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 PREFACE. 
 
 'Z est ccrtaines grandes figures qui ressemblaient a des 
 sphinx : ils ne disaient jamais le dernier mot. Telle est 
 Med'ee, says M. Ernest Legouve (the author of a tragedy 
 on the subject), a sentiment which an editor may share 
 with the playwright. Much valuable aid is to hand in 
 previous commentaries; but numerous difficulties, great and 
 small, still present themselves. I hope to have contributed 
 a little in the way of interpretation and illustration that 
 may excuse yet another edition of this powerful and 
 fascinating drama. Besides the works of Porson and 
 Elmsley, and the excellent school edition of the play by 
 Wecklein (3rd ed. Leipzig, 1891), I have used the separate 
 editions of the Medea by Lenting (Zutph. 18 19), Ptlugk- 
 Klotz (Lips. 1867), Verrall (London, 1881), Paley (Cambr. 
 1889), and that of Weil contained in his Sept Tragedies 
 d'Euripide (Paris, 1879) ; and the very useful edition of the 
 scholia by Schwartz. Obligations relating to particular 
 points are acknowledged in the notes. The text of the 
 present edition is based on that of Adolf Kirchhoff in his 
 
vi PREFACE. 
 
 text of Euripides published in 1855, and Rudolf Prinz 
 { Medea ^ Lips. 1878) whose critical notes, containing the 
 results of fresh collations, in many cases supplement or 
 modify the information derived from Kirchhoff. I have 
 followed Prinz's method of designating the mss. tradition. 
 For the assignment of emendations to their original author, 
 which in the case of those relating to the text of Euripides 
 is not always easy, Prinz and Wecklein {Anhang. i. pp. 
 133 — 158) have been accepted as authorities — auctorem 
 euni, qui primus {emendationem) protulit^ nojniiiavL Prinz. 
 
 C. E. S. H. 
 
 Trinity Hall, 
 
 November \()th, 1897. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Introduction 
 
 PAGES 
 
 ix — XXV 
 
 Medea ^5° 
 
 Notes 5i-^o8 
 
 Note A 105-107 
 
 Note B 107-108 
 
 no — 114 
 
 115— 123 
 
 Appendix 
 
 Index I 
 
 II ^^3 
 
 III • "+ 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 I. 
 
 HAD Sophokles' Women of KolcMs, of which scarcely 
 anything now remains, been handed down to us, it 
 would probably have presented a dramatic version of the 
 earlier adventures of Medea, the romantic flight with Jason 
 from the kingdom of Aietes and that crime so significant of her 
 passionate and daring spirit — the murder of her own brother^ to 
 secure the safety of her lover. Medea appears also in the play 
 of Sophokles called 'Pitoro/xoi as the sorceress gathering witch's 
 herbs for the famous caldron, in which the ram was made 
 young and Pelias, the aged king of lolkos, perished^ at the 
 hands of his own deluded daughters. This episode doubt- 
 less was prominent in Euripides' own play, the IleXtaScf, with 
 which in 455 B.C. he opened his career on the tragic stage; 
 choosing his subject, as was natural in a poet yet unknown to 
 fame, from the less familiar Thessalian mythology in preference 
 to those legends of Argos and Thebes {to. ttjs Nto/S;;? naOr) fj to. 
 neXoTTtScoj/ rj TO TpQ)LKa ^ Ti akXo rav toiovtcov^) which had already 
 served for more than one dramatic triumph. In the Alkestis 
 (438 B.C.) he continued the theme with the pathetic story of 
 
 i schol. Apollonius Rhodius 4, -228 'Zo(poKKr]% d^ iv KoXxio'i- <Pv<^i' 
 Kara top oIkov toO AItitov rbu iraida acpayrjvai. 
 
 ^ iiifr, 9 (Krav^lv ir€i<ya(ra JleXtdSas /c6pas | iraTipa). 
 ** Plato republ. 380 a. 
 
X INTR on UCTION. 
 
 Alkestis, one^ of the IlfXiaSes, and her husband Admetus of 
 Pherae. With the Medea (431 B.C.) Euripides not only treats a 
 novel subject — the story of Medea and Jason after their flight 
 from lolkos to Korinth — but displays very remarkably that 
 novelty of manner which distinguishes him from the elder 
 tragedians. It is as a psychological study of a passionate and 
 haughty nature goaded to extremity by the cruellest of wrongs 
 that his heroine interests us; and we are fain to acknowledge 
 that, by the convincing strength of his dehneation, Euripides 
 has attained that supreme plane of tragedy where move the 
 Klytaemnestra of Aeschylus and the Oedipus of Sophokles. But 
 in the character of the drama itself there is a wide difference 
 between the Medea, and the Agai)ienino7i or Oedipus Tyraiuius. 
 The criticism of the younger tragedian implied in what 
 Aeschylus is made to say^ by Aristophanes in the Frogs is, 
 as far as it goes, perfectly just. Euripides was in fact the 
 first to make the interest of a play depend upon the analysis 
 of a single passion ; and to place upon the stage images 
 of female character, not of normal nor yet heroic mould, 
 but exhibited under the influence of some overmastering 
 emotion. The portraiture of a noble type, such as the Antigone 
 of Sophokles, is replaced by a study more in the manner of 
 Balzac of some abnormal psychic condition — and, like the 
 dramatists of the Elizabethan age, he sometimes turns to the 
 morbid and revolting in search of dramatic effect. It is not the 
 supreme art of Sophokles handling with firm touch the great 
 laws of human existence, nor that of Shakspeare at his best ; 
 but, like a gloomy tragedy of Ford, it achieves success by 
 presenting the exceptional with insight and dramatic proba- 
 bility and asserting its tremendous effect from time to time 
 upon the normal course of human life. Thus indeed does 
 Euripides well merit the epithet rpayiKcoraTos. 
 
 We are not made to feel, as in Aeschylus, the shadow of a 
 npaiTapx'is ara surely creeping onwards to blot all sunshine from 
 
 ^ Hyginns fadidarum liber i\ (cf. Homer B 715). 
 ^ OX) ^alSpas e-Trolovi' oi'o^ 'S/ftfvo^oia<; 1093. 
 
INTRODUCTION. xi 
 
 the lives of a doomed race. The tragic conception of Nemesis 
 overthrowing man's pride at the moment when all seems most 
 secure is no longer so strikingly presented. But in the best 
 plays of Euripides the influence of human feeling and human 
 passion as factors in events is hardly less impressive than the 
 problems of heredity and fate. Nous voyons succdder \ I'antique 
 fatality du destin, la fatalite nouvelle de la passion i. 
 
 The dramatic basis of the Medea is the effect of combined 
 ingratitude and treachery on the passionate daughter of Aietes^. 
 Jealousy is raised to the dignity of tragedy and the commonplace 
 nature of Jason is used as an admirable foil to the proud and 
 fiery nature of the heroine. The internal unity of motive is 
 complete. From the moment when she is roused to action by 
 the decree of banishment, her mind is set on revenge ; and in 
 the development of her scheme and its execution the drama 
 "consists. For this moment the situation is well chosen. Medea 
 has secluded herself within the house ever since the news of 
 Jason's betrothal to Glauke^ the daughter of Kreon and, 
 like a savage lioness {joKaho^ Xeaivrjs, 187) whom none dare 
 approach, is nursing her grief alone. Only a passionate outcry is 
 heard now and again from within. At last she appears calm 
 in demeanour before the Korinthian ladies, who have shown 
 her kindness in the past, and addresses them with mingled 
 dignity and pathos (214). From her first appearance the whole 
 interest is centred upon Medea. When her resolve has 
 hardened under the final stroke, she moves like a relentless 
 Fury towards its tragic fulfilment. Nothing diverts her for an 
 instant from her scheme of vengeance. Step by step the plan 
 is matured, the raging tumult of her soul is dissembled to 
 avoid suspicion. At last all is in train and even her maternal 
 fondness is overcome in order that the deadliest and most 
 torturing wound may be dealt to Jason, trusted and false, whom 
 
 ^ Patin ehides ii. p. 376. 
 2 AiriTa ^ajj.€V7]s Trats. Pindar Pyth. 4, ro. 
 
 ^ She is not named in the play, but so called in the scholia. In 
 Seneca's work (see p. xvii) she appears as Creusa. 
 
xii INTRODUCTION. 
 
 she now hates as bitterly as once she had loved too well. The 
 blow falls, Medea stands exulting in her triumph amid the 
 ruin she has caused (1347). Like Vittoria Corombona, in 
 Webster's play, she passes from her forced composure (864 ff.) 
 with startling effect to a paroxysm of scorn and fury : 
 
 Francisco de Med. You must have patience. 
 
 Vittoria. I must first have vengeance. 
 
 I fain w^ould know if you have your salvation 
 By patent, that you proceed thus. 
 
 At the end when the deed is done, like a lioness over her 
 stricken prey, she feels neither pity nor remorse. With a fine 
 touch the poet shows her refusing Jason even the bodies of his 
 dead children, and like a mocking spirit of calamity vanishing 
 with them in the chariot of the Sun. 
 
 II. 
 
 We are able to realize the innovation of Euripides in his 
 character of Medea by comparing that of Deianeira as drawn by 
 Sophokles in the Trachiniae. She too has been injured and 
 slighted. Herakles has transferred his affections to lole, and 
 Deianeira sees her illusion vanished and her life wrecked. But 
 not for a moment does she dream of revenge. She flings no 
 passionate reproaches, nor does she lose her self-control. Her 
 thought is to win back, if possible, the love of Herakles ; or, 
 if not, to die. This is the answer of dramatic art at its 
 highest to the less supreme, less complete challenge of 
 Euripides. In that play Sophokles has drawn the type of a 
 noble wife, of an infinite patience and sweetness — the Greek 
 ideal of heroic womanhood. The Medea of Euripides is not 
 a type, but a study. The barbara Colchis has none of the 
 Greek restraint, the self-mastery they so highly prized. Terrible 
 in the whirlwind of passion she rises above the vulgarity 
 of the uncontrolled by the tragic vehemence of her emotion, 
 that by its own intensity avails at last to subdue every instinct 
 to a single purpose. By this, and by this only, Euripides 
 
INTR OD UCTION. xiii 
 
 is dramatically justified in making her kill her own children. 
 But in addition he creates through the allusions to her 
 sorcery, and by emphasizing her foreign birth, an atmosphere of 
 remoteness and mystery that somewhat softens the effect of 
 this violent contrast in character with the Greek ideal. At 
 the same time we see that, like the murder of Desdemona^, 
 the deed of Medea follows with probability from the character 
 as conceived and depicted by the poet. The motive indeed 
 is different. Othello kills because he loves; Medea although 
 she loves, in order to punish another. But as she had dared 
 all for love, so she will dare all for revenge. No sacrifice 
 is too great if thus the most exquisite vengeance may be dealt, 
 even as when in Kolchis she sacrificed everything for Jason no 
 crime bad appalled her : 
 
 crediiur ultorem metuens regnique fugaeque 
 
 ense suo, fratrisque simul cervice parata, 
 
 exspectasse patrem. 
 
 Lucan//mrj. lo, 465. 
 
 III. 
 
 THESSALTAN MYTHOLOGY AND THE STORY 
 
 OF JASON. 
 
 The family of the Aeolidae are connected with Thessaly by 
 legends of great antiquity. Athamas, son ot Aeolus and Enarete, 
 and king of Orchomenus, had consented to sacrifice his two 
 children Phrixus and Helle at the instigation of Ino (v. 1281) 
 their stepmother. But the shade of Nephele their mother 
 appeared at the critical moment, the children were rescued, and 
 rode off through the air on a golden ram (procured from the 
 god Hermes 2) towards the Euxine sea. Phrixus alone reached 
 Kolchis and there, in the grove of Ares, hung up the Golden 
 Fleece (v. 5). Athamas was compelled to leave Boeotia and went 
 to settle in Thessaly. At the Thessalian lolkos reigned Aeson 
 the father of Jason and grandson of Aeolus. After Pelias {v. 7) 
 
 ^ See Heine in Koerting's Franzbsische Sfudien Bd. I. Hft. 3. 
 
 2 cf. the chariot provided by Helios in this play for Medea's escape. 
 
xiv INTR0DUC7Y0N. 
 
 had seized the throne he was confronted by Jason who demanded 
 his father's kingdom. As a temporizing device, PeHas promised 
 it if Jason (in order to remove the curse resting upon the house 
 of Aeolus) brought back the Golden Fleece and appeased the 
 spirit of Phrixus — hoping thus to get rid of Jason altogether. 
 A ship was built under Hera's supervision and called A?'go, the 
 name possibly meaning 'the swift 'as kvv(s apyoi Homer /3 ii,&c. 
 With a crew of chosen heroes Jason set out and at last reached 
 Kolchis. Here Aietes (whose relation to Jason recalls that of 
 Eurystheus to Herakles, of. Hesiod Theog. 606) promised the 
 Fleece as the reward of certain tasks. Jason must yoke two 
 fire-breathing oxen (v. 477, 8) to the plough and sow a field 
 with serpents' teeth that came up as armed men. All this 
 Medea, who had fallen in love with Jason, helped him to do. 
 Aietes then (a common feature in tales of this kind) tried to 
 evade his promise, but Medea by her sorcery put to sleep the 
 snake which guarded the Golden Fleece, and embarked by 
 night (Si* oKa vv-^iov, 21 1) with Jason for Greece. To retard 
 pursuit she slew her brother Apsyrtus (v. 167) and cut him in 
 pieces. When they reach lolkos it is found that Aeson has 
 been murdered by Pelias, whose daughters are presently 
 tricked by Medea into avenging their father's crime. Akastus, 
 the son of Pelias, expels Medea and Jason from his realm. 
 They find refuge at Korinth. 
 
 IV. 
 
 LEGEND OF THE ARGONAUTS. 
 
 In the story of the Argo we have an interesting case of the 
 development of a myth, with adaptations to local genealogy 
 and the dramatic requirements of the stage. We cannot pretend 
 to certainty in the various steps but can observe some of the 
 principal modifications. Jason is mentioned in the Iliad\ 
 
 1 <I> 40 (cf. ^ 745). H 467. 
 
INTR OD UCTION. xv 
 
 Pelias^ and Aietes''- in the Odyssey, Medea nowhere in Homer. 
 He refers however to the Argo and to the protection of Jason 
 by Hera^, and the heroes pass the UXayKra'^ on their return 
 from Kolchis. The fable may possibly have existed in a 
 developed form in Homer's time— ^.^. in tlie epic poem r) 
 Mii/vaf TTot'r/crty, the author of which (o ti]v MttvaSa -ypw^a^) was 
 (perhaps) Prodikus of Phokaea. It certainly appeared in the 
 car77ien Nmipactiuni {NavnaKTia eTrrj), as we see from various 
 references made to it in the scholia on Apollonius Rhodius 
 for the harpies, fire-breathing bulls, &c., and the flight from 
 Kolchis ^ We cannot indeed infer this development from 
 the expression Trao-i fieXovaa applied by Homer to the Argo^. 
 But it may be said that the story of the Argonauts takes 
 its start from the Odyssey, as the Theban legend from the 
 Iliad. 
 
 An outhne only of the fable appears in Hesiod'^ {circ. 735 B.C.) 
 but Eumelus {circ. 760), the Korinthian poet, handles it in 
 detail and modifies it for his own countrymen. He makes 
 Aietes king of Korinth {schol. Ap. Rhod. 412): 
 
 Ai/}Tr]s 0' dp eKuv Bovuu} irapedojKe (pvXdaaeiv 
 eicrdKev aiiTos ifKOir', i] e| aiiro^o rts aXXos 
 r/ Trais r/ viiovbv 6 5' (Jox^to KoXx'Sa yatav. 
 
 He is the first ^ to identify by name Ata, the fabulous land 
 
 1 X253. =^'a*7o. 
 
 ^ The idea of her wrath against Pelias was probably later. 
 
 ■* See on infr. 2. T'lmaens fra^. 5. 
 
 5 In this poem (after the death of Pelias) it is Kerkyra to which 
 Medea flees. 
 
 *» Cf. ovpavov—'iKdveL (of the song of Demodokus) 6 94. Niese die 
 Entwickeliing d. Homerischen Poesie (Berol. 1882). 
 
 7 According to Hes. Theog. 997 Jason finds his father alive on his 
 relurn and succeeds to the kingdom. The more common version is 
 probably later to account for his going with Medea to Korinth. Cf. 
 the many alterations of myths in order to bring in Athens. So Euripides 
 invents in this play the episode of Aegeus : cf. infr. 658. 
 
 * V. Mueller 0>-chomenos p. z^(.j. 
 
xvi INTRODUCTION. 
 
 vaguely referred to by Homer and Mimnermus^, with Kolchis. 
 Epimenides^ who also wrote on this theme 2, agrees in sup- 
 posing Jason to voyage to Kolchis and as to AtJ/Vi^y^ says, 
 Kopivdios TO) -yeVft jjLTjrepa 6' avTov ^E(f>vpav ktX. The lyric poets 
 Alkman, Simonides &c. have allusion to the Golden Fleece* 
 {depas xpvcroixaWov Suidas) and the divine attributes of Medea. 
 Pindii}- in his 4th Pythian ode, in the splendid episode of 
 Medea, sketches some of the striking scenes of Jason's story 
 down to his flight with Medea from Korinth, whence they go 
 to Lemnos (cf. Homer H 467). The Golden Fleece was after- 
 wards interpreted in various ways by rationalistic writers. 
 Some interpreted it as signifying the gold found in Kolchis^; 
 or as meaning c^xtd^vs. golden statues according to Palaiphatos'^, 
 the author in the 4th century A.D. of a work referred to in 
 the Ciris (docta Palaephatia testatur voce papyrus): or even 
 a book according to Charax, a historian of the 2nd century B.C. 
 The same Euhemeristic point of view is evident in Juvenal's'' 
 mercator lason. After their arrival at Korinth Jason deserts 
 Medea, in revenge for which she kills Glauke and her own 
 two children Mermerus and Pheres^. She herself escapes to 
 Athens. Here we reach an innovation invented or adopted 
 by Euripides, on which something has been already said 
 supr. p. xiii. Later writers represent Medea as making up her 
 quarrel with Jason, who afterwards returned to Kolchis when 
 Aietes died^. As to Jason himself accounts vary. According 
 to Diodorus he committed suicide in despair, but the usual 
 version is that he was crushed to death by the Argo which fell 
 over upon him as he lay asleep. 
 
 "^ frag. II, Bergk ii''. 27. Herodotus (7, 193) says h AXav tt]v 
 KoXx'Sa. 
 
 2 Diog. Laert. i, 10, 5. ' scAol. Ap. Rliod. 3, 242. 
 
 4 Cf. also Pherekydes 53. ^ Strabo 11, p. 49. 
 
 ^ irepl (XTriaTwv p. 31. ' saL 6, 153. 
 
 8 In the NauTrd/cTta ^ttt] Mermerus is killed out hunting. 
 
 ^ Tacitus ann. 6, 34 pos^ avectam Mcdeam inanem inox regiam 
 Aeetae vacuosque Colchos repetivit. Another account makes Aietes 
 alive at the time. 
 
INTRODUCTION. xvii 
 
 V. 
 
 SENECA. CORNEILLE. GLOVER. 
 
 The Medea was among the plays translated by Ennius, of 
 whose Medea .?;ir?// about 40 lines are preserved. These fragments 
 are of no great interest, but it is much to be regretted that the 
 Medea of Ovid, so highly praised in antiquity, has with the 
 exception of two lines entirely perished. The rhetorical skill of 
 Ovid, his elegance of diction, and the exquisite finish which 
 his work displays would serve him aptly in rendering Euri- 
 pides : and the story of Medea's passion and jealousy may well 
 have received especial study from the author of the Heroides. 
 Everybody has heard of one speech in Seneca's Medea^ though 
 few perhaps could quote much more from it^ In fact the play 
 is rather a rhetorical exercise than a tragedy, and probably 
 was never intended for the stage. The speech alluded to occurs 
 when the Nurse, urging IMedea to control her indignation, 
 points out the weakness of her position : 
 
 abiere Colchi : coniugis mdla est fides, 
 nihilque superest opibus e tantis tibi. 
 
 The reply is Medea superest'^. 
 
 The Medee of Corneille has many obvious faults and what 
 merit it does possess is cast into the shade by the much better 
 work done by its author at a later period. In spite of this, as 
 
 1 See Julius Hare Guesses at Truth p. 136. 
 
 2 Boileau {rifiexions critiques X.) justly praises Co^;neille's Moi in 
 reply here (comparing it for energetic conciseness to the answer of the 
 father of the Horatii in Corneille's tragedy Horace — Que vouliez-vous 
 qu'il fit contra trois ? Qt^il mourut) and many French critics cite it as a 
 striking improvement on the original. It is to be observed that the 
 pronoun is not finer than Seneca's Medea stiperest, which in Latin is as 
 effective. He however unfortunately goes on thus Medea superest: hie 
 mare et terras vides \ fcrrumque &c., entirely weakening the effect. 
 
 H. M. "2 
 
xviii INTRODUCTION. 
 
 M. Guizot observes 1, none of its defects "will deter from a 
 perusal of Mddee any person who has the courage to prepare 
 for it by a slight acquaintance with the drama of that period." 
 The characters however are rather lacking in interest. A 
 Latin version of the play which was made by G. Buchanan 
 (Edinburgh 1772) is easy and elegant in style. Some extracts 
 from it are given in the commentary. 
 
 The tragedy Medea by Richard Glover is of very consider- 
 able literary merit, and has perhaps suffered from the temporary 
 fame of the author's dull epic Leonidas^ which is now better 
 known, by name at any rate ; and his play Jason (published 
 in 1799 but never acted) ; both of which are vastly inferior. 
 His Medea (published in 1761 and acted a few years later at 
 Drury Lane) is quite worth perusal. The following brief 
 analysis will give an idea of its structure. 
 
 Act I. Medea comes from lolcos on the day that Jason, who 
 had gone to Corinth on a " specious embassy to Creon," is to 
 be wedded to Creusa. Aeson (who arrives to seek Creon's aid 
 against Pelias) says that Medea and Jason must be prevented 
 from meeting. 
 
 Act II. Medea in the grove of Juno hears Jason tell Theano 
 (priestess of the temple) of his betrothal. Catching sight of 
 Medea, Jason is seized with repentance, and presently dismays 
 Aeson by declaring that he will remain true to her : 
 
 Jason. She rises from the grove 
 
 A sun disfigured by a mist of sorrow 
 
 Rais'd by our crime. 
 Aeson. And who must save lolcos? 
 
 Jason. She. 
 
 He then attempts to excuse himself to Medea, alleging the 
 political reasons pressed upon him by Aeson. 
 
 ^ Corneille and his 'lunes. Eng. Tr. 1852. 
 
 2 Horace Walpole in a letter alludes to the extravagant encomiums 
 on Leonidas as "an epic poem finer than Milton's" by those who were 
 pleased with its political sentiments. 
 
INTRODUCTION. xix 
 
 By empire's glaring bubble, 
 By policy's ensnaring voice misled, 
 Or by mistaken duty to a parent, 
 I swerv'd from ancient faith. 
 
 Medea treats him with scorn. 
 
 Act III. She entrusts her children to Thcands care, and 
 taking her magic wand invokes Hecate, who promises her the 
 vengeance she asks but in the following terms, "Against thyself, 
 unhappy, thou prevail'st, What thou dost love shall perish by thy 
 rage." But Medea cannot bear the idea of destroying Jason, 
 and therefore 
 
 Act IV. summons Jasojt to her presence \\\2i\. she r[\?iY iry to 
 win him back, " imploring pity from the man who scorn'd her," 
 but Jason with shame and remorse has to tell her that it is too 
 late. " Creusa — is my wife." Creon now sends to enforce the 
 decree of banishment. Jason determines to flee with Medea 
 from Corinth ; turning a deaf ear to the remonstrances of 
 Aeson, whom this novel display of firmness on the part of Jason 
 takes by surprise. 
 
 Act V. Thea?io descendifig frotn the temple relates the 
 murder of the children by Medea, who presently rushes in and 
 falls fainting upon the stage. She rallies, and all the horror of 
 her crime comes home to her : 
 
 Not the disburthen'd sluices oi the skies, 
 The watery Nereids with the ocean's store, 
 Nor all the tears which misery hath shed 
 Can from the mother wash her children's blood. 
 
 She is about to stab herself, but is arrested by the voice of 
 Juno, and presently appears in a chariot drawn by fire-breathing 
 coursers preparing to depart for an unknown bourn. She bids 
 farewell to Jason for ever. He is about to take his own life in 
 despair, when Theano checks him, urges him to summon his 
 fortitude, and seek for peace of mind in the work and action that 
 
 lie before him. 
 
 Recall thy manhood ! 
 Thou hast a father's kingdom to redeem : 
 Go, save a nation ! 
 
 2 — 3 
 
XX INTRODUCTION. 
 
 DATE OF THE PLAY, 
 
 T\:i^ Medea was brought out in the archonship of Pythodoru^ 
 at the Greater Dionysia in the spring of B.C. 431 with the 
 author's Philoktetes^ Dictys and satyric drama Geptorai. It 
 received the third prize, Euphorion (son of Aeschylus) gaining 
 the first and Sophokles the second. The author of the ist 
 argument to the play remarks, rh Spajxa 8oKel vno^aXeadat (sc. 
 EvptTTLdrjs) Trapa ^eocfipovos 8iaaK€vd(ras, citing the authority of 
 the grammarian Dikaiarchos and the vnopvrijxaTa of Aristotle. 
 What was the actual relation of this play to the work of 
 Neophron, whom some ancient accounts^ assert to have been 
 the real author, is a question that has been much discussed. 
 It seems however impossible to make out anything definite. 
 Certainly one cannot believe the speech quoted from Neophron 
 by Stobaeus (Jloril. XX. 34) to be earlier than the Medea 
 of Euripides. 
 
 The play was first printed in the Aldine edition (containing 
 all the plays of Euripides except the Elektrd) published in 
 February 1503 at Venice. 
 
 ^ cf. Diog. Laert. 2, 18, 10 (speaking of Menedemos) were irTalov(nv 
 ol X^yopTiS /xr]5^v avrbv dveyvuK^vaL ttXt)!' ttjs M-qdelas Tjji Eu/)i7rt5ou 
 TJv ivLoi l^eocppopos Tov IjiKVOJviov (fxjxri. 
 
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 
 
 B.C. 
 
 Art and Literature. 
 
 Political Events. 
 
 485 
 
 484 
 
 483 
 
 480 
 
 479 
 
 75. 
 
 -2 
 
 479 
 
 76. 
 
 r 
 
 476 
 
 77> 
 
 I 
 
 472 
 
 77, 
 
 2 
 
 471 
 
 78, 
 
 I 
 
 46S 
 
 Aeschylus (b. 525) gains his 
 
 first dramatic victory. 
 Herodotus born. 
 
 Birth of Euripides (on the 
 day, it is said, of the battle 
 of Salamis — the 20th of 
 Boedromion). 
 
 Pindar circ. 40 years old. 
 
 (About this time Gorgias, the 
 rhetorician, born. Prodikus, 
 of whom Euripides was a 
 pupil, was a few years junior 
 to Gorgias). 
 
 Anaxagoras goes to Athens. 
 
 Phrynichus wins the prize for 
 
 tragedy. 
 Aeschylus' Hipjai. 
 Birth of Thukydides (?). 
 Sophokles (b. czrc. 496) wins 
 
 his first tragic prize. 
 Death of Simonides of Keos, 
 
 the lyric poet (b. 556). 
 Birth of Sokrates.' 
 
 Aristeides ostracised. 
 
 Battles of Thermopylae and 
 
 Salamis. 
 Gelon defeats the Karthagi- 
 
 nians at Himera. 
 
 Battles of Plataeae and My- 
 
 kale. 
 Siege and capture of Sestos. 
 
 Banishment of Themistokles. 
 Perikles' influence begins to 
 make itself felt. 
 
XXll 
 Ol. B.C. 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 
 
 Art and Literature. 
 
 Political Events. 
 
 78, 3 466 
 
 80, 3 458 
 
 81, I 456 
 81, 1 455 
 
 5i, 3 454 
 
 52, 1 451 
 
 52, 3 450 
 
 }2, 4 449 
 
 83, 2 447 
 
 83. 4 445 
 
 84, 4 441 
 
 85, I 440 
 85, 3 438 
 
 Korax begins to teacli rhetoric 
 at Syracuse. 
 
 Aeschylus' 'Opeo-reta. 
 
 Death of Aeschylus, 
 
 Euripides produces his first 
 play, IleXtdSes. 
 
 About this time Protagoras 
 (b. circ. 485) begins to visit 
 the towns of Greece, teach- 
 ing and giving lectures. 
 
 Ion of Chios begins to exhibit 
 
 tragedies. 
 Anaxagoras leaves Athens. 
 
 Krates and Kratinus, the comic 
 poets, ^£7r. 
 
 The sculptors Pheidias of 
 Athens (b. circ. 500) and 
 Polykleitus of Sikyon Jlor. 
 
 Euripides gains the first prize 
 
 in tragedy. 
 About this lime Andokides 
 
 born. 
 
 Euripides' "AXxTjo-rts. 
 Completion of the Parthenon. 
 
 Victory of Kimon over the 
 Persians at the Eurymedon. 
 
 Power of the Areiopagus cur- 
 tailed by the attacks of 
 Perikles and Ephialtes. 
 
 Enterprise of Perikles in the 
 Krissaean Gulf. 
 
 Five years truce between A- 
 
 thens and Sparta. 
 Athenians renew the war with 
 
 Persia and win a victory by 
 
 land and sea at Salamis in 
 
 Kyprus. 
 Treaty of Kallias with Persia. 
 Athenians defeated by the 
 
 Boeotians at Koroneia. 
 Euboea and Megara revolt 
 
 from Athenian alliance. 
 Thirty Years Peace between 
 
 Athens and Sparta. 
 
 Revolt of Samos. 
 
OL. B.C. 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL 
 Art and Literature. 
 
 TABLE. 
 
 XXlll 
 
 Political Events. 
 
 85, 4 4.^7 
 
 86. 2 435 Polygnotus, the painter, yf^r. 
 
 87, I 432 Anaxagoras prosecuted for 
 impiety. He retires to 
 Lampsakus. 
 Death of Pheidias. 
 87, 2 431 Euripides' MrySeia. 
 
 Perikles' funeral oration over 
 those who .fell in the first 
 year of the war. 
 87, 3 430 
 
 87, 4 429 Birth of Plato. 
 
 Eupolis, the comic poet, begins 
 to exhibit. 
 
 88, r 428 Euripides' 'iTTTrdXvros. 
 
 88, 2 427 Aristophanes' AairaX^s. 
 
 Gorgias at Athens as Ambas- 
 sador from Leontini. 
 88, 3 426 Aristophanes' BajSuXwviot, in 
 which he begins his invec- 
 tive against Kleon. 
 Zeuxis, the painter, y^t^n 
 88, 4 425 Aristophanes' 'Axapj'^s. 
 
 Amphipolis founded by the 
 Athenians. 
 
 Outbreak of war between 
 Corinth and Kerkyra on 
 account of Epidamnus. 
 
 Potidaea revolts and is block- 
 aded. 
 
 Outbreak of Peloponnesian 
 
 War. 
 Peloponnesians invade Attica. 
 
 Plague at Athens. 
 
 Perikles loses the popular 
 
 favour and is fined, but is 
 
 re-elected strategus. 
 Fall of Potidaea. 
 Death of Perikles. 
 
 All Lesbos except Methymna 
 
 revolts. 
 Mytilene blockaded. 
 Fall of Mytilene. 
 Plataeae taken and destroyed 
 
 by the Peloponnesians. 
 
 Demosthenes at Pylos. 420 
 Spartan hoplites including 
 a number of distinguished 
 Spartiates blockaded in 
 Sphakteria. Kleon takes the 
 island and carries the sur- 
 viving Spartans as prisoners 
 to Athens. 
 
xxiv CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 
 
 Ol. B.C. Art and Literature. 
 
 Political Events. 
 
 89, I 424 Aristophanes' 'Itttt^s. 
 
 89, 2 423 Aristophanes' Ne^Aat (first 
 
 edition). 
 89, 3 422 Aristophanes' ^(prJKes. 
 
 89, 4 421 Aristophanes' EtpT/Vi;. 
 
 90, I 420 Euripides' 'I/ceTi5es. 
 
 90, 3 418 
 90, 4 417 
 
 91,1 416 Agathon, the tragic poet, ^^r. 
 
 91, 2 415 Euripides' TpwdSes. 
 
 9i> 3 4H Aristophanes' "Opuides, 
 
 91. 4 413 
 
 92, I 412 Euripides' 'EXhrj, ^Av$po- 
 
 Athenian defeat at Delium. 
 
 Brasidas brings about the re- 
 volt of Amphipolis and other 
 towns in Chalkidike. 
 
 Kleon and Brasidas killed at 
 Amphipolis. 
 
 Peace of Nikias. 
 
 Alliance between Sparta and 
 Thebes. 
 
 Alkibiades negotiates a counter 
 alliance between Athens, 
 ArgoS, Elis, and Mantineia. 
 
 Spartan victory at Mantineia. 
 
 Hyperbolus ostracised — the 
 last instance of ostracism. 
 
 Envoys from Egesta ask help 
 from Athens against Selinus 
 and Syracuse. 
 
 Mutilation of the Hermae. 
 
 Sicilian expedition under Ni- 
 kias Lamachus and Alkibi- 
 ades. 
 
 Alkibiades recalled. 
 
 Gylippus enters Syracuse and 
 captures the fort of Lab- 
 dalon. 
 
 Nikias sends for reinforcements 
 to Athens. 
 
 Destruction of Athenian force 
 in Sicily. 
 
 Death of Nikias and Demo- 
 sthenes. 
 
 Athenian fleet at Samos. 
 
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 
 
 XXV 
 
 Ol. B.C. 
 
 Art and Literature. 
 
 Political Events. 
 
 92,2 411 Aristophanes' AvaiarpaTr], 
 Q€<rfxo(popt.d^ovaai. 
 
 92, 3 410 
 
 92, 4 409 Sophokles' ^tXo/CTTjri??. 
 93,1 408 Euripides" O/s^o-TTjs. 
 
 93, 2 407 Euripides' 'Icpiyhna t] iv 
 
 AiiXidL probably written 
 during this year. 
 
 93, 3 406 Death of Euripides at Pella. 
 Death of Sophokles. 
 
