ὠλβίζετ̓: the impf. refers to the series of victories; ἀνακαλ.=“ὅτε ἀνεκαλεῖτο”. The official proclamation would be merely, “Ὀρέστης Ἀγαμέμνονος Ἀργεῖος”. Cp. Ol. 5. 8 “ὃν πατέρ᾽ Ἄκρων᾽ ἐκάρυξε” (the victor caused to be proclaimed), “καὶ τὰν νέοικον ἕδραν” (Camarina). Dem. or. 18 § 319 “νικῶν ἀνηγορεύετο”. Plut. 585 “ἀνεκήρυττεν...τοὺς νικῶντας”. Pyth. I. 32 “κᾶρυξ ἀνέειπέ νιν”. Ἀγαμέμνονος is irregularly placed between “τοῦ” and “ἀγείραντος”: cp. 183 (“θεὸς”): O.T. 1245 “τὸν ἤδη Λά<*>ον πάλαι νεκρόν.” ἀγείραντος, as Thuc. I. 9 (of Agam.) “τὸν στόλον ἀγεῖραι”.
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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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