περιβρ … ὑπ᾽ οἴδμασιν, passing under swelling waters which open depths around: i.e. he is in the trough of a heavy sea, while on each side the waves rise above his ship, threatening to engulf it. Verg. Aen. 1. 106 “his unda dehiscens Terram inter fluctus aperit.” “βρύχιος”, ‘of the depths’ (“βρυχία...ἠχὼ βροντᾶς”, Aesch. PV 1082), is formed as if from “βρύξ”, of which Oppian uses acc. “βρύχα” (‘depth of the sea,’ Hal. 2. 588). “ὑποβρύχιος”=‘under water,’ and so neut. pl. adv. “ὑπόβρυχα” (Od. 5.319 etc.). “περιβρύχιος” occurs only here. For the “ι_” before “βρ” cp. 348, 1104, 1117. The schol.'s “ἠχώδεσι” means that “περιβρύχιος” was taken as' ‘roaring around’ (“βρυ_χάομαι”), where the “υ” would be long, against metre (cp. 347). The Homeric “ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα ι βέβρυχεν ῥόθιον” (Od. 5.411) might suggest this view.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part III: The Antigone. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1900.
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