 Oligarchic council of 400 es- 
 tablished at Athens. 
 
 Alkibiades recalled by the 
 fleet. 
 
 Overthrow of the 400. 
 
 Victory of the Athenians under 
 Alkibiades at Kyzikus. 
 
 Alkibiades chosen (rTparrjybs 
 avTOKpaTOjp. 
 
 Lysander defeats the Athenian 
 fleet at Notium in the ab- 
 sence of Alkibiades, who is 
 thereupon superseded in his 
 command by Konon. 
 
 Athenian naval victory at Ar- 
 ginusae: death of the Spartan 
 admiral Kallikratidas. 
 
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 MH. (jJ pueydXa @ep,L Kal ttqtvC "Apreptji^ 160 
 
 XevaaeO* d 7rda')(co, peydXot<; '6pK0L<; 
 
 evBrjaapeva top Kardparov 
 
 TToaiv; ov ttot iyoo vup(f)av r ealBoip, 
 
 avTOt? p,eXdOpoL<; BiaiivaLop,€vov<s, 
 
MHAEIA 9 
 
 oi 7 e>e irpoaQev roKfJiwcT ahcKelv. 165 
 
 CO irarep, w TroXt?, c^z^ d7r€vd(T0r]v 
 alaxP^'^^ '^01^ ^Vo^ Kreivaaa Kaatv. 
 TP. /cXue^' olo, X67e6 KaTn^oarai 
 
 SefiLv evKTaiav Zi]va d\ 09 opfccDV 
 dvrjToh rafjbLa^ vevoinarat; ^'° 
 
 ovK eanv biro)^ ev tlvl I^CKpcp 
 hecTTTOLva xo^^^ KaraTravo-et. 
 XO. TTCO? av €9 ofti. rai^ ap^erepav <i''"^^P- 
 
 eX^ot yav^wz^ T avBadevTCOV 
 
 hi^aLT ofi^dv, '75 
 
 el' 7rft)9 ^apvOvfiov opyav 
 Kol \rjixa (j>pevQ)v fMeOelr] ; 
 fjLijTOt TO 7' efiGV TrpoOufMOV. 
 (f)L\oiaiv direarw. 
 
 dXka ^aad viv '^° 
 
 Sevpo iropevcrov o'Ikcov 
 e^co, (jiiXa jap rah' avSa, 
 (Tireva-acrd n irplv KaKOJcrat tov<; eicro)' 
 
 7revdo<; jdp fjueydXco^ to3' opp^drai. 
 TP. Spdo-o) rdK- drap (^0^09 el TreiVo) 
 
 heaiTOLvav e^jur^v ^ ^ 
 
 y.o'Xfiov he. X^P''^ t/}i^S' iTnhcocrco. 
 
 Kalrot TOKdBo^ Bepy/xa Xeaivr)^ 
 
 diroravpovTat hp^waiv, orav ri^ 
 
 fjLvdov TTpocfyepcov 7reXa9 6pfir]6f]. 
 
 (TKaiov^ he Xiycov novhev ri ao(j)OV^ 190 
 
 Tou? irpoaOe ^poTov<^ ovk av dp.dpTOi^, 
 
 OLTLve^; v/jLVOV<; eirl p^ev Oakiat^ 
 
 eVt T elXaiTLvaL^ Kal irapd heiTrvoL^ 
 
 TjvpovT 6Xl3ou r6p7Tud<; dKod<;' 
 
lO EYPiniAOY 
 
 arvyiov^i Be jSporcov ot'Sel? Xi/Tra? 195 
 
 rjvpero fiovarj koI TroXvx^opSoif; 
 
 C()8at? iraveiv, i^ cvp Oavaroi 
 
 hetval re TV)(^aL acjxiWovcri B6fiov<;. 
 
 KaiToi raBe fxev KepBo<; d/celcrOaL 
 
 fjboXiralai l3poTOv<^' iva B' evBenrvoi 200 
 
 BalTe<^, Tb [xdrrjv reivovai l3or]v ; 
 
 TO irapov 'yap ep^et rep'^^Lv a^' avrov 
 
 BaLTo<i irXrjpwixa jSpoTOiatv. 
 
 XO. (^X^^ ^^^^ iroXvaTOvov yowu, iirtpdos. 
 
 Xiyvpa 8' a^^a fMoyepa ^oa 205 
 
 Tov iv Xe^ec irpoBoTav KaK6vv/jL<pov* 
 OeoKXvTel B' ciBiKa TraOovcra 
 rap Zr]vb'!> op/clav @6fiLv, 
 a viv epacrev 
 
 EWa3' 69 avTLTropov 210 
 
 Bi* aXa vvxi^ov e'c/)' d\/ivpav 
 TTOVTOV KkfjB aTrepavTov. 
 
 MH. Y^opivOiai yvvoLKe^, i^rjXOov Bo/jlcov, 
 
 fir/ fjLol TL /JLe/ji(i>7]aO' ' olBa yap ttoWol"? /Sporcov 215 
 
 GeiMVOv^ yey(i}Ta<^, rov^; /jL€v o/jbfJLdroyv diro, 
 
 Tous" ev t/vpaLOL<iy OL o a<p t-jav^pv ttooo'^ 
 
 Bvavoiav iKrrjaavro kol paOvixiav. 
 
 Bl/CT] yap ovK evearcv o^OaXfJiol^ fSporcop, 
 
 oartf; irplv dvBpo^ GTrXdyxyov iKfjiaOelv aatpM^i 220 
 
 CFTvyet BeBopKO)^, ovBep 7]BiKr}/jb6P0<i. 
 
 Xph Be ^evov [xev Kapra 7rpocrxo)peiP TroXet' 
 
 ovB' darov yvea ocm^ av0dBr]<i yeycb<i 
 
 iriKpb^ TToXiTai<; earlv dfjba0la<; viro' 
 
 €/j.ol S' de\iTTOv TTpdy/Jia TrpocrTreaov roBe 225 
 
 '>^v')(/}v Bie<^6apK . oXyopbai Be kul ^lov 
 
MHAEIA II 
 
 iv M jap rjv fioi iravra, ryiyioja/cco koKw^;, 
 
 KCLKLGTO^ CLvhpMV iK/SefBrj^ OVIXO<; TTOCTL^;. 
 
 irdvrwv S' oa ear eiJi-fvxci xal yvco/.L7]v 6%et 230 
 
 yvvatKh io-fiev adXtcoTarov (pvrov 
 
 (29 TTpcora /jLev Set ^RVH'^'^^^ v7repl3o\rj 
 
 irocTLv irplaG-Oai — BeaTroTrjv re crco/u-aro? 
 
 XajSelv' eKelvov yap roS' dXyiov KaKoV 
 
 KOLV TwS' dyoiv fxeytaro^, rj KaKov Xafielv 235 
 
 V XPV^'^^^' ^^ y^P eL'/cA,eet9 airaXXayai 
 
 yvvai^LV, ovB' olov r dv7]vacrdai ttoctiv. 
 
 el<; Katvd S' 7]6r] Aral v6fjLOV<; d(pLyfievr]v 
 
 Bel fJudvTLV elvai, /jltj fiaOovcrav o'Uodev, 
 
 OTcp fidXLara xP^l^^^^'' o-vvevverr]. 240 
 
 Kctv ixev rdB' rjfMlv eKTrovovfievaKTiv ev 
 
 iroai^ ^vvoiKfi jurj /Sia cjyepcov ^vyov, 
 
 ^rjXcoTO^ alwv. el Be fMr], Oavelu %a/3t9. 
 
 dvTjp h\ orav rol^ evBov dxOvrai ^vvwv, 
 
 e^o) fioXcov e-rrava-e /capBiav dar]^, «45 
 
 77 7rpo9 <f)LX(OP Tiv rj irpo^ tjXUcov Tpairek' 
 
 r)fjLLV 8' dvdyKTj Trpo? yLiav -^vxn^ ^XeireLV. 
 
 Xeyovai 5' 97/xa9 co? aKivBvvov /Blov 
 
 l^w/jLev Kar olkov^, ol Be ixdpvavrai Bopi, 
 
 KaKm (j)povovvTe<i' &)? rph dv Trap' dairiBa 250 
 
 arrival, deXoifJu dv fxaXXov rj reKelv dira^. 
 
 aXV ov yap avro^ rrpo^ ae Kap! yfcec X6yo<i' 
 
 aol piev iroXi^ yap ean Kal Tvarpcx; Bopoc 
 
 jSiOV r 6vr]at^ Kal (j)iXa)v avvovaia, 
 
 iycb B' epr]p,o^ aTToXi? ova' vlSpi^op^ai ^55 
 
 TTpo^ dvBpo^;, eK yrj^ ^ap^dpov XeXrjapevi], 
 
 ov p,r]rep\ ovk dB6X(f)6v, ovx^ avyyevrj 
 
12 EYPiniAOY 
 
 /jbeOop/JLi<7aa6aL rrjaK €')(pvaa avji^opa^. 
 ToaovTov ovv crov Tvy^dveiv ^ovkrjaojxai, 
 rjv jjioi iropo^ tl<^ firj^avi] r e^evpeOy 260 
 
 TToauv BiKrjv rwvS' avrLTiaaaOat KaKtJdv 
 \rov Bovra r avro) Ovyarep r)v r iy^/jLaro^, 
 (Tiyav. yvvrj yap raWa fjuev (j)6/3ov ifkea 
 KaKT) S' €9 aXKYjv Kol alSijpov elaopaV 
 orav S' 69 evvrjv ^8i,K7j/.i6vr] Kvpfj, 265 
 
 ovK €(TTLV aXXrj (jiprjv fMiaKpovcorepa. 
 XO. Spdcro) rdS' ' iv^L/cco^; yap i/CTicrrj iroaiv, 
 
 yir)heia. TrevOelv K ov ere Oavfid^o) Tv^a<i. 
 opw Se Kal J^peovra, ryaS' dva/cra 7^9, 
 arei^ovra Kacvwv dyyekov ^ovXevfJuaTcov. 270 
 
 KPEHN. 
 
 ere TYjV CTKvOpwTTov Kal iroaei 6v/j,ovfji€V7jv, 
 ^7]8€iav, eiiTov TTjcrhe 77)9 e^o) irepav 
 (f)vydSa, Xa/Sovaav Sicrcrd avv aavrr} rifcva, 
 Kal fJLT) Ti fiiWeLV ft)9 iyco ^pa^€v<; Xoyov 
 TovB elfiL, KovK aTTeipLt 7rpo<; B6fiov<; irdXiv, 275 
 irplv av ae yala<; rep/xovcov e^co /SdXo). 
 
 MH. aial' 7rav(j)Xrj<; rj rdXaiv aTTcXXu/jLai' 
 i')(6pol yap i^idcTL irdvTa hr) KaXayv, 
 KOVK ecTTiv drrj<; evTrpocroiaTo^ €K^aaL<;. 
 ip7](T0/jLaL Be Kal KaKco<; irda'^ova ofiax;, 280 
 
 Tivo<; fjL e/cart 7779 aTroareXXetf;, Kpeov; 
 
 KP. SeBoLfcd a, ovBev Bel TrapafiTrlcr'^eLV X6yov<;, 
 fxr) fiol Ti hpd(jr]<; TralB' dvy^Kearov KaKov. 
 avfxjSdXXerai Be iroXXa rovBe Belfiaro^' 
 cro(f)7] 7re(f)VKa(; Kal KaKCOv 7roXX(jou LBpi<;, 285 
 
 Xviret Be XeKTpcov nvBp6<; eaTep'r]p,evrj. 
 
MHAEIA 13 
 
 kKvco aireikelv a\ (w? nirayyeWovai /ulol, 
 Tov Sovra Koi yrjiiavra Kal <ya/jLov/jL€V7)v 
 hpciaeiv n. ravr ovv TrpXv iradelv (f)v\d^ofjLac. 
 Kpelacrov Si /loc vvv 7Tp6<; a aire'X^OecrOat, yvvai, 
 7] /jLaXOaKLaOevO' varepov fieraarevetv. 291 
 
 MH. (Pev (t>6d' 
 
 ov vvv /JL6 TrpcoTOv, oXka 7roWa«:t9, Kpiov, 
 e^Xa^jre ho^a /xeyaXa r eipyaarat Kaxd. 
 ^p?; o ovTTOu o(TTi^ apTKppwv TrecpvK avrjp 
 7ralBa<; Treptiraoo'; eKhthdaKeaOat ao(f)ov<;' 295 
 
 %a)/9t9 yap dWij^i 7)9 exovaiv dpyia<i, 
 (fidovov irpo'^ aaroov dX(f)dvovcn, Buafievrj. 
 (TKaLolcn fjLev yap Kaivd Trpoacpepcov ao<f}d 
 86^6L<; d')^p€LO(; Kov ao(f)6<; Trecpv/cevat,' 
 Twv S' av BoKovvrcov elhevat n ttolkiKov 300 
 Kpelcrcrwv vofXLcr6e\<i \v'7rpb<; iv TroXec (pavel. 
 iyo) Be Kavrrj rrjaSe. kolvcovoo tu^?;?. 
 aocprj yap ovaa, toI<; /jlev el/jb i7rl(j)6ovo<;, 
 Tot<i B r)(JV')(^aia, tol<; Be Oarepov rpoirov, 
 TOi<; S' av irpoadvTT}^' elfil S' ovk dyav ao^r). 305 
 (TV B av (j)o/3eL fie, /jli] tl irX7)/jifjbe\e<; TrdOy^;' 
 ovx ^B' e'xei jioi, pbrj rpearjt; rj/jbd^;, Kpiov, 
 cocTT ek rvpdvi'ov<; dvBpa<i e^afiaprdvetv. 
 ri yap av fi rjBLKr)Ka<; ; i^eSov Koprjv 
 oro) ere 6vfio<^ rjyev. aXV epbov Troaiv 310 
 
 /jLiao)' av B, oi/jLai, ao)(f)povoi}v eBpas rdBe. 
 Kau vvv TO fiev aov ov (f)6ov(jo KaXco^ ey^etv 
 vv/jL(f)€veT , ev irpdaaoiTe' rtjvBe Be ')(Q6va 
 edre p, OLKelv. Kal yap rjBLKrujiivoi 
 aiyriaofxeaOa, Kpeiaaovwv viKcofievoL. 315 
 
 KP. Xeyeis aKOvaat fiaXOaK, dXX' eaco ^pevciov 
 
14 EYPiniAOY 
 
 6ppo)Bia fxoi fjbrj Ti /3ov\€vr)<; KaKov' 
 
 TO(Twhe 3' Tfaaov rj 7rdpo<^ ireTTOiBa aoc' 
 
 yuvrj yap 6^vdvfio<;, w? 8' avTO)<^ dvrjp, 
 
 pawv (pvXdacreLv rj aLC07rr]Xd<; ao(f)6<;. 310 
 
 aXX^ e^cd^ gJ? rd^iCTTa, firj Xoyou^ Xiye' 
 
 ft)9 Tuvr dpape, kovk e^et? re^^vrjv OTTCt)? 
 
 /jL€V6L<i irap rjfiLi> ovaa Svafieprj<^ ifioL 
 
 MH. fir/, 7rp6<; ae yovdrcou Trj<; re veoydfJLov Koprj^;. 
 
 KP. \6yov<i dva\oL<i' gv yap dv 7relaai<^ itotL 325 
 
 MH. aW 6^€\a<; fie Kovhev alSecrec Xtrd^ ; 
 
 KP. (f)L\o) yap 01) ae /jidXkov rj Sofiovf} i/jLOV<;. 
 
 MH. CO iraTpi^, do? aov icdpra vvv [xvelav e^w. 
 
 KP. TrXrjv ydp reicvwv e/jLOcye (f)iXTaTov ttoXv. 
 
 MH. (j)6u <f>6Vy l3poTol<i epo}T€<; oj? Kaicov fjieya. 330 
 
 KP. oiroj'i dv, dlfiai, Ka\ wapaarooaiv ru^^at. 
 
 MH. Zev, fir] XdOoi ere rcovS' 09 atno^ Ka/cow. 
 
 KP. epTT , CO fiaraia, fcat /jl airdXXa^ov irovwv. 
 
 MH. irovovfiev r)fjL6l<; kov ttovcov Key^py'ifxe6a. 
 
 KP. Ta^' 6^ oirahcov yeipo^ d)a6r]<jei jBia. 335 
 
 MH. fjirj Sfjra tovto y , dXXd a aiTovpbai, Kpeov — 
 
 KP. o')(Xov irape^eL^, oo<^ €OiKa<;, to yvvai. 
 
 MH. (jyev^ov/uLeO'' ov roiid' i/cerevad aov rvx^elv. 
 
 KP. Ti 8' av ^id^eh KOVK dnraXXdacrei yQovo^ ; 
 
 MH. p^iav jjie fxelvau rrji'S' eaaov r^fiepav 340 
 
 Kal ^vjJbirepavaL (^povrih^ y (fiev^oufieda, 
 TraiGiv T a(f)op/jLrji> rolf; efiol^;, iirel irarrjp 
 ovSev irpoTLjia /jbt])(^avf](Taa6at reKVOL^;. 
 0LKT€ip6 S' avTov<;' Kal (TV TOL TTal^cop Trarrjp 
 7r6(f)VKa<i' €t/c:o9 S icrrlv evvouiv cr e^etp. 345 
 tov/jLOV ydp ov /loi (ppourl^, el (f)€v^ov/X6da, 
 K€Lvov<^ he KXalo) (Tv/iKpopd Ke')(^pr]piei'OV<i. 
 
MHAEIA 15 
 
 KP. 7]Ki(TTa TOVfJbOV \i]/jL e(f)V TVpaVVLKOVy 
 
 alSov/jLevo<i Se TroWa Bt) 8i,e(j)9opa' 
 
 Kai vvv opco /lev i^afiapTavcop, yvvai, 350 
 
 b//,ft)9 Be rev'^ei rovSe' TrpovvveTrco be croL, 
 
 el (T T) TTiovaa XafiTrd^; oylrerat Oeov 
 
 Kai iralha^ ivro^ rrjoSs Tep/xovcov ')(9ov6<;, 
 
 Oavel' XiXeKTai fivOo<^ a-v/refS?)? oBe. 
 
 [vvv B\ el fieveiv Bel, /jLLfiv ecf) -qfxepav fxiav' 355 
 
 ov yap Ti Bpdaec^ Becvov (Lv <f>6fio^ pu e;)^et.] 
 
 XO. [Bvarave yvvac,] <f>ev cj^ev, fieXea 
 
 t6)v (T(£>v d'^ewv. irol jrore rpe-^et; 
 
 Tiva 7r/309 ^evlav r) Bo/iov rj '^6 ova 
 
 acorfjpa Ka^wv [e'f eupT^cret?] ; 360 
 
 ft)? et9 diTopov ere icXvBcova 6e6<;, 
 
 '^h]BeLa, KaK(x)v eiropexxiev. 
 
 MH. KaKoo^ ireiTpaKTai TravTa-^^fj. Tt9 dvrepel; 
 
 aXX ovTL ravrrj ravra' pbrj BoKecre irco. 365 
 
 er eia dyd)ve<; tol<; veayarl vv/jL(f)Loi<^, 
 
 Kai Tolai KrjBevcraaLv ov apiKpol itovol. 
 
 Bo/cec^ rydp dv pe rovBe OcoTrevaai irore, 
 
 et pbTj TL KepBaivovaav i) re'^^vcopevrjv ; 
 
 ovB av TrpoaeLTTOV ovB^ dv rj-^dpuT^v ')(^epolv. 370 
 
 b B' eh ToaovTov puwpia^ d(f)iK€To, 
 
 war e^ov avrw rdpu ekelv jSovXevpLara 
 
 yfi<i eK^aXovTL, TtjvB' i(f)fJKev rjpbipav 
 
 fieivaL p. , ev 7) rpel^ roov ipLMV i')(dp(2v ve/cpov<; 
 
 arjaw, irarepa re Kai Kopijv irocriv r ep>6v. 375 
 
 7roWd<; 8' e')(ov(ja OavaaLpuov^ avTol<; 6Bov<iy 
 
 ovK olB' OTTOia TrpcoTOv ey^etpco, (piXat, 
 
 TTorepov v^d-^uy Bwpa vvpLcfytKov irvpi, 
 
l6 EYPiniAOY 
 
 Tj drjicTov coao) (fidayavov 8l rj^rarofi, 
 
 aLjfj B6/JL0V<; ela^dcr Xv earpcorai Xe^j^o?. 380 
 
 aXX ev Ti jJLOi 7rp6(javTe<;' el Xi^^drjaQiJLai 
 
 B6/jLov<i VTrep/Saivovaa koI re'X^vcojuievr], 
 
 Oavovaa drjaco rot? efiOL<; €')(Opol<; ryeXcov. 
 
 KpcLTLara rrjp evOelav, y ire^v Ka/juev 
 
 (TO(pol /jLaXtcTTa, (papfiaKOLi; avrovs eXelv. 385 
 
 elev' 
 
 Kol Brj redvaai' rh fie Several ttoXc^; 
 
 Tt? yrjv davXov koI Boijlov<; e'X^eyyvov^; 
 
 ^evo^ 7rapa(7')(^ci)v pvcrerat, rovpLOP Sepua^i ; 
 
 ovK ean. p^eivaa ovv en apu/cpov ^(^povov, 
 
 rjv puev Ti<; rjpLiv 7rvpyo<; da(paX'^<; (fyavy, 390 
 
 B6X(p pLereipbi rovBe Koi crtyy (povov' 
 
 rjv 8' e^eXavvrj ^vpucpopd pu a/i?;%az/09, 
 
 avrrj ^l(f)o<; Xa/Sovcra, Kel pueXXw Oavelv, 
 
 Krevoo (T(f)e, r6XpLri<; B' elpa Trpo^ to Kaprepov. 
 
 ov yap pud rrjv BeaTroivav rjv eyw ae/Sco 395 
 
 pidXtaTa TrdvTcov koX ^vvepyov eiXopurjv, 
 
 '^Karrjv, pLv^oi<; valovaav eaTLa<i eyu-^?, 
 
 '^alpcov Tt? avTCJV rovpLov aXyvvel Keap. 
 
 'TTifcpov^ 8' eyw a<pLV koI Xvypov<; Orjaw yapLOVs, 
 
 TTiKpov Be KrjBo^ Kal (f)vyd<; e'/u-a? ')(6ov6<^. 400 
 
 dXX! ela' (peiBov pcrjBev (hv iiricrraaai, 
 
 MyjBeia, ^ovXevovaa Kal Te')(^i'CopLevr} ' 
 
 epir eh to BeivoV vvv dyoov ev'^v')(ia'^. 
 
 6pd<; d TTCtcr^et?' ov yeXayra Bel o" ocpXelv 
 
 TOL<i ^i<TV(peioi<i TolaB' 'Id(Jovo<; yapoi<f, 405 
 
 yeywaav ecrOXov Trarpo^; HXiOv t airo. 
 
 eiriaraaaL Be' 7rpo<; Be Kal ire^vKapuev 
 
 yvvaLKe^, el<i piev ecrdX' dpi7]-^av(0TaTai, 
 
MHAEIA 17 
 
 KaKwv he irdvTwv reKTOve^ aocfxjOTaTaL 
 
 XO. avco irorajJbwv iepcov ')(wpovorL ira'^/ai, arp. a. 410 
 Kal BUa KOL TTcivra iraXiv orrpecj^eTac, 
 avBpaac fxev hoXiai /SovXau, Oe&v S' 
 0VK6TC TTtcTTfc? apapev. 
 
 rav 8* i/xdv evKXeiav e^^cv piOTav 415 
 
 arpi^ovai (pafiai' 
 ep'X^erai ri/jbd lyvvaiKeiqy <yev€L' 
 ovKen Bvo-KeXaSo<i (^djjba ^vvalKa<; e^et. 420 
 
 fiovaai he iraXaifyevewv Xrj^ova douhdv avTia-rp. a. 
 
 rav ifiav v^vevaaL amaroa^vvav. 
 
 ov ^'ap ev d/ierepa yi'coua Xvpa^ 
 
 wiraae OeaiTLV doihdv 4'25 
 
 ^oll3o^, dy7]T(op fjueXicov' eVet dvT- 
 
 d')(7](T dv V/jLVOV 
 
 dpaevcov yevva' fxaicpo's h^ alcov e;^et 
 
 iroXXa jjbev dfxerepav dvhpwv re fiolpav elirelv, 430 
 
 (TV h' i/€ jJbev oIko)v Trarplcov 'iirXevaa'^ oTp. §'. 
 
 fiaivojxeva Kpahla, hthv/jLov<; opiaacra irovrov 
 
 irerpa^' eirl he ^eva 
 
 vaieL<i ydovi, Td<; dvdvhpov 
 
 Koira^ oXeaaaa XeKTpov, 435 
 
 rdXatva, (pvyd^ he %<w/3<X9 
 
 dTijJLO^ eXavvec. 
 
 ^e(3aKe 8' opKcov %apt9, ovh' er alhco^ &vTia-Tp. 
 'EXXdhc ra fieydXa fievet, aWepia 8' dveirra. 
 crol h' ovT€ Trarpo? ho/jboc, 44° 
 
 hvcTTave, jjueOoppuiaaaOai 
 
l8 EYPiniAOY 
 
 ^o^Owv Trdpa tmv re XeKTpcov 
 aWa ^aaikeia Kpeiaacov 
 hofJLOL^; eiravecFTa. 
 
 lAinN. 
 
 01) vvv Karel^ov rrrpcorov, dWa 7roXkdKL<i 445 
 
 Tpa')(^elav opyrjv ft)? d/uLjj^/avov kcikov. 
 
 aoi yap irapov yijv rrpSe kol 86/jLov<; '^')(€lv 
 
 fcov(f)w<; (f)€pov(Tr) fcpetcraovcov /SovXevfiara, 
 
 \6ycov ixaraiwy eXveK eKTreael ')(0ov6^. 
 
 KOLfiol fxev ovhev irpayfia' /jlt] iravarj irore 450 
 
 \e<yov(T laacou &)<? KdKiaTO<; icrr dvrjp' 
 
 a 3' eh Tvpavvov<i iari <JOi XeXeyfiiva, 
 
 irdv KepBo<i rjiyov ^rj/LUtov/Jievr) (^vyfj, 
 
 Kayco jjLev del ^ao-iXecov Ou/jbov/xevcov 
 
 opya^ d<pr}povv /cat c i^ov\6[i7]v fxeveiv 455 
 
 av 8' ovK, dviel'^ /JLcopLa^i, Xiyova del 
 
 KaKw<; Tvpdvvov^' rotydp cKTreael ')(^9ov6<^. 
 
 ofJLW^ Se Kaic TO)vK ov/c d7recpr]Kcd<^ 0t\ot9 
 
 ijKcOy TO (70V hri TrpoafCOTTOVfievofi, yvvat, 
 
 (0<s fi7]T d-)(pr}iJL(jdv (Tvv TeKvoicTLV €/c7re(Tr)(; 460 
 
 fitjT evSerji; row ttoXX' e^eXKejai <^vyrj 
 
 KaKCL ^vv avrfj. Kal yap el av jne aTvyeL<^, 
 
 ov/c dv hvvaifjirjv aol KaKw<s <ppoi>elp irore. 
 
 CO TTayKciKLare, tovto yap a elirelv €;^ft) 
 
 yXcoaar] fieyiCTTov el<i dvavhplav icaicov, 465 
 
 7)\0e<i 7r/909 i7/Aa9, 17X^6? e')(jdi(7T0<i yeyco^; ; 
 
 [6eoc<^ re Ka/iol Travri r dpdpcoTrcov yevet;^ 
 
 ovroL 6pdao<; roS' earlv ovS' evroXfiia, 
 
 (^/XoL'? KaKCo<; hpcovr elr evavrlov /SXeireLV, 
 
 dXX' 7) jxeyLarr] tmv ev dvOpooTroL^ voaojv 470 
 
 MH. 
 
MHAEIA ^9 
 
 TracTMV, aval^ei' ev 8' eiroiT^a-a^ fio\a>v' 
 iryo) re yap Xe^acra K0V(pL(Td7](70/xai 
 yfrvxVT^ KaKm ere koX orv XuTT^cret kXvcov. 
 Ik t(ov Se TrpcoTcov irpwrov dp^ofiat Xeyecv. 
 eacoo-d a, w? UaaLv 'YjXkrjVoyv oaoi 475 
 
 ravTov a-vveio-elSTjaav "Apytpov aKacpo^;, 
 TrefM^Oevra Tavpo)v TrvpTTVOcov iiriardrriV 
 ^evyXacai Kal airepovvra 6avd(TLfMov yvr]v' 
 hpcLKOvra 8', 09 irdyXP^'^^^^ ap^irkx^v Upa^ 
 aireipai^ eaw^e iroXvifKoicoi^ dvirvo<; wV, 480 
 
 KTeivaa dveaxov crol c^ao? awri'jpiov. 
 avTT) 8e nrarepa Kal B6fiov<; irpohova i/MOv^ 
 
 TTjV n?;XtWTtI^ et9 '1(o\K0V UofMTJV 
 
 (Tvv aoi, 7rp66vfjLO<; fiaXkov rj aocfycorepa, 
 Uekiav t direKreiv, wairep aXyiarov Oavelv, 485 
 'jraiBcov VTT avrov, irdvTa 8' e^elXov (j)6Pov. 
 Kal ravO' vcj)'' w^v, (^ KdKiar dvhpwv, iradcbv 
 irpovhwKa^ //^a?, Kaiva 8' eKrr^aay Xexv, 
 iraihwv yeyoorcov' el yap rjaO' d'JTat<; ere, 
 o-vyyvcoar av rjv aoi to08' epaadrjiat Xexov^' 49° 
 opKWV 8e (jipovSi] TTto-Tfc?, ovh' exco fMaOelv 
 rj deov^ vofJLL^eL<; tol9 ror ovk dpx^f'V eVt, 
 ri Kaivd KelaOac eeafii dvdpco7T0L<; rd vvv, 
 iirel avvotaOd y ek eV ovk evopKO^ wv. 
 (/)eO he^id %et/3, -^9 (tv ttoXV eXa/x/Sdvov, 495 
 Kal rwvSe yovdrcov, 009 fidrrjv Kexp(^o-f^^^^ 
 KaKOV 7r/309 dvopo^, eXirlBcov 8' rjfidprofiev. 
 dy\ ft)9 </)6Xa) yap ovrc aot Koivcoa-ofiai — 
 hoKovaa fJLev ru irpo^ ye aou irpd^eiv koXw^ ; 
 o/jim 8'- ipcorrjeeU yap al(Txl(ou <^avfj— 500 
 vvv TTol rpdircofiai; irorepa irpo^ irarpo^ Sofiov^;, 
 
20 EYPiniAOY 
 
 0U9 crol TrpoBovaa koX irdrpav ayH eairojjbrjv ; 
 
 rj 7rpo9 ToXalva^ IleXfaSa? ; Kakw<^ 7 av ovv 
 
 he^aiVTo fi oi/coL<; wv irarepa KareKravov. 
 
 e^et ryap ovrco' rot? /juev ot/codev <^i\oi9 505 
 
 6X0p<^ Ka6eaTi]')(^ , ov^ Be fi ov/c €')(^prjv /ca/cw? 
 
 hpciVy crol X^P''^ ^epoucra 7ro\6/iiov<; ^X^' 
 
 TOLjdp fJL6 TToWat? jiaKapiav dv ^FlKkdha 
 
 edrjKa^ dprl rcovBe- Oavfiaarov Be ere 
 
 €^&) TToacv KOI iTLarov — 7) ToXaiv iyco, 510 
 
 el (fiev^o/jLal ye yalav eKlBe^Xi^iievT], 
 
 (j^lXcov ep'qfjbo^;, avv reKvoL^ pLOvi) fiovoi^, 
 
 KoKov y ovetBo'i to3 vecoarl i^v/xcblo), 
 
 TTTCo^oi)? dXdorOai iralBa'^ rj r eacocra ae. 
 
 w Zev, TL Bt) ^/Dfo-oO fM€v 09 kI^Bi]\o<; y 515 
 
 TeKiXTjpC dvdpcoTroKTLv ft)7racra9 o-a^r}, 
 
 dvBpwv S' 0T(p XPV "^^^ fcaKov BceiBevai,, 
 
 ovBel(; x^P^^'^VP ^P'7rG(f>v/ce awfxaTi; 
 
 XO. BeLvy Tt9 opyr] koI Bvalaro^ TreXet, 
 
 OTav (plXoi (plXocai crvp-^dXcoa epiv, • 520 
 
 lA. Bel fjL, ft)9 eotice, /jlt) KaKov ^vvat Xeyeiv^ 
 dXh! wcrre vao<; KeBvov olaicoaTpo^ov 
 aKpotai \at(pou<; Kpa(T7reBoi<; vTreKBpa/jiecv 
 rrfv crrjv crr6(xapyov, co yvvai, yXwaaoKyiav. 
 iyoD B\ eTreiB}) koI Xlav iTVpyol<i x^P^^> 5^5 
 
 KvTrpop vofjLL^o) T?)9 epi^^ vavK\t]pLa<; 
 awretpav elvau Oewv re fcdvOpcoTrcov /jlovtjv. 
 aol B' ean puev vov^ Xeirro^, aW e7n(f)6opo<i 
 X0709 BieXOelv, ct)9 "E/)&)9 cr' rjvdyKaaev 
 t6^ol<; d<^VKTOL^ Tovp^ov eKacoaac Bepa<;. 530 
 
 aXX,' ovK a/c/3t/3a)9 avro d^ao/iai Xlav' 
 
MHAEIA 21 
 
 OTTTj yap ovv wvrjcra^, qv KaKW<^ ^X^^- 
 
 fjuei^o) ye fxevroi t^9 eyu,?}? acoTr}pLa<; 
 
 ei\7](f)a<; rj SeBcoKa^;, tW9 iyco (ppacrco. 
 
