ἀμείψας, of leaving a place (as Tr. 659): but it can also denote ‘entering,’ as Her. 5. 72“πρὶν τὰς θύρας αὐτὸν ἀμεῖψαι” (cp. Soph. Ant. 945“ἀλλάξαι” (of leaving), n.). πετρήρεις: here no more than “πετρίνας”. Cp. the phrase of Eur. in Ar. Th. 889“τυμβήρεις ἕδρας”, ‘seat on a tomb.’
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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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