νῦν σοι τέρψις ἐμφανὴς κυρεῖ, now thy joy is manifest, i.e., is assured beyond all doubt (cp. 223 f.). τῶν μὲν, the herald and the captives: τὰ δὲ, the news that Heracles will soon return. For the gen. absol. co-ordinated with a partic. in another case, cp. O. C.737 n.
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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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