mvp-comment-664-1 ξὺν τῷ δικαίῳ ¹⁷³⁷

mvp-comment-664-2 τὸν σὸν οὐ ταρβῶ φόβον ¹⁷³⁸ τὸν σὸν ¹⁷³⁹

mvp-comment-665-1 Hermann's earlier view (see cr. n.) seems clearly the true one. Verse 1252, ἀλλ’ οὐδέ τοι ¹⁷⁴⁰

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 ¹⁷⁴¹ μαχούμεθα ¹⁷⁴²

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 ¹⁷⁴³ ἀλλ’ ¹⁷⁴⁴ οὐδέ τοι ¹⁷⁴⁵

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 ¹⁷⁴⁶ οὐδέ ¹⁷⁴⁷ σῇ χειρὶ ¹⁷⁴⁸ τὸ δρᾶν ¹⁷⁴⁹ πείθομαι ¹⁷⁵⁰

mvp-comment-666-1 ἔστω ¹⁷⁵¹

mvp-comment-667-1 κοὐ μέλλοντ’ ἔτι ¹⁷⁵²

mvp-comment-668-1 καίτοι ¹⁷⁵³

mvp-comment-668-2 ἐλθών ¹⁷⁵⁴

mvp-comment-669-1 ἐσωφρόνησας ¹⁷⁵⁵

mvp-comment-669-2 κλαυμάτων ¹⁷⁵⁶ πόδα ¹⁷⁵⁷

mvp-comment-670-1 Φιλοκτήτην λέγω ¹⁷⁵⁸ Φιλοκτήτης ¹⁷⁵⁹

mvp-comment-671-1 ἀμείψας ¹⁷⁶⁰

mvp-comment-671-2 πετρήρεις ¹⁷⁶¹

mvp-comment-672-1 τίς αὖ ¹⁷⁶²

mvp-comment-672-2 ἄντροις ¹⁷⁶³

mvp-comment-672-3 ἵσταται ¹⁷⁶⁴

mvp-comment-672-4 ἐκκαλεῖσθε ¹⁷⁶⁵ κεχρημένοι ¹⁷⁶⁶

mvp-comment-673-1 ὤμοι· κακὸν τὸ χρῆμα ¹⁷⁶⁷ χρῆμα ¹⁷⁶⁸

mvp-comment-673-2 μῶν τί μοι vέα … κακά ¹⁷⁶⁹ vέα ¹⁷⁷⁰ μέγα ¹⁷⁷¹ τι ¹⁷⁷²

mvp-comment-673-3 πέμποντες ¹⁷⁷³

mvp-comment-674-1 ἐκ λόγων ¹⁷⁷⁴

mvp-comment-674-2 λόγοις ¹⁷⁷⁵

mvp-comment-675-1 τοιοῦτος ¹⁷⁷⁶ πιστός ¹⁷⁷⁷

mvp-comment-675-2 πιστός ¹⁷⁷⁸

mvp-comment-676-1 ἀλλ’ οὔ τι μὴν ¹⁷⁷⁹ μὴ ¹⁷⁸⁰

mvp-comment-677-1 παῦε ¹⁷⁸¹

mvp-comment-677-2 ἃν εἴπῃς γε ¹⁷⁸² γε ¹⁷⁸³ σὺ ¹⁷⁸⁴ γε ¹⁷⁸⁵

mvp-comment-678-1 καὶ πέρα γ’, ἴσθ’, ἢ λέγω ¹⁷⁸⁶ ἴσθ’ ¹⁷⁸⁷ ἢ λέγω ¹⁷⁸⁸

mvp-comment-679-1 ἀλλ’ ἤθελον μὲν ἄν ¹⁷⁸⁹ πρὸς καιρὸν ¹⁷⁹⁰ πέπαυμαι ¹⁷⁹¹ πάντα γὰρ ¹⁷⁹²

