ἔμπρησον: the omission of “με” is somewhat bold here: but cp. 769, 1368: Ai. 496“ἀφῇς”, O. T. 461“λάβῃς” (sc. “με”). If we read πυρί μ̓ |, the “ἐπισυναλοιφή” might be defended by the elision of “δ̓, τ̓”, and once “ταῦτ̓” ( O. T. 332) at the end of a verse ( O. T. 29 n.). But the fact seems to be that συλλαβὼν in 799, which at once suggests “με”, excuses the absence of the pron. here.
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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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