[877] With the MS. ἀπότομον ὤρουσεν εἰς ἀνάγκαν, there is a defect of \v\ \v\ or\h\. Reading ἀκρότατον in 876, Arndt supplies αἶπος before ἀπότομον, as I formerly supplied ἄκρον in the same place: E. L. Lushington thought of ὄρος to follow ἀπότομον: Campbell reads ἐξώρουσεν. But none of these remedies, nor any other of a like kind, is satisfactory, or very probable. I now agree with Wecklein in preferring Schnelle's ἀποτμοτάταν for ἀπότομον. This is metrically exact （= 867 δι᾽ αἰθέρα τεκν-）, and removes the necessity for any conjectural supplement. （The superlative of ἄποτμος occurs Hom. Od. 2.219.）
ὤρουσεν gnomic aor. （cp. Soph. OC 1215 “κατέθεντο）.” ἀνάγκαν a constraining doom from the gods: Eur. Phoen. 1000 “εἰς ἀνάγκην δαιμόνων ἀφιγμένοι.” Cp. Plat. Laws 716a “ὁ δέ τις ἐξαρθεὶς ὑπὸ μεγαλαυχίας ἢ χρήμασιν ἐπαιρόμενος ἢ τιμαῖς ἢ καὶ σώματος εὐμορφίᾳ, ἅμα νεότητι καὶ ἀνοίᾳ φλέγεται τὴν ψυχὴν μεθ᾽ ὕβρεως ... μετὰ δὲ χρόνον οὐ πολὺν ὑποσχὼν τιμωρίαν τῇ δίκῃ ἑαυτόν τε καὶ οἷκον καὶ πόλιν ἄρδην ἀνάστατον ἐποίησε.”This text is part of:
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