mvp-comment-680-1 κτήσει ¹⁷⁹³

mvp-comment-681-1 ὅστις γ’ ¹⁷⁹⁴ ὅστις ¹⁷⁹⁵ γε ¹⁷⁹⁶

mvp-comment-681-2 ἀπεστέρηκας ¹⁷⁹⁷

mvp-comment-682-1 ἐλθών ¹⁷⁹⁸

mvp-comment-682-2 ἔχθιστος γεγώς ¹⁷⁹⁹

mvp-comment-682-3 The force of this passage will not be fully appreciated unless we remember that N. is now completely identified, in Ph. 's mind, with the action of Odysseus. Ph. was ready to allow that N.'s better instincts had been warped by evil guidance ( 971 , 1014 ). But then he hoped that N. would restore the bow. Odysseus prevented this: N. made no direct reply to the last appeal (1066 f.), and carried off his prize.

mvp-comment-682-4 Pierson's conjecture αἴσχιστος ¹⁸⁰⁰

mvp-comment-683-1 ἆρα ¹⁸⁰¹ ἆρ’ οὐ ¹⁸⁰² οὐ γὰρ ¹⁸⁰³ πῶς εἶπας ¹⁸⁰⁴

mvp-comment-684-1 ἀπώμος’ ¹⁸⁰⁵

mvp-comment-684-2 ἁγνοῦ ¹⁸⁰⁶ ἁγνὸν … ὑψίστου ¹⁸⁰⁷

mvp-comment-685-1 παρέσται ¹⁸⁰⁸ φανερόν ¹⁸⁰⁹ ἐναργεῖς ¹⁸¹⁰

mvp-comment-686-1 ἐγὼ δ’ ἀπαυδῶ γ’ ¹⁸¹¹

mvp-comment-686-2 ὡς θεοὶ ξυνίστορες ¹⁸¹²

mvp-comment-686-3 ὑπέρ τ’ ¹⁸¹³

mvp-comment-687-1 τέκνον ¹⁸¹⁴

mvp-comment-687-2 τίνος φώνημα ¹⁸¹⁵ ἐπῃσθόμην ¹⁸¹⁶ Ὀδυσσέως ¹⁸¹⁷

mvp-comment-688-1 ἀποστελῶ ¹⁸¹⁸

mvp-comment-689-1 ἀλλ’ οὔ τι χαίρων ¹⁸¹⁹

mvp-comment-689-2 ὀρθωθῇ ¹⁸²⁰

mvp-comment-690-1 ἆ ¹⁸²¹

mvp-comment-690-2 μεθῇς ¹⁸²² ἀφῇς ¹⁸²³

mvp-comment-691-1 μέθες με … χεῖρα ¹⁸²⁴

mvp-comment-692-1 τί μ’ ἄνδρα πολέμιον κ.τ.λ. ¹⁸²⁵ ἀφείλου ¹⁸²⁶ μὴ κτανεῖν ¹⁸²⁷ τί ἀφείλου με μὴ κτανεῖν ἄνδρα πολέμιον ¹⁸²⁸ πολέμιον ¹⁸²⁹

