mvp-comment-85-1 νύμφη pap.

mvp-comment-125-1 237 ff. The ode corresponds to 283 ff., as appears from the number of the lines and the equivalence of 244 to 290. The metre, which is quite simple, is iambic (cretic). The ithyphallic clausula may be illustrated by Ant. 852 , 976, El. 1089 . The ends of the lines have been admirably restored by Diehl, Murray, Hunt, and Wilamowitz. νύμφα : see on 65.- βαθύζωνε: the word is now generally distinguished from βαθύκολπος, but its original (Homeric) meaning is uncertain. Helbig, who formerly explained it as 'long-waisted' from € 231, has since changed his mind and now agrees with Studniczka that the meaning is 'slender, with small waist.' (Iwan Mueller, Privatalt.2 p. 83.) βαθύζωνος does not occur in Eur. or elsewhere - in Soph., and in Aesch. the commentators are not agreed whether it is merely an ornamental epithet applicable to any woman, or carries with it an implication of luxury and delicate nurture (see Verrall and Tucker on Theb. 850 and Cho. 168 ). In Pindar it is applied to Leda, Latona, the Graces, and the Muses (Gildersleeve on Ol. 3. 37), and it is a fair inference that Sophocles used it as a complimentary epithet to signify beautiful proportions and elegant apparel.