ἐμπελάζεις … καὶ παρίστασαι, i.e., find him, and then stand near to him in his sufferings. The vivid historic pres. suits the tension of mind with which the question is asked: cp. O. T.113“συμπίπτει”, and ib. 1025 “δίδως”.—These are Deianeira's last words on the scene.
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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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