οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτ̓: ἀλλ̓ “κ.τ.λ.”: i.e., ‘it is impossible that I should have bitter feelings towards Heracles or Iolè (and so the danger which you may fear is imaginary); but you, on the other hand, if you are withholding the truth, are doing wrong.’ For οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτα, finally dismissing a supposition, cp. Ai.470: “ταῦτα” is sometimes omitted, as in 709 below, Ant.289, El.448. μαθὼν … ἐκμανθάνεις: cp. 336 f.
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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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