βαστάσασα. The aor. of this verb often denotes taking into the hand ( Ph. 657, etc.), as the pres. (below, Ph. 1129) denotes holding. δυσφηυῶ μὲν οὔ: i.e., she refrains from uttering any mournful or reproachful word, with reference to his long delay in coming. Cp. 1182: Eur. Hec. 181“ΕΚ. ὤμοι μοι, τέκνον”. | “ΠΟΛ. τί με δυσφημεῖς”; —Others understand merely, ‘I utter no cry of joy.’ But such a cry would not be “δύσφημος” merely because she was at the tomb; in Aesch. Cho. 235 ff. Electra freely utters her joy there.—For the place of οὔ, cp. Soph. Ai. 545“ταρβήσει γὰρ οὔ”, and n. on Soph. Ant. 96.
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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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