ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις “κ.τ.λ.” These words of the Chorus, though neutral in tone (like their words at v. 369), imply that Electra's plan is over-bold, and Chrys. speaks as if sure of their approval; which, indeed, she receives at v. 1015.— καὶ κλύοντι: for the omission of the art., cp. 1498: Aesch. Ag. 324“τῶν ἁλόντων καὶ κρατησάντων”: and n. on Soph. O. C. 606.— σύμμαχος here merely=“σύμφορος”, helpful. The figurative sense of the word is usually closer to the literal; as in Antiphon or. 5 § 43 “τὸ εἰκὸς σύμμαχόν μοί ἐστιν” (‘is on my side’). 993 For the place of μὴ, cp. Ph. 66“εἰ δ᾽ ἐργάσει” | “μὴ ταῦτα” (n.). ἐσῴζετ̓, ‘remembered’: Tr. 682 n.
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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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