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ὄρνιν. The nightingale may be meant (cp. 963, El.148 Ἴτυν αἰὲν Ἴτυν ὀλοφύρεται”); but it is also possible that the image is general, as in Ant.423 ff.


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    • Sophocles, Antigone, 423
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