ἔβλαστ̓: in what human being has such impiety ever been inborn? Cp. 440: Ant. 563“οὐδ᾽ ὃς ἂν βλάστῃ μένει” | “νοῦς τοῖς κακῶς πράσσουσιν”. The gloss “ἐνομοθετήθη” points to another interpretation of “ἔβλαστ̓”, viz., ‘has become usual’ (cp. Ant. 296“κακὸν νόμισμ᾽ ἔβλαστε”): and to this the conjecture “τίσι” for “τίνι” (cr. n.) was adapted.
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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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