ὁ μὴ λεύσσων=“ὁ μὴ βλέπων”, the dead. Though this absol. use of “λεύσσειν” is found only here, it does not warrant suspicion. ἐπίπονον … λατρείαν. The insertion of πόνων, due to Gleditsch, is made probable by the text of the antistrophe: see on 839 f. For the phrase, cp. 356 “πόνων” | “λατρεύματ̓”. And for “ἐπίπονον” along with “πόνων”, cp. Ant.502 n. Other views of this verse are given in the Appendix on 839 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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