ἔκτα, the only Sophoclean example of this form (on which see Monro, Hom. Gr. § 13), though we have “συγ κατακτάς” in Ai.230.Both Aesch. ( Aesch. Eum.460) and Eur. ( Eur. Bacch.1290, etc.) use “κατέκταν” in dialogue, but not “ἔκταν.— Ἰφίτου βίαν”: for the periphrasis, cp. Soph. Ph.314.
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