οὔκουν: ‘the Atreidae, at any rate (“οὖν”), did not thus.’ Here “οὖν” (like “γοῦν”) justifies his wonder at the youth's constancy. Cp. 907: 1389: Ant. 321(n.). εὐφόρως is the best correction of the MS. εὐπόρως (see cr. n.). Cp. Hippocr. Aph. 1242“εὐφορώτατα φέρειν”: ib. 1244 “δυσφόρως φέρειν” (as Soph. O. T. 783“δυσφόρως” | “τοὔνειδος ηγον”).
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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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