βυθῶν “from the depths,” i.e. out of the trough of the waves which rise around. Cp. Soph. Ant. 337 περιβρυχίοισιν ι περῶν ὑπ᾽ οἴδμασιν, under swelling waves which threaten to engulf him. Arat. 426 ὑπόβρυχα ναυτίλλονται. φοινίου here merely poet. for θανασίμου, as Soph. Trach. 770 φοινίας ι ἐχθρᾶς ἐχίδνης ἰός: Soph. OC 1689 φόνιος Ἀΐδας. But in Soph. Aj. 351 φοινία ζάλη= the madness which drove Ajax to bloodshed. ἔτ᾽ οὐχ οἵα τε: for position of ἔτ᾽, cp. Soph. Trach. 161 ὡς ἔτ᾽ οὐκ ὤν, Soph. Phil. 1217 ἔτ᾽ οὐδέν εἰμι. With οἷός τε the verb is often omitted, as 1415, Soph. OC 1136, Soph. Trach. 742, Aristoph. Kn. 343.