ἐμέ γ᾽ … ἄραρεν, suits, is congenial to, me. In this intrans. sense “ἤραρον” would naturally take a dat.; as in Od. 4. 777“μῦθον, ὃ δὴ καὶ πᾶσιν ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἤραρεν ἡμῖν”. For the acc. here, cp. Ai. 584“οὐ γάρ μ᾽ ἀρέσκει”. It may have been suggested by the acc. which follows this aor. when transitive; “ἤραρε θυμὸν ἐδωδῇ” ( Od. 5. 95), ‘satisfied.’ Simonides has “ἀραρεῖν” (fr. 41), but the form is otherwise epic only. φρένας, defining “ἐμέ”: cp. 99 “κάρα”, n.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part VI: The Electra. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1894.
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