mvp-comment-692-2 ἐχθρόν τ’ ¹⁸³⁰

mvp-comment-693-1 ἀλλ’ οὖν … γε ¹⁸³¹

mvp-comment-693-2 τοὺς πρ. στρατοῦ ¹⁸³²

mvp-comment-693-3 ψευδοκήρυκας ¹⁸³³ ἐν δὲ τοῖς λόγοις θρασεῖς ¹⁸³⁴

mvp-comment-693-4 πρὸς αἰχμήν ¹⁸³⁵

mvp-comment-694-1 εἶεν ¹⁸³⁶

mvp-comment-694-2 ὅτου ¹⁸³⁷ ὅπου ¹⁸³⁸

mvp-comment-694-3 εἰς ἐμέ ¹⁸³⁹

mvp-comment-695-1 τὴν φύσιν δ’ ¹⁸⁴⁰ ἐξ ἧς ¹⁸⁴¹

mvp-comment-695-2 ἔβλαστες ¹⁸⁴² ε^ ¹⁸⁴³

mvp-comment-695-3 οὐχὶ Σισύφου πατρός ¹⁸⁴⁴ πατρός ¹⁸⁴⁵

mvp-comment-695-4 μετὰ ζώντων θ’ ¹⁸⁴⁶ τεθνηκότων ¹⁸⁴⁷

mvp-comment-696-1 ἥσθην ¹⁸⁴⁸

mvp-comment-696-2 ἀμὸν ¹⁸⁴⁹ γε ¹⁸⁵⁰

mvp-comment-697-1 ὧν … σου τυχεῖν ¹⁸⁵¹

mvp-comment-697-2 ἐφίεμαι ¹⁸⁵²

mvp-comment-698-1 τὰς μὲν ἐκ θεῶν τύχας δοθείσας ¹⁸⁵³ ἐκ ¹⁸⁵⁴

mvp-comment-699-1 ἑκουσίοισιν ¹⁸⁵⁵

mvp-comment-699-2 ἔγκεινται ¹⁸⁵⁶

mvp-comment-700-1 ἠγρίωσαι ¹⁸⁵⁷ οὔτε … τε ¹⁸⁵⁸

mvp-comment-701-1 εὐνοίᾳ ¹⁸⁵⁹ εὔνοιάν σοι λέγων ¹⁸⁶⁰

mvp-comment-701-2 δυσμενῆ θ’ ¹⁸⁶¹

mvp-comment-702-1 Ζῆνα … ὅρκιον ¹⁸⁶²

mvp-comment-703-1 γράφου φρενῶν ἔσω ¹⁸⁶³

mvp-comment-703-2 γράφου ¹⁸⁶⁴

mvp-comment-704-1 σὺ γὰρ ¹⁸⁶⁵

mvp-comment-704-2 ἐκ θείας τύχης ¹⁸⁶⁶

mvp-comment-705-1 τὸν ἀκαλυφῆ σηκὸν ¹⁸⁶⁷

mvp-comment-705-2 κρύφιος οἰκουρῶν ὄφις ¹⁸⁶⁸ οἰκουρῶν ¹⁸⁶⁹

mvp-comment-705-3 The sacred precinct of Chrysè, with the serpent, is depicted on a

(wine-jar) of about 400 C.B. , now in the Campana collection at the Louvre. The image of Chrysè stands in the open air on a low pedestal; just in front of it is a low and rude altar, with fire burning on it; close to this is the serpent, at which Agamemnon is striking with his sceptre, while the wounded Philoctetes lies on the ground, with Achilles and others around him. See Introd. § 21.

mvp-comment-706-1 παῦλαν ¹⁸⁷⁰ τυχεῖν ¹⁸⁷¹ ἐντυχεῖν ¹⁸⁷² ἂν τυχεῖν ¹⁸⁷³

mvp-comment-706-2 μήποτ’ ¹⁸⁷⁴

mvp-comment-707-1 ἕως ἂν ¹⁸⁷⁵ ὡς ἂν ¹⁸⁷⁶

mvp-comment-707-2 αὑτὸς ἥλιος ¹⁸⁷⁷ αὑτὸς ¹⁸⁷⁸ οὗτος ¹⁸⁷⁹ οὗτος ¹⁸⁸⁰ ταύτῃ, τῇδε ¹⁸⁸¹

mvp-comment-707-3 αἴρῃ ¹⁸⁸²

mvp-comment-708-1 ἑκὼν αὐτὸς ¹⁸⁸³

mvp-comment-709-1 ἐντυχὼν ¹⁸⁸⁴

mvp-comment-709-2 τῶν παρ’ ἡμῖν … Ἀσκληπιδῶν ¹⁸⁸⁵

mvp-comment-709-3 This verse implies that both the sons of Asclepius were to have a part in the cure; and so in 1378 f. the plural is used. But, in the prevailing form of the legend, Machaon alone was the healer; probably because, in post-Homeric poetry, Machaon was the representative of surgery, as his brother was of medicine (cp. Preller, 1. p. 409). So Lesches in the Little Iliad, acc. to Proclus, p. 481 ed. Gaisford: the Orphic

, 342 ff., where Machaon uses a powder made from a stone called : Tzetzes, Posthom. 580 ff., where the stone is : Propertius 2. 1. 59. An epic poet, Dionysius, represented Apollo as putting Ph. to sleep, when Machaon amputated the diseased part (Tzetzes on Lycophron 911: schol. Pind. P. 1. 109 ). Quintus Smyrnaeus is singular in making the healer Podaleirius (9. 463).