 TrpSrov fiev 'EWciS' dvrl ^ap/Sapov '^(Oovb^; 535 
 
 yalav KaTOLicei<; koI Biktjv iTrLcrracraL 
 
 v6/j,0L^ re ')(^prja6aL purj 7rpo<; tVp^uo? '^^dpiv' 
 
 Trdvre^ Be a ycrdovr ovaav "EWrjve^; (To<py]U 
 
 Kol So^av ea-^e<^' el Be yrj<; err ecr;^aT0t9 
 
 opotatv MKeu^, ovk av rjv Xcyo? aeOev. 540 
 
 eiTj S' e/JLOLje fJbrjre ')(pv(To<; iv S6/iot<;, 
 
 fjL^T '0/3</)€a)9 KoWiov vjJLvrjaab pieX-O^, 
 
 el pLT] ^7rlcrr)/io<; rj ru^?; yevoiro /jlol, 
 
 Tocravra piiv croi rwv ipLWv nrovcov irept 
 
 e\e^'' dpLiWav yap av TrpovOrjKa^ \6ycov. 545 
 
 d 8' €69 ydpLov<; p,oi ^aaLkiKov<s a)veiBtaa<;, 
 
 iv TcGde Bel^co irpwra pev cro^G9 7670)9, 
 
 eireiTa cra)(f)pcov, elra aol p^eya^ (^Cko<^ 
 
 KOI iraial roL<^ ipolcrtv aX\' ep^ rjav)(0'^. 
 
 eirei fierecyrrjv Bevp^ ^\w\KLa<^ ')(6ov6<^ 550 
 
 7roA,Xa9 ec^ekKOiv avpL(f)opd<^ dp,ri'^dvou<;, 
 
 ri TovK dv evp7]pb rjvpov evTV')(e(7Tepov 
 
 rj iralBa yrfpuai ^acrL\eco<i <^vyd<^ yeyoo^; ; 
 
 ov^, 77 av KVL^ei, aov pev i'^Oaipoji' A,e^09, 
 
 Kaivr)^ Be vvpcpTj'; Ip^epw 7re7rXr]ypevo<;, 555 
 
 oiS' et9 upiWav TTokvreKvov aTrovBrjv eywv 
 
 a\t9 yap ol yeycore'^, ovBe pbepbc^op^ai' 
 
 dX}C ct)9, ro pL6v pLeytarov, oiKolpiev KaXoo^ 
 
 KOI pLi) airavi^0Li.iea6a {^lyvwaKwv on 
 
 irevrjra (pevyet, 7ra9 Tt9 eKiroBoiv (f)i\o<i) 560 
 
 iralBa^i Be OpeyjraipL d^Lco'^ Bopcov epwv, 
 
 aireipa^ r ddc\<pov<i tolctlv etc aeOev Tefcpot<; 
 
 H. M. 4 
 
22 EYPiniAOY 
 
 6t9 ravTo OeLrjv Kal ^vvapir)(Ta<; ^e'z'o? 
 evBai/bLovotfiev. crol re 70,^ irai^cdv tl hel, 
 i/iol T€ \v6L TolcTL fiiWovaiv reicvoi^ 565 
 
 ra ^SvT ovfjaat. f.icov jSe^ovXev/iac KaKoo<; ; 
 ovB av (TV ^a/?;?, el ere firj kpl^ol Xe;^09. 
 aW et? ToaovTov rjiceO (oar 6p9ovfi€V'r)<; 
 €VV7J<; yvvalK€<i iravr e^eiv vojJLi^ere, 
 r]v ^' av yevrjTat ^v/jLcj^opd rt? €6? Xej^^o?, 570 
 TO. \fy)aTa KoX KciWiara TroXe/jLLcorara 
 rWeade. XP^'^ J^P oXX-oOev nroOev ^poroix; 
 'TralBa^i TeKvovaOai, OP/Xv 8' ou/c elvat yevo<i' 
 XOVTO)'? av ovK TjV ovhev avOpooTTOi'; KaKov. 
 
 XO. 'Idcrov, €v fjiev TovaK e/c6afi7]aa<; Xoyov^;' 575 
 oficof; 8' e/jLOLje, fcel nrapa yva)p,7}v ipoS, 
 BoK€L^ TrpoSol"; arjv aXo^pv ov BUaia Bpav. 
 
 MH. 7] TToXXd TToXXoU eljJLL Bid(f)opo<; ^poroov. 
 ifiol yap, o(TTC<; dBLKO<; wv ao^6<^ Xeyeuv 
 7r€(f}VK€, irXeiaTriv ^7]p.iav 6(f)\t(TKdv€L' 580 
 
 yXcoaap yap av^^^' rdBiK ev irepicrTeXelv, 
 ToXpa nravovpyeiv' eaTC B' ovk dyav ao(f)6<;. 
 ft)9 Kal av fJUT] vvv eU e/x eva)(r]ijbwv yevj) 
 Xeyetv re B€lv6<;. ev yap i/crevel a erro'^' 
 XP^^ ^\ ct'Tre'/o ■?ja6a p^rj KaKo^, irelcravTa fie 585 
 yap^elv ydpov rovB , dXXd fxr) aiyfj (faXcov. 
 
 I A. AraXcG? 7' dv, olpai, tSB' vTrrjpereif} Xoycp, 
 ec aoL ydpov KarelTrov, i]ti<; ovBe vvv 
 ToX/xa<; p^eOelvaL KapBla^ p^kyav ^oA-oz^. 
 
 MH. ov rovro cr' el^ez^, dXXd /Sdp^apov A.e%09 590 
 Trpo^ yr]pa<; ovk evBo^ov i^ejBaive. croi. 
 A. ev vvv TOO lavi, pr) yvvaiKo^ eiveKa 
 
M H A E I A 23 
 
 fyrjiial fie \Urpa ^aatXecov a vvv ex^i 
 dW\ wairep elirov Kal 7rdpo<;, awaat 6e\o3v 
 (T€ Koi reKvoLai rol^ efiol^ ofioairopov^ 595 
 
 (f>vaac TVpavvov^ 7raLSa<;, epvf.ia Scofiacnv. 
 
 MH. /xrj fioL yevoiTo \v7rpo<; evhalfMcov fiio^;, 
 
 yu-T^S' 6\I3g^ g(TTL^ rrjv ifirjv Kvll^ot cl)p6va. 
 
 lA. oI(t6' w? /i6T€v^€l Kal ao(f>(OT€pa (pavel; 
 
 ra ^pT^crra /jLT] (TOl Xvirpd (paivecrdco Trore, 600 
 /u-778' evTV^ovaa Sucttl'^?')? elvai oofC€L. 
 
 MH. v/3pi^\ iTreiSrj crol fiev ear a7ro(jr/30 (/)?;, 
 670) €p7]fj.o<; rrjvSe (pev^ovjjLat ^Pova. 
 
 lA. avrrj rah' elXoV fxii^ev aXKov aiTcw. 
 
 MH. Tt BpMcra; fJioov ya/jLovaa Kal TrpoSoucra ae; 605 
 
 lA. dpd<i TVpdi'voL<; dvoalov^ dpcofievrj. 
 
 MH. Kal aoU dpaia <y ovcra rvyxdvco S6fiot<;. 
 
 lA. ft)? ou KpLVOvfiat TwvBe croi ra ifKeuova. 
 
 dXk\ 6L Tt ^ovXeL iraLoiv rj aavrrj^ ^^ifl 
 7rpo(T(o<j)e\T]fia xpV/^<^'^<^^ 6/jlcov XajBelv, 610 
 
 A,e7'' ce;? eroLpio^ d^Oovw hovvai X^pi 
 ^evOL<; re Trep^ireLv avfifioX', ot hpaaovai a ev. 
 Kal ravra /x?} OeXovaa ficopaueU, jvvai' 
 Xrj^acra 8' opyfj'^ Kephaveh d/jL6ivova. 
 
 MH. ovT dv ^evoKTL Tolat aoL^ ;^/9?;o-at/Ae^' av, 615 
 ovT dv Ti he^aipbeaOa, purjO' -qpulv hihov' 
 KaKOV yap dvSp6<; Scop* ovqaiv ovk e%ei. 
 
 TA. dXX' ovv iyo) puev SalpLova^ pLaprvpofMat, 
 
 oj? TrdvO' VTTOvpyelp aoi re Kal t€kvol<; OeXco' 
 aol 8' OVK dpe(TK€L Tdyd6\ dXX' avOaSia 620 
 (j)iXov<; dircoOd' roiydp dXyvvel rrXeov. 
 MH. %ft)/3er iroOw yap rrj^ veoSfitJTOV Kopr)'^ 
 aipet XP^^^^^^ Sco/Jbdrcov e'^wTr^o?. 
 
 4—2 
 
24 E Y P I n I A Y 
 
 vv/ii(j)€v'' t(T(o<; yap, cfvv OeS 8' elpTjaerat, 
 fya/jbel^ tolovtov ware a apvelaOai ydfiov. 62 
 
 XO. €pcoT€<; virep fiev a<yav crrp. a. 
 
 ekOovre^ ovk evBo^tav 
 ovh' dperav jrapeBcoKav 
 dvSpdacv' el S d\t<; eXOoi 
 
 K.v7rpt<;, OVK dXXa 6e6<; ev')(api<i ovrw<;. 630 
 
 jji-qiTOT, CO hecyTTOLv\ eir i/juol y^pvaeoov ro^tov e^eirj^; 
 l/jiepq) ;\;pto"acr' d^vicrov olarov. 
 
 aripyoi Be fie crwcppocrvva, dpria-rp. a. 
 
 hoopr}/jLa KaWtarov 6ect)v' 
 
 firjBe TTor dfKJ^iXoyov; op- 635 
 
 ^a? aKopecrrd re veiKij 
 
 OvjJLOv eKifKri^aa erepoa eVl Xefcrpoi^ 
 
 TTpoa^aXoL Secvd KuTrpt?, dTTToXifiov^ 3' evpd^ 
 
 ae/3i^ovcr 
 6^v(pp(ov Kpivot Xe-)(ri yvvaiicwv. 
 
 (w irarpl^, w Sco/jiara, (jltj arp. /3'. 640 
 
 hrjT a.iroXi's yevoL/jLav 
 
 rov d firj')(avia'^ e^ovaa 
 
 hvairepajov al(t)v\ 
 
 olfcrporarov d')(ecov. 
 
 Oavdrcp davdrcp 7rnpo<i Ba/neLTjv 645 
 
 dfiepav rdvh^ e^avvaaaa' /xo- 
 
 '^Ocov 8' OVK dXXo<^ virepOev rj 
 
 yd<; irarpia'^ crrepeadai. 
 
 €lSo/jl€v, ovk i^ erepcov ayTKrrp. j8'. 
 
 fxvdov e%a) ^pda-aadai' 650 
 
 o"€ yap ov TToXi^y ov <^iXo)i> ri<; 
 
MHAEIA 25 
 
 odKTLcrev iraOovaav 
 
 heivorara iraOecov. 
 
 d')(apicrTO<i 6\ol6\ orep irapearLv 
 
 fiT) (f)iXov<^ TLfMav Kadapav avoi- ' 655 
 
 ^avra K\fj8a cf^pevwi'' i/juoi 
 
 ixev cf)i\o<^ ovTTOT karat. 
 
 AIFEYZ. 
 
 y[r]heia, ^(^alpe' rovEe yap Trpooifiiov 
 KaWiov oi'Set? oiBe irpoac^wvelv ^tXou9. 
 
 MH. ce5 %a.t/3e Kal av, iral ao(f)ov IlavBiovo<;, 660 
 
 Alyev. TToOev 77}? Trjoh^ eTTiarpayc^a irehov ; 
 
 A I. ^oi^ov iraXaiov iKXciroov ')(p7](TTJ]pLov. 
 
 MH. TL S' 6/i<pa\bv 7-^9 OecririUihov ecrT6Xrj<^ ; 
 
 AI. TralScop epevvoiv airepfju 6ttco<; yevoiro /jlol 
 
 MH. TT/Do? Oeoiv, airat^; yap Sevp^ ael retVet? ^lov ; 66^ 
 
 AI. aTraiSh icrfxev Baifiov6<; nvo^ "^^XV- 
 
 MH. hdfjbapro'i ovaT]^, rj Xe^ou? aireipo^ wv ; 
 
 AI. ovK icTfJLev €vvrj<^ d^vy6<; yapbrfkiov. 
 
 MH. Tfc hrjTa ^oljBo^ elire aoc iraiScov irepi; 
 
 AI. ao(f)(OTep^ rj Kar dvhpa crv/i/SaXelv eirr], 670 
 
 MH. Oe/jiL<; fjev 7)/j.d<^ y^pTfapiov elhevai Oeov ; 
 
 AI. fidXcar, tirei roc /cat cro(f)r]<; Bslrat (ppevo'?. 
 
 MH. TL BrjT €)(p7]a6 ; Xe^ov, el defii^ KKveiv. 
 
 AI. daKOv fi6 TOP irpov-^ovTa fir) Xvaat iroha, 
 
 MH. irplv dv TL 8pdar)<i rj tIv i^iKy j^Oova ; 675 
 
 AI. Trplv dv Trarpcpav av6t<} eariav /jloXco. 
 
 MH. av S' ft)? TL 'y^prj^cov TTjvhe vavaroXel^ '^Qova; 
 
 AI. ntT^eu9 Tt? ecTTt, 77}? dval^ T poi^rji' ia<f. 
 
 MH. 7ra6?, 009 Xeyovac, HiXoTTOf; evae^eaTaTO^. 
 
 AI. TovT(p Oeov fiavrevfjia icoLvoiaai. Oe'Xco. 680 
 
26 EYPiniAOY 
 
 MH. <TO(f)b<; yap dvrjp koX rpl^cov ra rotdBe. 
 
 AI. KCLfiOL ye irdvTwv (^iKraro^; ^opv^evcov. 
 
 MH. aX\' 6UTf^ot779 fcal Tvyoi^ oacou ipa^. 
 
 AI. Ti yap aov o/jL/jua ^poj? re avvTeTr}-)^ oSs ; 
 
 MH. Aiyev, Kafctaro'; iari fxoi Trdvrwv ttoo-l^. 685 
 
 AI. Tt (56779; cra<p(o<i fioL crd<; (ppdaov hvadvpLia<i. 
 
 MH. aSt/^et /A ^Idcroov ovSev i^ ijJbov TraOoiv. 
 
 AI. t/ ')(^prjixa hpdaa^; (ppd^e /jlol aac^earepov. 
 
 MH. yvvalic i(f) rjfjLLv heairoTiv So/jlcov e^et. 
 
 AI. ov TTOv TeToXjjLtiK hpyov aia^iGTov roSe ; 690 
 
 MH. ad(f) ta6 ' dTLfiOb 8 ia/iev ol irpo rov (piXoL 
 
 AI. TTorepov epacrOel^; rj crov e^Oaipwv Xe^o?; 
 
 MH. fieyav y epcora, iTLaro^ ovk, €(f)V <pL\ot<i. 
 
 AI. tTCO vvv, ecTrep, &)? Xeyei^f, earlv KaKo^, 
 
 MH. dvSpcov TVpdvvwv fcr)So<; '^pdcrOr) XajSelv. 695 
 
 AI. SlScocTi 8' avTa> r/? ; nrepaive fioi \6yov. 
 
 MH. l^peoav, 09 ap^ei rrjaSe yrj<; K.opLvOia<;. 
 
 AI. Gvyyvwara fievTap r]v ae XvirelaOai, yvvai. 
 
 MH. oXcoXa' Kal 7rp6<; y i^eXavfOfiat, ^^01^09. 
 
 AI. Trpo^ rov; toB' dXXo Kaivov av Xeyet^ KaKov. 700 
 
 MH. Kpecoz^ yLt' iXavvet <puydSa 779 KoptvOLWi. 
 
 AI. ea o ia<jo)v ; ovoe ravr eirrivecra. 
 
 MH. Xoyqy fxev ovyi^ Kaprepeiv Be /SovXerai. 
 aXX avTOfiai ae TtjaBe 7rpo<; yev€idBo<i 
 yovdrwv re tcov acov, iKeala re yiyvopbai, 705 
 ocKTeipov oiKreipov fie rrjv BvaBaifiova 
 Kal fxrj jM eprj/iov eKireaovaav elalBrj'i, 
 Be^at Be X^P^ ^^^^ Boficov ec^ecmov. 
 ovToo^ hpcos croi irpo^ Oeoov reX€cr(f)6po<^ 
 yevono TralBcou, «auT09 oX,/9t09 6dpoi<;. 710 
 
 evprj/ma 8' ovk olaO' olov rjvprjKas roBe' 
 
MHAEIA 27 
 
 Travcro) a areKvou ovra koI TracScov yoi/a^ 
 airelpai ae Orjaw' roidS' olSa (papfjuaKa, 
 
 AI. TToWcov e/cart ri^vhe aoL Sovvac ')(^dptv, 
 
 yvfat, irpoOvfio^ elfii, irpwra fih Oewv, 715 
 
 €7r€Lra iraihwv wv eirayyeWei yovd'i' 
 
 et? TOVTO ryap Bt) (f)povB6^ €LfiL TTa? iyo). 
 
 GVTO) 8 e;^et fioc aov [Mev iX6ou(T7]<; ')(^96va, 
 
 TreipaaofiaL aov Tvpo^evtlv^ SiKato^; aov. 
 
 ToaovSe fjuevTOL aoi irpoa-qixalvot), yvvai' 720 
 
 e/c rrjaBe /lev 7^9 ov a c'lyetv /BovXTjoro/jLat, 
 
 avTTj 8' edvirep etV eyu-ou? 6\0tj<; SoyLtoy?, 
 
 fievel^ davXo^ kov ae jxr] fieOo) Tout. 
 
 i/c rrjaSe S avrrj yfj^ cLTraWdcrcTOv iroha' 
 
 dvaiTLO<; yap koI ^evoi<; elvai deXco. 725 
 
 MH. earao raS'* ciXXd irLarL^; el yevotro fiov 
 
 TovTcoVy 6)(^oifi dv irdfTa tt/^o? aeOev KaXco^. 
 
 AI. /MciJv ov ireiTOida^ ; rj ri croi to Sva^epi^; ; 
 
 MH. ireiTOiOa' IleXtou S' i'^6p6<; icTU /jlol S6iJ,o<i 
 
 l^pewv T€ ; TovTOL^, oofCLOLat fxev ^vyel^, 730 
 
 dyovdiv ov fxeOei dv i/c yaia'^ e/i.6* 
 
 X6yoi<^ he (TVfi/3d<; kov Oewv ivco/xoTO^ 
 
 (jyiXo^ yevoi ap, KaTTLKTjpvKev/jLaTa 
 
 To^ dv iTiOoL ae' Ta/xd fxev yap dadevrj, 
 
 Tol<i B' oX/3o9 eaTi /cal B6fjL0<; TvpavvLic6<;. 735 
 
 AI. TToXXrjv eBet^a^, cJ yvvac, 7rpo/j,r]6Lav' 
 
 dXX\ el BoKel aou, Bpdv TaS* ovk dipbCTTaf^ai. 
 ifioi T€ ydp raS' iaTlv da<paXeaTaTa, 
 GKYj-^iv TLV e')(dpol^ aol<^ e')(^ovTa Bevicvvvat, 
 TO aov T dpape iidXXov e^i^yov Oeov^. 740 
 
 MH. 6/jLvv ireBou F^y? rraTepa d^ "]A.Xlov 7raTp6<i 
 TovfjLov dewL' re avvTi6el<^ nTvav yevo<^. 
 
2S EYPiniAOY 
 
 AI. tI ')(^prifjLa Spdaetv rj ri fxr] hpaaeiv ; Xeye. 
 
 MH. /i^r' auT09 ifc 7179 crr/<i €fi eK^akelv irore, 
 
 fjLi]T aX,Xo9 571^ Tfc? Tc3z^ e/JLCov i^Opcov dyeip 745 
 XPV^V> p^eOijaeiv ^wv eKovaiw rpoTrw. 
 
 AI. o/jij'Vfii Vaiafi BajreSov 'HXiov re <^ft59 
 6eov<^ re iravra^ ipLfxevelv a aov kXuco. 
 
 MH. apKel' ri 8' 6pK(p ToyBe fjur) ^ [Xfievwy iTa6oi<i; 
 
 AI. a TolaL Svcrae/Sovcn yiyverai, ^poroov. 750 
 
 MH. ')(aipcDV TTopevov irdvra yap Ka\co<i ^X^^' 
 Kayo) TToXiv arjv &)? rdxi^aT d(f)i^o/Jiaiy 
 irpd^aa d fieWco koI rv^ova a ^Qv\o/j,ai. 
 
 XO. aXXa (T Maia9 7royLt7rato9 dva^ 
 
 nreXdaeie B6/J.0i<;, wv r iirivoiav 755 
 
 cFTrevhei^ Karex^ov Trpd^6ia<^, eireX 
 
 yevvalo<i avrjp, 
 
 Alyev, Trap' e/xol BehoKr^aai. 
 
 MH. w Tiev Alkt} re TiTjvo^ 'HXtou re </)W9, 
 
 vvv KoKXivLKOi Twv ipwv ixdpooi', <piXai,, 760 
 
 yevrjao/ieaOa, /ceh oSov (^e(3r]Kaiiev' 
 
 vvv S' iXirl'; ix^pov^; tov<; ipov<^ riaeiv Slktjv. 
 
 ovTO<; yap avrjp, f) pudXiar ifcdpLvopiev, 
 
 XifJirjv Trecpavrat roov ipLciyv /SovXev/jidrcov' 
 
 etc TovK dva^lro/jieada 7rpvp,vrjT7jv KaXeov, 765 
 
 pLoX6vT6<i ciarv Kal iroXia/jia T[aXXd8o<i. 
 
 Tjhr) Se iravra rdpud aoi ^ovXevp^ara 
 
 Xe^co' hexov he fir} irpo^ rjBoprjv X070U9. 
 
 TTep.yjraa' e/iwv riv OLKeroov Idaova 
 
 eh 6y\riv eXOelv rrjv ipbi)v alni^aopbai' 770 
 
 fioXovTi 8' auTcp fjiaX0aKOv<i Xe^co X6yov<?, 
 
 (0^ fcal Soxet fioL ravrn /.'/7( ATrArr"; ^xei, 
 
MHAEIA 29 
 
 [ydfiov<i Tvpavvoiv ov<; 7rpoSov<; T^/xa? e^et 
 Kal ^vfKpop' eu-ai Ka\ koXw^; iyvaxTfieva'^ 
 7ralSa<; 3e fielvat tov<; €fiov<; alrrjaoiJiai, 775 
 
 ov')(^ 6t)9 \nrovcr av TroXe/Jna'^ iirl ')(6ov6<i, 
 i')(6polaL 7ralha<i tov<; efioi"s Ka6v/3piaat, 
 dW ftj? BoXoLcro iralha ^aaLkeo}^; Kravco. 
 Tre/u-'v^o) '^/cip avrov^ SSp ey^ovra'^ ev 'y^epolv 
 vvfKpT] (pepovra^, oPjOev war OiKelv '^Oova. 780 
 XeiTTov re ireirXov Kal ttXokov ')(^pvcrr)\aTOV' 
 KcivTrep \a(3ovcra Kocrp^ov n/jL(f)L6fj XP^^> 
 KaKCO<; oXelraL Tra? 6' 0? dv Oiyrj K6prj<^' 
 TOiOLcrSe y^picroi (f)app.aKOi<; 8o)prjfj,aTa. 
 ivravOa pevroL tovK dTraXXdaaco Xoyop' 785 
 a)/xa)^a 8' olov epyov ear epyacneov 
 rovvrevOev rjpJlv' reKva yap KaraKTevco 
 rap,' ovTL^ ecTTiv ocrrt? e^aiprjaerai' 
 Bop^ov re iravra avyyeaa ^Ydaovo^ 
 e^ecp^t yaia<^, (^iXraTcov iraiScov cf)6vov 790 
 
 (f>evyovcra koI rXdcr epyov dvocnwrarov. 
 ov yap yeXdaOai rXrjrov i^ i')(6pwi>, (piXat. 
 Irco' Tb puoi ^rjv KepOos ; oure pbou 7raTpl<^ 
 OUT oIko<; ecTJiv out arroa-rpocfir) KaKwv. 
 rfpLapravov t66^ rjviK e^zXip^iravov 795 
 
 hopLOv^ 7raTpa>ou<;, dvSpoi '^EXXt/z^o? X6yoc<; 
 TreiaOela , o? iqplv avv Oew ncret hiKTjv. 
 ovT i^ epiov yap walSa^i o^jreraL irore 
 ^covra^ TO Xolttov, ovt6 Tf]<i veo^iyov 
 vvp(p7j(i TeKvwaei 7ralh\ iirel KaKrjv KaKW<i 800 
 Bavelv crcp dvdyKrj roi? epbolai (pappLaKOU';. 
 pbr}hei<^ pie 4)avXr]v KdaOevrj vop,it^eT(o 
 p.rjK ricru')(aLav, dXXd OaTepov Tpoirov, 
 
30 EYPiniAOY 
 
 I3apelav e')(6po'l(; koI (piXotatv evfjLevrj' 
 
 Tcoi> <yap ToiovT(Ov evKkeeararo^ ^to?. 805 
 
 XO. eireiirep rjiilv rovh^ iKOivcoaaf} Xoyov, 
 
 ae r ci)(f)eXelv OeXovcra kol v6/iioL<; ^porouv 
 ^vWafjb/Sdvovcra hpav a a-nevveirw rdhe. 
 
 MH. ovK ecTTiV aXXft)?' aol he av'/'yvwfxri Xeyecv 
 
 raS' e<TTfc, fjurj 'Tra.cr')(pvaav, ft)9 €70), KaKco<;. 810 
 
 XO. dWd KTavelv aov airepfxa roX/jLTjcrei^, yvvac; 
 
 MH. ovTQ) yap av ixakiaTa ^^^(^OeLr] Trocrt?. 
 
 XO. (TV S' av yivoLO 7' ddXiwrdrr] yvvrj. 
 
 MH. trW nrepicraol irdvTe<; ovv p^eao) Xoyoi. 
 
 aX.V ela ^^copet fcal kojjh^ ^Idcrova' 815 
 
 €t9 TTavra yap Brj aol rd TrtaTa 'y^pco/meOa. 
 Xe^r]<; he jjirjhev twv i/xol BeSoyfiepcov, 
 ecirep (ppovet^ ev SeaTrorat^;, yvvrj r e^u?. 
 
 XO. 'Epe^^ei'Sat to TraXaiov oX^ioi crp. o.\ 
 
 Kai Oewv TTO-tSe? fiaKapcov, i€pd<; 820 
 
 ')(Cfi)pa<; diTopOrjTov r diro (pep/So/jievot, 
 KXeivordrav aosplav, alel hid XafJurporaTov 
 l3aivoPTe<; djSpco^ aWepo<;, evOa iroB' dyvds 825 
 ivvea HcepiBafi M.ov(Ta<; Xeyovac 
 ^avOdv 'Apfioviap (pvTevcrai 
 
 Tov KaXXivaou irapa K^rjcpiaov poat<;, dvTKXTp. a. 830 
 
 ra? l^virpiv KXrj^ovaiv d<pvcr(7a/jbevav 
 
 '^(i)pa<; KaraiTvevaai /jLeTpia<; dvepLcov 
 
 rjBv7rv6ov<i avpa<;' alel 8' ein^aXXoixevav 835 
 
 '^airaLCFLv evoohr] poSecov ttXokov dvOecov 
 
 rd aocf)ia irapehpov^ ireixireiv epcora^;, 
 
 iravToia^; dperdf; ^vvepyov<;, 840 
 
MHAEIA 31 
 
 7rw9 ovv lepoiv Troraficov o^p- /3'. 
 
 17 7r6\t<; rj ^iXcov 
 
 TrofiTTL/jLO^ cre %<wp<x 
 
 TCLv nTaihdXereLpav efet, 
 
 rav ovx ocriav, fier dWcov ; 845 
 
 aKe-^aL reKecov TrXaydv, 
 
 (TKey^ai (f>ovop olov alpei. 
 
 /jLI], 7rpo<? jovdrcov ae iravTrj 
 
 7rdpT(o<; iK6Tevofji6v, 
 
 TEKva cf)ov€vcrr)(i. 850 
 
 TToOev dpdao<; r} (f>p€vo^ rj ipria-Tp. p'. 
 
 'X^ipl T6Kvo)v aeOev 
 
 Kaphia re X7]\lfeL 
 
 heivav irpocrdyGvaa roX/xav ; 
 
 7rco9 8' ofJLfiara irpoapdXova-a 855 
 
 TeKVOi<s dSa/cpvv fxolpav 
 
 o-yj]aei'^ (f)6vov ; ov Swaaei, 
 
 Traihoiv LKerav TnrvovTcoVf 
 
 rey^at %epa (poLvlav 
 
 rXdfjiovt Ovpiw. 860 
 
 I A. ?/«:&) KeXevaOei^' koI yap ovaa Bv(Tfievr)<; 
 
 ov TCLV dfidpTOi<; rovSe y, dXX' aKovcrofiat 
 TL XPV/-^^ ^ovXet Kau'ov ef ifiov, yvvai. 
 
 MH. 'Idaov, alrov/J^ai ae rwv elprnxivcov 
 
 avyyvcofjLov elvac ra^ 8' e'/xa? opyd^ (f)ep€iv 865 
 
 et/co? (t\ eVel v^v ttoXX' vTT6ipya(Trai (fnXa. 
 
 iyco 8' ifiavTTJ Bid Xoycov d(^itc6iJ.r}v, 
 
 KaXoihopTjaa' ax^T^^(^> '^^ fxalvofiat 
 
 KoX Bv(T/jL€vaLvco TolcTi jSovXevouaLV eif, 
 
 exOpd 8€ yala^ KoipdvoL^ KaOiarafxai 870 
 
 iTQaei 6\ 09 rjixlv hpa rd avpL(^op&)TaTa, 
 
32 EYPiniAOY 
 
 fyrjfjia'^ TVpavvov fcal Kaaiyvi^Tov^ T6kvol<; 
 
 ifjLol<i (f)VT6vo)p ; ovK aiTaKXay6r](joyi,ai 
 
 Qvjxov (tl "TTaa^co ;) decov •wopi^ovrwv Ka\oo<; ; 
 
 OVK elcrl flip fjuoi Tralhe'^, otSa Be ')(66va 875 
 
 (fyevyovra'^ 7]/jid<; kol <j7ravit,ovTa<^ (blXcov ; 
 
 ravT ivvoiiaaa yaOo/jiTjv a(3ov\[av 
 
 7roW7]v e^ovcra kol fiaTi^v Ovfiovfievrj. 
 
 vvv ovv eiraivcjo acocppovetv re fjiOL 8ok6l^ 
 
 /cfySo? ToS' Tjfjilp TTpoa\ap(£)v, iyo) S' a(j)p(ov, 880 
 
 V XPV^ fiereLpaL rdSphe twv /SovXev/jLaTcov 
 
 Kal ^vfjiirepabveLv, kol irapeaTavai A-evet 
 
 vvfJLcf)rjv 76 fcrjSevovaav rjheaOai aeOev. 
 
 aW €<7/j.6v olov eafiev, ov/c ipco Ka/cov, 
 
 <yvvaiK€<;' ovicovv XPV^ ^' op^oiovaOat KaKots, 885 
 
 ovS" avTLTeLveiv vi^irC dvrl vrjiricov. 
 
 Trapcep^eada, Kal <pap,€v KaKco^; (ppovelv 
 
 TOT f aXX apetvov vvv ^e^ovXevp^ai Tohe, 
 
 (JO TeKva TEKva, SevTC, XetVere crre^a?, 
 
 i^eXOeT , daTraaaaOe Kal vrpocretTrare 890 
 
 TvaTepa p,e6 rjpcov, ^^al hiaXXd'^OrjO^ dpa 
 
 T7J<; irpoaOev e-)(6pa<^ eh (plXov^ p7]Tpo^ pueTa' 
 
 (Tirovhal yap rjpblv Kal pLedeaTrjKev ^oX,09. 
 
 Xd^ecrOe ')(eipo^ he^id<;' — otpboi, KaKwv 
 
 ot)? evvoovpat 8)] tc tcov KCKpvpp^evcov — 895 
 
 dp , CO TeKV , ovtco Kai iroXvv ^wz/re? '^povov 
 
 (j)LXr)v 6pe^€T diXevTjv ; TaXacv eyw, 
 
 &)? dprihaKpi)^ elpo Kal cf)6/3ov irXea. 
 
 ')(^p6v(p Be veIko^ TraTpo's i^aipovpevrj 
 
 oyJTLv Tep'itvav ttjvB' eirXTjaa SaKpvcov. 900 
 
 XO. Kdpol KaT oao'cov ')(Xcopbv dippfjdr) BaKpv 
 Kal pLTj Trpo^alrj ptell^ov rj to vvv KaKov, 
 
MHAEIA 33 
 
 I A. alvw, yvvaL, Ta8', ovh' eKelva fiefK^nfxar 
 €Uo<; jap 6pya<; OfjXv iroielaOai yevo^;, 
 ydfiov^ Trape/jbiToXoovT i7reiadKT0v<; irocnv. 905 
 oKK! ek TO Xcpov (70V /jbedearrjfcev Keap, 
 €7^0)9 Se ry]V vcKajcrav dWd r^ XP^^V 
 ^ovXrjV ryvvacKO^ €pya raura aa)<j)popo<;. 
 vpuv Be, TratSe?, ovfc dc^povriaTW^ irari^p 
 TToXkrjv edrjKe avv deoU TTpop^rjOlav 91° 
 
 ol/xaL yap vfMa^ rrjaSe 7)79 KopivBia<i 
 rd irpwT ecreaOai crvv KaaiyviqTOi^ en. 
 dXk" av^dveaOe- rdXKa S' e^epyd^erat 
 iraTi)p re Kal 6ewv 6<ttl^ iarlv evfiein']^- 
 cBoLfiL 8' v/xa9 evrpa^el^ 77/3779' t6\o9 9^5 
 
 IJLo\6vras, exOpwv rcov e/J^wv v7repT6pov<;. 
 avTT], Tt xKcopol^ haKpvoi^ Teyyei^i Kopa^, 
 (TTpe-^aaa XevKrju eiMiraXiv irapr^ioa, ^ 
 
 KovK da/JLevT) rovS' ef e'/xoO Bexv '^oyov ; 
 MH. ovBev reKvcov tcoi/S' ivvoovp^evrj irepi. g'^o 
 
 I A. Odpaei vW ev yap rwvhe Or^aoixai irepi. 
 MH. hpdacd raS'- ovtol aol<; aTriaryjo-co Xoyot^' 
 
 yvvrj Be 6r}\v Kairl BaKpvoL^ ecpv. 
 lA. TL Br/, rdXaLva, rolaB' eTTLarevei^ tUvol^; 
 MH. eruKTOv avrov^' ^^v B' or i^rjvx'^v rifcva, 925 
 eiarjXOe fi oIkto^, el yevrjo-erai rdBe. 
 aXV SvTrep elvex ek e/xov<; r]icei<^ Xoyov^, 
 rd fjuev XeXefcrai, rSv B' eyco fj,v7](76y](Toaac. 
 eVet TVpdpvoi^ 7^79 yu,' diroaTelXai BoKel, 
 Ka/jLol rdB' iarl Xwcrra, yiyvcoaKCO KoXm, 93^ 
 firjT ifiTToBayv aol p-r/re KOipdvot^ %^oz^o9 
 vaieiv, Bokm yap Bua/Jievrj^ elvau B6p.oL<;, 
 r}fjLel<! fxev e/c 7^9 rrjaB' dirapoviiev (jyvyy, 
 
34 EYPITTiAOY 
 
 7raiSe9 5' oirco^ av ifCTpacfywcn afj yepi, 
 
 atrov KpiovTa rrji^Se firj (f)6vy6Lv yQova. 935 
 
 lA. ovK oW av el TreicratfJLi, iretpaaOai Se ypr). 
 
