ἡδοναῖς, a dat. of attendant circumstance, ‘amid’ them. ἐξαίρει βίον, ‘uplifts its life’; a phrase suggested by the image of the plant shooting up (cp. Il.18. 56“ἀνέδραμεν”, Od.6. 163“ἔρνος ἀνερχόμενον”), but also implying, ‘exults in its life’: cp. Ai.1066“μηδὲν δεινὸν ἐξάρῃς μένος.—ἕως” without “ἄν”, as Ph.764, O. C.77, Ai.555: but “ἕως ἄν” in Ph.1000, O. T.834, O. C.114, fr. 736. 5.
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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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