τόνδε κἄμ̓: he saved Orestes from murder, and Electra from that bereavement. ἔσωσας, not “ἔσωσεν”, in spite of κεῖνος. Cp. Eur. Heracl. 945 ff. “ἐκεῖνος εἶ σύ”, followed by “ὃς..ἠξίωσας”. So, when a speaker has referred to himself in the 3rd person, he quickly reverts to the first, as in Soph. O. C. 6(n.) “ἐμοί” follows “Οἰδίπουν” in v. 3.
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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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