ἐνέρων … ἀρωγός. Orestes is the champion, not only of his father's spirit, but also of Hades, who is ‘not regardless’ (184), and of the other powers invoked by Electra from the nether world (110 ff.). Cp. O. T. 126“Λαΐου δ᾽ ὀλωλότος” | “οὐδεὶς ἀρωγὸς ἐν κακοῖς ἐγίγνετο”.
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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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