ἠγρίωσαι expresses the temper which fiercely rejects friendly remonstrance (whereas in 226 “ἀπηγριωμένον” referred to aspect): cp. Od. 8. 575“ἠμὲν ὅσοι χαλεποί τε καὶ ἄγριοι οὐδὲ δίκαιοι”, | “ἠὲ φιλόξεινοι”. So in Plat. Rep. 410D “ἀγριότης” is associated with “σκληρότης”.— For οὔτε … τε, cp. 1363: O. C. 1397 n. Here, as often, the clause with “τε” expresses the contrary of that with “οὔτε” (‘so far from accepting advice, you resent it’): Her. 1. 63“ὅκως μήτε ἁλισθεῖεν ἔτι οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι, διεσκεδασμένοι τε εἶεν”: cp. id. 1. 119 quoted above on v. 950.
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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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