θεοὶ πατρῷοι, the gods of the Pelopid house: see on O. C. 756“πρὸς θεῶν πατρῴων”: and for the synizesis in “θεοί”, also ib. 964 n. συγγένεσθέ γ̓: cp. O. T. 275“εὖ ξυνεῖεν εἰσαεὶ θεοί”: Aesch. Ch. 460(the Chorus invoking Agamemnon) “ξὺν δὲ γενοῦ πρὸς ἐχθρούς”. For “γε”, cp. 345 n. ἀλλὰ νῦν, ‘now at least,’—though not sooner. Cp. O. C. 1276“πειράσατ᾽ ἀλλ᾽ ὑμεῖς γε” (n.). She hails the dream as a sign from the nether world that vengeance is imminent, and invokes the gods of her house to co-operate with the “χθόνιοι”.
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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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