 MFI.. av 3' aXXa arjv KeXevcrov alrelaOac 7raTpo<^ 
 yvvacKa iralha^ rrjvhe jjli) cpevyeiv yOova. 
 
 lA. fjudXiara, koX irelaeiv ye So^d^co cr(^' eyco. 
 
 MH. e'lTrep yvvaiicoov iart, twv aXkwv fxia. 940 
 
 <TvWr)'\Jro/jLai Be rovBe aoc fcdyo) ircvov 
 7re/x\|r<y yap avrfj Scop^ d KaXkiaTeverai 
 Tcov vvv ev dvOpcoTToiaiVy oZS' eyco, ttoXv, 
 XeiTTOv re ireirXov koI it\6kov y^pva-y-iKarov, 
 TTaloaf} ^epovra'^. aXX! oaov Td')(o^ '^pecbv 945 
 Koa/jLov KOp,L^€Lv Sevpo TTpocnroXwv TLvd. 
 evBac/jLovrjaec 8' ou^ ev, dWd tivpia, 
 dvBp6<; r dplarov crov TV')(^ova o/jLevrerov, 
 K€KTr}/jLevr) re k6(t/jL0v 6v tto^' ''HXio? 
 Trarpo^; 7rarr/p BlScocrcp eKyovoicnv oh. 950 
 
 Xd^vaOe (j>epvd<^ rdahe, TralBe^i, eh %e/3^^» 
 Kat rfi rvpdvvcp pafcapla vv/xcprj Bore 
 (f)epopre<i' ovroL Bcopa fJuefjuirTa Be^erau. 
 
 I A. n B , w /jbarata, rcovBe ad<; /cevoh ^e/oa? ; 
 
 BoKeh o-Travi^eiv Bco/iia /BaatXcKov ireirXcov, 955 
 BoKeh Be ')(pvaov; a"o5^e, firj BlBov rdBe.- 
 elirep yap r)/jid<; d^col Xoyov nvo^ 
 yvvrj, Trpodrjaec yprjfidrcoi', adcf) oIB^ iyw. 
 
 Mil. jirj jjiOi (TV' nreiOeLv Bcopa Kal Oeov<; X6yo<;' 
 
 'Xpvcro'; Be Kpeicracov pLvpicov Xoycov /Sporot^. 960 
 KeLP7]<i Bai/jicov, Kelva vvv av^ei 6e6<^, 
 vea rvpavvel' rwv 8 ificov ttulBcov (f)vyd<i 
 '^v^rj<; dv dXXa^aip.eO\ ov ^pvaov fiovov. 
 dXX\ 00 re/cv , elaeXOovre irXovaiov^ Bofiov^, 
 
MHAEIA 35 
 
 iraTpo^ viav jvvalKa SeaTroriv S efirjv 965 
 
 iKerever, i^atrelcrde /jliq (^ev^eiv %^oi^a, 
 Koo-^ov SlB6vt€^' TovBe yap fMokiaTa Set, 
 et? X^V iK6Lvr)v hwpa he^aaOai rdhe. 
 iff ft)? Taxicrra' fitirpl S' ^v ipa rvxelv 
 evdyyekot yevoiade irpd^avTe^; KoXm. * 970 
 
 XO. vvv eXTTtSe? ovKeri fioL TralScov ^oa^;, <^^P- «'• 
 
 0VK6TI,' crret^ouo-i 7''/3 e? </)oz^oz^ ^8?/. 
 he^erai vvficpa %/9L'<jeftJ7^ dvaBecr/xdv 
 hi^erai Bvaravo^; drav 
 
 ^avOa 3' a/A(/)t KOiia OrjaeL top '' AiSa 975 
 
 Koafiov avrd xe/ooti^ Xa^ovaa. 
 
 irelaeL %a/9fc9 dfJL^p6ai6<i r avyd TreirXov &vTLarp. a'. 
 
 Ypva-orev/cTOv re aricjyavov TreptOecrdai,' 
 
 veprepoL^ 3' r/Sr; vrapa vvfKpoKOfxrja-eL. 9^° 
 
 TOfcoy et9 €pKO^ TreaeiTat 
 
 KOL jjLolpav Oavdrov Svaravo^' arav S 
 
 ovX vTreK^ev^erat v^ — — . 
 
 (TV h\ w Td\av, w KaKovvfMcjie k7]B€/xo)V Tvpdv- 
 
 iraiaiv ov /caretBo)? 
 
 oXeOpov l3tOTa irpoaayei^ d\6xa> 
 
 re ad aivyepov Oavarov. 
 
 hvarave fiolpa^, oaov -rrapolx^i. 99° 
 
 fjL€Ta<TT6vop,aL 8e aov dXyo^, co rdXacva iral- 
 
 fidrep, d (^ovevaei^ 
 
 reKva vvp.(^iUoiv eveKev Xe^ewi^, 
 
 (i aoi TrpoXiTTcbv dvopico^ 995 
 
36 EYPiniAOY 
 
 aWa ^vvoiK€L ttoctl^ avvevvfo. 
 
 IIAJ. hecnTOLv\ cKJ^eLvrai TratSe^ otSe o-ol (fyvyrj^;, 
 Kal Soopa vv/jL(f)T] Bacrt\l<^ dafievr] '^epolv 
 eoe^ar * eiprjvr] be raKeLvev reKvoif;. 
 ea. 
 
 TL av'y')(y6e'ia ecrrijfca'^ tjvlic euri/^^^et? looo 
 
 [t/ arjv ea-Tpe^jraf; eixiraXiv 'Trapi]iha\ 
 KovK do-jJuevT] Tovh^ i^ ifMov Se^et Xoyop ; 
 
 M H. alac. 
 
 IIAJ. raS' ov ^vvaiSd rolcnv e^rj'yyekixevoL'^. 
 
 MH. alal fxaX avOts, 
 
 IIAI. jjiMv TLV dyyeXXcov rv)(7)v 
 
 ovK oiSa, S6^)]<^ 3' iacj^dXTjv evayyekov ; 1005 
 
 MH. 7]yy 6i\a^ oV rjyyeCKa'^' ov ae /jLefjL(f)o/jLaL 
 
 DAI. tI Sal KaTTj^e's ofifia kol BaKpvppoei^; ; 
 
 MH. ttoWt] fjb civdyKT), irpea^v ravra yap Oeol 
 Kaydo KaKM<i (f)povovcr i/nrj'^avrjadfnjv. 
 
 HAL Odpaet' Kdret tol Kal av 7rpo<; ri/cvcov €tl ioio 
 
 MH. aXXov^ Kard^o) TToocrOev 77 rdXaiv iyd). 
 
 HAL ovroi pbovT] av crcbv d7ret,vyr)<; reKvcov 
 
 Kov<f)(o<^ (j)€p6LV XPV Ovr)TOv ovTa avfji^opd^. 
 
 MH. opdaco rdB'. dWd jSau'e Bcofidrcov eaco, 
 
 fcau Traiai iropavv ola '^prj KaO^ 7]fxepav. 1015 
 
 0) T6Kva reKva, a<pMv fxev ecm S?] TroXi? 
 
 Kal BM/Jb\ iv (Z XtirovTe^ dOXlav e'/xe 
 
 oiKrjaer alel fjb7)Tpo<i iareprj/jLii'OL' 
 
 iyo) 8' e? dXkrjv yalav elfMi Br) (f>uyd<;, 
 
 TTpiv (T(j)(pv bvaaOai KdiriBelv 6vBaL/jLova<;, 1020 
 
 TTpLV Xovrpa Kal yvvalKa Kal yafjurfkiov^i 
 
 evva^i dyrfkai \ap,TTdha<^ r dvaa^eOetv. 
 
MHAEIA 37 
 
 oi hvardXawa rrjf; ifii]^ avOaBia<;. 
 a\Xct)9 ap v/jLO,^, w reKv , i^edpeyjrdfirjv, 
 aXXft)? 5' efio-)(6ovv fcal Kare^dvOriv ttovol^;, 1025 
 aT€ppa<; ivey/cova iv t6kol<; d\y7]B6va<i. 
 
 TToWa? ev vpuv yrfpofioaKijaeip r ijie 
 
 KoX KarOavovaav ')(^€pcriv ev irepLaTeXelv, 
 
 ^7j\(i)T0V avOpcoTTOLai' vvv K 6\(o\e Brj 1030 
 
 yXvKela <^povTi<^. acpMv yap €crT6p7]/xivrj 
 
 Xvirpov Bid^o) /3iOTop dXyeivov r i/jLoL 
 
 vfxel<^ he /xijTep^ ovKer o/jL/xaaiv (plXoi^ 
 
 oyjreaO , e? dWo cr^7]fM diTocrTdvTe^ /3iov. 
 
 (f)ev (peu' TO TrpoahepKeaOe jji ofxpLacnv, reKva ; 1035 
 
 TL irpoayeXdre top Travvararov yeXcov ; 
 
 atat' Tb Spdcro) ; KapBla yap OL-)(^eTai, 
 
 yvvalKe<^, o/jifia (pacSpov co? elBof reKvoyv. 
 
 ovK av Svvai/jL7]v' ')(^aLpeTw ^ouXevfj^ara 
 
 ra irpoaOev d^co iralSa^ €K yaia^i e/jLov<;. 1040 
 
 TL Bel fie rrrarepa rwvBe toI<^ tovtcov KaKol<^ 
 
 XvTTovaav avrijv BU roaa /crdcrOaL KaKa; 
 
 ov BiJT eycoye. ')(^aLpeT(i) ^ovXevpLara. 
 
 KaiTOi TL TTda')((i> ; ^ov\o/jLat yekcor 6^\elv 
 
 e')(6pov<i /leOelaa tov<^ efjLov'i d^r]/jbiov<; ; 1045 
 
 roXfi7]T60v TdB\ dWd ri)'^ efjL7]<; Kdicr]'^, 
 
 TO Kal rrpoaeaOaL fia\6aK0V<^ \oyov<; (ppevL. 
 
 Xfopelre, TratSe?, et9 Bofxou^' otw Be /ly 
 
 6i/jLL<i TrapelvaL tol<; efiolat 6v/JLaaLv, 
 
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38 EYPiniAOY 
 
 eKel fieO tj/ulcov ^a}VTe<i evcfypavovai ere, 
 
 fia T0V9 Trap' " Athr) veprepov^ a\daTopa<;, 
 
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 irarrip d^eiXer. cy <y\vKela Trpoa^oXrj, 
 
 ft) fxa\6aK0<s %/3ft)? irvevpd 6 rjSto-rov reKVOiv. 1070 
 
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 ola T6 7ral8a<;, dXXd vLKcofxai icaKoi'^. 
 
 Kol iiav6dv(o fiev ola hpacreiw KaKd' 
 
 6v/jlo<; Be Kpeiaawv roiv ijjiwv /SouXev/iidrcoi/^ 
 
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 rfxOov /jL6l^ov<; rj 'y^prj yevedv 
 
 OrjXvv epevvdv' 
 
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 rj irpoaojJLiXel ao(f)La^ eveKCv, 
 
 nrdcraiai fxev ov' iravpov Be yevo<; 
 
MHAEIA 39 
 
 — ^iav iv TToWal^ evpoL^ av (Vo)? — 
 ovK. uTTo/jLovaov TO <yvvaiKMV. 
 
 Kai (f)ri/jLi ^poTMV oXrLve^; elcrtv 1085 
 
 irdfJiiTav direipoL firjh' 6cf)VT6va-au 
 iralha^, 7rpo(f)€p€Lv et? evTV')(iav 
 TMV yecvafievcov. 
 01 fiev areKvoi, hi cnreipocrvvT^v 
 
 €iU TjOV ppOTOi'^ €LT UViapoV 1090 
 
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 ttoWmv iio')(0o3V d7re')(ovTaL' 
 
 olai 8e refcvcov iarlv iv olkol^ 
 yXvKepov l3Xd(TT7]p,\ iaopco fxeXerrj 
 KaTaTpv)(Ofxevov^ rov diravra '^poi'OV, 1095 
 
 irpoiTOV jjiev oiroi^i 6pey\rovai Ka\(o<i 
 ^loTov 6^ oTToOev Xei'^ovcrL reKL>OL<;* 
 en 5' eK rovrcov etr iirl (j)\avpoL<; 
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 actifjia T €9 rjprfv rfKvue t€kvo)v, 
 y^prjCTTOi T i'yevovT ' el he /cvpijcrai, 
 hal/uLcov ovTa)<; (f)povho<? e? '^Achrjp 1105 
 
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 'irw<i ovv \vec Trpo? Tot9 dWoa 
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 TTaihoiv eve/cev 
 OvrjTolcrt 6eov<i eTrc/SdXXeLV ; mo 
 
 MH. (ptXai, TrdXai tol Trpocrpiivovcra Trjv TV^rjv 
 
 5—2 
 
40 EYPiniAOY 
 
 KapaSoKM ra KeWev ol TTO^^jaerat. 
 Kat Sr) SeSopKa rovBe rcov Iaaovo<; 
 aret'^ovT oirahwv Trvevfia S rjpeOia/jievop 
 SeUvvaiu 0)9 n Kaivov ciyyeXel Ka/cov. 1115 
 
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 M-ijBeia, (pevye (pevye, [J^Y]Te vatav 
 Xlttovct dirrjvrjv fitjr o^ov TreSocm^fj, 
 
 MH. Ti 8' ci^iov /JLOL rrjaSe Tvyy^dvei cjivyrjf; ; 
 
 AT. oXcoXev r) rvpavvo'^ dprlax; Koprj 1120 
 
 Kpect)^' 0^ 6 cf)V(ra<^ ^apjjbdfccdv rwv acov vtto. 
 
 MH. KaXXidTOv elira^; fivOov, eV 8' evepyeTai<; 
 TO Xoiirov r}hri koI (f)LXoL<; e/jbOL<; ecrcL. 
 
 AV. ri (pr](i ; (ppopeU /xev opda kov jxaivev, yvvai, 
 
 T/Tt? rvpdvvcov eariav rjKicrfievrjv ■ 11 25 
 
 '^aipei<; KXvovaa kov cfyo/Sel ra roidSe ; 
 
 MH. e^^o) Ti Kayo) rolai aoc^; evavriov 
 
 Xoyoiaiv elirelv' dXXd fxy) crrrepxov, cf)iXo(^, 
 Xe^ov K OTTO)? coXovTo' 8fc? Toaov yap av 
 re/o-v^eta? ?7yu,a?, el TeOvdau irayKaKw^. 1130 
 
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 avv Trarpl Kal iraprjXOe i>v/jL(f)LKov<i So/xof?, 
 i]a6rifjbev oXirep goi^ eKapuvoixev Kaicol^ 
 S/zoje?' hi oXkcov 8' 6udv<i rjv ttoXv^ X070? 
 oe Kal iTOcrtv aov vetKO<; eairelcrOai to irpiv. 1135 
 Kvvei o o fiev Ti? X^''P > ^ ^^ ^avoov Kapa 
 TraiScov' e'^yft) Be KauTO'i TJSovrjf; vtto 
 crreya^ yvvaiKwv avv TeKvoL<i d/i eaTrofirjv. 
 Beairoiva S' ijv vvv avrl crov dav/ucd^ofxev, 
 irpXv fiev T6KVC0V (Toov elcriBelv ^vvcopLBa, 1140 
 
MHAEIA 41 
 
 TrpoOvfjLOV elx o(j)daXfJiov ek "Idaova' 
 eireira ^levroi irpovKaXv^ar ofi/iara 
 Xevfcriv r direo-rpeyfr' e/iiraXiv irap7]iha, 
 TrauScop fMva-axOela elaoSov^' Troai^ 8e (Jo? 
 6pyd<; d<^f)pei Kal x^'^^'^ vedviho^ ri45 
 
 \e'ywv rah"' " ov M 8ucr/xei^/}9 eaei (piXoL^, 
 iravaei he OvpLOV fcal irdXiv o-rpe^et?^ Kapa, 
 (Pi\ov<i vofML^ova ovdirep dv iroai^ aeOev, 
 Be^ec Se Scopa Kal TrapaLnjcret irarpb^ 
 (fivyd^ d(j)6LvaL iraial rolah" ip^rjv %apti^;" "So 
 Tf h" &)9 iaelhe Koa^iov, ovk rjveax^'^o, 
 a\V xjvea dvBpl iravra, Kal irplv eV hofKov 
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 XajSova-a TreV/Vou? ttolklXov^; rjp.TTiax^TO, 
 Xpvaovv T€ Oeia-a aricj^avov dji^l ^oo-Tpu%ot9 1155 
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 d-yfryxov etKcb irpocryeXwcra crco/j^aro^;. 
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 rivOVT €9 OpOoV OIl/JLaCTLV aKOTTOVfMeVT]. 
 
 TOVvOevhe fievroL heivov tjv Oeap! IhelV 
 Xpotdv yap dWd^acra Xexp^^t iraXiv 
 ;^&)/3et Tpep^ovaa KcoXa, Kal p^oKu^ (^davei, 
 epovoLcnv ifiireaovaa fJirj %a/^at irecrelv. 1165 
 
 Kal Tt9 ryepatd irpocnrdXcov So^aad ttov 
 77 Uavo<i opjd^ Tj rcvog Oewv fxokelv 
 dvayXoXv^e, irplv y opa Sid arofia 
 Xcopovvra XevKov d(f>pov ofifidrcov 8 airo 
 K6pa<i arpecfiovaav, alpud r ovk evov %pot- 1170 
 elr dvTlfxoXirov rJKev 6\o\vyrj<; fieyav 
 
42 EYPiniAOY 
 
 KWKVTov. €v6v<; 8' 7] fxev 619 7Tarpo<; B6fiov<; 
 
 wp/Jb7j(r€v, rj Be tt/OO? rov apTiw^ iroaiv, 
 
 (ppaaovcra vvpLf^r}^ (ru/ii(f)opd<i' aTraaa Se 
 
 crreyr) irvKvoldLv iicrviTeL Spafju^jfiao-iv. 1175 
 
 T^Brj S afiel^wv kooXov eKirXeOpov Bpofiov 
 
 ra')(y<i ^ahiCTTr]^ repfMovcov av r/Trrero* 
 
 7] B' i^ dvavSov koI [xvaavTO<; o/jufiaro^i 
 
 Beivbv arevd^aa r) rdXaiv yyelpero. 
 
 BlttXovv yap avrr} Trrj/jb eTTeaTparevero' 1180 
 
 ')(^pv(rov^ fjLev d/ji(f)l Kparl Kel/aevo'^ TrXoKO^i 
 
 6au/xa(TT0v let vdjjia Tra/jbcf^dyov 7rvp6<;, 
 
 ireirXoi Be XeirToi, acop reKvcov Bcopr/fiara, 
 
 XevKYjif eSaiTTov crdpxa rr;? BvaBalfJiovo^, 
 
 ^evyet K dva^aa gk Opovcov Trvpovfjuivr}, 1185 
 
 crelovaa '^airrjv /cpdrd r dXXor dXXoae, 
 
 pL'\jrat OeXovaa are^avov dX>C dpap6T(ti<i 
 
 avvBecrjuba ')(pvao<i fl^j^e, irvpl B\ eirel KOfirjv 
 
 kaetae, /jbdXXov Bl<^ Toaw^ iXafiTrero. 
 
 TriTvei 8' €9 ovBa^ avpi^opd viKwfJLevr], 1190 
 
 irX'tjv Tft) reicovTi Kapra BuafxaOrj*; IBelv 
 
 ovT ofjifidrcov yap BP]Xo<; yv KaTdaTaai<^ 
 
 OUT 6V(f)V€<i irpoacdirov, alfjia 8' e^ obKpov 
 
 karate Kpar6<; av/jLTrecpvpfievov irvpl, 
 
 aapKe^i 3' avr' ocrrewv coare irevKLvov BaKpv 1195 
 
 yvadfA,0L<i dB7]XoL<i (pap/juaKcov direppeov, 
 
 Beuvov Oea/xa' irdai B' rjv cf>6^0(i dtyelv 
 
 V6Kpov' rv)(r]v yap et^oyitez/ BiBdcTKaXou. 
 
 Trarrfp B' 6 rXrj/jLcoi' avfX(j)opd<i dyvcocria 
 
 dcpvco TrapeXOcov Bw/xa TrpoaTTLTvei veKp<x>' 1200 
 
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M H A E I A 43 
 
 Tt'9 cy wh arlixw^ Sai/xovcov a7r(oXe(T€ ; 
 
 Ti9 Tov yepovra tv/x^ov 6p<pav6v aidev 
 
 rlOrjcTLP ; oifiot, avvOdvoi/jLL aoi, re/cvovJ' 1205 
 
 iirel Be Oprjvoav fcal yocov iiravaaro, 
 
 XPV^^^ y^P^^ov e^avaarrfcraL S6fia<; 
 
 7rpoaeL-)(^e6\ wcrre Kiacro^i epvecrtv Bcicf)V7}<^, 
 
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 fiev yap rjdeX' e^avacTTrjaat yovv, 1210 
 
 rj o avreXa^vT * ei oe 7rpo<; piav ayoi, 
 
 adpKa<^ jepaia^; iairdpaaa dir oareoav. 
 
 ')(^p6vcp K direa^T] KaX p.e6rjy^ 6 Svcr/iopo<i 
 
 '^^X^^' ^<^^oi) yap ovfC€T tjv virepTepo<;. 
 
 Kelvrai Be veKpoi iral'^ re Kal yepwv Trarrjp 12 15 
 
 7reXa9, iroOeivrj haKpvoLai. avfJLc^opd. 
 
 KaL fjLOL TO fiev (TOV ifCTToBcbv ecTTco Xoyov 
 
 yi'cocreL yap avrrj ^7)/jLLa<; dTVoarpo^rjV. 
 
 TCL dvTjra 8' ov vvv irpcorov rjyov/jLat cTKidv, 
 
 ovK av rpecra^; eLiroifii tov<; oocpou'^ ^porodv 1220 
 
 BoKovvTa<i elvat Kal fiepifiVTjrd^; Xoycov, 
 
 T0VT0v<; fieyi(TTr}v /icopiav oc^XiaKdveLv. 
 
 OvTjTcov yap ouSet? icmv evhaip,wv dvrjp' 
 
 oXfiov 8' eirippvevTO'^ evTV')(eGTepo^ 
 
 aXXov yevoLT av- aX\o<;, evoaificov o av ov. 1225 
 
 AU. eoLX o oaificov iroXXa rye ev rjfjiepa 
 KaKci ^vvdiTTeLv €vBl/ccl><; Idaovt. 
 cJ tXtj/jLov, 0)9 crov avf.L(^opd<^ olKTelpop^ev, 
 Koprj K.peovTO^, 7Jtl<; et9 '^AcBov 7rvXa<; 
 ot'^^et yd/ncov eKarc tmv 'I«croz'09. 1230 
 
 MH. (piXaL, BeBoKTai rovpyov &)9 rd'-^LCFTd fxou 
 
 iralBa<^ Kravovar} rrjaB' d(jiop[iaa6ai ydovo'^, 
 
44 EYPiniAOY 
 
 KoX fxi-j a'^oXrjv ayovcrav i/cSovvat re/cva 
 
 dWrj (f)0V6vaaL hvafievearepa %ept. 
 
 7rdvTco<; a(f) apdy/cij KarOavelv eVet Se XP^' '-35 
 
 rj/xeU KTevovfxeVy oXirep 6^e(f)V(Ta/i6v. 
 
 a\X' el' ottXl^ov, fcaphia' ri /leWo/iev 
 
 ra Beiva KavayKata firj irpdcrcreiv KaKou; 
 
 ay\ CO Tokaiva %et/3 efxr}, X,a/3e ^L(j)o<;, 
 
 Xd^\ epTre 7rpo<^ jSaX^lBa Xvirrjpav /3iOV, 1240 
 
 Kol /jLT) KaicLa6y<^ pLijK dvafJLvria6^<^ re/crcov 
 
 c[)9 (f)i\Ta6\ &)9 €TLfCTe(i' dWd ri^vZe ye 
 
 Xa/Sov I3pa)/elap y/nepau TralBcov aiOev, 
 
 Kaireira Opjjvei' koI yap el Krevel<i acf) , biJi(o<; 
 
 (f)LXoL T ec^vaaVy Svarv'^V'^ S' iycb yvvrj. 1245 
 
 XO. l(b Va re Kal irafx^ar]^ arp. a', 
 
 durl^ ^AeXlov, Kariher there rdv 
 ovXofjbevav yvvoLKa, irpiv (^oiviav 
 reKvot^ TTpoa/SaXelv ^e/a' avroKTOvov 
 (ja? yap aTrep/jia T^pucrea9 yova^ 1250 
 
 e^Xaarev, deov 8' alfxa ireBoi irirveiv 
 cf>6^o(; vir dvepwv. 
 dXXd viv, (6 (^do'^ BLoy€ve<;, Kareip- 
 ye KardTTavaov, e^eX oXkcov <^ovoi- 
 aav dXabv r 'Eiptvvv vtt aXaaropcov. 
 
 fidrav fi6x0o<^ eppei reKVcov 
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 Kvaveav Xiirovaa %vfjL7rX7]ydS(ov 
 irerpav d^evooTdrav elajBoXav. 
 SecXaia, ri croi ^pevcov jSapv^ 
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 (f)6vo<; d/jLei'^eraL ; 
 
 1255 
 
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 1260 
 
MHAEIA 45 
 
 '^(aXeTTa yap ^poToU ofMoyevT] ficd' 
 
 afiar eirl yaiav avTocf>6vraL^ ^vv(p- 
 
 8a deodev iTiTvei r iirl SofMot^ axv- ^^^5 
 
 HAII A. 
 oifJLOt, Tt Spao-co; irol (f>vyco fiT^rpos ^epa<i ; 
 
 HAII B. 
 ovK oU\ ah€X<l>6 (plXrar' oXkyfieaOa yap. 
 
 XO. dKov€L<; Poav dKOV€L<; reKvav; nrp. p . 
 
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 w depfiojSovXov airXdyXvov . . i^o 
 
 irapekOw S6fMov<; ; dprj^m <p6vov 
 
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 val, irpo^ eecov, dpr^^ar ' ev Uovri ydp' 
 o)? e77L'9 rJS?; 7 eafxev dpKVCov ^i^ov^i. 1275 
 
 XO. rdXaiV, w? dp rjada 7reTpo<; rj alBa- 
 po9, art? T€KV(i)v ov ere/ce? 
 dpoTov avTOX^i'Pt' f^o'^P^ KTeveh. 
 fjilav hr} kXvco p.iav tmv irdpo^ ^vnarp. p'. 
 
 yvvaiK ev (/)iXoi9 %e>a ^aXelv reVrot?, 1280 
 
 'Iz^w fiavelaav e/c decbv, off r) Aio? 
 Bd/xap VLV eJeVe/x-v/re hwiidrcov dXy. 
 TTLTvet 8' d rdXaiv €9 dXiiav 4>6v(p 
 reKvcov 8ucrcre/3et, 
 
 aA:T7J9 vireprelvacra irovria^; iroha, 1285 
 
 hvolv re nraihoLV avvOavova diroWvraL 
 tL BrJT ovv yevoLT dv ert heuvov ; oj 
 
4^ EYPiniAOY 
 
 ryvvaiKwv Xe;^09 iroXvirovov, 
 baa ^poTOL^ €p6^a<; rjZrj Katca. 
 
 I A. yvvaLK€<^, at rrjcrS' iyyv<; earare crre^?;?, 1290 
 
 ap iv ZopLOLaLv r\ tol Belv elpyacrfjuevr) 
 M?;Seia rotas' er , rj /neOearrjKev (f^vyrj ; 
 Bel yap vlv tjtol 77}? a(f)6 Kpv^Orjvai kcitco, 
 rj irrrjvov apat aw/ii e? aWepo<; l3d6o<^, 
 ei /JUT) Tvpavvcop hdifxacnv Scoaec Biktjv. 1295 
 
 ireTTOiO^ aTTOKTelvaaa KOipdvov; ^(dovo^ 
 a6cpo<i avrrj roovSe (bev^eaOai, B6/jLcov ; 
 aW ou yap avTr]<i (^povrlB^ ct)? reKvcov e^(o, 
 K€Li'7]v fiev ou? eBpaaev ep^ovcnv KaK(t)<;, 
 ifX(Zv Be TTQiBcov 7}\6ov €K(Ta)(TaL /Slop, 1300 
 
 fjLoj jjiOL TL Bpaawa ol TTpocn]KOVTe<; yevec, 
 fiTjTpoJov eKTTpaaaovTe<i avoaiov (povov. 
 
 XO. CO rXrjfjLOP, ov/c olcrd^ ol KaKcov e\rj\v6a<i, 
 Idaov ov yap rovcrB^ av €(f)Oey^a> X6yov<i. 
 
 lA. rl B ecTTiv ; ov irov Kafx aTTOKTelvat OeXei; 1305 
 
 XO. TratSe? reOvdcrt %e/pl ixrjTpcoa aeOev. 
 
 I A. ol/jLOi TL Xe^et?; &)? yu,' aTTCoXecraf;, yvvai, 
 
 XO. 60? ovKer oi'Twv crwv reicvcov <pp6vTt^e Btj. 
 
 I A. TTov yap VLV eKreLv ; evr6<; rj ^^coOev B6p.cop; 
 
 XO. TTvka^ dvoL^a<; croop re/cvcop oyfreL (f)6pop. 13 10 
 
 I A. ')(^a\dTe K\rjBa<; co? rd^Lara, TrpoairoXoL, 
 eKXveO^ dpfiov<^, cd? IBd) BlttXovp KaKop, 
 TOV<^ fxep 6ap6pTa<;, rrjp Be rlcrcofiai <p6p(£>. 
 
 MH. TL rdcrBe KLvel<^ Kapa/jio^^Xeveif; irvXa'^, 
 
 veKpoi)^ epevvwp Kapue ttjp elpyacrp^eprjp ; 13 15 
 
 TravaaL ttopou tovB\ el 8' epuov ')(^peLav e'^j^f^?, 
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 BiBayariv rjfitv, epvjjia TroXe/xta? %e/309. 
 
 lA. (w /Mao^;, (o fieyiCTTOV e')(6i(jrri 'yvvai 1320 
 
 Oeol^ re Kafiol iravri. r dvOpanrwv yevei, 
 r)Tt^ TEKvoLcri crolaiv i/JL^aXelv ^t^o? 
 €t\7)'; T6K0vcra /cdfjb ciiraiK airoiXeaa^' 
 Kol ravra Bpacraa rjXtov re Trpoa^Xeirei^ 
 KOI 'yalav, epyov rXaaa hvaae^earaTov. 1325 
 
 oXoL ' iyco Se vvv ^povw, tot ov ^povwv, 
 6t e'/c B6/XCOV ae (Sap^dpov t diro ')(6ov6f; 
 "^Wrjv e? oIkqv rj^ofju-jv, Kafcov fieya, 
 TraTjOo? re Kal 7^9 irpoooTLv rj cr iOpe-^aro' 
 Twv awv dXdcTTop et? e/x eaKrjy^av deoi' 1330 
 KTavovcra yap 8rj aov Kaauv irapearLOv, 
 TO KaWiTrprppov elae(3ri<^ 'Apyov^i cr/ca</)09. 
 rjp^w [lev eK TOicovBe, vvfKpevdelaa Be 
 Trap dvBpX TwSe kol TeKovad jxol TeKva, 
 evvr]<i 6KaTL Kal Xe'^^ou? (7(f)' dircoXeaa'i. 1335 
 
 ovK ecTTiv r)Ti<^ TOUT av EW7]vl<; yVVT) 
 eTXrj TToO , wv ye Trpocrdev rj^iovv eyco 
 yrj/jLal ere, Krj8o<; i'xOpov oXedpiov r e//,Ofc, 
 Xeatvav, ov yvvalKa^ Tr]<^ Tvpar]VL8o<; 
 SkvXX7]<; e')(ovaav dypccoTepav (pvcnv. 1340 
 
 dX\^ ov yap dv cre /jLvpiOi^i ovelSecrt 
 BaKOL/jLL' TOLovh^ €/jLTre(f)VKe aoL dpacro<;' 
 epp\ alcy^poTTOie Kal Teicvwv jxtaK^ove. 
 ifiol Be Tov ifiov BaL/nop ald^eiv irapa, 
 09 ovTe XeKTpcov veoydfiayv ovrjaofxaty 1345 
 
 ov TralBa^ 01)9 ecpvaa Kd^ed pey\rd jxrjv 
 e^co Trpoaeiirelv ^ot}VTa<i, dXX^ dirdiXeaa. 
 
