[810] οὐ μὴν ἴσην γ᾽ not merely an even penalty （cp. τὴν ὁμοίαν ἀποδιδόναι, par pari referre）: Thuc. 1.35 “οὐχ ὁμοία ἡ ἀλλοτρίωσις,” the renunciation of such an alliance is more serious.
ἔτεισεν τείσω, ἔτεισα, ἐτείσθην （not τίσω, etc.） were the Attic spellings of the poet's age: see the epigraphic evidence in Meisterhans, Gramm. p. 88. συντόμως in a way which made short work: cp. Thuc. 7.42 “ἠπείγετο ἐπιθέσθαι τῇ πείρᾳ καί οἱ ξυντομωτάτην ἡγεῖτο διαπολέμησιν,” the quickest way of deciding the war: Hdt. 5.17 “ἔστι δὲ σύντομος κάρτα” （sc. ὁδός）, there is a short cut. The conject. συντόνως （ Soph. Trach. 923 “συντόνῳ χερί”） would efface the grim irony.This text is part of:
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