mvp-comment-709-4 The scene of the cure occurs on a fragment of a bronze mirror (found in south Etruria, and ascribed to the 5th or 4th cent. B.C.), now in the archaeological Museum of the University of Bologna. It bears an Etruscan legend, Pheltute (Philoctetes), Machan (Machaon). The healer is in the act of bandaging the hero's foot; a sponge and a box of ointment rest on a sort of camp-stool (

) between them. (Milani, Mito di F., pl. III. 49; pp. 104 ff.)

mvp-comment-709-5 This verse has been thought inconsistent with 1437: but see n. there.

mvp-comment-710-1 νόσου μαλαχθῇς ¹⁸⁸⁶ λωφᾶν ¹⁸⁸⁷

mvp-comment-710-2 ξὺν τοῖσδε τόξοις ¹⁸⁸⁸ ἔχων ¹⁸⁸⁹

mvp-comment-710-3 πέρσυς φανῇς ¹⁸⁹⁰

mvp-comment-710-4 The language here is not strictly logical. It implies that, before the

can come, he must not only have been relieved ( ), but also have taken Troy. The explanation seems to be simply that the writer was thinking of the victory as an event which was to follow closely on the cure. So, having used , he subjoined , instead of making the second statement independent of ( e.g., ). It is much as if one said, ‘You will never be cured until you find health and glory at Troy,’—instead of, ‘find health at Troy,—where you will also find glory.’ Schneidewin and others compare Ai. 106 —110: . The parallel would be closer if, there, we had ,—meaning .

mvp-comment-710-5 We cannot remove the difficulty by supposing that

denotes merely alleviation, not cure; for the poet clearly thinks of the cure as preceding the victory (919 f.: 1345 ff.: 1424 ff.).

mvp-comment-711-1 ὡς δ’ οἶδα ταῦτα ¹⁸⁹¹

mvp-comment-712-1 γὰρ ¹⁸⁹²

mvp-comment-712-2 ἡμῖν ἔστιν ¹⁸⁹³

mvp-comment-712-3 Ἕλενος ¹⁸⁹⁴ ἀριστόμαντις ¹⁸⁹⁵

mvp-comment-713-1 ὡς δεῖ γενέσθαι ταῦτα ¹⁸⁹⁶ δεῖ ¹⁸⁹⁷ χρὴ ¹⁸⁹⁸

mvp-comment-714-1 θέρους ¹⁸⁹⁹ πᾶσαν ¹⁹⁰⁰

mvp-comment-714-2 δίδωσ’ … ἑαυτόν ¹⁹⁰¹ κτείνειν ¹⁹⁰²

mvp-comment-715-1 καλὴ γὰρ ἡ )πίκτησις ¹⁹⁰³ Ἑλλήνων ἕνα ¹⁹⁰⁴ κριθέντ’ ἄριστον ¹⁹⁰⁵ τοῦτο μὲν ¹⁹⁰⁶ εἶτα ¹⁹⁰⁷ εἶτα ¹⁹⁰⁸

mvp-comment-716-1 ω στυγνὸς αἰών ¹⁹⁰⁹

mvp-comment-716-2 ἄνω ¹⁹¹⁰

mvp-comment-716-3 ἀφῆκας … μολεῖν ¹⁹¹¹

mvp-comment-716-4 The one feeling which now makes Ph. waver is reluctance to repel the kindly entreaties of Neoptolemus. His hatred of the Greek chiefs is undiminished by the knowledge that they were unconscious instruments of destiny. Nor is he moved by the assurance of health and fame.

