Εὐμενίδας: see on 42. ἐξ, properly with ref. to the inner spring of the feeling, but here almost=“"with"”: cp. O. T. 528 “ἐξ ὀμμάτων δ᾽ ὀρθῶν τε κἀξ ὀρθῆς φρενός”. Slightly different is “ἐκ θυμοῦ”,=“"from my heart"” (Il. 9.343).
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