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ξένῳ παρ᾽ ἀνδρὶ: Ceÿx, king of Trachis, who is not named in this play. Scut. 353 (Heracles speaks) “Τρηχῖνα δέ τοι παρελαύνω” | “ἐς Κήϋκα ἄνακτα: ὁ γὰρ δυνάμει τε καὶ αἰδοῖ” | “Τρηχῖνος προβέβηκε”. The Hesiodic “Κήϋκος γάμος” described a marriage-feast given by that king, at which Heracles was a guest. Apollodorus (2. 7 § 7) and Diodorus (4. 36 § 57) mention Ceÿx.

ὅπου, not “ὅποι”, since “βέβηκεν” implies, ‘is now’: cp. O. C.52.


Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part V: The Trachiniae. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1902.

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