τὸν τοῦ μανέντος “κ.τ.λ.”: the art. “τὸν” marks a quotation of the phrase which they used: ‘calling him “that kinsman of the maniac,”’ etc. Cp. Xen. Anab. 6. 6. 7“ἐπιχειροῦσι βάλλειν τὸν Δέξιππον, ἀνακαλοῦντες τὸν προδότην. ” κἀπιβουλευτοῦ στρατοῦ. The MSS. agree in στρατοῦ, which is correct; as one could say “ἀνταγωνιστής τινος”. The dat. στρατῷ would also be tenable (cp. Tr. 668“τῶν σῶν Ἡρακλεῖ δωρημάτων” n.), and is strongly recommended by euphony. But euphony is not a sure guide in such cases (cp. Ph. 1354 n.). ἀποκαλοῦντες, in a bad sense, as usu.: Dem. or. 19 § 305 “ἀλάστορα τὸν Φίλιππον ἀποκαλῶν”. The good sense is rare in Attic of this age; De re equestri 10. 17 “τὸν ἵππον τοιοῦτον ἀποκαλοῦσιν ἐλευθέριον”: but may have been less rare later (cp. Eth. N. 2. 9: Plut. Mor. 776E). ὡς οὐκ ἀρκέσοι τὸ μὴ οὐ … θανεῖν: that he should not avail to save himself from dying: schol. “ὡς οὐκ ἀρκέσοι ἑαυτῷ τὸ μὴ λιθόλευστος γενέσθαι”. Cp. Aesch. P. V. 918“οὐδὲν γὰρ αὐτῷ ταῦτ᾽ ἐπαρκέσει τὸ μὴ οὐ ι πεσεῖν ἀτίμως”. For the fut. optat., cp. 313. καταξανθεὶς, carded (like wool), torn to shreds; Eur. imitates this (Suppl. 503) “πέτροις καταξανθέντες ὀστέων ῥαφάς”. Cp. Ar. Ach. 319“τί φειδόμεσθα τῶν λίθων, ὦ δημόται”, | “μὴ οὐ καταξαίνειν τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον εἰς φοινικίδα;”
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part VII: The Ajax. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1907.
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