καὶ δὴ, i.e., without further preface: cp. 892: Ant. 245“καὶ δὴ λέγω σοι”: O. C. 31 n. τοῦ κασιγνήτου τί φής...; Cp. Od. 11. 174“εἰπὲ δέ μοι πατρός τε καὶ υἱέος”: Ph. 439“ἀναξίου μὲν φωτὸς ἐξερήσομαι” (n.). ἥξοντος, about to come (soon), ἢ μέλλοντος, or delaying? Do his messages indicate zeal, or do they not? Cp. O. C. 1627“τί μέλλομεν” | “χωρεῖν”; The words could also mean, ‘about to come soon, or (at least) purposing to do so’ (cp. Tr. 75“ἐπιστρατεύειν..ἢ μέλλειν ἔτι”): but the antithesis recommends the former view.— The participles explain “τί”, being equiv. to “ὅτι ἥξει, ἢ μέλλει”; cp. Aesch. Ag. 271“εὖ γὰρ φρονοῦντος ὄμμα σοῦ κατηγορεῖ”.
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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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