τὸ γὰρ σόν, not “τὸ σὸν γάρ”: so O. T. 671 “τὸ γὰρ σόν, οὐ τὸ τοῦδ᾽”: ib. 1024 “ἡ γὰρ πρὶν...ἀπαιδία”. In the case of “σόν”, at least, this order seems to strengthen, rather than diminish, the emphasis. ὄμμα: cp. O. T. 447 “οὐ τὸ σὸν ι δείσας πρόσωπον”. Jeremiah i. 8 ‘Be not afraid of their faces.’ δημότῃ, the ordinary Theban citizen: cp. O. C. 78 n.
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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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