τῶνδε τῶν ἔͅργων ἴδρις, ironi cal, as though these “ἔργα” were praiseworthy accomplishments. The v.l. “κακῶν”, for “ἔργων”, is very inferior. σχεδόν τι, ‘almost,’ i.e., ‘it may perhaps be said that...’; cp. Ant. 470“σχεδόν τι μώρῳ μωρίαν ὀφλισκάνω” (n.). οὐ καταισχύνω: commonly in a good sense: cp. Ai. 1304 f.: Il. 6. 209“μηδὲ γένος πατέρων αἰσχυνέμεν”. Eur. Or. 1169(Orestes speaking of his father), “ὃν οὐ καταισχυνῶ”.
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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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