πράσσειν … πανδίκως, to do these things ‘with full justification,’ i.e., as a duty imposed by a father's solemn command.—Others explain, ‘command me absolutely’: but “πανδίκως” could not mean “παντελῶς”: see on 611.—For the place of οὖν in the verse, cp. O. C.1205, Ph.121.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part V: The Trachiniae. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1902.
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