 MH. jxaKpav av e^eTeuva TolaB^ evavTiov 
 
 Xoyoiacv, el p^r) Zei'9 iraTrjp rjiriaTaTO 
 
48 EYPiniAOY 
 
 ol 6^ ijJiov 7r67rov6a<; old r elpyaao)' 1350 
 
 (TV S' ovfc e/xeXXe? rdfju dTCfMd<Ta<; X,e%?; 
 repiTvov 8td^€Lv ^lotov iyyeXwv ifiol 
 ou3' rj Tvpavvo<^, ovS' crol irpocrdel'^ ydfjuov^ 
 Kpecov, dri/iiov rfjaSi p, eK^aXoov yQovo<^. 
 7rpo<i ravra Kal Xeacvav, el /SovXet, KdXei 1355 
 Kai ^KvWav 7/ Tvparjvov S/crjcrev nrerpov' 
 rfj<; ari<^ 1^9 ^ <J^? %P^> KapBia<; dvOii^^rdp^riv. 
 lA. KavTYj <ye \virel Kal KaKwv /coiv(ovo<^ el. 
 MH. aa(l) caOi' Xvet S' dXyo^, rjv av p^y 'yyeXd<;. 
 lA. (w Te/cva, pLrjrpo^ oo<i KaKr]<; eKvpaare. 1360 
 
 MH. CO TratSe?, co? ooXecrOe irarpcpa voaw. 
 lA. ovTOL vvv r)p,ri Se^id cr(f> dirdiXeaev, 
 MH. dXX^ vl3pL<; oi re crol veoBp.rJT€<; ydpuoi. 
 I A. \e^ou9 crc^e 7' r]^i(iiaa<^ eiveKa Kravelv ; 
 MH. a/iiLKpbv yvvaiKi Trrjpua rovr elvau SofC€i<i ; 1365 
 I A. tJtl^ ye adxppcov aol 8e irdvr earlv Ka/cd. 
 MH. o^S' ovKer elcri' rovro yap ae Br}^erai. 
 I A. o'lK elalv cop^ol orw Kapa pbLdarope<^. 
 MH. taaaiv oari'i rjp^e 7r7]pi0vr)<^ OeoL 
 lA. LcracTL Sr^ra arjv y dTroTTTvarov <^peva. 1370 
 
 MH. (jTvyev Trc/cpdv Be ^d^iv eyQaipw aeOev. 
 I A. Kal pLTjv eyoo arjV pahioi K aTraXXayai 
 MH. TTW? ovv ; TV Spdaoj ; /cdpra yap Kayo) deX(o, 
 lA. Od'y^ai veKpov^ p,0i rovaBe Kal KXavaai irdpe^. 
 MH. 01) BrjT , eirel a(f)d<i rfjB' eycb Od'\lrco %6/)/, 1375 
 (f)epova e? '^Hpa? Tep,evo<i ^AKpaLa<; 6eov, 
 &)9 p^t] Ti? avTOv<; TToXepbiwv KaOv^piarj, 
 rvp^ov<{ dvacTTTCOv yfj Be ryBe 2ttav(f)0v 
 aepvrjv eoprrjv Kal reXy 7rpoad'\jrop.aL 
 TO XoiTTOv dvTL TOvBe Buaa€^ov<i cpovov. 1380 
 
M H A E I A 49 
 
 avTT) Be yalav el/xt rrjv Epe;^^eQ)9, 
 
 Alyec avvoLKYjaovaa rS HavBiovo^;. 
 
 av h\ coaTrep €Ik6<^, KarOavel kuko^ KaKO)'^, 
 
 ['A/c»70i}9 Kapa aov Xetyjrdva) 7r67rXi]yfi6vo<;] 
 
 TTLKpa^ reXevTci^ twv vicov ycijKDV lh(ov. 1385 
 
 lA. dWd a ipLvv^ oXeaeie reKvwv 
 
 cf)oi'ia T€ Alkt]. 
 MH. t/9 Be fc\v€L aov ^eo? rj BalfjLcov, 
 
 rod -y^evBopKOv koX ^eivaTTOLTOV ; 
 lA. (f)6v (pev, fjLvaapa Kal iraiBoXerop. 1390 
 
 MH. arelx'^ 7rpo<^ oXkov^; koI Ociirr d\o')(ov. 
 lA. areix'^) Biaaow y d/jLopo<; reKvcov. 
 MH. ovTTO) OprjveU' fxeve Kal yrjpa<^, 
 I A. (w reuva (jyiXrara. 
 
 MH. fjLrjrpi, ye, aol B' ov. 
 
 I A. KaireiT eKave's ; 
 
 MH. ere ye 7rr)/jLaiV0va'\ 1395 
 
 lA. wfiot, ^ikiou ')(pr)^(0 crTO/iaro^ 
 
 iraiBcdv 6 Ta\a<; irpoaTrrv^aaOai. 
 MH. vvv cr<pe irpoaavBa^i, vvv daira^ei, 
 
 TOT dTTCoa-d/jLevof;. 
 lA. S69 p^oi 7r/309 6eoji' 
 
 fjLoXaKov ^pcoTo? '^^avaat reKvcov. 1400 
 
 MH. ovK earc' pbdrriv e7ro<i kppuTTTai. 
 lA. ZeO, Ta8' dKovec^ co? d7re\avvo/j^e6\ 
 
 old re irday^opev iic t7]<; p,vcrapd<; 
 
 Kal TracBotpovov rrjaBe XeaLV7]<; ; 
 
 dXX' OTTO aov yovv irdpa Kal Bvvapat, 1405 
 
 TdBe Kal dprjvo) KdiriOed^co, 
 
 piapTvp6(ievo<^ Bai/jiOva<; co? p,OL 
 
 TeKv diroKTeivaa^ diroKcoXvec^ 
 
50 MHAEIA 
 
 -y^ravaai re ')(^epolv da^jrac re v€Kpov<i, 
 
 01)9 /jL7]7roT iyo) (j)vcra<i 6(f)e\ov 1410 
 
 7rpo9 aou <pOifjbevov<i eTTiBeaOaL 
 
 XO. TToXkwv rafJiLa^ Zei)? iv 'OXv/httco, 
 TToXXa S' aeXTTTO)? Kpaivovcn Oeou' 
 KoX ra hoK7]6evr ovk ereKeadri, 
 
 TWV K d8o/C7]T(OV TTOpOV TJVp6 6eO<^. I415 
 
 Toiovh^ dire/ST] roBe Trpdyjjia, 
 
NOTES. 
 
 {Gr. Gr. stands for Goodwin'' s Greek Grammar to the 
 pages of which reference is made.) 
 
 The Prologue 11. i — 30. The opening strikes a note of pathos, 
 which at once awakens our interest. The first lines dd^ wcpeV 'Apyovs 
 kt\. were praised by the ancient critics, eiraLveiTai 5e i) eh^dkri (the 
 first line) koI i} iire^epyaaia (the continuation) says the author of the 
 VTroOeais. The structure of this prologue is very good. After briefly 
 adverting to the previous adventures of Medea and Jason, the Nurse 
 soliloquizes on the state of affairs at the present junctui-e. In 
 evident uneasiness she mentions the faithless conduct of Jason, and 
 expresses anxiety as to what her mistress may do — dedoiKa b\avTT}v yj] 
 TL ^ovKeiuarj viov (37). The entrance of the Haidayioyos (49) leads to a 
 dialogue, from which it speedily appears that the situation is worse even 
 than the Nurse had feared. Kreon has determined to banish Medea 
 and her children from their adopted home (y^s iXdv KopLvdlas, 70). 
 This is the moment at which the action of the play begins. The king's 
 decree furnishes the motive which rouses Medea from brooding in 
 seclusion over the wrongs she has suffered, spurs her to action, and 
 inspires her to plan and execute a terrible revenge. 
 
 The scene is laid before the dwelling of Medea at Korinth. 
 
 I — 6. €l'9' a)<j>€X' 'Ap7ovs ktX. ' Oh ! would to Heaven the Argo 
 ne'er had winged its way through the Clashing Rocks that loom blue in 
 haze to the Kolchian land, and never in the glens of Pelion the axe- 
 hewn pine had fallen, nor furnished with oars the heroes' hands who 
 went forth at Pelias' bidding on the quest of the Golden Fleece.' For 
 the use of Corh^Xov with aor. infin. to express a wish referring to the 
 
52 MEDEA. 
 
 past, and therefore unattainable, see Gr. Gr. 290. In Homer, ws often 
 precedes w(^€Kov : occasionally in Attic poetry, as Aristophanes frogs 
 955 ^s trplv didd^ai 7' uxpeXes f.f.4cros dLappayijvat. With this wish of 
 the Nurse, cf. Kallimachus ej>. 19 ci'0e\e /UtjS' e-yhovro doai vies' ov yap 
 av rj/neis \ iraida AioK\eidov 2w7roXtj' ear^fo/j-ev, and frag. 455 of the 
 same author d^dXe fiyd' d^oKrjuav ntinam iie obviam quide7n facti essent, 
 which, possibly, is said by Medea with reference to the Argonauts : see 
 Schneider a^ /<?<:. Cf. also z;z/r. 141 3 «. *Ap7ovs <rKd<|)os 'the ship 
 Argo ' [infr. 476 'Apy(^ov (TKacpos), a poetical genitive, like aarv Tpoias 
 Hec. 929. Gr. Gr. 220. Cf. infr. 1332. SiaTrTao-Bat the tragedians 
 (like Homer) sometimes employ the forms eirTdfji,T]v, TrrdaOai, Trrdfievos; 
 in comedy only iTrT6/j.T]v is used, except of course where the tragic style 
 is being parodied: see Cobet FL. p. 305. The wrong accentuation 
 diawTdadai exhibited here by inferior MSS. may be compared with the 
 frequently occurring error Trpidadai. for irplaaOai. KoXxwv Is atav 
 Introd. p. xwjin. Kvaveas SvfjLirX-q-ydSas (in the singular //>A. T. 241 
 Kvaviav ^vfiirXriydda irXdrrj <piy6pT€S. Andro77i. 795. Cf. infr. 433, 
 1258) the clashing rocks through which the Argonauts passed. These 
 were identified with the IWa-yKral mentioned by Homer p.. 61. Thus 
 Herodotus 4. 85 (the Skythian expedition of Dareius), ^irXwe iwi rds 
 Kvavias KaXeop-evas, ras irporepov HXayKTds "EXXt]v^s (pacri ehai. 
 Theokritus id. 13. 22 refers to them as Kvvaveav crwdpop^ddcoi'. 
 Simonides frag. 30 [36] has avvoppiddes (unless indeed we should read 
 cvpdpopiddes, as suggested by W. Christ on Pindar jyi/i. 4. 250). Cf. 
 Apollonius Rhodius 2. 596 iv 8' dpa p-eaaaLs UXrjydai divrjeis slx^v poos. 
 So Ovid af?i. 1. 11. 3 quae conair7'entes inter temeraria cautes 
 Conspicuam fulvo vellere vexit ovem. Valerius Flaccus 4. 561- 
 errantesque per altum Cyaneas. When Jason and his company 
 reached the Thrakian coast (^tJ/etSas ddizvovs dKTa.% /ph. T. 422) the 
 blind king Phineus, in return for his release from the molestation of the 
 Harpies, instructed the Argonauts how to escape being crushed by the 
 rocks. Euphemos allowed a pigeon to fly between, causing them to 
 clash together, dnpa. 5' ^KO\{/av | ovpaia irrepd raiye weXeiddos' ij 5' 
 dwbpovaev \ dcTKrjOrjs. Ap. Rhod. 2. 571. Thereupon, at the moment 
 when the rocks were opening out again, the Argo was rowed swiftly 
 through. (The suggestion of this fanciful notion possibly came from 
 Homer /a. 62.) This was the end of the Symplegades, which hence- 
 forward were fixed immoveably. Pindar Pj'/A. 4. 208. The fable 
 of the Clashing Rocks may have originated from the illusion of 
 motion produced by a changing perspective when a ship is sailing 
 
NOTES, 53 
 
 among rocks and islands. Most people have been struck by the 
 curious manner in which clififs appear to open, as one sails up to a 
 narrow passage often quite invisible until the last moment. This 
 illusory effect of motion may account for the name irXural given to 
 islands, v. sc/io/. ad Ap. Rhod. 2. 297 at IlXwrat vijaoi fxeruvo^xdaOrjaap 
 ^rpocpddes. 
 
 3. IItiXCov cf. Propertius 3. 22. 11 tuque tuo Colchum propellas 
 remige Phasim PeliacaequT trabis totum iter ipse legas. 
 
 4f. T|XT|0£i<ra irevKT] cf. Hel. 229 0^0 0eO Ti%..Ma.\xe rkv 8aKpv6€<r(xap 
 'iKicp ireiKav; evdev oXbiievov aKo.cpo'i awapfxoaas 6 Upia/j-id-qs ^Xei-cre ktX. 
 X'al. Flaccus 5. 436 texitur Argoa pinus Pagasaea securi. avSpuv 
 dpio-TcW 'heroes,' cf. Iph. A. 28, Theokr. id. 13. 17 t6 xpi^o-^o^ ^'^^" 
 juerd Kiias 'IijiTw;' \ Alcrovidas, ol 5' avrip dpiarrjes avviirovTO. In the 
 funeral oration ascribed to Demosthenes p. 1392 ol fiev i^ aTrdarjs rijs 
 'E.WdSos oVres dpcareh Sefc' ^r?? rijs 'Acrtas iv xwp/ov iroXiopKOvvTes {xbXis 
 elXov, the use of this Ionic and old- Attic word, which might otherwise 
 be one of the arguments against the genuineness of the speech, is 
 natural and effective in an oratorical allusion to the ancient tale of 
 Troy. See Rutherford JV. Phryn. p. 30. iravxP^o'ov Sepos, Introd. 
 p. xvi, cf. Ap. Rhod. 3. 1060. infr. 480. 
 
 7f. irvp^ovs the simple accns. as infr. 668, 682. lKirXa'y€icra 
 (' smitten '), almost a technical word for falling violently in love (though 
 used also of other emotions, fear, wonder, etc.), cf. Hermesianax (of 
 Antimachus the lover of Lyde) Ai^Stjs 5' 'Aj/rt^axos AucttjiSos kK p.kv 
 ipu)TO% I TrX-rjyeh UaKTwXov pevp: iire^T] iroTaixov. infr. 536, 639. 
 
 I iff. dvSavovo-a ^v ktX. 'being well received by the citizens to 
 whose country she came in her flight, and herself obedient to Jason's 
 every wish,— and that is security stronger than all, harmony 'twixt wife 
 and husband.' With this picture is contrasted vvv 5' ex0pd Trdvra kt\. 
 (16). (pvyv goes with dcpLKero, and by its position emphasizes iroXiruv, 
 which (as Weil observes) is here not superfluous, but distinguishes her 
 position on first arriving at Korinth— a homeless fugitive dependent on 
 the good will of the inhabitants for permission to make their city her 
 new abode. Cf. Medea's own remark infr. 222 XPV 5e ^ivov p.ev Kdpra 
 vpoax^P^^" TToXec. The unusual attraction from the dative (TroXiVats) is 
 justified by the avoidance of an awkward and obscure collocation of 
 datives, consequent upon the rhetorical juxtaposition of (pvyv and 
 ttoXitQp. In duoduovffa a hint is given (as at infr. 138, 182) which serves 
 to prepare us for Medea's request to the Korinthian ladies (259) not 
 to breathe a word of her designs, orav introduces a definition, as 
 
 H. M. 6 
 
54 MEDEA. 
 
 Suppl. 312 rd 7(lp Toi avv^xi^v dpdpdiTrui' irSXeLS \ tovt^ ic6\ Srav Tis Toi>t 
 vdfiovs (xdo^rj KoKus. [Among proposed alterations of the text are 
 avdduovaa irplv Steup (adopted by Prinz). dvhdvovcn (dat. partic.) fikv, 
 a^TT) 5^ kt\. — line 12 being struck out — Kvicala. (f)vyas TroXirats 
 Pierson. (pvaet Wyttenbach. Spyrj Musgrave. (f)[\r) K. Hartung.] 
 
 •irdvTa 'in everything,' adverbial. Cf. Eur. £/. 1052 irdvTa <xvy- 
 Xaapeiv Tr6<ret. 
 
 16. voa-fZ TO, <|)fXTaTa * love's bonds grow weak.' 
 
 21. Poa \ikv — dv. 8^ see on znfr. 99. Se^ids tticttiv ji. the solemn 
 jDledge of the clasped right hand: cf. Homer B. 341. It was a precept 
 [cnj/jL^oXou) of Pythagoras /jltj paSiu)s de^ihu ifi^dWetv. Diog. Laert. 8. 
 I. 17. So /pk. A. 57 Se^ids re crv/M^aKecv : cf. Ovid Heroid. 2. 31. 
 Similarly in ratifying an agreement Xenophon af^ad. 2. 3. 28 ravra 
 ^5o^€ Kal wfjuxrav /cat Seftds ^doaav, cf. Aristotle 'A^. iroX. 18 irelffas auT<p 
 rhv 'liririav Bovvai rrjv de^idv Trlareus X'^P'-^- -^-p. Rhod. 4. 99. See 
 also the ceremony described by Tacitus ajin. 12. 47. 
 
 25. Tov -jrdvTa 'all that time since first she learnt' etc. cf. Aesch. 
 P. V. 94 TOV fj-vpUrt) xpovov ddXeuau}. infr. 1095. trvvTi^Kovo-a as 
 well as V(peLaa governs aCo^ia. The active (Twr-qKovaa (as Orest. 134 
 o/i/itt 5' iKT-fi^ova' ifxbu \ SaKpiois. infr. 14 1) furnishes here an example 
 of a Gk. idiom which may be illustrated by infr. 900 {o^piv repeivav 
 T-qvb^ ^irX7}(xa SaKpvojv ' mine eyes fill with tears as you see '), a change 
 of state being spoken of as caused by the person affected : cf. I/e/. 
 456 W j8X^0a/)a T^yyeis daKpvai; id. 672. Aristoph. Thestn. 3 irplv tov 
 ffirXijua KO/xidi] fx* iK^aXeiv. Iph. A. 187 ^oivia-aeiv Trapr]t5a. Theokr. 
 id. 15. 85. infr. 1163. So Juvenal 5. 29 ligulas dimittere. Cicero de 
 or. 2. 88, 
 
 26. •g<r0€T tJSiKiiiJievi} supplementary participle, as infr. 74, 350. 
 Gr. Gr. 304. 
 
 28. ws i.e. *no more than any stone does she heed her friends' etc. 
 irexpos cf. (with Valckenaer) Andro?n. 537 tL fxe TrpoairiTven, dXiav 
 iriTpav 7j Kvfia Xtrats W5 iKeTeijojv ; Vergil Aen. 6. 470 f. 
 
 30. TJv jiT] 7roT€=7rX^i' orav construe tione minus usitata (Elmsl. ). 
 Cf. however Herodas viiin. 3. 17 kt\v ix7}kot uutt^v kt\. 'even when 
 he does not' etc. Probably it is a colloquialism, giving a touch of 
 homely colour to the Nurse's speech: cf. the conversational irQs doKeis; 
 of the Nurse in Hippol. 446. See also infr. 1007. 
 
 33. dTt|Ad<ras ^x^i-^iere, as often, equivalent to z.perfecl. Sometimes 
 iX^iv in these phrases has the force of 'keep,' as itifr. 90 ^pruxJ^aas ^x^. 
 Cf. Shilleto on Thukyd. i. 30 [b-qaavTes dxov). In poetry a periphrastic 
 
NOTES. 55 
 
 future perfect is formed by the aor. participle and laofiai, e.g.. Soph. 
 Aniig. 1067 a.vrioo\)% eaei. 
 
 34 f '4yv<aKi 'and now she reahzes,' cf. in/r, 85. Lysias or. 13. 13 
 ^\^e (plpwv elprjUTjv TOiavr-qv rjv r),ue'is epyC}} /xadovres iyvdiKafiev. olov 
 
 kt\. 'what it means not to forfeit' etc. cf. infr. 328, 650. Phoiniss. 
 387. firi diroXelireadaL = /XT) (XTep-ndrivai. (Elmsl.). Cf. Eur. EL 1310 tCjv 
 aCiv evdbs cpiXTpuv (TT^pofiai | koI <r' diroXei^ci} crou Xeiiro/Mevos. For the 
 crasis, cf. Soph. £/. 1 16S. The infin. without article as Aesch. Ag. 191 /cai 
 Trap' &KOVTas rj\9e <TO}<ppovelu. Thukyd. 2. 35 ws koKov .. .ayopeveadai avrbv. 
 38 f. Pap€ta kt\. 'dangerous is her temper,' cf. Soph. O. T. 546 
 bv(Tp.€vrj yap Kai ^ap6v <r' tju/jt^/c' e/*oi. iracrxovcra cf. 5?(;/;'. 26. 
 
 [38 — 43. Lines 40, 41 recur z«y>-. 379, 80 v drjKTov uxru kt\. 
 There they are in place ; but here 5i' rjiraTos is obscure ; and in 1. 42 
 rvpavvov as ttiv Tijpapvov 'the princess' is again obscure, nor does the 
 next line liaiTnonize with what follows. G. Dindorf and Heimsoeth 
 bracket 11; 38 — 43. Musgrave had already condemned 1. 41, and 
 Hermann 11. 41 — 43] 
 
 44. o-U|xpaXa)v ^X^P- ^"/^- 5 21. 
 
 45 f KaXXtviKov ol'o-tTau ' win a prize of success,' ci. t6 koWlvlkou 
 Pindar Nem. 3. 18. In Iph. T. 12 Eur. has rbv koKKLvlkov crT€<pavov 
 "Sa^eTv. ctXX' otSc ' But here are' etc. So with infinitive following, 
 Hippol. 294 71'j'ai/ces at'oe avyKadiaTavai poaov. ovSev lvvooii|i. v. 
 on in/r. 154. , 
 
 49. The IIat5a7Ct;76s comes forward accompanied by Medea's two 
 children, Mermerus and Pheres. Introd. p. xvi. traXaiov oUkwv k. 
 
 8. Ip-Tis 'thou ancient chattel of my mistress' house,' TraXaibs in the 
 sense of 'old and trusted'; cf. Alkesf. 212 cv 5' el TaXaibs deffTrdrais 
 (p.oh (pl\os. Hec. 609 apxaia Xdrpi.. The genitive deairoiv-qs depends 
 on the subst. + possess, genitive olkcov — Krrifia, ci. Soph. Phil. 489 
 TTpos rd Xa\KiJ)8ovTos E(}/3otas arad/xd. A rather different class of cases 
 should be noted in which one genitive has a limiting force, as KpariVoi/ 
 ^XwTTTjs ^a/fxeTa Ar. frogs 357, where y\CoTTt]% is added to show that 
 ^(XKxua. is used in a metaphorical sense, and with a similar effect TroXXoTs 
 SiaiyXots KvfxdTiov (popov^evo% Eur. Hee. 29. So Aesch. Choeph. 181 Kapdias 
 k\v8u)viov xoX^j, the genitive having the limiting force which is some- 
 times given by an adjective, e.g. Sept. 64 Kvp.a xe/3<ra?ov arpaTov. See 
 Lobeck on Soph. Aias 309. Cf. also on infr. 361. 
 
 52. o-ov fiovq X€iTr€o-9ai ' consent to be left to herself without thy 
 support,' cf. Soph. Ai. 460 XtTrcbi' ^5/)as fx6vovs t' 'Arpdda^ ' leaving 
 them bereft of my aid.' 
 
 6—2 
 
56 MEDEA. 
 
 55. KaKcSs iriTVovTa a metaphor from dice, so Aesch. Ag. ^2 to, 
 decrirOTibv yap eS ireaovra O-qaofiai. Also evj36\(as ^xetf. Cf. the verb 
 iVKV^eiv and /on 412 fieTairecrot ^(Xriova. Anth. P. 5. 25. 
 
 58. jJLoXovKTT] an irregularity, the dative following as though V7rrj\6i 
 /lOL or ifjLepos rjv /xoi had preceded : so in Jp/i. A. 491 dXXws t^ ^a' ^Xeos ttjs 
 ToKanruipov Kbpi)$ \ elarfKde avyyheiav evvoovp-evi^. Distinguish this rare 
 license from the common idiom of a dative followed by a participle in 
 the accusative agreeing with the implied subject of an infinitive, e.g. 
 infr. 739 €p.oi re 70.^ ra^'' karXv a.a<pa\^(TTaTa \ (XKrixplv riv^ ix^pois trots 
 ^X^vra btLKvvvai. So 810 (see note), 1233. 
 
 60. t'H^" o"€ 'happy man!', ironical: like ov i^rjKCo Aristoph. 
 Thesm. iiiS. So fxaKapi^eiv Thukyd. 5. 105. 
 
 61. w |Ji(3pos 'imprudent one!', [xCopos here of two terminations: 
 cf. infr. 432 «., 1 192, 1372. So the TlaLbayoiybs in Soph. El. 1326 
 says with the freedom of a privileged servant w TrXetcrra fiQpoL Kal 
 (ftpevCbv TfjTwjxevoL, and in/r. 954 Jason in surprise asks ri 5',' w ixaraia, 
 rOivbe aas Keuols x^po-^', cf. zfif/'. 152, 333, Si^ifxojpavels), Soph. TracA. SS8. 
 The meaning ' wanton ' (undoubtedly often conveyed by both fiQpos and 
 pLaraios), which some editors support, is inappropriate here. The 
 IIat5a7W76s exclaims at the unwisdom of such a passionate indulgence of 
 grief — for there is worse misfortune in store. How will she endure that? 
 In 456 fxwpias ' perverse folly ' is explained by the following X^yovcra 
 KaKios rvpdvfovs, defying^ the powerful instead of attempting to conciliate 
 them. StcriroTas ' one's betters,' generalizing plural, which is always 
 masculine, e.g. Aesch. ChoepJi. 685 (Orestes speaking to Klytaemnestra) 
 Tots K. KoX irpoariKOvaLV. hifr. 818 Seo'Troraij. 
 
 64. p.€T€"yvwv * I revoke, ' the aor. of verbs signifying emotion is 
 often thus used in tragedy, infr. 702 iTrrjveaa, 786 (^/xu^a, 223 yveaa, 
 1005 86^7js i<T<l)d\r)v. //ere. fir. 177 ripbpi-qv. 
 
 The access of feeling, etc. takes place before its expression in words. 
 Plato sometimes uses the aorist in this way, e.g. rep. 348 e {oi)K dyvoCj 
 OTi ^ouXei X^yeiv, dWa rode | edavfxaaa ei kt\.). 
 
 (Cf. also infr. 736 woWrju ^5ei^as k.t.X. where the corresponding 
 tense in English is the present, 'you display.' So 214 i^ijXdov.) 
 
 66. o-iYiiv 0T|o-o|xai as the tragedians use Tideadai for irouladai in 
 the Ionic and epic manner, this is equiv. to 0-177^1' jroirjaofjiaL, i.e. CLyq- 
 aofiai: cf. infr. 904 dpyds iroidadai.. See infr 375 : cf. infr. 383. 
 
 67 ff. ov SoKwv kXvciv 'pretending not to hear,' cf. Aristoph. 
 Phitu^ 837 ol 5' e^erpiwoPTo kovk idSKOvu bpav pC ?ti. Eur. £/. 925 
 dXyiora 6' t^Keis ov doKaf oiKelv kukuis 'though you pretended your life 
 
NOTES. 57 
 
 was happy.' Cf. Hippol. iig /xrj Bokci tovtov k\v€lv, and the maxim in 
 Aesch. /"• V. 401 KcpdicTTOu eu (f)povoZvTa fii) doKelv cppoueiu. irt<r<rovs 
 seems to mean not (as the scM. takes it) ' the place where draughts 
 are played'; like eXdiJov eis tov Tvpbv 'the cheese- market ' Lysias or. 
 23: ds TO, aKopooa (Eupolis), ev t<$ ixvpu) (Aristoph.), etc. ; but simply 
 'draught-playing' in the abstract. I agree with Wecklein in connect- 
 ing ivda 87] kt\. with irpoae\d<hv, but regard Treaaods as thrown forward 
 and depending for its government on irpoaeXOuu instead of ddaaovres 
 Tat^ovat, or the like, for which ddaaovai is substituted. Reiske suggests 
 that stone columns, columellae saxeae quibus area f otitis ef suggest us eitts 
 qui procul dubio fuit saxeus cmgebatur, surrounding the fountain of 
 Peirene are meant. In that case however one would expect some 
 further indication to have been given in the text. Ma 8i^ 'just 
 where,' 5rj is often thus added to emphasize relative words, Iph. A. 547 
 (6'^t 517), Aesch. E2im. 3 (^ St?), etc. iraXairaTOi cf. Cicero de senect. 
 16 nobis senibus ex lusionibus inultis talos relinqnant et tesseras (Klotz). 
 69. a|i4>l cf. Eur. Suppl. 391 (rrpaTos 8^ ddaaei. /cdlerdferat Trapu:u \ 
 KaWixopov a/x<pl aeiivbv evTp€irr]s o5e. The epithet (xefxvbs refers to the 
 divine character of the elements, as 8ios aid-qp, upbv vSiap, etc. cf. infr. 
 4 10 TTorafj-Qv lepCbv irayal. 
 
 70 f. Y^s foi' t^^ genitive cf. infr. 701. [JieXXoi the optat. of 
 
 indirect discourse, cf. Soph. Track. 265 ff. 
 
 75. €l Ktti as though ov irov dve^erai, which her question implies, 
 had preceded. 
 
 78. irpoo-oCo-Ojiev v. note on szipr. 25, 'if there shall surge in upon 
 us a new wave of ill, ere we are freed from that which already is here.' 
 For the metaphor see on i?i/r. 258. Cf. Ion 928 and the verb 
 awavrXeiv. 
 
 80. drdp <n5 7€ in a tone of command, as iJ.rj ai ye in deprecation 
 infr. 1056. 
 
 83. oXoiTO |i€V [JLTJ kt\. ' cursc him — nay, not that: he is' etc. i.e. 
 I would say oKolto, were he not my master. She says it, but corrects 
 herself, cf. Soph. Track. 583, Phil. 961. 
 
 85. apTi "Yi"YV«trK€is v. supr. 34. dpTi 'now for the first time,' 
 judging, that is, from this behaviour on the part of Jason ; whereas it 
 is really only what may be expected from the average man (Tras tis) 
 — self-love being the commonest motive of human action. In some 
 cases this motive may be excusable; sometimes it is mere selfish- 
 ness, when a man is guided solely by the prospect of snatching some 
 advantage, Kep8eL iwaLpofxevos Thukyd. 3. 38 : cf. Soph. 0. T. 889 d 
 
S8 MEDEA. 
 
 fi^ rb K^pdos Kepdavei BiKalus. The distinction between St/cafws and 
 Kepdovs x^-P'-" ii^ !• 87 (on which line the sc/w/. says irepLaabs 6 arixos 
 irpdKeLTai) is certainly not necessary to the sentiment, but is natural from 
 the Greek fondness for the antithetical development of a thought — even 
 in the course of an argument to a definite point, as so commonly in the 
 orators. Cf. also on z'n/r. 319. There is no reason for supposing the 
 line an interpolation as Nauck, Weil, etc. For the contrasted biKr} 
 and K€p5os Elmsley cites Herald. 1 8 y.kv biKaio% toFs WXas tt^cPvk' 
 CLVTjp, I 8 5* els rb K^pbos Xvp-' ^X^^ aveipiivov | irbXei t ^xpTjcrros koI 
 GvvaWdffaeiv ^apvs. el — yi, as often, states the instance relied on 
 to justify a conclusion, 'inasmuch as,' hence ov (XT^pyet, not /xt], since a 
 fact is adduced. Similarly often after words of asking, where the fact is 
 assumed by the questioner, e.^. Antiphon 4 7. 3 ; or in such sentences as 
 Lysias or. 31. 31 ax'^'^^'-°^ ^' ^^ ^hi ^^ ovtos ixh...Trepl ovbevbs rjyrjaaTO, 
 v/uLe'is be ktX. 
 
 90. £pT]|jiw<ras ^x^ 'keep them out of the way,' v. on su^r. 33. 
 
 92. o[X|JLa Tttvp. TOitrSe 'glaring at them like an angry bull,' cf. the 
 bold expression m/r. 188 atroTavpovTai bipyna Xeaiprjs : where b^pyfxa — 
 \eaip7]s is a poetical extension of the inUma / a.ccusa.iive, being governed 
 by diroTavpovTai on the analogy of b^pKeadai bepyfxa. Toio-Se cf. zn/r. 376. 
 
 93. ws Ti 8pa(r€iov(rav 'as though planning some mischief,' cf. 
 Aristoph. wasps 168 dvdpcoiros ovtos fxeya tl bpa.aeieL KaKbv. The 
 Nurse's words hint at the tragedy that follows. Often tl has this 
 euphemistic force, cf. bpdv ti infr. 95, Orest. 11 64 bpaaas tl XPVt^ '''^^^ 
 ep-obs ex&povs daveiv with Aristoph. Ach. 128 dXX* epydaofxai tl beLvov 
 ^pyov KOL [Jiiya. Phoiniss. 481. So ira.deiv tl infr. 118. 
 
 94 f. KaTa<rKT]\|/at riva the accus. here (instead of tlvl, which 
 Elmsl. proposed to write, or el's tlvo., cf. infr. 1333) is defended by the 
 analogy of the occasional use of the simple accus. after ipirfaeiv. The 
 meaning is 'strike down' {olov KepavpuaaL schoL) like a destroying 
 thunderbolt. 
 
 96 f. Medea is heard giving vent to her grief within the house. 
 She does not appear until 1. 214. The children (as they have been told 
 to do 89, 100) go indoors at 1. 105. In Medea's utterances the Doric 
 suits the high-wrought pitch of feeling. The Nurse employs the more 
 ordinary forms. 
 
 97 f. irws civ V. infr. 173. t68* ckcivo 'just as I said!' a col- 
 loquialism, like rovT eKelvo, frequent in comedy e.£: Aristoph. /c'^r^- 516 
 i^brj ^a-TL tovt cKeivo. Distinguish Tob' 'icT kKttvo in answer to a direct 
 question Soph. El. 1178. 
 
NOTES. 59 
 
 99. KiV€i KpaSt'av, KU'6i 8e x- It is more common in repetitions of 
 this kind to have ixkv—be expressed, cf. stipr. 21, Herodotus i. 76 elXe 
 ixkv tCov nrepLcou iroKiv, elXe 5^ TrepioiKiSas avTrjS. Thukyd. i. 85 iriinvere 
 Hev Trepl r^s IToriSaias, iriinreTe 8e irepl oiv ol ^ijfifiaxol (paaiv dSt/ceZo-^at. 
 Andokides§ 144 eldora ixh...€iUTa 84. But fj.h is often omitted, cf. 
 m/r. 131, 955, 1026, Antiphon caed. Her. 94, etc. 
 
