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πρὸς θυρῶνος ἐξόδοις, close to the thoroughfare of the “θυρών” or vestibule ( O. T. 1242): cp. Aesch. Th. 33“πυλῶν ἐπ᾽ ἐξόδοις”. These words go with φωνεῖς, while ἐλθοῦσα emphasises her boldness in seeking such publicity. As αὖ implies, she has often done so before; cp. 517 “ὅς σ᾽ ἐπεῖχ᾽ ἀεὶ” | “μή τοι θυραίαν γ᾽ οὖσαν αἰσχύνειν φίλους”.

330 For the absence of caesura, cp. Ph. 101 n.


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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