μόλις μέν (“ἐξίστ”.), “ἐξίστ. δέ”: cp. Eur. Phoen. 1421 “μόλις μέν, ἐξέτεινε δ᾽ εἰς ἧπαρ ξίφος”: Aristoph. Nub. 1363 “κἀγὼ μόλις μέν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως ἠνεσχόμην.” ἐξίσταμαι καρδίας, resign my cherished resolve: Phaedr. 249 D “ἐξιστάμενος...τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων σπουδασμάτων, καὶ πρὸς τῷ θείῳ γιγνόμενος”. This use of “καρδία” was suggested by the similar use of “θυμός”, with which Homer associates it as the seat of desire or passion ( Il. 13.784 “νῦν δ᾽ ἄρχ᾽, ὅππη σε κραδίη θυμός τε κελεύει”): thus “πληροῦσα θυμόν” (Eur. Hipp. 1328)= “πληροῦσα ἐπιθυμίαν.” τὸ δρᾶν, acc. of inner object, defining the concession: Ph. 1252“ἀλλ᾽ οὐδέ τοι σῇ χειρὶ πείθομαι τὸ δρᾶν.” δυσμαχητέον: Tr. 492 “θεοῖσι δυσμαχοῦντες”.
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