ὑπ᾽ αὐτὴν, close under it: cp. Il. 13. 614“ἦ τοι ὁ μὲν κόρυθος φάλον ἤλασεν ἱπποδασείης” | “ἄκρον ὑπὸ λόφον αὐτόν”: Xen. An. 4. 1. 2“τὰ...ὄρη...ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἐκρέματο.” ἐσχάτην στήλην, the stone pillar (“νύσσα, καμπτήρ”） which marked the turning-point at each end of the course. A vase-painting in Panofka, Bilder Antiken Lebens, pl. iii, no. 10, shows a chariot-race in which the “νύσσα” is simply a pillar, with a fillet twined round it. Plat. Symp. 4. 6“ἁρματηλατοῦντα δεῖ ἐγγὺς μὲν τῆς στήλης κάμψαι.— ἔχων”, sc. “τοὺς ἵππους”, directing his course: cp. Il. 23. 325(the skilful driver does not force the pace at first), “ἀλλ᾽ ἔχει ἀσφαλέως καὶ τὸν προὔχοντα δοκεύει”.
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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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