τῇδε, sc. “τῇ πράξει”: τοῦτο, sc. “τὸ <*> χαίρειν.—συντρέχειν”, coincide with, be combined with: for this sense of the zerb, cp. n. on O. C.158 ff.—Not (as <*>ood), ‘Such joy must needs accompany [the event] in this way (“τῇδε”).’ The rejection of this verse (see cr. n.) would be deplorable. Deianeira rejoices, but <*>ls a certain sadness, and knows that she cannot help showing it; all the more she wishes to assure them how real her joy is.
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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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