ἆρ᾽ οἶσθα “λέγων ταγοὺς ὄντας ἃ ἂν λέγῃς”; knowest thou that whatever it pleases thee to say is said of men who are rulers? “λέγω τινά τι”=to say something of him. ἃ ἂν λέγῃς is a scornful euphemism, implying that he indulges in random abuse. ταγούς: only here in Soph. : oft. in Aesch. (in Aesch. P. V. 96Zeus is “ὁ νέος ταγὸς μακάρων”); once in Eur. , I. A. 269 (Adrastus). Here the word is not specially=“στρατηγός” (8), but simply =“βασιλεύς”.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part III: The Antigone. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1900.
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