τίς ἂν εὔπατρις “κ.τ.λ.”: ‘what woman so truly noble is likely ever to be born?’ Will the world see again a maiden so worthy of her descent? “εὔπατρις” is chosen so as to suggest the father to whom she was so loyal. Cp. Byron, The Giaour, v. 6, ‘When shall such hero live again?’
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part VI: The Electra. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1894.
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