ἁνὴρ ὅδ̓: the transition to the 3rd pers., marking bitter indignation, is like that in Tr. 1238, where Heracles fears disobedience in Hyllus. εἰ μὴ ᾿γὼ: cp. O. T. 1086“εἴπερ ἐγὼ μάντις εἰμὶ καὶ κατὰ γνώμαν ἴδρις”: El. 472“εἰ μὴ ᾿γὼ παράφρων μάντις ἔφυν” | “καὶ γνώμας λειπομένα σοφᾶς”.—For γνώμην (which Naber alters to γνώμων) cp. El. 546“ἀβούλου καὶ κακοῦ γνώμην”: O. T. 687“ἀγαθὸς ὢν γνώμην”. The dat. in Ai. 1374“γνώμη σοφὸν” | “φῦναι.” τὸν πλοῦν στελεῖν: Ai. 1045“ᾧ δὴ τόνδε πλοῦν ἐστείλαμεν”. But “στέλλω” without “πλοῦν” in 571, Ai. 640.
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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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