δορὸς … χειμῶνι. Eur. Suppl. 474 “πολὺς κλύδων ι ἡμῖν τε καὶ σοὶ ξυμμάχοις τ᾽ ἔσται δορός.” προστεταγμένον, the regular term for placing soldiers at their posts: Thuc. 2.87 “ἕπεσθε, χώραν μὴ προλείποντες ᾗ ἄν τις προσταχθῇ.” παραστάτην, one who stands beside one in the ranks (as “προστάτης” in front and “ἐπιστάτης” behind): Xen. Cyr. 3.3.21 (the gods are invoked as) “παραστάτας ἀγαθοὺς καὶ συμμάχους”. The Attic “ἔφηβος”, on beginning, at eighteen, his term of service as a “περίπολος”, took an oath, “οὐ καταισχυνῶ ὅπλα τὰ ἱερὰ” [the arms given to him by the State], “οὐδ᾽ ἐγκαταλείψω τὸν παραστάτην ὅτῳ ἂν στοιχήσω” (by whose side he should be placed): Serm. 43. 48. Thus for an Athenian audience this verse would be effective, and would seem peculiarly appropriate when addressed to the youthful Haemon.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part III: The Antigone. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1900.
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