εἰ δ᾽ οὖν, ‘but if it was with the wish,’ etc.,—referring to Clytaemnestra's words in 537 ff. Cp. Aesch. Ag. 1042“εἰ δ᾽ οὖν ἀνάγκη τῆσδ᾽ ἐπιρρέποι τύχης” (‘but if the doom of slavery should befall’). ἐρῶ γὰρ καὶ τὸ σόν, ‘for I will state thy plea (537 ff.) also’: cp. Tr. 479“δεῖ γὰρ καὶ τὸ πρὸς κείνου λέγειν”. Ai. 1313“ὅρα μὴ τοὐμὸν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ σόν”.
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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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