mvp-comment-717-1 εἰκάθω ¹⁹¹² εἰς φῶς … εἶμι ¹⁹¹³

mvp-comment-717-2 τῷ προσήγορος ¹⁹¹⁴

mvp-comment-718-1 ὦ τὰ πάντ’ ἰδόντες … κύκλοι ¹⁹¹⁵ ἰδόντες ¹⁹¹⁶ ἀμφ’ ἐμοὶ ¹⁹¹⁷

mvp-comment-718-2 κύκλοι ¹⁹¹⁸

mvp-comment-718-3 Instead of saying,

( O. T. 1371 n.) , he asks how his own eyes could endure to see it. These are the words of one who has brooded for years on every aspect of his own wrongs,—wrestling with misery in solitude. His own faculties are his comrades. Compare 1004 : Tr. 1090 (Heracles in his agony), , |

mvp-comment-719-1 οὐ γάρ με τἄλγος ¹⁹¹⁹

mvp-comment-720-1 οἷς γὰρ … κακούς ¹⁹²⁰ κακούς ¹⁹²¹

mvp-comment-720-2 A decision between the conject. κακούς ¹⁹²² κακά ¹⁹²³ κακούς ¹⁹²⁴ κακά ¹⁹²⁵ κακούς ¹⁹²⁶ τἄλλα ¹⁹²⁷ κακῶν ¹⁹²⁸ μήτηρ γένηται ¹⁹²⁹ μήτηρ γένηται ¹⁹³⁰ κακούς ¹⁹³¹ κακά ¹⁹³² τἄλλα ¹⁹³³

mvp-comment-721-1 καὶ σοῦ δ’ ¹⁹³⁴

mvp-comment-721-2 θαυμάσας ἔχω ¹⁹³⁵

mvp-comment-721-3 τόδε ¹⁹³⁶

mvp-comment-722-1 χρῆν ¹⁹³⁷ μήτε … τε ¹⁹³⁸

mvp-comment-722-2 καθύβρισαν ¹⁹³⁹

mvp-comment-723-1 πατρὸς γέρας ¹⁹⁴⁰

mvp-comment-723-2 [ οἳ τὸν ἄθλιον … ἔκριναν ¹⁹⁴¹

mvp-comment-724-1 ἀναγκάζεις ¹⁹⁴² εἶ ¹⁹⁴³

mvp-comment-724-2 τόδε ¹⁹⁴⁴

mvp-comment-725-1 ξυνώμοσας ¹⁹⁴⁵

mvp-comment-726-1 πέμψον ¹⁹⁴⁶

mvp-comment-727-1 ἔα κακῶς ¹⁹⁴⁷ ἀπόλλυσθαι ¹⁹⁴⁸ κακῶς … κακούς ¹⁹⁴⁹

mvp-comment-728-1 διπλῆν μὲν … διπλῆν δὲ ¹⁹⁵⁰

mvp-comment-729-1 πιστεύσαντα ¹⁹⁵¹

mvp-comment-729-2 1377 The words τῷδε δυστήνῳ ποδί ¹⁹⁵²

mvp-comment-730-1 μὲν οὖν ¹⁹⁵³

mvp-comment-730-2 σε τήνδε τ’ ἔμπυον βάσιν ¹⁹⁵⁴

mvp-comment-730-3 κἀποσώσοντας ¹⁹⁵⁵

mvp-comment-731-1 αἶνον αἰνέσας ¹⁹⁵⁶

mvp-comment-732-1 ἃ … λῷσθ’ ὁρῶ τελούμενα ¹⁹⁵⁷ τελούμενα ¹⁹⁵⁸

mvp-comment-733-1 καὶ ταῦτα λέξας ¹⁹⁵⁹ καταισχύνει ¹⁹⁶⁰ ὠφελούμενος ¹⁹⁶¹ ὠφελούμενος ¹⁹⁶²

mvp-comment-733-2 Of emendations, Heath's ὠφελουμένους ¹⁹⁶³ θεούς ¹⁹⁶⁴ ὠφελουμένων ¹⁹⁶⁵

mvp-comment-733-3 I am persuaded, then, that the fault in ὠφελούμενος ¹⁹⁶⁶ ὠφελῶν φίλους ¹⁹⁶⁷

mvp-comment-734-1 λέγεις δ’ ¹⁹⁶⁸

mvp-comment-734-2 ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ ¹⁹⁶⁹ Ἀτρείδαις ¹⁹⁷⁰ τάδε ¹⁹⁷¹ τόδε ¹⁹⁷²

