ποίῳ is conformed to ὅτῳ in 1348, since the acc. for οἶσθα is suppressed; the practice being that, in a curt question such as this, “ποῖος” takes the case of the word to which it refers (e.g., O. T. 1176“ποίων”; Ai. 1322“ποίους”; ). It implies that, for the moment, she fails not only to recognise the man but to recall the occasion: cp. O. T. 1129“ποῖον ἄνδρα καὶ λέγεις”; οὗ … χεροῖν: the long space between the words is noteworthy; cp. Ph. 598 f. (“τίνος..χάριν”), n. πέδον: cp. O. C. 643“δόμους στείχειν” (n.). ὑπεξεπέμφθην: cp. 297 “ὑπεξέθου” (n.). σῇ προμηθίᾳ: cp. 12, 1132 f.
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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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