ἀντέρειδε, plant firmly (on the ground). Lucian (perhaps with a reminiscence of this v.) uses the word of one who refuses to move,—“τὼ πόδε ἀντερείδων πρὸς τοὔδαφος” (“Κατάπλους” § 4). Cp. Anthol. 12. 84 “ἐπὶ γαῖαν,...ἴχνος ἐρειδόμενος”. This is better than to render, ‘lean thy steps on mine.’
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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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