 106 ff. St^Xov 8* dpx^S fT-X. I give my interpretation of this 
 difficult passage. 'It is plain (from the sounds within) that a «;torm- 
 cloud of passionate grief is beginning to form, likely soon as anger 
 rises to blaze out in a lightning flash'; literally, 'plain it is that from 
 a beginning is gathering a cloud of lamentation: I fear that presently 
 she will make it blaze (kindle it) with access of rage.' The rising fury 
 of Medea, presaged by the olfj-wyq, may discharge itself in some action 
 sudden and deadly as the lightning, cf. KaTa<xK^\{/ai. supr. 94. The 
 metaphorical v4(f>o$ includes two ideas, the gloom of the storm as it 
 gathers ; and the flash of dangerous lightning when it breaks. The former 
 of these ideas is seen in Hippol. 173 (XTvyvbv 5' 6<t>p}juv vi<pos a'u^dverai, 
 (cf. Phoiniss. 131 1), and in such phrases as ttoXcimov vi<l>os. On the 
 other hand, the development of the metaphor (as here) into the image 
 of a thunder-clotid bursting, as flashes of lightning dart forth, seems to be 
 evident also in Phoiniss. 250 6.}x<pl 8h tttoKw j/e'0oj | dcrTr^Swf ttvkvov 
 0X^ei I (Tx^yua (t>^iviov p.o.xn'i' With the general drift cf. Soph. Ai. 1 147 
 ovrij} 5e Koi ch koX rb <xov Xd^pov ffTo/JLa | fffiiKpov vicpovs rdx au rts iKirve^- 
 <ras fi'iyas \ x"/^*^" KaTaa^ea-eie. I have altered the usual punctuation by 
 putting a stop at ol/xooyTJs which, though not indispensable to the sense, 
 gives a clearer and perhaps more natural construction. rd\a 'ere long' 
 marks an apprehensive feeling, cf. Orest. 132 rdxo. fxeTa.<XT'n<Tov(7' Vttvov \ 
 rhv ijavxd^ovTa where the meaning is 'they will be waking him 
 directly': so Here. fur. 500. Compare the use mentioned infr. 335 «. 
 [Wecklein reads 5^X01* 5' dx^s e^aiponevov \ vi^os ol/xuyTJs 0' cus rdx 
 dvi^ei I /xei^ovi 0vfjL($ writing dxv^ for dpxv^ (^^X^s Mekler) and 
 adopting Elmsley's dvd^eL (L has dpa^et). Prinz reads drjXov 5' opyrjs 
 i^. vi(t>. olfJLwyais cos r. dvd\peL fi. 6. adopting olfiuyais from T. Pliiss and 
 opyvs from Witzschel. (The schol. commenting on the reading dvd^ei 
 uses the expression to, ttjs opyrjs, but not in such a way as to lead 
 one to suppose dpxv^ a corruption of it.) Weil tentatively suggests 
 dpxaU.] 
 
 no. 8T]x0«i<ra KaKoicriv 'now that it (i/'i'X'^) is smarting , from 
 injury,' cf. ijz/r. 817, Aesch. A^. 147 1 Kpdros KapdiodrjKTOu iy.ol 
 Kpar^veii. Hec. 235 /j-t] XvirpSi firid^ Kapotas drjKrrjpLa. 
 
6o MEDEA. 
 
 Ii8f. Ti irdGi^Te infr. 306, v. supr. 93 n, KaC irws Euripides 
 often uses ttws as a sort of general qualification, thus eD ttws Phoiniss. 
 I466 'I cannot exactly describe it, but...' i%<:. 130 (jTiOv^aX...yi(sa.v 
 iaai TTcos 'were about equal.' Cf. Uel. 712, Uemosth. p. 1259 {'^cit' 
 ai^TO TTws t6 AewKo'ptoj'). 
 
 121. x*^^^'""'^S 'they experience violent changes of mood,' cf. 
 Hippol. 204 ddpaei, t^kvov, Kai /xi] xaXeTTcus | /jLerd^aWe d^fias. 
 
 122 f. TO "ydp kt\. the connexion is, unbridled power is injurious to 
 man's nature, for to accustom oneself to living on equal terms with others 
 is a better thing. I at least hope to reach old age in the even tenour 
 of a life removed from greatness. -yotjv introduces a particular case to 
 which the general statement Kpelaaov applies. 
 
 125. Ttov ■ydp p.€Tpi«v kt\. 'since modest fortune has, to begin 
 with, a title beyond compare, and in use is far the best for man.' 
 Instead of 'itreiTa {infr. 549) 8k [infr. 539) or 'in. dk {infr. 1102) here 
 irpQra fikv is answered by xpw^c-l- '''^- Cf. infr. 430, Herakl. 337, Ion 
 401, Aesch. Suppl. 404. eliruv is added as an epexegetical infin. to 
 balance XPW^^'- and point the antithesis, which is the favourite 
 contrast between ovo/xa and 'ipyov. This antithesis is found expressed 
 in various forms: cf. infr. 708, Aesch. P. V. 114 'ipyi^ kovk^ti /jlijOc^, 
 Demosth. 23. 4 rep p-eu cLKovaaL — rip 5' ^pyui. Hippokrates vd/xos p. 3 K. 
 ^rjfjir] — epycp. Thukyd. 2. 41 tireaiv — ep7y, Plutarch Thes. 32 'ovap — 
 ^pyip, cf. Aeschin. Ktesiph. 142, Lysias or. 13. 12 Trpocpaaif p-h — to 5' 
 dXrjOes, Aristoph. clouds 6\\ ov Xoyo-s dW ep.(pavCjs. Cf. Eur. Suppl. 
 902 ciK iv XoyoLS riv \ap.irpbs, dXX' ev dairidL. The democratic idea {^tjv 
 iir' iffoiaiv) with its implied pLerpioTr]^, like a catch-word in modern 
 politics, was always a name to conjure with in Greece. Cf. Herod. 3. 80; 
 so Aeschines irepl irapairpea^. 177 rb p.kv ttjs 5r}p.oK parlay 6vop.a ov 
 Tois SjOeffiv dWd rfj KokaKelq. depaireiovTes. The sentiment that moderate 
 fortune brings most happiness is of course a commonplace in Greek 
 — am55e rd pcireppa {i.e. airi^e rd pLeTpca), Etym. M. p. 587. 13. 
 Cf. Theognis 335 {iravTcav p.ea dpcaTa), and the deprecation of oXjSos 
 €Kp.€Tpos Soph. Kreusa 327. These philosophical reflexions may be 
 compared with the moralizing tone in which the Nurse {Hippol. 250 ff.), 
 appealing to the experience of a long life, recommends nerpia^ (piXias 
 and the doctrine p.T}8h dyav in general. 
 
 128 ff. ov8. Kaipov Suvarai Oviitois plus aequo valenl fnorlalibus, 
 * oiSepa k. nostro loco est im?noderale, supra inodum. hivaroLi est t'o-x^et, 
 (rdipei, ut alibi passim' (Elmsley), the meaning being developed by v.'hat 
 follows p-el^ovs 5' d'raj ktX. I believe this to be the right explanation, as it 
 
NOTES. <>i 
 
 is the injurious effect of arbitrary power (v. supr. 1 19 ff-) which is chiefly 
 in the Nurse's mind, and accounts for the choice of the word ^vvarau 
 The idea is not so much that of the gods' jealousy of success (ry ,..v 
 v^ep^oXv^ ^Xo^-r^ H6^os rapa.oUvOu schol.) as of the extraordmary 
 catastrophes to which the reckless indulgence of such power leads. 
 Domination uncontrolled hastens to its own destruction. (Hermann 
 understands it as ovhev Kaipco. Uvara. on the analogy of o^5^. 6..a<r^^a.. 
 Pflugk takes omva Kacpo. as intempestive. cf. Hel. 479 '^'^V^" W ov5.u 
 rjKdes, i.e. ovk et's Katpbv). 
 
 dir€8«K6v {sc. TO. uTrep^dWovra) gnomic aorist. 
 
 131-212 Parodos. The Chorus, composed of Kormthian ladies, 
 now appears before Medea's dwelling, concerned at the cries of grief 
 which have reached their ears and wishing to know how things are 
 going. They speak of words of sympathy and consolation, and finally 
 (17^) request the Nurse to induce her mistress to appear. Meanwhile 
 Medea's voice is heard at intervals from the inner apartments {eu 
 eaXd/xo.s, 141). where like a lioness in her den (187) she is 
 nursing her grief and brooding in loneUness over her wrongs. Ct. 
 
 supr. 3 1 . 
 
 131. '^kXvov v. on sup?: 99. 
 
 i.r ^tt' du.<j>L'irv\oD i.e. eTrl tov ttvXQvos {schoL\ cf. Herod. 5. 92 
 ^crrecires eTri ru). Bvpk^v (Elmsl.) 'I heard, standing at the doorway, 
 a cry within the house'; cf. Cycl 516 ^crco^e. tvrp^v. Soph. Track. 
 867 -^X" T'5 oiiK davt^ov dXXa dvarvxv 1 kojkvtov etau). 
 
 136 ov8^ <rvvii8oii.at cf. Bel. 727. ovK—ij8ofxaL ai,u SXyeav is equi- 
 valent to cvvo^divo^ &\ye<ru Cf. Aristotle rket. p. 1381 a 4 ^r'dyKv <pi\ou 
 etuac rbv cwnboixeuov roh dyadols Kai ffVPaXyovvra roh XvTrrjpots. 
 
 137 f ItrcC |x. <|>. K€KpavTai 'since it {diofm) hath come to be loved 
 by me ' though Medea arrived as a stranger and an exile : cf. on supr. 11. 
 The mention of these friendly relations (cf. also tn/r. 182) makes the 
 appeal in 259 f. more natural. KeKpaurac (/cpaiVw) reTiXearac, olov 
 Mpxei, schol. The Nurse replies "Tis a house no more: home-hfe 
 (rdSe) is ended for ever there.' , . xr 
 
 140 ff. TOV jiev ktX. 'him doth a royal alliance claim, cf. Verg. 
 eel I zopostquam nos Amaryllis habet (Musgr.). See on infr. 591. 
 Observe ^ de explained by dicnrotua, the article used m the epic 
 manner, cf. Hippol. 48 V 5' eHXe^s fih dXX' o/^coj d7r6XXvrai | ^aibpa. 
 The order of the following words is oibh TrapadaX-rrop.hr, cppeva fxvdoLS 
 o^5e.6s <piX.., 'and for nought her friends can say finds she any comfort 
 in her soul.' Cf. Aesch. A^-. 1i dpyas drevecs -rrapadeX^ei. Soph. 
 
62 MEDEA. 
 
 Antig. 935 o^hlv irapafivdov/xai. ttjkci Piottiv cf. Soph. E/. 819 
 {avaiveiv ^lov) and on sttpr. 25. 
 
 144 f. 8id p.ov PaCt] /crX. cf. Orest. 961 TLdeiaa XevKov ouvxa Sia 
 irapTjtdwv. With the studied simplicity of phrase, often remarkable in 
 Euripides, of these passages contrast Hippol. 1352 f. 5td /xoy K€(f>a\as 
 q.craova odvvaL \ Kara 8' iyKccpaXov iryjbq. acpaKeKos. Tt %\ kt\. cf. 
 Androm. 406 rt 5-^r' kfxol ^i]v ijov ; Alkest. 960 t^ /fot fv};' S^ra /ci^Stov, 0i\ot ; 
 
 146 f. Piordv is so placed as to be governed both by KaraXvcraLfjiau 
 and irpoXiTTovaa, an arrangement common also in Sophokles. /caraX. 
 ' bring to a close ' ; so probably Xuslv ^lov in Iph. T. 692 (XiJeiv Voss. 
 XiTretj/ Badham. P has Xyo-etv). There is no implication of 'prema- 
 turely' in irpoXiTTovaa, a compound which Eur. uses (like iKXiire'iv) 
 merely as a variation for the simple verb, as z'n/r. 995. 
 
 151 fF. rds dirXaTOV KoCras i-£. the grave, tov air brpoirov cuStjXov 
 'AiSai' Soph. At. 606. Death comes swiftly enough to all. O pray 
 not thou for such a doom as that ! roSe, death by lightning (0X6^ 
 ovpaula, 144). |iT}8^v, a stronger form for fiifj: cf. Androm. 88, 
 Herakl. 474, Aesch. ^^. 1438 fj.T]dev daudrov [loipav eireOxov. Herod. 5. 
 Ill /xTjd^v (po^rjdrjs. So (more commonly) oid^y, as szipr. 142, /«/>-. 
 343, Alkest. 310 exl'Svrjs ovd^p TjiriuT^pa: sometimes strengthened by ti^ 
 infr. 190 ovhkv n abcpovs, as is often the case with the simple negative, 
 e.g. Suppl. 117 ou 7d/3 Tt crt7^ dieTr^pacras 'EXXdSa. » |iaTa£a v. on 
 jz^/r. 61, cf. zV?/"r. 333, Aesch. J^. V. 1031 rbXix-qaov, c5 ^udraie, 
 TdXfiTjffbv iroT€...6pdQ)s (ppovetv. 
 
 153. 6avdTov defining genitive (Gr. Gr. 219) is that in which the 
 reXevTO. consists, cf. in/r. 915. 
 
 157 ff. Hesychius Kexapay/ji^vos' (bpyia/jiivos. The word suits the 
 comparison to a Xiaiva suggested in/r. 187. To /ceiVy (157) it has been 
 objected that it is out of place for the Chorus to put in a plea for Jason. 
 To me the word appears sound. It serves merely to balance <roi and 
 to point what (as often in Greek) is merely a verbal antithesis, ' Be not 
 enraged at him: Zeus for thee will be an advocate in this quarrel.' (So 
 in 1032 e/xol would not have been inserted had not u^uets d^ ktX. been 
 about to follow in the next line.) See in/r. ■^ig. toSc may be accus. after 
 Xo-pdaaov ('for this') on the analogy of similar verbs of emotion, see on 
 infr. 904 ; but is perhaps better taken as an internal accus. representing 
 Xapdcffeiv x^P^'YI^C' ('t)e not thus wrathful'), cf. alax^^o/nai aot tout 
 dveiblaai. Aesch. Choeph. 917. {koivov (accepted by Wecklein) Verrall, 
 who also punctuates Koivhv rbde ' /jlt] x'^P'^<^<^ov. Barthold (adopting 
 Nauck's crivdiKos ^arai in the next line) writes aoi r. fx, xapdacrou. ] 
 
NOTES. 63 
 
 160. Medea invokes Themis and Artemis ; Themis as the deity 
 who maintains the sanctity of an oath (cf. infr. 208), and Artemis not 
 only as the goddess protecting the state oi marriage, at which ceremony 
 she is often present with Apollo in vase-painting (cf. Anth. P. 6. 276), 
 but with special reference to her magical aid in the domain of love — 
 cf. Theokr. id. 1. 33. Medea in her extremity naturally turns to the 
 patroness of her peculiar art, oea-rroivav, rju eyih a^jSw fxaXiara iravTWV, 
 'EKdTTjv, as she says i7z/r. 395. See also Note A. But although Medea 
 with thoughts of vengeance in her mind has a good reason for adding 
 an invocation to Artemis, the Nurse inaccurately reports ijtfr. 168 
 iTTi^odTac Q^ixiv evKTalav Zrjvd re, divinities who vindicate the sanctity 
 of oaths. The significance of the appeal to Artemis is not caught by 
 her. [Wecklein (after Heimsoeth and Weil) reads c3 iieyaXe Zed Kal 
 Q4f/.L irbrvLa. Wieseler proposes iroTvia r c5 Geytit.] 
 
 161. So Soph. Antig. 940 XevaaeTe Qq^rjs ol Kotpavidai | ola irpos 
 o'ioov dvdpujv 7rd<rx(d. 
 
 163 f. €(ri8oi(xi i.e. may I be avTOTrrrjs of their destruction, Soph. 
 Track. 1038 rdv w5' eiridoLfu irecroOaap aijTCJS, c55' aijTCJS, ci's /j! (xiXeaeu. 
 Cf. the parody of these tragic expressions Aristoph. Ach. 1156 and 
 Bergler ad loc avrois |Ji£Xd0poLs dative of accompaniment (sociative 
 dative) strengthened by auros as a-vTri vrjt, air^ (papet (Homer d. 186), 
 avTy \6yxv (Ar. Thesvi. 824), a well-known idiom. Euripides has it 
 only in i\iQ plural, d. frag. 387, Iph. A. 534, Bacch. 11 34 etc. (In 
 Hippol. 1 2 13 avTQ'i strengthens a prepositional phrase— aury be ahv 
 Kkuhiajvi, ktK. So Ion 32.) 
 
 165. 7rpoo-0ev they as beginning wrong-doing are responsible for 
 what is done in retaliation, an oratorical point: cf. Thukyd. 2. 74 
 ^ir/yvufiovei 8k ^are ttJs ddcKcas KoKd^eadai tols virdpxovai irporepoLS. 
 Herod. 4. 8, infr. 1 369 (6(jtls rjp^e). 
 
 166 f. d7r€vacr0i]v {dirovalo:) the opposite of KaTevdadrjv (v. Phoiniss. 
 207). Hesych. direpdadv, dwifKiadv. Cf. Homer S. 119 dW 6 jxev 
 airddL [xetve, irarTjp 8' e/xbs "Apye'C vdadr}. Kd(riv Apsyrtus, cf. ijifr. 
 1331- 
 
 169. 0. €VKTaCav cf. Aesch. Sept. 710 Trarpb^ eiKralav 'EptviJy {qui 
 prece vacatur Blomfield gloss, s.v. emToios). By name Zens has not been 
 mentioned (160), but as the recognized opKuv ra/xias (Homer A. 84) is 
 implied in the appeal to Themis, who is irdpedpos with him (cf. Soph. 
 O. C. 1382 AiKT) ^vfedpos Zrjvus) ; and the Nurse does not mention 
 (or has confused) the invocation of Artemis. On this see stipr. 160 n. 
 Cf. Pindar O. 8. 22 (referring to the dispensing of justice between 
 
64 MEDEA. 
 
 man and man) Aiis irapedpos dcr/ceirat Qeiuts, infr. 208 Ztji/os opKlav 
 
 171. ft/ T. |j.(,Kp(tf 'twill surely be no light matter to control her 
 wrath (she will not by any small obstacle suffer it to be stayed) — ^f t. /*. 
 for an instrumental dative, as e.^. {etXe) ev d(puKToiat 8ea/Mois Alkest. 982. 
 So kv b6X(i} Soph. P/u'/. 102 for a simple dative (cf. in/r. 391 86\(p 
 /xireifxi. Kal (nyrj), cnriZi'Tas ev xv^dicnv Aittig. 1003. 
 
 173. ircos civ kt\. For this mode of expressing a wish in the 
 form of a question, cf. Hippol. 345, Soph. Ai. 388, Madvig Gk. Synt. 
 § 129 R. I. 
 
 175 f- Se'^aiTO 'consent to hear,' cf. infr. 773, Soph. EL 1304 kq\j8' 
 dv ae Xvir-qaacxa de^aifxrjv jSpaxo \ adrr} piiy' evpetv Kepdos. So some- 
 times with a genitive (like dirodix^crdai) to accept a conclusion, advice 
 etc. from a person, cf. Eur. frag. 757 a yovv Trapacuu) ravrd /xov di^ai, 
 yvvai. Papv0v(JLov opYciv 'her dangerous mood,' cf. on infr. 1131. 
 
 178. TO 7' €}j.6v TrpoGvfiov I have the wi// (ye) to aid (sc. though 
 slight my power). Weckl. cites /p/i. T. 1023 ovk h.v dOuaio rb de 
 Trpddvfxou Tjveaa. The neut. of an adj. or partic. is often thus employed 
 as an abstract noun [to irpbdvpiov ^irpodv^iia) by Sophocles and Thuky- 
 dides. Both are combined Oj^est. 297 to hetvbv /cat diaipdaph (ppevCou. 
 
 i82f. 'Say that we here are friendly to her,' cf. supr. 137. rdhe 
 !it. 'things here,' cf. Thukyd. 6. 77. tl goes with KaKuJaai. 
 
 187. I will gladly give it {i-mdwau}) though 'tis a dangerous task to 
 approach her now. /cairot is often thus used when the speaker refers to 
 a matter as affecting his own views or as touching his personal interests; 
 Aristoph. AcA. 370 Xk^o) . . . Kahot okdoiKa iroXXd ktX. In infr. 199 Kairoi 
 has its common rhetorical force of making a point. In 1044 ^^ intro- 
 duces an abrupt question. 
 
 188. Cf. st/pr. 92 n. 
 
 192 f. o^Tives since it refers to their characteristics, cf. infr. 1125. 
 €iri...Trapd for the varied preposition cf. Ip/i. A. 1037 ff. did Xwtov... 
 /xerd re Ktddpas avplyywv 6' virb KaXafioeaadv. 
 
 194. oXpov T. (xKods 'to delight the ears of the wealthy,' /p/i. T. 454 
 T€pTri>Qv vfxvwv dTrbXavatv, Koivdv X'^P'-^ oX^u). Cf. Aesch. Ag. 254 [iirel 
 TToXXa/cis iraTpbs Kar eiirpairi^ov^ dfdpcjpas e/xeXxf/ev). 
 
 197. c| «v sc. XvttCov. 6avaTot exihis violenti (Seidler). 
 
 199 f. KttiTOi v. supr. iSy n. cilSenrvot 8. see on infr. 1131. 
 
 20 r. Tilvovcri p. cf. iKxelveiv, and infr. 1349. In prose dvarelveLv 
 is used. 
 
 204 ff. The Nurse having left the stage on her mission to Medea, 
 
NOTES. 6s 
 
 the Chorus sympathetically refer to the sounds of grief still audible 
 within. X. dxeo, pod tov Iv \i\. the phrase Xiyvpa dxea (internal 
 accus.) jSoa governs the accus. irpoo-orav, cf. Soph. Track. 50 TravdaKpvr 
 odvpfiara | TTjv'E.pdKXeioi' e^odof yocvfxeprjv, 0. C. 583 rb. 6' h /ie<ry | 7? 
 XTjanv tcrxeis v di' ovdevbs trod. tov Iv X. irpoSorav the preposition 
 as in Soph. Ai. 366 6p$s ev d(f>6^ois fxe dripai 5eiv6u. The article recalls 
 the actual words of the objurgation, cf. Here. fur. 582, Aristoph. Thesm. 
 392, Hippol. 589 fcai /iTjj/ (ra0ws 76 ttjv ko/cwi' irponp-qaTpiav \ ttjv oeairoTov 
 Trpodovcrav i^avd^ Xexos. 
 
 208. opKiav 0. So Zeus is opKLos Hippol. 1025. Cf. on supr. 169. 
 209 ff. a vtv ^'Pao-£v i.e. she who (invoked by Jason to witness his 
 vows) induced Medea to leave Kolchis for the Hellespont by night on a 
 voyage to the opposite coast of Greece, vvx^ov, since a night voyage 
 was a daring feat before the compass was invented, implies a desperate 
 effort to elude pursuit, cf. (with Elmsl.) vvKrepi^ -kKoj-q Xadovres, 
 Rhes. 53. irovTOV KXfjSa, the Hellespont including Propontis — called 
 the key of the Euxine, because through this strait only was there an exit 
 for a vessel from the enclosed waters of the Euxine sea. direpavTOv is 
 not to be changed (as Milton proposed) to agree with -kovtov, since 
 Euripides is very bold in transferring his epithets, cf. Iph. A. 1041 
 IlieptSes ■yjpva^oad.vhakov txvo% iv 7a Kpovovaai, and an even more 
 remarkable example He^r. fur. 882 iKaroyKecpaXois 6<peu3v iaxvf^c-'^'-' 
 With the sense of diripavTov 'having no way out,' cf. Horn. 6. 340 
 dea/xol direlpoves dp.<pls ^xo'e?', i.e. making an unbroken circle. So of 
 an enclosing net Aesch. P. F. 1112, cL Orest. 25. 
 
 214 — 409. First Epeisodion. Medea now appears for the first 
 time, and comes forward to address the Choms. Her retirement, she 
 says, has not been caused by sullen and unsocial reserve — which in her 
 position as a stranger living as it were on sufferance at Korinth would 
 be especially out of place. The truth is that the great blow, which fell 
 so unexpectedly, unnerved her spirit and crushed her to the ground 
 {ip.Q\ 5' aeXirTou irpdyixa fvxw oiecpdapKe, 225). This collected and 
 dignified address is followed by reflexions on the insecurity of a woman's 
 position in life compared with that of a man (250 fif.), and she concludes 
 (256) with a touching recital of her own plight, carried off from a 
 foreign shore to Greece with no one to defend her rights, and now so 
 cruelly betrayed. Will they keep her counsel if she determines to 
 punish the betrayer? 
 
 2i4f. €|t}X0ov (iTJ |x.ot kt\. 'I come forth' (v. on supr. 64), 'lest you 
 should form an unfavourable opinion of me.' Cf. Soph. Track. 531 ff. 
 
66 MEDEA. 
 
 where Deianeira gives a reason for her appearance {^l\ai, Ovpahs 
 rjkdov TO. fxkv (ppdcrovaa, to. 5' ota Trciaxw (TuyKaToiKTtovfj.€Prj). 
 
 215 fF. Euripides is here really addressing the Athenian audience 
 and (as in -232) Medea speaks from a point of view brought down to the 
 poet's own day. The passage is in fact a defence of the philosophic life 
 and temperament against the common misunderstanding of it by the 
 world, where reserve is hastily taken for pride, and awkwardness for 
 intentional discourtesy {eKeiuwp 8e rb rjdos dvairpocrohov kuI TravTairaaiv 
 dvo^iXrjTov t6v §iov a-rrepya^ofxhuv, Galen hist, philos. p. 232). Again, 
 the recluse is often censured as indifferent to affairs (d0' ■^o-iyxov ttoSos) 
 and incapable of action {pq,evfiiav), since a man of the world is apt to be 
 contemptuous of the /3tos decoprjriKos. olSa ^dp ktX. the construction 
 is, oWa noWo^s, yeyuira? (refxuoiis {tous pch ojufi. &vo, roiis 5' d0' rja: 
 irodbs), UavQiav KTrjaap.hovs koL pq.9v/uLLav 'I know that many people 
 by a resei-ved demeanour get a reputation for sourness or for slothful 
 indifference— some, who appear in public, because men judge them 
 merely by eye; others, because of their retired life.' In ot 8i...€KTTi- 
 o-avTo we have an example of the very common Gk. idiom by which in 
 clauses thus balanced the construction is changed from the participial to 
 a finite verb, e.^. Homer E. 145 tov fxh ^a\wv...Tbi> 5' ^repou ^l<pe'C ixcyoKip 
 TrXrj^e, Thukyd. 7. 13 etc. This tendency to continue with a finite 
 verb is well seen in Find. Ist/im. 5. 45 {dv/j.bs 5' iiriaeo}). Cf. also m/r. 
 1313. The abandonment of the participial constr. KTrjaafiipov^ com- 
 pensates for grammatical irregularity by the gain in a more direct 
 presentation of the main thought — bijcvoiav eKTrjaavro Kal f>g.dvfMLav. 
 a-i\ivovs 7€YwTas 'by being ae/xvoi,' so in/r. 223 oVrts aiiddbrjs yeyoj'i 
 iTLKpos eariv. The words tous Iv Gvpaiois are an amplification of rods 
 fx€i> 6/j.fMa.TU}w &Tro, which phrase they explain, cf. Plato republ. 604 e 
 ovKovv rb fxkv ttoWtjv fxi/xrjcnv koI TroiKiXrjv ^ei, rb dyavaKTTjTiKov, t6 5e 
 (ppbvifxov Kal Tjcrvxi-ov rjdos ovre pq.bi.ov fxifMrj(Taa6ai...ovT€ KarafiadeLv. 
 
 or€fivovs here, as in HippoL 94 (cf. Aristoph. /r<J^ 178), denotes a 
 reserved and haughty bearing suggesting a wish to pose as a superior 
 person. Cf. evirpoa-qyopos Hippol. 95 as contrasted with 8v(nrp6ao8o's 
 (Thukyd. i. 130), bvaerrevKTos (Plutarch iVz'/t'. p. 526, i bvairpbaobo^ t)v 
 Kal 8va&T€VKTos), and the verb aefwvvea-dai (cf. diroffeixvyveadai). The 
 want of geniality often characteristic of introspective natures may be 
 unjustly assumed (219) to proceed from churlishness or pride. The 
 poet speaks perhaps from liis own experience. Both he and Anaxagoras 
 are said to have been dyiXacroL. o|x|xdT«v diro as we say 'judging 
 from appearances': this is further expanded in 11. 219 — 221 Ukt} ydp ovk 
 
NOTES. 67 
 
 iviffTiv 6(p6a\px)is fipoTwv ktX. iKn^oravTO 'get a reputation for 
 
 pg.6ufxla,^ cf. tn/r. 296, /J>A. T. ^i^., frag. 238, Aeschin. Ktesiph. 45 
 (pCkoriix[(xv KToicBai. So Xa^eiv Orest. 502, ^x^"* ^'{A"- 296, wpoaXa^elu 
 Teles ap. Stob. Jloril. 97. 31 (dXafoi'eiai' irpoaXa^wp). Similarly, 
 irpocTTid^vai 'give a reputation for...' Hei-akl. 475, Androm. 218. 
 pa9v|xiav. In Athens with its critical views of the duties of an in- 
 dividual to the state {kv voXei \p6yov TrXiq. Ion 601) indifference to 
 public affairs, dwpayfjLocnjPTi, was thought unbecoming, and a man who 
 indulged his taste for a life withdrawn from the bustle of politics [irapbv 
 ^v 7]8ico5 aTTpdyfioua Eur. Antiope 193) incurred the reproach oipq.Qvix.ia. 
 as being inclined to shirk exertion from a love of ease and comfort. 
 [Seidler retaining the MSS. tous 5' eV Qvp. interprets ^ some {I have heard 
 of) among strangers'' as contrasted with toi>s y.kv dixpi.. diro 'others (/ 
 ^now of) from my own observation.^ But it seems to me certain that 
 the correction toi)s kv Qvp. (due to R. Meister) is right, hk is often 
 wrongly inserted. It was especially likely to be so here, from an 
 apparent antithesis in the preceding words and the idiomatic structure 
 of the whole sentence. On the meaning of roi>s y^kv oii.ix. &iro see 
 above.] 
 
 220. oo-Tis refers to ^porCjv, cf. Androm. 179 [aripyovaiv, oaris 
 ktX.). In Soph. Antig. 707 the inverse occurs, ooTis yap aiirbs rj 
 (ppoveiv fwvos SoK€i...ovTOi...d}(pd7i(rai> kcvoL 
 
 222 f. The opposition to ^euov ixkv Kcipra irp. is k^iol bk (225), the 
 clause ovb' acTov ktX. being added to give a complete statement of the 
 general principle. •gv€0-a v. on stipr. 64. 
 
 224. djjtaGias viro- Like several other negative compounds in Greek, 
 dfj.adr]s imports a positive idea, as dpcatpeXTjs 'harmful' etc. Cf. Plato 
 sympos. 201 a Otei S ri h.v firj KaXbv y dvayKoiov avrb ehai alcrxpov ; 
 MdXiora ye. *H Kal hv fir] ao^ov, dfiad4s; Cf. also Aristoph. frogs 191 flf. 
 Here it corresponds nearly to what in modem language would be termed 
 •selfishness,' implying not want of hiowledge, but want ol perception in 
 the various relations of human intercourse. It represents a deficiency 
 in the moral nature of what was expressed by a.yxlvoi.(x. or ^uvecris 
 in the intellectual region: cf. the distinction in Thukyd. 6. 39 dfiadrjs 
 'perverse,' d^vueTos 'obtuse.' So again it is contrasted with de^ioTrjs 
 ^^- 3- 37- Thus dfxa9r]s when referring to the moral nature approaches 
 the meaning of &/xovcros denoting an 'uneducated' narrowness of sym- 
 pathy and indifference to the interests of others, afMovaia rot fiijd' iw 
 olKTpoicnv BcLKpv I (XTa^eiv, "Eur. frag. 407. 
 
 228. Iv (^ i.e. on whom, as but too well I know, my whole 
 
68 MEDEA. 
 
 happiness depended; of. Herod. 3. 157; Ar. Lysistr, 30 h rah ywai^lu 
 iariv 7) auTTjpia. So Livy 11. 47. 11 Demetrius iis unus omnia est. 
 Cf. infr. 930. Herakl. 982. 
 
 233. irpiao-Gai In the heroic age it was the bridegroom who 
 bought the daughter from her father (Homer 11. 190), see Grote H. G. 
 II. p. 24. Medea is made to speak in terms appropriate to the custom 
 of Euripides' own time, when the father portioned his daughter on her 
 marriage, cf. Hippol. 628, Iph. A. 47, infr. 956. The earlier custom 
 is treated by Aristotle as a mark of an uncivilized community. 
 
 234. CKCivov i.e. Tov xp- vwepft. tt. irplaadai. Cf. Aristoph. Ekkles. 
 1053 '^ovTO yap eKeivov to KaKov e^wXearepov. (Weckl.) 
 
 235- 'H — "H the alternatives in which the dyuu consists, v. infr. 494. 
 Cf. /p/i. T. 1057. 
 
 237. dvT]va<r0ai 7rd<riv (di^atVo/iOi), in prose aTroXeiTreiv : the 
 husband divorcing a wife was said iKTre/uLTeiv, d7ro7r€f.(.7reiv. The clause 
 is added in explanation of aTrakXayai. 
 
 239 f. oI'koOcv 'of her own knowledge,' so ^vdov e.g. Orest. 1514 
 T&.vbov oi)x ovToj (ppopQv 'in thy heart.' orta |i. \pTi](r€Tai <rvv. 
 dependent upon 8ei /xavriv elvai, ' what manner of man is he with 
 whom she will have to pass her life.' ory /xdXia-T a = d7r ol(^ rivL 
 
 241 ff. €KTrovov|ji€vaicriv 6u ' if we manage this successfully and one's 
 husband be not a restive companion in the yoke of marriage,' ^1^76^, the 
 metaphor from 'double harness,' common in this connexion and of 
 partnerships generally. X^P'-S cf. Aesch. Ag. 555 Oaveiv ttoXXtj 
 
 246. TJ irpds ^i\uiv Tivci ktX. Cf. the proverbial rjXi^ ijXiKa 
 repirei. The reference is to the enforced seclusion of Greek women. 
 Men, she says, can go out to mix with the world and enjoy the society 
 of their friends : a woman has only her husband. The idea is the same 
 as in if ip yap tJv fioi Trdvray siipr. 228. 
 
