ἐπεμβάλλεις, you insert yourself in this plea as a deliverer: i.e. to his protest against a breach of their promise (258—291), and his appeal to pity, he adds a promise of benefit to Attica (287, 459). Cp. Her. 2.4 “διὰ τρίτου ἔτεος ἐμβόλιμον ἐπεμβάλλουσι”, they insert an intercalary month every other year: Plat. Crat. 399A “πολλάκις ἐπεμβάλλομεν γράμματα, τὰ δ᾽ ἐξαιροῦμεν”, we insert letters (in words), or remove them. τῷδε λόγῳ is not instrum. dat., but goes with the verb. Not, "further pledge yourself to be the deliverer": in Ph. 813 “ἐμβάλλω μενεῖν” follows “ἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν”.
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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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