θάρσυνε. The verb is not elsewhere intrans., but here follows the analogy of “βραδύνω, κρατύνω, ταχύνω.” οὐχ αὑτὸς ἀεί: cp. Tr. 129“ἐπὶ πῆμα καὶ χαρὰ πᾶσι κυκλοῦσιν”.
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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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