 250. KaKws <j>p. 'A great mistake! I would rather thrice take my 
 place in ranks of war than once endure the pangs of travail.' rph — 
 dirai, as Lysias or. 24. 9. Cf. Ennius Med. 6 nam ter sub armis malim 
 vitam cernere quam semel parere. k. (ppovetv as infr. 887. Cf. the 
 adj. KaKb(pp(j}v Orest. 825. So dOcrcppwv Aesch. TAed. 860. Contrast 
 infr. 464. 
 
 252 ff. d\Xc 7dp ' ]5ut there ! this language suits not thy case as it 
 does mine.' With this abrupt turn is introduced a pathetic description 
 of her own position, which leads up to the request she makes 1. 259. 
 Observe the rhetorical touch, iK yrjs ^apjSdpov XeX-rjcrpei^r], 256. 
 
NOTES. 69 
 
 258 f. (leGopixicracrOai ad qicos inalorum afflida tempestatibus \ vie 
 veliiti poriuni recipcre in tutiivi qtieam. (Buchanan.) * With whom to 
 find a refuge from this storm of woe,' cf. i7ifr. 44 1. Metaphors taken 
 from the sea and nautical matters, naturally common in all Greek poets, 
 are used with great boldness by Euripides ; as i72fr. 279 ^r?;? ev-rrpbaoLaTos 
 ^K^aais, Troad. 104 irpcopai^ ^lotov, Cycl. 348 aX[\x^vov Kapdiav. Cf. 
 79, infr. 523, 763. The use of naval metaphors in tragedy is ridiculed 
 by Aristophanes wasps 30. Cf. also frogs 430 — 4. Pov\T]cronai the 
 tense is remarkable : the meaning seems to be, ' hence (as I have so little 
 claim upon you) I shall limit my wishes to just this favour.' 
 
 262. rjv t' l-yi^iiaTo is a violation of usage, cf, Aesch._/}'a^. 13 aoXfxkv 
 •yaij-vadaL /j.6pac,uov, yafxecv t €fx.oi. Hence Elmsley writes ?/ t' eyri/xaro 
 sc. €Keivr)v re ri €-,rj;x., cf. inf)'. 514 irrcaxovs dXaadai Traldas ij t' ecruicrd 
 ae. Probably however (as Lenting remarked) the line is an inter- 
 polation originating from zn/r. 288. 
 
 263 ff. (Ti-ydv So Phaedra Fhoiiiiss. 259 asks the Troezenian 
 women (tl-^ti KaXvirreiv. In Ip/i. A. 542 a similar request is made of the 
 Chorus though as mere strangers they have not the same interest in 
 complying with it as has been prepared here, v. si/pr. ly, n. KaK-q 
 Se, the main antithesis is between rdtXXa fikv and orav be, but /ca/cr; 5^ 
 ktX. is inserted to complete the idea in the first clause; cf. infr. 413. 
 ' Full of fears and too timid for feats of arms or to bear the sight of 
 steel ; yet if she be wronged as a wife, no spirit more murderous shall 
 you find.' On (f)6^ov irX^a v. m/r. 898. [/ca/c?7 re Tyrwhitt, and so 
 Wecklein, Barthold, Weil, VerraU.] 
 
 267, 8. These two lines summarize the situation at the moment — 
 the acquiescence of the Chorus and Medea's threat of vengeance. Cf. 
 the editor's note on Eur. Ip/i. Aul. 1209. 
 
 270. o-T. (XY^eXov 'coming with news of...,' cf. on infr. 478. 
 
 271 f. Enter Kreon. The abrupt and peremptory form of address 
 ce rijv ktX. may be compared with the tone of Hermes in Aesch. 
 /^. V. 976 cr^ Tov (70(pi<XTr}v ktX. So Here. fur. 1214, Hel. 546. 
 etirov ' I hereby bid.' This use of the aor. is somewhat similar to that 
 common with verbs of emotion (cf. on supr. 64). 
 
 278 f. IxQpol "ydp €|id<ri ir. 8. kclXcov i.e. ol ex^pot ovpiodpafMovcn 
 Kad^ rjfxQp, cf. Plato Protag. 338 a Trdi'Ta KaXcai/ eKTeipaura, ovpiq, icphra, 
 (pevyeiv eis to 7reXa70s TtDf Xo'jujv. The metaphor is not from letting a 
 sail fill by slackening the sheet (ttoi^s) which had been hauled in (cf. 
 ^vvTeivai Hippol. 257, XOo-at Ilec. 1020) while beating against the v,'ind; 
 or from shaking out reefs, as some explain it; but from iinbrailing a 
 
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70 MEDEA. 
 
 sail {dvacTT^Weiv, dvaaeicLv) which had been brailed up — i.e. gathered 
 {avar^XXeLp) and hauled up against the yard: see hi/r. 523. Cf. 
 Epikrates incert. 10. 5 koX tovs /cdXws ^/cXue Kal x^^Xa Tro'Sa. The same 
 force is seen in Here. fur. 857 'iXavve, Kiuei, <p6viou e^iei koXwv, the adj. 
 marking the metaphorical use (cf. on supr. 49), ' speed him unchecked 
 on a course of bloodshed ' : and so in Anth. P. 9. 545 'Movaiwv iravras 
 'iaeiae koXus. On the other hand, in Anth. P. 10. i irdcrau ecpels oObvrjv, 
 the slackening of the sheet (TroiJs) is probably intended. €UTrp6<roi<rTos 
 keeps up the naval metaphor, cf. on stipr. 258. 
 
 284. <rv|j.paX\€Tat hk ktX. 'mihi genetivi a voce TroXXa pendere 
 videntur: mnlta.' Auius timoris {i.e. multa quae hunc timorem excitent) 
 conveniunt'' (Pflugk), which I take to be a correct account of the 
 construction, ' many things pertaining to this fear unite in producing it ' 
 i.e. ' my fear is the united effect of many considerations.' o-ocJjtJ 
 referring to her noted skill as a (papfxaKis. Cf. Note A. 
 
 288. Tov 8ovTa cf. iiifr. 309. -yrffJiavTa the article omitted, as 
 Aesch. Ag. 335 tG}v oKovtwv Kal KpaTr,advTwv (Paley). 
 
 291. vo-repov is not superfluous, the meaning being 'too late': cf. 
 on infr. 'j^6. 
 
 292. ov vvv irpwTov dXkd. kt\. A rhetorical turn of phrase, cf. 
 on infr. 446. Medea replies to the points alleged by Kreon, first with 
 respect to her aocpia, then (306) as to his own personal safety. 
 
 293. ^pXa\{/€ — €KpYa<rTai For the combination of a gnomic perfect 
 and aorist, cf. Aeschines Trepl irapawpecr^. 88 e| wu avrovs dvypriKaa-i 
 TLves, ol 8k Kal drj/uLoaia, ireXeijTrjaav. Cf. infr. 349 [dUcpdopa], 445 
 {KareWov iroXXaKis), 1077 i^/^oXop). 
 
 295. Ik8i8. (ro({>ovs 'seek to have them taught wisdom overmuch,' 
 the force of the middle being as in Xvetv rwd let a man go free )( XOaaaBai 
 Tiva get him ransomed, direypacpov oi 'ypa/j,/ut.aTt.crTai)(dTroypa(p6fi€VGS 6 
 S^P^^s (Hdt. 7. 100), etc. oro<f)ous predicative, as Opiar-qv iKTpecj) 
 
 dvBpa rdvde /xoL {Iph. A. 145 1): cf. Eur, El. 376 {-Kevla) &vdpa 5i8daKu 
 KaKbv. 
 
 2g6. aXXt]s redundant in English, but often thus used in Greek to 
 emphasize a distinction. 'ixov<riv 'get a name for...,' v. on supr. 218. 
 Soph. frag. 287. 
 
 298 f. o-Kaioicrt |x^v Y<ip ktX. Again a reference (cf. snpr. 214) to 
 the contemptuous opinion of philosophic studies held by the average 
 man. Euripides no doubt is thinking particularly of what interested 
 him, the new views discussed in his own. circle; which Aristophanes 
 afterwards ridiculed in the r/ouc/s in a way that probably to most of 
 
NOTES. 11 
 
 the audience seemed highly appropriate. 'Trpo(r<})€'p«v This use of ihe 
 word is turned into ridicule Ar. Tkestii. ii3off, 
 
 302. Kttl introduces the application to a particular instance, as infr. 
 
 583- 
 
 303 ff. To some [i.e. rots 5o/c. el5. tl ttolklKov, 300) I am an object 
 
 of jealous distrust [i.e. as being Kpeiaaup) -, others regard me as wrapped 
 up in myself {ijavxo-ia alluding to the reproach of a too secluded life, as 
 SKpr. 217 d<^' ijavxov irodos) — though some credit me with just the 
 opposite character; others again find me disagreeable, nor do I seem to 
 them particularly wise, rols 5' ad (305) i.e. the aKaioi ' the unintellectual ' 
 (298), to whom she is irpoadurrjs { = arjbrjs, Hesych.) as an unintelligible 
 being. To them her 'wisdom' is but foolishness. There seems no 
 reason for supposing interpolation here. She complains that her repu- 
 tation of crocpia is disadvantageous in two ways — she is either feared 
 or disliked, although these feelings arise from the most contradictory 
 estimates both of her attainments and disposition. So above (-214) two 
 ways are set out in which an unfavourable reputation may be incurred. 
 [Picrson rejected 304 followed by several edd. Weckl. also buckets 
 305 f. ei>i 5' — 0o/3er ixe. Musgrave suggested that the reading may 
 have been toIs 5' ad Trpoadi'Trjs eifj.1, kovk dyav crocpri, the schol. on 
 irpocrdpTrjs being evavria dfjX roh dTratSet^rots, koI owe dyav o'o<^t7. ] 
 
 309. Tl -Ydp kt\. yap refers to the idea of unprovoked aggression 
 conveyed in i^a/xapTdveiv. e^eSov 'gave in marriage,' Herod. 2. 47 
 iudidoadaL dvyarepa (as sometimes the simple oLdoopu, e.g. supr. 288, 
 infr. 696) ; but the active is more usual, Iph. A. g64. duyar^p' eKdoOmt 
 TToaei. (In 1233 in/r. the meaning is merely ' surrender.') 
 
 312. TO (Tov V. in/r. ^60. 
 
 314 f. Tf8iK'rj|A€'voL a woman using the plural in speaking of herself 
 always employs the masc. cf. in/r. 385. For the sentiment, cf. in/r. 
 448. Kp. viKcojievoi the genitive as rjaacov elvai tlvos. viKacrOai rtvoi, the 
 idea being tha.t o{ comparison : cf. Aristoph. clouds 1087. In i\goin/r. 
 <xvix<f}opa PLKUfxivT] (instrumental dat. ). The present tense is that 
 commonly used, cf. Xen. Cyr. 2. 3. 3 ra rCov riTTu-fiivoiv iv rals /maxais 
 Tols vLKQiaLv a6\a irpoKeivTai, Thukyd. 2. 47. 4, Plutarch 4d, etc. 
 The cuir. and/t'//. are less frequent {r]TTrjiut,€vot t(2 TroXefxio Aeschines tt. 
 irapairpea^. 76). {vLKrjdivTes fidxats Thukyd. I. loi.) 
 
 3195. OS 8* aCrws dvTJp sc. 6^v9vu.os. The clause is inserted for 
 the sake of the antithesis, and aocpos (320), though referring in thought 
 principally to yvvri, follows the gender of dpTjp. <j)v\dcro-€LV 'to keep 
 watch on.' 
 
72 MEDEA. 
 
 321 f. X6\ovs Xeyt seems to be a rather colloquial expression, cf. 
 Aristoph. Lysislr. 747, Ach. ■299. ws cf. infr. 608. apaps /;//r. 740. 
 
 324. {x-q TTpos 0-6 ktK. sc. LKeTevo), duTOfJiaL. Cf. i^,^. .«4. 1233. 
 This is the usual position of the preposition, but contrast in/r. 704. 
 
 326. KOvSev alSt'o-ei ' brutally spurn,' cf. t7i/r. 349. 
 
 329. The connexion is, ' likely enough, for {yap) I myself love my 
 country better than anything — except my children.' 
 
 330 f. ?p(OT€S 'passion.' oTrws 'that depends on how' etc. Cf. 
 Thukyd. 3. 82 cjs hu esaarai. at /ji.eTa^o\al tQv pvv ctvvtvxi-Cov ecpLarCjvTaL. 
 
 333 f. jxaTaia cf. sufr. 152. Trovovjxev kt\. here i^/xets is op- 
 
 posed to jxe (333), and kov irdv. Kexp- follows to emphasize the idea 
 contained in ir>.vovixep — as in such expressions as ^atoO /fo^xi fxvfiov 
 Xpovov, iraCKai kov veoJCTTt, etc. Cf. i/i/r. 11 24. This sense of /fexp''?Atat, 
 'be wanting in,' is poetical; cf. Hesiod epy. 478, Kallimachus hynni 
 to Zeus 12, Anth. P. 5. 312 vbox) /cexpijyU.e^oJ'. 
 
 335. Tax.' wo'S^jo'ci rdxa with the fut. is common in threats, Hel. 
 452, Cycl. 518, Aesch. Chocph. 305, Aristoph. TJusm. 719 etc. Cf. 
 the use of 'iri infr. 366. 
 
 338. TOVTo Tvx^iv for the accus. cf. infi'. 753, PJioiniss. 1666 
 o\) yap Sif Ti'xot? rdde, Orest. 687. So with KvpeLP, as Rhesus 695. 
 crov as Iph. A. 1242 iK^revaov Trarpbs \ ttjv cttju dSeXcpTjv jx^ dave7v. Cf. 
 infr. 1 149. 
 
 340. With the alliterative effect of this line, cf. Soph. Ai. 11 12 
 wairep ol Trbvov iroXXov vXeq}, infr. 475- 
 
 343. ovhXv V. on stipr. 151. upoTL[xa 'has no care to,' followed 
 by the infin. as ri/A(jjo"t irpoaXa^eiv | ttji' evyefeiav Eur, frag. 405. 
 |XTjX.av. sc. a(popjxriv. 
 
 346. Tou|j,ov V. on infr. 458 f. 
 
 349. al8oii|x€vos supr. 326. 8i.€<}>0opa cf. itifr. 1050. The 
 perfect is gnomic. Hypereides Euxen. col. 47. 2 (crea-uKaTe) ; Plato 
 Theaetct. 158 b. See on j-z(;J;-. 293. 
 
 350. Kal vuv 'so now,' cf. supr. 302. opw 4^. i'/z/r. 26. 
 
 355 f. These two lines are probably an interpolation, Kreon's 
 speech ending with X^Xe/vrat /xuOos d-il/evdr]s 65e. 
 
 357 ff. As Kreon departs, the Chorus sing a fieai^biKov to allow an 
 interval before Medea speaks again (cf. infr. 520). In 359 ho/Jiov and 
 xQova are in apposition to ^euiav, and cwr^pa KaKwp is explanatory of 
 xObva. Owing to the construction being misunderstood i^ei'pi'ja-eis was 
 inserted to conipkle it. ['Non male abesset e^. Noster Phoen. 977' 
 Elmsley.] 
 
NOTES. 73 
 
 361. airopov kX. KaKiuv the metaphor of 'a sea of troubles,' 
 7rAa70S kukwu, cf. Alkest. 91 fj.€TaKv/j.Los aras. So lo/t 925 KaKuiu Kv/xa, 
 like dvaTTjvos KXvduif Troad. 691, cf. on supr. 49. 
 
 364. For the alliteration, see on supr. 340. tis avrepti; cf. 
 Alkest. 615 o\)hd% avrepec, 152 tLs 5' ivavTubaerai.; 
 
 365. oiiTi TavTT) TttvTa /crX. 'it has not come to this — never think 
 it,' i.e. I am not yet at the end of my resources: cf. Hippol. 41 dXX' 
 oi/'rt raiyxT/ tqvo ^poora Set Treo'eti', Aesch. P. V. 527. ttw ironical, 
 sometimes thus used in wishes or commands where ttotc might have 
 been expected, as Herakl. 357 (in ironical reply to the vapouring of the 
 Herald, 274 — 283) /iijTrwrars /xeydXaLaiv ovtw Kai /caXXtxopois 'A^ciJ'ais | 
 elT], See also Porson ad Hecub. 1268. 
 
 366 f. ^Ti has a threatening tone, cf. Alkest. 731 5t/cas re Sd'o-ets 
 ToTo-t K7]8eaTals '4tl. Aesch. i^. F. 908. Cf. zw/r. 399. KT]86vo-ao-iv 
 i.e. Kreon, cf. on supr. 61. 
 
 370 f. x^P°^^ dative. els too-ovtov |x. d(|>iK£TO cf. infr. 568, 
 Soph. El. 14 Tojovd' is i]!3r]s, Thukyd. 3. 49 irapa too-ovtov ij MvTikTfjVTj 
 ^X^e Kivdvvov. 
 
 374 f. V. 0TJ(r» 'will lay them dead,' v. zji/r. 399 and on supr. 66. 
 Cf. Herod. 3. 3 AiyvirTov to. fieu dvu KdTCo ^ij<rw. iroa-iv r €|iov But, as 
 her plan matures, she conceives a punishment for Jason more lingering 
 than death — cf. 1393 oiVw dpriveh ' fieve Kal yrjpas. 
 
 376. avTOis datimis incomviodi. For the metaph. use of bhoi 
 ♦methods,' cf. Thukyd. i. 122 vwdpxovaL oe /cat dXXat 68oi iroXiiJ.ov 7)f.uv. 
 
 381 f. X'r]<|)9. T€XVW|J,€'vTj cf. Antiphon KUTrjy. cpap/x. 3 XT]<p6e'L<xav 
 Tov ddvaTov /jLTjxai'ojp.eprjv, v. on sztpr. 26. virepP. 'entering' (cross- 
 ing the threshold), as irapekdelv hifr. 1132. Cf. Ion 514. 
 
 384 f. Ti^v €V0eiav sc. bhbv, so ttiv evavTiav tt]v ^airaXiv (Lucian), 
 Herodas mim. 5. 53 {dy\ aXXa rrjj/ Wetav). Cf. 5t' opdris Soph. ^«/2^. 
 994. Plato sympos. 185 d. cro<})ol i^z<!//-. 314. The reference is to 
 Medea's peculiar art {(XO(^t] iTe4>vKo.%, 285), but this is sufficiently 
 indicated by the following words, so that the gender follows the 
 ordinary rule. Cf. on sitpr. 314. 
 
 386. 'And now {koX hr\) suppose them dead [Tt6vd.ai).^ dr] = i]5-)], 
 cf. zn/r. 1060, 1 1 13. The rhetorical niethod in Greek of putting a 
 supposed case is by the indicative mood, cf. Androm. 336 Tedv-qKa 5i] ay 
 duyarpi, 'suppose me slain 'etc., Demosth. or. 21 p. 563 ijXuKev rjd-q Kai 
 KaTe\pri(pLaTai' rivos TifxrjaeLU aOry TrpoaOoKq.% to dcKaaT-qpiov ; ovx bpas 
 OTL irXovret kt\., Alexis 'laoardcr. 98, Anaxandrides incert. 52 (dW 
 ^Xa^ei' alaxp^v- ov ^mtov ear' Irt). Cf. also Persius 6. 27 ast vocat 
 
74 MEDEA. 
 
 officium 'but suppose there are claims upon me.' Latin however more 
 usually in such cases employs the subjunctive. 
 
 390. Here a hint is given to prepare us for the episode of Aegeus, 
 663. 
 
 393 f. avTi] opposed to 56Aa; supr. 391, and further explained by 
 IT. TO Kaprepbv, 'in boldness I will go to the limit of resolution,' i.e. 
 though a woman I will take the sword in hand : the expression is like 
 eis irav d(plyfxai Hippol. 284, cf. Eur. El. 57 xpei'as es rocrbv^'' a(pLy[xev'q. 
 Cf. ififr. 403 'ipw^ eh to deivbv. 
 
 397. 'EKdTT]v see Note A. |xvxois Shrines of this goddess were 
 often attached to private houses, cf. Hesychius e/carata' Ta irpb rCov 
 dvpuv'EKCLTTjs dydX/xara. Hence her names Upodvpala, UpoirvXaia etc. 
 Cf. also Aristoph. Lys. 63 and sc/ioL on P/ziL 596, Demosth. Kojion 39. 
 Medea naturally would have a shrine of her great patroness in her 
 private apartments. 
 
 399. iTLKpovs conveys a threat, as often in tragedy i?.^. ijifr. 1385: 
 sometimes strengthened by en (v. on supr. 366) as Soph. El. ^ji, or by 
 rdxct (v. on stcpr. 335). The use is parodied by Aristoph. Thesm. 853 
 irucpav 'E\hr]v otpei rax , ei fir] Koa/J-lois \ e^ets. 
 
 402. '4pir' ds TO Seivov //ek. 516 irpbs rb detvbv r^XOeTS. Cf. si/p7: 
 
 394- 
 
 405. T. 2i.(rv<{>€iois Sisyphus the son of Aeolus (Horace caj-m. 2. 14. 
 20) was the founder of Ephyra (Korinth). The adj. in -etos is used 
 with a scornful emphasis, 'this grand marriage,' cf. Soph. O. 7'. 400 
 boKojv dpopoLi I irapaaraT'qaeLV to7s KpeovTeiois ireXas. 
 
 407 ff. ImcTacrai 8e' resumes the idea of 385, aotpol /ndXicrTa kt\. 
 An assonance such as in 408, 9 occurs elsewhere in Euripides, as Phoiniss. 
 1478 TToXei d' aYwj'es 01 jxkv evTvx^o'TaToi \ t^8' i^e^rjaav, oi 5i 5v(rTVx^(r- 
 TaToi. Aristophanes laughs at it zvasps 65 vixdv fikv avTwv ovxl 
 de^iwrepoy | KU}fLU}8ias 8^ (popTiKTJs (To<pwTepov. So too in Latin, as 
 Juvenal 10. 239 etc. 
 
 410 — 444. First Stasimon. The old order of things is changed. 
 Men can no longer boast of their sui^eriority to women. Poets can no 
 longer decry the sex as fickle after Jason's perfidy. Indeed had the great 
 poets been women, the tables would have been turned ere now. Medea 
 trusted her lover, and has been miserably betrayed. Hellas is put 
 to shame by this treatment of a foreigner and an exile (439). I'he 
 deserted heroine is left without a refuge and a rival is reigning in 
 her stead. 
 
 410 ff. avu) iroTafiwv 'backwards flow the waters of holy rivers,' 
 
NOTES. 75 
 
 the proverb (used by Aeschylus ace. to Hesych.) denotes a complete 
 reversal of conditions. Cf. Suppl. 520. Ovid translates it Heroicl. 4. 5. 
 29 f., cf. Propert. i. 15. 29. Upwv v. on S2ipr. 69. The plural Trayat 
 signifies 'waters,' not 'founts,' cf. Iph. T. 1039 trbvTov irayai, Eur. £1. 56 
 (pe/ovaa Tnryas iroTa/jiias fierepxo, nai. So Aesch. Pers. 311. See also 
 D'Orville Charito I. 3. SiKa the meaning is explained by 412, 413. 
 
 412 f. 0€(5v 8' ouKe'ri The main antithesis is introduced by Ta.v 5' 
 kixav (415), the clause Q^Qiv 5e coming in as supr. 264 ^•z'. ; cf. Hek. 
 592 ft. 7"^ ixkv KaKT) . . .xP'O'^^h 5^..-8t8cocrL Kapirov, dvOpojiroc 8^ kt\. 9. 
 
 irio-Tis a ' pledge given in the name of the gods,' as 6,.kos de^v Hippol. 
 
 657- 
 
 415. c'JkX. 'i\i\.v epexeget. of (XTpixpovai, 'shall work a change, 
 bringing it into good repute.' 
 
 421 f. traXaiYevetov. Homer, Hesiod (sc/iol.), Simonides of Amor- 
 gos, Archilochus etc. The latter was especially bitter in his attacks. 
 alhidil per prolepsin ad poemata Archilochi, qui Eiiripidi tt. erat licet 
 non Medeae. (Musgrave.) doiSdv (Jiovo-ai as dpr]vo:v ooup/xoL Troad. 609, 
 'the strains of ancient lays shall cease to harp upon the fickleness of my 
 sex.' ■i'|iv€va-at For the Ionic contraction, cf. Hippol. 167, Iph. A. 
 789, both lyric passages: Aesch. (in iambics), P. V, 645 TrwXej/Atei'at. 
 
 424 ff. The causal sentence (oi) -^ap ktK.) precedes : ' otherwise 
 (^Tret) I would have answered with a strain replying to the male sex.' 
 Cf. Ion 1096 Tra\iix({)aixQs aoLba. There seems here an allusion to the 
 sentiment of the Boeotian poetess Korinna, /j.cfjL(pcfjL7] 8^ kt) \iyovpau 
 Movprid' iuivya \ 6ti fiava (pova ejSa Ilipodpoco ttot '^piv. 
 
 425. uirao-e a poetic and Ionic verb, zlso in/r. 516. For the constr. 
 cf. Ip/i. A. 584 ev duTojTTois ^XecpapoKXiv ^pwra 8€8ijJKas\ cf. Aesch. Ag. 
 1450 (p€pova{a) iu rjtxiu virvov. 
 
 450. dvSpwv T€ instead of iroWa Se dvSpcbv kt\. Cf. Orest. 22 
 vapdivoL pLeu rpels €(pvp.€u iK pnds...6.par]v t 'Opecrrrjs, for e0u 5' 'Ope'cr??;? 
 ktX. 
 
 432. |jLaiv. KpaSia Sappho i. 18 p^aivoXq. dipit^. Cf. Hippol. 1274. 
 SiSufJtovs cf. Pindar Pyth. 4. 209 8i8vp.af. yap eaav ^ooal (of the Sym- 
 plegades). Euripides rather affects two terminations for adj. in -os, cf. 
 stipr. 61, Iph. T. 154 (ppov8o<; (but ifi/r. 491 <ppov8r] wlcrTis), infr. 1192 
 (o-^Xos), Herakl. 901 [b8hv 8'iKa.i.ov). 
 
 434 f. dvdvSpov, proleptic : /cotras \iKTpov forms a single notion ; 
 cf. Iph. T. 857 eh kKkt'lolv XiKrpiav 86\iov 6t' dyopLav. Similarly \iKTpu)v 
 evvni, etc. 
 
 438 f. Cf. Theognis 647 r)8y] vvv at5ws plIv ii> dfOpuiTroiaiv 6XwXe, ktX. 
 
76 MEDEA. 
 
 'The gracious spell of an oath {^pK. x^'-P'-^) is departed, and reverence 
 abides no more in the length and breadth of Hellas.' xa |X€-ydXa (as 
 
 "EXXas i] fieyio-Tr) Tph. A. 1378) seems to have the force of 'this great 
 empire' in modern phraseology. 
 
 439 ff. alfispia i.e. irpos aWipa. So with the adjectives ovpavLo^, 
 ((pianos, 6vpa?os etc. Cf. Soph. 0. T. 166 yivvaar eKTOiriap (p\6ya. 
 Gr. Gr. 197 n. 7. irdpa {irdpeiaL) ovt€ answered by {tQu) re, as often. 
 [The MSS. have rOipde.] fJitOopfJ.. v. on szipr. 258. 
 
 444. For the force of the preposition in ewavKXTavai, cf. infr. 689. 
 
 445 — 625. Second Epeisodion, Jason appears and makes an at- 
 tempt to smooth things down. He takes the line of professing readi- 
 ness to do his best towards mitigating the results of Medea's unreasonable 
 temper and of her reckless language, which has come to the ears of those 
 in power (cf. szif>r. 287 kXi^oj 5' direCketv ktK.) and has set them against 
 her. He offers to provide whatever she may happen to want. This situa- 
 tion is well-conceived, as the tone assumed by Jason and his treatment 
 of the matter as mere question of money naturally rouse Medea to even 
 greater fury. 
 
 445. ov vvv TrpwTov dXXd (v. on supr. 293), equivalent to rjbea fxev 
 Kai irpbadfv (Theognis 853) with rhetorical emphasis: cf. Herod. 5. 78 
 dr)\oi 8e ov Kar ^v /ulopoi', dXXd TravraxV) V lo'Vy^P'-V ^^ eCTL xpVf^^ 
 (TirovSaiou. So pcrj dira^ dXXd TroXXd/cis (Antiphon) etc. d|X'rj)(^avov 
 (cf. Shakespeare A/fs IVe/l Act 2 Sc. i 'from her inaidabh estate'), the 
 word is common in tragedy and in the gnomic poets (d/x'^xai^/a). 
 
 448 f. Kov<}>«s <}>. cf. pgStws <pipHv^ ivaLcrifjLus [Alkest. 1077), aTrXcDs 
 ourw (p^peiv {Iph. A. 899), ei/KoXws (p. Aristotle ethics i. 10. 12. So 
 0ai/Xws 0. 'make light of Ar. birds 961. CKir€<r€i, 'will be banished,' 
 serving as the pass, of i^eXaiveiu. 
 
 455 f. d^ripovv 'did my best to remove,' cf. OresL 926 t? /ce?v' 
 a(f)yp6i, ' went the right way to destroy.' For the (conative) imperf. of 
 attempted action, seeGr. Gr. 246 «. 2, in/r. 1145. dvi€is (not dvlrjs) is 
 the Attic form of the 2nd sing. pres. See Rutherford JV. Phryn. p. 316. 
 p,(«>pias the genitive as Orest. ii^j orav dfrj v6aos \ [xavlas. Gr. Gr. 225. 
 
 458 f. Kal €K TiDvSe 'even as matters are,' Hippol. 705, Thukyd. 
 4. 17 COS e/c r(hv irapoPTwv. to <rdv 'your interest' (cf. supr. 346), so 
 in the plural Ip/i. T. 766 tIxiv aCov. Cf. Soph. El. 251 to abv aireijdova' 
 afia Kal Toi/Jibv aiTTJs rikdov. In Here. fur. 165 rovubv stands for 'my 
 j)olicy (or behaviour).' 
 
 464 f. TOVTO i.e. irayKaKLare, cf. /p/i. T. 827 (3 ^/Xrar', ovbkv dWo, 
 (piXraTos yap el. y^"*^*^!! (instrumental dat.) not superfluous, but 
 
NOTES. 77 
 
 distinguishing what can be expresssed from what may \>tfelt. Cf. Soph. 
 Ai. 10I2 "Koiov ovK ipel KaKov; 
 
 ^66. riXQis retorts Jason's 7?\'w in supr. 459 (Verrall). 
 
 471. €v 8' ciro^Ticras [ioXwv 'you did well to come,' i.e. I am glad 
 that you came, cf. Jj>/i. A. 642, Herod. 5. 24 e5 eTroiijcras dcpiKo^iivos, 
 Lysias or. 28. 8. Cf. eS (/caXcDs) ttokSv in the sense of 'and a good thing 
 too' Aristoph. /mf<f 271 e5 ttoiQv ye airoXojXe, Demosth. or. 19 p. 353. 
 Similarly, ev ye dpuivres Mnesimachus 8 (Kock II. p. 442). 
 
 472 f. Kov<j)io-0ii(ro|xai is one of several technical medical terms, like 
 f)g.b}v effofiai Ion 875, employed by Euripides. Cf. Aristotle prodl. 
 894* 23 oTav Ti ir€(p6y, Kov(f)icrdh dieyelperai 'wakes relieved.' kXvwv 
 parallel to Xe^aaa, the pres. having by usage an aorist force, cf. supr. 287, 
 Iph. T. 768 <7rjiJ.aive...o tl xP^ kKvovto. aov \4yeLV. 
 
 474. *I will begin at the beginning in my reply,' cf. 7pA. A. 349 
 ravra jxiv ae TrpcSr' ^irrfkOov 'Iva ere wpCid' rjvpov KaKov. The expression 
 tQ)v wpuToov TrpQrop is technical in rhetoric. 
 
 475. 'ia-oio-a kt\. scAol. ■Tr\€ovdl;ei 6 arixos Tip ^. Yor\hQ sigfnatism oi 
 the line (which was ridiculed by the comic poets e.g. Plato com. 30 ^crwcras 
 ^K tQv aiyfjia tC:v 'EivpLirihov) cf. Alkest. 614 r|/cw KaKoici aolai avyKdfxvidv, 
 riKvoVf to which other passages might be added. It is not however 
 confined to our author. Aeschylus has ws ecus Aeucras avyds, Pers. 710. 
 Sophokles 0. T. 1481 cjs -ds dSeXcpds rdade. Cf. also Thukyd. 4. 31 
 dvrjydyovTO vvktos ex' oXiyas vavs roiis oirXiTas Trdvras eirL^t^daavTes. 
 See Lobeck paralip. p. 16. Heraldides Ponticus (ill. 376b) mentions 
 a hymn to Demeter by Lasus of Hermione composed without a sigma. 
 
 477. -Ki.^^^. €irto-TttTi]v For this use of the subst., cf. supr. 271, 
 Hel. 99 fJLVTjaTTjp TTod' 'EXeVTjs rjXdep 'came to woo,' Eur. £/. 135 ^XdoL<: 
 XvTTjp, Here. fur. 786, Ion 297. Cf. also Propertius 3. 11. 9. 
 
 479 f. SpciKOVTa cf. Juvenal 14. 114 Hesperidum serpens aut Ponti- 
 cus. aixTre'x^v ktX. cf. Lykophron Alex. 13 10 vdK-riv \ 5paKovTo<ppo^- 
 po:s €<TKeTraaij.evr}P aKOTrals. 
 
 484. irp. |xdXXov r\ <ro^uiTipa i.e. irpodu/xoT^pa 17 cocpwreca 'led by 
 passion rather than prudence.' For the second comparative, idiomatic 
 in Greek where two qualities or aspects of the same subject are con- 
 trasted, cf. Isokrates or. 6. 24 dvayKoiov rjv avvTOfuhrepov dLaXexdrjvat. 77 
 (Tacpia-Tepov irepl avrwp, Herod. 3. 65 {raxurepa i] aocpwripa). Cf. in 
 Latin, libentius qua?n verius Cicero Mil. 29, acrior impetti qiiain 
 compositior pugna fuit Livy 28. 22. 
 
