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πολύ … τι κακῶν, a large measure of trouble; cp. Tr. 497“μέγα τι σθένος”. After “πολύς, τις” has usually a limiting force, and occurs chiefly in negative phrases, such as “οὐκ ἐν πολλῷ τινι ἔλασσον” ( Thuc. 6. 1), “οὐ πολύ τι διαφέρει” (Plat. Rep. 484 D), “οὐ πολλοί τινες”, etc.

ὑπερεκτήσω (a compound found only here), above what was necessary.


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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    • Plato, Republic, 484d
    • Thucydides, Histories, 6.1
    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 497
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