οὐδ᾽ ἔφαινες, ‘and didst not give any light.’ This absolute use of the word is sufficiently interpreted by the context; it is scarcely needful to supply (e.g.) “τὴν ἀλήθειαν”, or “συνόντα σεαυτόν.—φαίνω” is never really intrans. (= ‘to appear’) except in the epic aor. “φάνεσκον” ( Il. 11. 64, Od. 12. 241, etc.).—For ἀλλά με cp. Ai. 361.
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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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