τοῦτο, sc. “τὸ δεινόν”, this wondrous power, man. The schol. quotes Theocr. 15. 83 “σοφόν τοι χρῆμ᾽ ἄνθρωπος”. Not adverbial with “χωρεῖ”, ‘so’ (in a way corresponding with his “δεινότης”), as Bellermann takes it, comparing O. T. 1005 (“τοῦτ᾽ ἀφικόμην”), where see n.— πέραν, properly, ‘to the further side of’ (trans). The point here is that man dares to cross the sea. πέρα (ultra), which Blaydes prefers, would imply wanderings (not merely over, but) beyond sea. A European visitor to New York goes “πέραν πόντου”: to San Francisco, “πέρα”. Cp. O. C. 885 and p. 279.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part III: The Antigone. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1900.
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