[1375] ἀλλ᾽ introduces （or answers） a supposed objection （the ὑποφορά of technical Rhetoric）: Andoc. 1.148 “τίνα γὰρ καὶ ἀναβιβάσομαι δεησόμενον ὑπὲρ ἐμαυτοῦ; τὸν πατέρα; ἀλλὰ τέθνηκεν. ἀλλὰ τοὺς ἀδελφούς; ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ εἰσίν. ἀλλὰ τοὺς παῖδας; ἀλλ᾽ οὔπω γεγένηνται.”
τέκνων ὄψις ... βλαστοῦσα = ὁρώμενα τέκνα βλαστόντα: cp. Eur. Alc. 967 “Θρῄσσαις ἐν σανίσιν τὰς ι Ὀρφεία κατέγραψεν γῆρυς,” which the melodious Orpheus wrote down. ὅπως ἔβλαστε Eur. Med. 1011 “ἤγγειλας οἷ᾽ ἤγγειλας.”This text is part of:
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