γὰρ as in 1326. ἡμῖν ἔστιν (‘we have a man,’ etc.), rather than “ἡμῖν ἐστιν” (when the verb would be merely auxiliary to “ἁλούς”). Ἕλενος: see on 606 ff.: ἀριστόμαντις = “ἄριστος μάντις”, like “ἀληθόμαντις” ( Aesch. Ag. 1241), “ὀρθόμαντις” ( Pind. N. 1. 92), etc.
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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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