οὔτοι νεμεσητόν, since the feeling of “νέμεσις” is justified only when fair allowance has been made for human weakness. ( Andoc. or. 1. 57 “χρὴ γὰρ ἀνθρωπίνως περὶ τῶν πραγμάτων ἐκλογίζεσθαι, ὥσπερ ἂν αὐτὸν ὄντα ἐν τῇ συμφορᾷ”.) Cp. Il. 9. 523“πρὶν δ̓” (before the amend was made) “οὔτι νεμεσσητὸν κεχολῶσθαι.” ἀλύοντα: 174 n. χειμερίῳ: cp. 1460: Ai. 206“Α<*>ας θολερῷ” | “κεῖται χειμῶνι νοσήσας.” καὶ παρὰ νοῦν θροεῖν, referring to his abrupt dismissal of them (1177). “καί” (‘e'en’) expresses the relation of cause and effect. “παρὰ νοῦν” like “παρὰ δίκην” etc.: cp. O. T. 550“τοῦ νοῦ χωρίς”.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part IV: The Philoctetes. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1932.
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