εἶχον … ἐκβεβληκότες: cp. El. 590“ἐκβαλοῦσ᾽ ἔχεις”. The perf. part. ( O. T. 701) is much rarer than the aor. part. in mere periphrasis. When joined to the perf. partic., “ἔχω” has usu. a separate force; as Xen. An. 1. 3. 14“πολλὰ χρήματα ἔχομεν ἀνηρπακότες” (‘have carried off, and hold’). So ib. 4. 7. 1 “ἐν οἷς καὶ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια πάντα ἀνακεκομισμένοι” (had carried up, and kept). χρόνιον (masc.): O. C. 441 n.