ποντοπόρῳ: epith. of “ναΐ” in Ai. 250. δούρατι: the only example of this epic form in Soph. (for “δορί” and “δόρει” cp. Soph. O. C. 1304). Aesch. has “δουρίκλυτος, δουρίπληκτος”, and “ευρ. δούρατα”. Cp. Pind. P. 4. 27“εἰνάλιον δόρυ” (trabs), Aesch. Pers. 411“ἐπ᾽ ἄλλην” (sc. “ναῦν”) “ἄλλος ηὔθυνεν δόρυ.” πλήθει … μηνῶν, after the ten years at Lemnos: 598 n.
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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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