ἀρχὴν, adv., placed before the negative word; cp. Ant. 92 n. ἂν with ἐβουλόμην: cp. 427, 1278: Lys. or. 12 § 22 “ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐβουλόμην ἂν αὐτοὺς ἀληθῆ λέγειν”.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part IV: The Philoctetes. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1932.
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