mvp-comment-735-1 σοί που ¹⁹⁷³ που ¹⁹⁷⁴

mvp-comment-736-1 πῶς ¹⁹⁷⁵ ὅς γε ¹⁹⁷⁶

mvp-comment-737-1 ὦ τᾶν ¹⁹⁷⁷

mvp-comment-737-2 θρασύνεσθαι κακοῖς ¹⁹⁷⁸

mvp-comment-738-1 ὀλεῖς με ¹⁹⁷⁹ σε ¹⁹⁸⁰ γιγνώσκω ¹⁹⁸¹ τοῖσδε τοῖς λ. ¹⁹⁸²

mvp-comment-739-1 οὔκουν ἔγωγε ¹⁹⁸³

mvp-comment-740-1 ἐγὼ οὐκ ¹⁹⁸⁴

mvp-comment-741-1 οὐδέποθ’, ἑκόντα γ’ ¹⁹⁸⁵ σώσους’ ¹⁹⁸⁶

mvp-comment-741-2 ὥστε ¹⁹⁸⁷

mvp-comment-741-3 ἰδεῖν ¹⁹⁸⁸ ἑλεῖν ¹⁹⁸⁹ μολεῖν ¹⁹⁹⁰

mvp-comment-742-1 δρῷμεν ¹⁹⁹¹

mvp-comment-742-2 ἐν λόγοις ¹⁹⁹²

mvp-comment-743-1 πείσειν δυνησόμεσθα ¹⁹⁹³ πείσειν ¹⁹⁹⁴ πεῖσαι ¹⁹⁹⁵ πείθειν ¹⁹⁹⁶

mvp-comment-743-2 δυνησόμεσθα … λέγω ¹⁹⁹⁷

mvp-comment-744-1 ὡς ¹⁹⁹⁸

mvp-comment-744-2 ῥᾷστ’ ἐμοὶ μὲν ¹⁹⁹⁹

mvp-comment-745-1 πάσχειν ²⁰⁰⁰ παθεῖν ²⁰⁰¹

mvp-comment-745-2 δεῖ ²⁰⁰²

mvp-comment-746-1 ᾔνεσας ²⁰⁰³

mvp-comment-746-2 θιγών ²⁰⁰⁴

mvp-comment-746-3 πέμπειν ²⁰⁰⁵ ἃ ²⁰⁰⁶

mvp-comment-747-1 βράδυνε ²⁰⁰⁷

mvp-comment-747-2 τεθρήνηται ²⁰⁰⁸

mvp-comment-747-3 γόοις ²⁰⁰⁹ λογοις ²⁰¹⁰ τεθρύληται ²⁰¹¹

mvp-comment-748-1 εἰ δοκεῖ, στείχωμεν ²⁰¹² στείχωμεν ²⁰¹³

mvp-comment-748-2 A reference to the critical note will show how unsatisfactory have been the attempts to alter the words, ὦ γενναῖον εἰρηκὼς ἔπος ²⁰¹⁴ εἰ δοκεῖ ²⁰¹⁵

mvp-comment-748-3 But the real difficulty in Porson's view arises from a consideration of the whole context. The transition from iambic to trochaic metre marks, as usual, a stirring moment,—here, the moment of setting out for the ship. I<*> seems clear, then, that the words which first announce the departure should open the trochaics, rather than close the iambics. So in Eur. Phoen. 588 , after the iambic dialogue between Iocasta and Eteocles, the first trochaic verse spoken by the latter is the sign that his fatal resolve is taken,—

Cp. also Soph. O. T. 1515 ff.

mvp-comment-749-1 ἀντέρειδε ²⁰¹⁶

mvp-comment-750-1 τί γάρ, ἐὰν ²⁰¹⁷

mvp-comment-750-2 ἐγὼ παρὼν ²⁰¹⁸

mvp-comment-751-1 προσωφέλησιν ²⁰¹⁹

mvp-comment-751-2 ἔρξεις ²⁰²⁰

mvp-comment-751-3 1407 After πελάζειν ²⁰²¹ στεῖχε ²⁰²²

mvp-comment-751-4 προσκύσας χθόνα ²⁰²³