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στρατὸς here=“λεὼς” ( Tr. 795 n.).

δίφρων: the plur., as in 510: cp. 727 “ὄχοις”. In the narrower sense, “δίφρος” is the platform of the car, usu. made of interlaced thongs (“ἱμάντες”), stretched on a framework of wood or iron ( Il. 5. 727).

ἀνωλόλυξε, here of grief, as “ὀλόλυξαν” in Ap. Rh. 3. 1218: elsewhere, almost always a triumphant cry, esp. of women ( Tr. 205).

οἰ̔̂ … οἷα: Ai. 923“οἷος ὢν οἵως ἔχεις”.


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, 5.727
    • Sophocles, Ajax, 923
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    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 205
    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 795
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.1218
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