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δάκρυσι μυδαλέα: as Scut. 270 (“κόνις”) “δάκρυσι μυδαλέη”. The “υ” is properly short, as in “μυδάω” ( O. T. 1278, Ant. 410).

τὸν ἀνήνυτον: the art. means, ‘that endless doom of mine’; cp. 176 “τὸν ὑπεραλγῆ”: Ai. 1187“τὰν ἄπαυστον”... | ...“μόχθων ἄταν”. (Cp. Tr. 476, “ὁ δεινὸς ἵμερος”, with n. in appendix there.)

οἶτον ἔχουσα: Il. 9. 559“ἀλκυόνος πολυπενθέος οἶτον ἔχουσα”.


Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part VI: The Electra. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1894.

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    • Homer, Iliad, 9.559
    • Sophocles, Ajax, 1187
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 410
    • Sophocles, Electra, 176
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 1278
    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 476
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