λόγων γε μὴν εὔκλειαν, lit., ‘as to fame, however,’ “γε μήν” merely marking that the speaker turns to a new point. (Not, ‘as to fame, at all events,’—i.e., even if the other rewards are not won.) Cp. O. C. 587“ὅρα γε μήν”,—the only other instance of “γε μήν” in Sophocles. λόγων implies a contrast with “ἔργα”,—i.e., the substantial gains mentioned in 971 f.
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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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