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οὗτοι referring to the indefinite “τις” (305): cp. Ant. 709οὖτοι” referring to “ὅστις” in 707 (n.).

λόγοις ἐλεοῦσιοἰκτίραντες. As a general rule, “ἐλεεῖν”=‘to show pity or mercy in act’: “οἰκτίρειν”, ‘to feel pity.’ Thus Dem. or. 28 § 20σώσατε, ἐλεήσατε”. [Dem. ] or. 57 § 45 “ἐλεοῖντ᾽ ἂν...δικαιότερον προσαπολλύοιντο”. Lys. or. 31 § 19οἷς ἕτεροι διδόναι παρ᾽ ἑαυτῶν τι” (i.e.ἐλεεῖν”) “προῃροῦντο, διὰ τὴν ἀπορίαν οἰκτίραντες αὐτούς”. See Heinrich Schmidt, Synonymik der griechischen Sprache, vol. III. pp. 577 ff.

καί πού τι: see on 274.

στολήν: cp. 223 f. n.

ἐκεῖνοθέλει sc.ποιῆσαι”: cp. 100 n.


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  • Commentary references from this page (5):
    • Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 2, 20
    • Lysias, Against Philon, 19
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 709
    • Sophocles, Philoctetes, 100
    • Sophocles, Philoctetes, 223
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