τὰ πολλὰ ῥήματα, “"the many words"” (of any given long speech), with gnomic aor., as 1214 “αἱ μακραὶ ι ἁμέραι κατέθεντο”. Distinguish 87 “τὰ πολλ᾽ ἐκεῖνα κακά”, “"those many,"” in a definite allusion. (“τὰ πολλὰ” must not be taken separately as adv., “"oft."”） ἢ τέρψαντά τι etc.: “"by giving some pleasure,—or by some utterance of indignation, or of pity."” Not, “"by exciting some indignation or some pity."” Neither δυσχεραίνειν nor κατοικτίζειν is ever causative in classical Greek. In Eur. I. A. 686 “κατῳκτίσθην” is not, “"I was moved to pity,"” but “"I bewailed myself,"” the pass. aor. in midd. sense, as often. The emotion of the speaker will awaken a response in the hearer.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part II: The Oedipus Coloneus. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1899.
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