ἅπαντα δυσχέρεια: for the neut. plur. as subject, with sing. subst. as predicate, cp. O. C. 883“ἆρ᾽ οὐχ ὕβρις τάδ̓”; Od. 24. 433“λώβη γὰρ τάδε γ᾽ ἐστί”: Stobaeus Flor. 5. 3 “φόβος τὰ θεῖα τοῖσι σώφροσιν βροτῶν”: Lys. or. 4 § 7 “πῶς ταῦτ᾽ ἐστὶ πρόνοια;” Dem. or. 19 § 72 “ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα γέλως.” τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν λιπών, whereas “τὸ γενναῖον” is “τὸ μὴ ἐξιστάμενον ἐκ τῆς αὑτοῦ φύσεως” (cp. 51 n.). Fraud was foreign to his nature (88).— τὰ μὴ προσεικότα, such things as do not befit him: for the generic “μή”, cp. 170, 409, 444, 909.
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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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