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νήπιος: for the general masc., cp. 771: Tr. 151(n.).

γονέων, meaning “πατρός”: for the plur., cp. 346, 498, 594: O. T. 366 n.


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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