 492 f. t)— TJ the alternatives follow paratactically, cf. supr. 235. 
 
 503. KaXws, for the ironical tone cf. infr. 587. 
 
78 MEDEA. 
 
 50S. iroXXats *in the eyes of many women,' like Trap' kixol, 758. 
 The dat. here as infr. 579. 
 
 512. [lovt] |idvois, cf. Iph. A. 75 kpCiv ipZaav (^xer' e^avapTrdcras, 
 Aesch. P. V. Q87 v^ov vioL KpareiTe. Soph. O. C. 1259 yepoji^ y^povri. 
 
 514. r\ '4<rbi(rd cri more pointed than 17 TeKovad ere would have been. 
 For the variation from the subst. {iraidas), cf. Hippol. 1278 00a. re yd rp^tpei. 
 
 515. OS KipS. in the subj. without dv after the relative, an epic 
 usage not un frequent in tragedy in general statements, e.g. Soph. O. T, 
 1231. It occurs very occasionally in prose. Gr. Gr. 269, n. a. 
 
 519, 20. Cf. on supr. 267, 8. 
 
 519 f. SeiVTJ Tis With adjectives ti% often has much the same force 
 as TTws with adverbs etc. {supr. 119), as we say 'her fury is something 
 terrible.' <rvjxp. supr. 44. 
 
 521. Jason now replies, answering the various points made by 
 Medea. Here again (cf. on supr. 445) the tone he adopts in treating 
 the matter as one to be explained away — 5e? /ie /at? ko-kov <p\jva.i \iytiv 
 (521) — has the effect of enraging rather than soothing Medea. 
 
 523. oLKpoKTi Xai<}>. Kpao-ir€'8ois. See on supr. 258. 
 
 525. €Tr€i8i] Kal Xiav tt. \. koX emphasizes the whole phrase, as 
 Soph. O. T. 412 X^7w 5', iireidi] Kai rvcpXov jx (JoveidLaas. Cf. m/r. 672. 
 
 528 f. The meaning is 'you are discerning enough to know the 
 truth of what I say, but you do not like hearing it said.' 
 
 530. Td|ois a<{>vKTOis V. on in/r. 634. tov|x6v 86|i.as equiv. to ipij, 
 but (as often in this periphrasis) with an idea of physical beauty. 
 
 531 f. 6)^(ro|xai 'reckon,' a metaph. from accounts. ottt) -ydp ovv 
 odv strengthens birri, as Aesch. C/io. 96 uiairep ovu dTrwXero. 
 
 533' H-tit*^ ktX. the gen. ttjs awTTjpias is causal, 'for saving me':_ 
 cf. Soph. Track. 288 t% dXticrews. Wecklein understands it as a 
 comparative dependent like 17 5^5w/cas on /uei'i'aj. 
 
 537. |Jiij irpos Icrxtios X^P"*^ ^ prepositional phrase instead of an 
 adverb, like es dfMJBoXds etc. Cf. Soph. /%//. 594 irpbs iVxt^os Kparos. 
 
 542. vjAvrjorai depends on e'ir]. 
 
 545. ap,iXXav X6\b)v 'it was you (cru) who provoked a war of 
 words,' cf. Orest. 921 bixoaex'^P^^-v roii X6701S. For \byuv defining gen. 
 cf. on stipr. 153. 
 
 547 f. 86i|ft) -yeYtos supr. 26, cf. Thukyd. 5. 9. (i^-yas qj. 'a 
 powerful friend.' 
 
 549. Medea makes a movement of impatience at this surprising 
 contention. ^x.' tiVuxcs like d^o/Sos ^x^ Orest. 1273, cf. Aristoph. 
 r/ut. 127 tx 'Qcrvxos. 'I'lie usual conslr. is with the adverb. 
 
NOTES. 79 
 
 553- ■y^H-"-'' ^•^- '''^^ yvf^o-^j cf. Ilcrakl. ic^-j ovk ^ari Tovoe naiai 
 KoXKiov yepas rj irarpos eudXov KayaOov ire(pvKevat (Weckl.)- 
 
 556. a|JLiXXav TroXvT€Kv. i.e. a desire to see whether a first or second 
 wife would be more fruitful in offspring. Cf. (piXdwXovrov a/xiX\av Iph. T. 
 411 (Paley). 
 
 563. |vvapTr|Cras ■yevos 'by uniting in one family.'- 
 
 564 f. (Tol 7dp Ti Sei iratSwv, the usual construction. Euripides has 
 the accus. in several passages, as Iph. A. 1130 ovhh KeXeva/xoO del fie. 
 The connexion is, why should you fret at my strengthening our position 
 in the world [ei/dai./j.ovo'iixev, cf. m/r. 597), seeing that (701^) you have 
 children already and the maternal instinct is satisfied? Xviei Ai/o-treXet, 
 as m/r. 1107, 1359. 
 
 568. els TOO-. TJK€T6 ' /xiopias ni fallor'' (Elmsl.), and this no doubt 
 would be the word if a genitive were expressed, but the speaker leaves 
 ei's ToaovTov to be interpreted by the following ixtare kt\. 
 
 572. Ti0ea-0€ 'consider,' cf. Ip^. A. 607 opvida /xh rbvh' al<nov 
 Toioij/Jieda, and on supr. 66. 
 
 575. €v...lK6<r[j.T]o-as cf. Troad. 901 t6 (rhv kukou jcocrtiov<ra, 
 Plutarch So/oh 15 \6y({} Kal (pavXorepa KO(Xfj.r><Tai. irpdyfiara detvos. See 
 i7ifr. 581 d5t/ca ed irepLaTeKelv. 
 
 578 — 582. Euripides seems again to be speaking in his own 
 person, cf. 215. 
 
 579. €[101 'in my opinion,' cf. supr. 508. Gr. Gr. 232. 5. Such a 
 man's momentary gain is repaid by enormous loss, since he is tempted 
 9n to reckless iniquity {Travovpyetv) in which he is found out and 
 punished. ^r)fj.la combines the notions of loss and punishment. 
 
 581. eS Trepto-reXeiv, e5 'cleverly,' cf. Phoiniss. 1126, Aristoph. 
 equit. 195 eS v-q roi/s deci/s \ Kal ttolkLXus ttws kuI <xo(pu)S yvty/xipos. So 
 Soph. O. C. 807, Hec. 1191 T&dLK e5 Xe7eti' 'cleverly present.' For 
 the metaph. sense of irepiaT., ci.frag. 460. 2 irepicrTelXai. /caXtDs. Cf. also 
 Lucian Icarom. 29 p. 736 eirnr\daT(i) crxTj^iari KaTaTrrvaTa ijdr} vepiaTeX- 
 
 X0VT€S. 
 
 583 f. «s Kal a-v supr. 302. €KT€V6t 'will lay you low,' a 
 
 metaphor from wrestling (cf. Ar. equi'L 481 irapaffTopG)), as Iph. A. 
 1013 dXX' ol X6yoi ye KaTairaXaiovaLV X6yovs, Here. fur. 889, Ar. 
 frogs 878 arpe^Xotffi TraXaia/xaaiv duriXoyovvTes. Technical expressions 
 from the ring are not uncommon, as Fhoiniss. 888 [dwaTpeTreiv), Or est. 
 434 (5ia Tpi.Q)v diroXXvfjLai), Iph. A. 66 {vTreXdeiv). So 8v(yTrd\ai<TT0S 
 Alkest. 888, Ketadat ireaovaav Troad. 467. Also in the orators, as 
 Aeschin. Ktesiph. 28 (dirtOiaTrXe/veir). 
 
8o MEDEA. 
 
 586. <j>£\a)v object, genit. after atYj?, as after Kpv(pa, e.g. Thulcyd. 
 I. 108 Kjivcpa tCov dWwv ^u/x/ia^wt". 
 
 589. ToXfias 'bring yourself to.' Cf. /?{;9-. 816, 1046, and Monk on 
 Alkcst. 275 /ATj rX^s ^e Trpodovvat. 
 
 590 f. ' It was not that idea that prevented you, but ' etc. PolpP. 
 X6X.0S ' a foreign wife,' cf. vi/r. 593 ■yrnxal /xe X^Krpa ^acriXeuv. So 
 often evPT) in Euripides, e.g. Iph. A. 1355 Tr\v ifxrjv /jiA\\ov<rav evvrjv jxt] 
 KTaveip. e^t'Pauvc 'was like to prove,' cf. Here. fur. 537 koX raix 
 idvTjaKe T€Kv\ CLTT (jjWv fXT}v o' ey(jj. 
 
 597. Xvirpos which (to me) would be nothing but pain, developed 
 in offTLS kt\. ivSaC\s.(i>v i.e. furnished with material comfort. }^vi%o\. 
 optat. by assimilation to yhouo. 
 
 599. ota-0' <os |J.€T6v|€i Kal o". <})av€t ; Elmsley reads [x^Tev^ai, which 
 is approved by Cobet var. hct. loi. The expression will in that case be 
 like Herakl. 451 dXX' dhjQ'' 8 [iol a^/xirpa^oy ; Hermippus Molpat, 43 
 {olcrdd. vvv /xoL iroirjaov ;) and other passages in which the 2nd pers. of 
 the imperative is used in a dependent clause after olcrd^ 6 : cf. Matth. Gr. 
 Gr. p. 750. Kal — (pavel will then be parenthetic, as Troad. 726 dXX' ws 
 yeviaOoi}' ical coipwripa <pavei' fii^r^ avrexov tovB\ ei^ye^'ajs 5' dXyei 
 /ca/cois, fJL-/]Te kt\. But although the imperative was doubtless the 
 prevailing Attic idiom (see Greg. Cor. p. 18), the future also occurs 
 Cj'c/. 131 oTad^ ovp 6 dpa<7eis; cf. Ipk. T. 759 dXX' 6l(xQ'' S dpdaw; — as 
 well as other variations, e.g. Soph. 0. C. 75 oTad', w ^€v\ ws vvv /xt] 
 ccpak^s; and the 3rd pers. of the imperative Iph. T. 1203 oXcOa vvv a 
 jxoL yev^adia; i.e. d ixoi ')eve<jdai ^oi/Xofiai. Cf. also Hee. 998 olaO' ovv d 
 X^^at aoi T€ Kal iraialv Bekw; Stippl. 932 dXX' olcr^' 6 hpav ae /SoyXo^uai; 
 There appears therefore no sufficient reason for doubting the text here. 
 The expression is equiv. to olad'' ws /xeTev^a/m^vrj aocpwripa (pave?; 'if you 
 change your prayer as I advise, you will show more wisdom.' 
 
 605. tC Sptocra In this fine retort the active {ya/xova-a) said 
 properly of the man reflects pointedly on Jason's conduct — ^eXet 5^ 
 eiireiv apa toioOtov ipyov woiovaa < oTov > crij; schol. A similar effect 
 is, I think, given by Klytaemnestra's use Iph. A. 847 of the word p.vr]- 
 areveiv (properly of the man ' to court ') to emphasize the false position 
 in which she has been placed, dXX' ■>? rr^Trovda beivd; ixprjcrTeiuw yd/iovs \ 
 oi'K 6vTas, Ljs et^aatv. (The use in Ap. Rhod. 2. 511 is exceptional.) 
 
 607. Kal o-OLS dpata 7' ' yes and to thy house I am now a curse,' i.e. 
 you have driven me to retaliate by bringing it to ruin. Jason of course 
 does not suspect how soon this is to be proved true. Medea afterwards 
 (v. 771 in/r.) carefully dissembles her purpose to avoid exciting 
 
NOTES. 8i 
 
 suspicion ; but the outburst here at the thought of her hated rival, 
 suggested by Jason's Tvpduuois (cf. supr. 287, S), is a natural touch of 
 feminine character. rvyxdveiu wv is common in Thukydides, and 
 Greek generally, as equiv. to etvai with reference (more or less emphatic) 
 to the position at the moment. 
 
 60S. «s ov KpivoOfiai an elliptic constr. (cf. oirojs with the future 
 indie, in exhortations) for tV^t ws kt\. not unfrequent in Euripides. 
 Tci irXciova cf. Soph. 0. C 36 " ra irXeiova 'the details foreshadowed.' 
 In Eur. A/ed. 609 the genitive brings this out: 'Enough — I will not 
 dispute with thee on the further aspects of the matter'" (Jebb). 
 
 6i2. crup,po\a The custom was for host and guest to break a 
 counter {darpdyaXov sc/70/.), each retaining half to establish a claim for 
 future recognition and hospitality. In this case Jason would send one 
 half to a ^evos while that corresponding would be kept by Medea as a 
 'letter of introduction' ( = 5t7rXw/xa Cicero ya;w. 6. 12; cf. Tac /lis^. 2. 
 54) on her arrival. So a coin was used (rj/jiiTOfidu tl vofiicr/xaTos 
 Pollux 9. 71) in acknowledging a commercial obligation. 
 
 618. dW ovv ' well then,' etc. 
 
 622 f. veo8p,rJTOv cf. in/r. 1363 «. c^wttios = f ^w doo/xcLTOjv, 'out- 
 
 side her chamber,' dui/xara referring to the inner apartments. Cf. tfi/r. 
 1 132 [dofjLovs). The phrase 5. i^uir. is ridiculed by Aristophanes 
 {Thesm. 881). It does not occur in the other tragedians. 
 
 625. 'Thou wilt contract a marriage thou wouldst fain disown 
 (be quit of),' dpye'icrOaL as d,irenre7v, dvalveadaL. 
 
 626 — 657. Second Stasimon. The theme of the Chorus is a 
 warning against the excessive passion of love. ' Medea abandoned all 
 for Jason and now is left forlorn. But love in moderation is the most 
 gracious boon of heaven. May our own wedded lives be not troubled 
 by unlawful desires or jarring quarrels ! Medea alas ! is now an exile, 
 homeless and loveless — the worst of all misfortunes. Duplicity such as 
 Jason's deserves to bring the author of it to a bad end.' 
 
 626 ff. i'pwTcs ktX. ' the passion of love when it cometh uncon- 
 trolled doth bring to man neither glory nor fair repute: yet, if in milder 
 mood she draweth near, winsome beyond compare is the Kyprian 
 goddess.' dXis eXdoi, i.e. /ierptws (Hesych.), cf. infr. 633, com. frag. 
 adesp. Kock lir. p. 436 oi)5e rT\v veupdv "Epws | fieTpiws euereivev, dXX' oaoi' 
 elx^v iaxijos, Eur. frag. 550. aXis with a verb is epic: the ordinary 
 use is as 557, 1103. For the sentiment, cf. Ipk. A- 543 — 606 a chorus 
 closely resembling this in ideas and expression. 
 
 631 f. €ir* ky-oi 'against me'; an epic usage, e.g. Homer A. 382, 
 
82 MEDEA. 
 
 not unfrequeut in tragedy, as Aesch. Ag. 375 eV 'AXe^dvSpo) Te'wovTa 
 rb^ov. So F. V. 1075 [iir' ifxol piWTecrOco irvpbs ^oaTpvxos). Cf. 
 Meleager A. P. 5-215 del 6' er' ifjiol Trrrjpd x^ovra (ieXr]. Contrast //<f;r. 
 fur. 984 aXXtfj 5' eireixe ro^a. a4>vKTOV oIo-tov see Note A. 
 
 635. 'And never may dread Kypris afflict me with a disputatious 
 temper or restless jealousy and madden my soul with longing for 
 strange loves. May she favour peaceful married life and wisely assort 
 with whom each of us is to wed.' 
 
 642 f. ap-ilX- cf. Pindar Fjlk. 2. 54. See sttp'. 446. Svo-irepaTOV 
 'hard to find a way out of,' cf. Juvenal 3. 165 hand facile emergunt 
 quorum virtutibus obstat Res angusta domi. 
 
 644. olKTpoTaTOV dx^wv accus. in appos. to the sentence, cf. Orest. 
 962 Tiddaa \evKov ovvxo- 5ta iraprjtdoju, aifxarripav drav, infr. 1197. 
 
 645. ' Ere that (Trdpos) by death, O by death, may I be overcome 
 and make an end of this life.' ajxcpav cf. Hel. 364 "Kvirpau dyovaav 
 yjjxepav. i5'ir€p9€V cf. Bacch. 904 vwepde /aox^wj'. 
 
 649 f. For the emphasis given to etdofxev by the following ovk e| 
 €T. ktX., cf. Herakl. 5 olha. 5' ov Xoyip f.i.adu)v. ^pdcraa-Qai 'recognize.' 
 
 655 f. KaGapdv the epithet really applies to cppepQv, cf. on supr. 209. 
 dvol^avra v. 810 n., infr. 1233. 
 
 657. cjAol |x^v the antithesis &XXots 5e is left to be supplied in thought. 
 Thus often in the orators 6700 fxkv ovk otofxai, Demosth. p. 481 etc. The 
 effect is reproduced by emphasizing iaoL Cf. Siippl. 771. 
 
 6-8_8i8. Third Epeisodion. The prospect of a safe retreat 
 which had been in Medea's thoughts (cf. stipr. 390) now actually 
 presents itself in the chance arrival of Aegeus, king of Athens, by ship 
 (677) at Korinth. He had gone to Delphi to consult the oracle on his 
 childlessness, and Medea promises the aid of her skill (713) in pro- 
 curing him offspring on condition that he grants her refuge and protection 
 at Athens. Two reasons, one general the other special, may justify the 
 introduction of this scene. In the first place, Euripides (like other poets, 
 see Introd. p. xv) takes an opportunity of bringing the Medea-legend 
 into connexion with Athens, displaying her as a country faithfully 
 discharging ancient obligations (719 Suatos wv) and as the protector of 
 the friendless — ad troQ^ r^5e yola rots dfirixdvoLS \ adv rc^ 5t/caiy jSoiyXerat 
 Trpoo-w^eXetj/ Herakleidae 329. To avoid prolixity, the poet supposes 
 Medea and Aegeus already known to one another. In the second 
 place, by showing her anxious to secure a retreat and trusting in 
 the pledge given by Aegeus, Euripides throws into the background 
 Medea's supernatural powers and presents her as a more human figure 
 
NOTES. 83 
 
 than had she relied wholly on her magic arts to escape retribution at 
 the hands of man. Thus the fine scene 1016 ff. where her thirst for 
 revenge straggles with the promptings of a mother's love produces its 
 full effect. 
 
 660. o-o4>ou appears to be a complimentary epithet not conveying 
 any especial significance. 
 
 665. airais "ydp Svas it because' etc., -n-pos deCov being merely 
 interjectional. Sevp' del as Suppl. 788 ayaixbv fx ^tl 8evp aei xpofoi 
 (jjcpeXe Kriaai. 
 
 667. evvTJs at^-yes ^ap.TjX. *I have a wife joined to me by wedlock's 
 tie,' for the poetical fulness of expression (as Homer f. 250 8r]pbv yap 
 idrjTvos riev airacXTOs) cf. Iph. A. 98a ci) 5' avoaos kclkCjp y ipQiv and 
 many similar phrases. For the gen. €vut]S (as TrSjXof d^vya X^KTpiov 
 Hippol. 546) v. Gr. Gr. 228 ??. 2. 
 
 671 f. For p.lv in interrogations, v. iiifr. 11 24. lircC toi Kal the 
 following words <xo(p7Js ktX. are emphasized by koA, the reference being 
 to <ro(pd)T€pa, 670. For the collocation, cf. Herakl. 747 Qd-qv iirei tol 
 Kal KaKos /xeveLU dopv, Eur. /rag. 781. ^^, Plato repiibl. 5676 eTret rot 
 KoX iriaTOTaTOL avTi2 elai. 
 
 674. do-Kov kt\. 'he forbade me to unloose the wineskin's pendent 
 foot,' a euphemism signifying that he must preserve strict chastity. 
 There is a similar ambiguity of expi-ession in Epikrates frag. 10. 
 
 679. 'Son of Pelops, and a man (as they say) of upright mind,' 
 cf. Hippol. 1 1 ayvov Iltr^^ws 7rat5ef;//ara. 
 
 681. Tpt'Pwv rd ToidSe, with the genit. Bacch. 717 /cat ris TT\ivt]% 
 Ko-T OLffTV /cat rpi^uv \bywv : cf. Em. frag. 473 Xeaxv^ arpl^uva. 
 
 684. Ti 7dp 'why, how is it that,' etc. Aegeus, who up to this 
 point has been occupied with his own troubles, is struck by the 
 melancholy tone in which Medea pronounces line 683. 
 
 689 f. €<|)* r\^lv 'besides me,' for the force of eVt cf. iiriya/xeiv of a 
 man marrying again, Alkesi. 305 koI firj 'inyrj/xys rolcrde /xrjTpviav t€kvols. 
 (Similarly Klytaemnestra (referring to Kassandra) says of Agamemnon 
 dXX' TjX^' €X(^v fJ-ot, ixaivab' ivdeov Koprjv | X^Krpois r' eiTeLae<ppr](Te Eur. El. 
 1033.) The words deffirdriv b6p.u)v give the point of Medea's grievance. 
 Glauke was to have the position and privileges of a wife : cf. iitfr. 965. 
 oil irov 'surely he has not...' cf. EL 235 oH irov aTraui^ei, rod Kad' -rj/iiepav 
 ^iov ; Also occasionally in the strengthened form of/' ri irov, Ion 113, 
 Here. fur. 966, cf. Aesch. P. V. 263 (yUTj Troy rt Trpoi^^i/s ktX.), oiJ 
 
 577 TTOV. 
 
 693. }JL€"yav -y' tpwra ktX. sc. ipaadeis, 'yes, seeking a grand 
 
84 MEDEA. 
 
 alliance he proved himself untrue,' iiiya.v y ^p. answers -rrbTepop ipaadels, 
 
 as Ip/i. A. 1364 AX. alpedels cku^v. KA. Trov-qpav 7' atpeacv, /j.LaL<pov eiv . 
 
 In fieyav (explained by 695) the same contemptuous tone appears as 
 
 su/>r. 405. TTtcTTOs ouK kt\. is not a separate statement, which would 
 
 require a connecting particle, but (as Verrall says) part of the answer, in 
 
 which fjiiyav y ?p. bearing the chief stress comes first. 
 
 694 f. 'iItco i.e. 'enough of him!' an exclamation of disgust. 
 
 valeat^ ?nalitia si fuodo est qiiani praedicas (Buchanan). dvSpwv t. 
 
 ktK. developes ixiyo.v y 'ipojTo. ktX. above. 
 
 696. 8t8w(rL for the tense cf. hi/r. 950, 1205, ^3^9- 
 
 702 f. €ir'pv€o-a sifpr. 64. Xo-yw |xev ovy^i ktX. 'he pretends to 
 
 oppose it [ovK eg,), but in fact he wishes to endure it.' Cf. Alkest. 1071 
 
 Xpy) 5' oVris ei <ru KapTepelv Bedv 56aiv (Elmsl.). 
 
 709. ouTCDS 'so may you...' i.e. on this condition, like sic in Latin. 
 
 710. KavTos oXpios BoCvois. Nauck would read daXoLs, Schneidewin 
 cdivoLS, but the form of the expression is due to the well-known Greek 
 sentiment XP^ ^' ovttot eiireiv ovbiv^ oK^lov ^poriJov \ irplu av dauovTos 
 TTjv TeKevralav tdrjs \ oVcos irepdcras ij/xepav rj^ei Karu, Androm. lOO. 
 'And at the end you may die content ! ' i.e., after a prosperous career, 
 and with children of your own— the crowning felicity of life, cf. 
 sii/>r. 489 f. 
 
 711. t68€ i.e. 'in meeting me.' 
 
 713. Cf. d/ee. 358 epav riO-qcnv, supr. 696. 
 
 717. els TOVTo <}>pov8os, herein am I wholly at a loss, cf. Orest. 390 
 TO ccD/xa (ppovdop, rb 5' 6vofi oil XeXoiire jxe. 
 
 719. SiKaios wv 'thus fulfilling what is due from me.' 
 
 723. ov \Lr\ fteGw Gr. Gr. 292. 
 
 724 f. avTi] 'of your own free will.' 'ir68a the accus. added to the 
 passive on the same principle as in such phrases as Eur. El. 94 (retx^wi' 
 fxkv evrhs ov j8atVu» 7r65a) etc. ; an extended use of the common internal 
 accus. in the phrases iropevoi^LaL bbov, el sim. See on supr. 92. Kal 
 
 |evois i.e. (in the opinion not only of my own nation) but also in that of 
 the people of Korinth. 
 
 727. Medea is diffident in making this suggestion and concludes 
 rather hesitatingly, ^X"'/"' ^^ irdPTa — irpos cidep — /caXwj. This seems 
 to excuse what would otherwise be a slovenly mixture of the expression 
 iravr' ^x^'" ^^'^^ ^X^"' KaXus. 
 
 728. p.wv ov; for the strengthened form, cf. Troad. 709 /.<wj' ou rhv 
 avTov deaTTOTi-jP ij/xiu ^eip; 
 
 730 ff. TovTois, opKiowTi jiEv ktX. The tcxt here must be regarded 
 
NOTES. Zs 
 
 as uncertain (see Appendix), bul KdTnKripvK€Vfw.Ta (not •fxaaif) is 
 shown by the scholia to have been the original reading. &^ov<slv Ik 
 7. iixe^ 'if they try to drag' etc. [It is very possible that Kirchhoff is 
 right in supposing a line lost after 733.] 
 
 736. iroXXi^v almost * over-much'; much, seeing that I have given 
 my word: cf. Iph. A. fiaKpovs 5e douXos wv Xe'yets Xb'^/ovs. So Pindar 
 Ncm. 10. 35 i^paxv), Here. fur. 19 {/xeyav). 
 
 739 f' ^'xovra see supr, 58«., infr. Sion. to <r6v stipr. 346. 
 742. o-uvTi.0€is as well as oiivv governs 7^1/05, cf. siipr. 147. 
 746. Ikovctiu) TpoTTw^e/v'oicrtws, a periphrastic form for the corre- 
 sponding adverb rather afifected by Euripides ; cf. El. 282 duayKaici) 
 Tpoircp, Hel. 1547 Tron]T(^ Tpoirco ( = 5oXia;s), Orest. 104O (Fraccaroli, de 
 Eur. scribendi arte). 
 
 749f. irdQois; represents Trddoifjn said by Aegeus. 5vcr(X€^3ovcrL i.e. 
 iiTLopKOis (Paley). 
 
 753. irpdlao-* a f-ieXXw sc Trpdaaetv. tvxovo"' a ^ovX. stipr. 338. 
 755 f. «v T* tirtvoiav kt\. i.e. a (rireOdets, eirivoiav KaTe'xwv avrdv. 
 75S. Trap' €|JLol cf. Soph. Track. 589 (v. sttpr. 579). ScSoKTjo-at 
 an Ionic form, cf. Kexo-p'ni^^'- {x^'-'-P'^)' 
 
 'izi^)^- Aegeus having left the stage, Medea in fierce exultation [vvv 
 KaWiviKOi, 760) pours out the full details of her scheme of vengeance to 
 the Chorus. They have bound themselves to silence (267), but now on 
 hearing fully what she meditates protest (806) against so fearful a crime. 
 Can a mother kill her children? Yes, replies Medea, herein is a wife's 
 exquisite revenge — ovtco yap B.v /ndXiara ^rixdeliq ttocfls (812). 
 759. AiKT] T6 Zt]v6s supr. 169. 
 
 765. Here e/c to05' dua\(/. carries on the nautical metaphor in 
 iKdfMvofjLev (cf. Aesch. Sept. 194) and \ip.r]v: see on stcpr. 258, i.e. 'on 
 him will I rely for safety in my new abode.' Cf. Here. fur. 478. 
 
 768. 8€xov 8e [111 '"'P®^ TiSov-qv Xd-yovs 'prepare to hear words not 
 framed to please,' i.e. spoken in earnest, not a discourse whose aim is to 
 captivate an audience ; cf. Orest. 763. Sexoi/ as supr. 175. 
 
 773, 4. These two lines are probably inserted in explanation 
 of 772. 
 
 776. ovx ws XiTTOvo-* dv represents ovk Slv XiTroi/xt, Or. Gr. 255. 
 Cf. Thukyd. 7. 67 ws tQv ye irapbvTwv ovk hv Trpd^avres x^'po'' 'could not 
 possibly be in a worse position.' 
 
 780. oiKciv as in supr. 314 {eo^re u olKelv) 'continue to reside in.' 
 8-"0sv like J, J St; to indicate the mental attitude, real or supposed, of 
 the agent, cf. Iph. T. 1337 Karvde ^dp^apa | {jlcXt) fiayevova' us (pbvov 
 
 H. M. 8 
 
S6 MEDEA, 
 
 vi^ovaa. b-q, Orest. 1320 as hriQev ovk eldvi:a rd^eipyaafieva. [I have made 
 this correction of the MSS. Tr^vde firj (pe^yeip x^^^^- The srho/. has ypd(f>€- 
 Tai Srjdev fir] tpevyeiv x^6j'a, 'iv' y olptI tov u>s St? irapaLTTjaa/n.^POVS tt)v 
 (pvy-^v. If a gloss fii] (pevyeiv on okel^v had supplanted that word in the 
 text, it is likely that the metre would have been restored by TrjuSe, as 
 TTjvde fXT] (peijyeip x^^^^ occurs iiifr. 935. Elmsley suspected that drjdep 
 was part of the original reading here, tentatively proposing brjdtv 
 < iKeaicj} \6y(j} > .] 
 
 782. a[i4)i9TJ xpot i"/f' 975' 
 
 786. wp-co^a supr. 64, 
 
 788. ouTis ^CTTiv oo-Tis ktK. usituHus esset ovk ^(ttlp, ov^eLs iariv, ris 
 iarip, sequente scilicet o(XTi% (Elmsl.), v. inf7\ 1336. The exact force is 
 as Hermann remarks [of use. III. 212) non est aliquis qui eos servet, i.e. 
 non est aliquis, qui, quisquis sit, eos servet. The phrase is rather 
 a favourite with Eur. (cf. AlkesL 848; Iph. Aid. 972, etc.) and is 
 probably parodied by Aristoph. peace 316 o0rt /cat pvp iarip aiiTrjp oaris 
 i^aiprjaerai.. 
 
 793. I'to) (in a different tone from siipr. 694) *it must come,' cf. 
 infr. 814. 
 
 800. KaKi]V KttKws infr. 1383, see on siip?: 512. Aristoph. egtiit. 2. 
 
 804. Pap€iav lx.6pois kt\. The sentiment is not meant to reveal 
 barbarity in Medea's character, but is in keeping with the principles of 
 early Greek morality, as we find in Pindar and the gnomic poets. 
 Indeed so much was ' to do harm to ase's enemies ' accepted as natural, 
 that even to kill the children of a defeated foe as a measure of 
 precaution was thought excusable, cf. Herald. 1005, Androm. 520, 
 etc. 
 
 810. 7ra<rx^otJO-av the change to the accus. is due to the infinitive 
 (Trdo-xovcdv ere \iyeip) as is common when the participle precedes an 
 infin., e.g. Plato Krito 51 d irpo(rayopevoiJ.€P...(} ap fir) dpiaKUfxep ij/jieis 
 i^ehai | \a^6pTa ra avTou diri^pai ottol olp ^ovXrjTai, supr. 655, 739* 
 Sometimes the construction reverts to the dative for the sake of clear- 
 ness, as Homer X. 107 e/xot Se tot' hp Tro\i> K^pdiop eirj | duTrjp rj 'AxiX^ci 
 KaraKTelpaPTa peeaOai | 7]i k€p avT(^ oXiadai. 
 
 815 ff. She addresses the Nurse. Sco-irdrais generalizing plur., cf. 
 supr. 61. 
 
 819 — 860. Third Stasimon. The promise of Aegeus to grant refuge 
 and protection to Medea leads to an ode in praise of Athens, the home 
 of enlightenment and culture. But the Chorus who know the crimes 
 she meditates doubt whether Athens will receive a murderess {841). 
 
NOTES. 87 
 
 There is still time to repent (846). The children's innocent pleading 
 may soften her heart. 
 
 819. 'Epex^etSai the Athenians ; as descendants of Erechtheus, who 
 was identified with Erichthonios son of Hephaistos and Athene : hence 
 they are called 6e(hv TratSes /xaKoipcjv (820) or TratSes 'H.(pai<7Tov Aesch. 
 £ii?H. 13. TO iraXaiov cf. Thukyd. 8. 28 (of lasus) iraXaLoirXovTov 
 yap riv t6 x'^P'-^^- The prosperity of Athens is not a thing of yesterday 
 (dpriTrXouTtt xpTy^uara Eur. Suppl. 742), but as the immemorial inhabitants 
 of Attika, where the population has escaped the mixture of races 
 ensuing on foreign invasion [airopd'fjTov), they have grown up in 
 established security. 
 
 821. airo cf. iiifr. 980. 4>€ppd[i€voi. 'drinking in with every 
 
 breath,' their intellectual faculties being quickened by the pure bright 
 air of Athens, as the dull heavy atmosphere of Boeotia was supposed to 
 exert a contrary influence, Horace ep. 2. i. 245 Boeotum in crasso iurares 
 acre natum. 
 
 824 f. Xa|iirpoTaTOV cf. Pindar Isth. 2. 20 K\eiva7s d' 'Epexdeidav 
 XapireacLP dpapibs rats XnrapaTs iv 'Addvais. dppus means graceful, 
 easy movement, as Alkest. 586 (of a fawn) c^ypv kou^w ^aipecv. Cf. 
 /p/i. A. 613 (Ti) 5', c3 reKVQv /xoi, Xeiire ttwXi/cous oxovs, a^pov rideiixa 
 kQXov, infr. 1 159 d^pu>s TideTaa irdWevKov ir68a. 'ivQa. iro9' d-yvas ktX. 
 
 'where aforetime, as they say, golden-haired Harmonia bore the Pierian 
 maids, the Muses Nine.' The usual account makes the Muses daughters 
 of Mvri/XT} or MvrjfjLoavPT], cf. Krates I 'M.vr]iJ.oa6i'7]$ Kal Zrjvbs ' OXvfnriov 
 dyXad reKva, \ MoOaat Ihepides k\vt€ fioi eiixofJ-^V- Euripides is 
 following some other legend (cf. in/r. 1280), or makes an innovation of 
 his own for the greater glory of Athens. 
 
 830 ff. Tov xaXXivaov kt\. ' beside the waters of the fair stream 
 Kephisos, wherefrom did Kypris draw (as they tell) and watered the 
 land, breathing o'er it sweet and gentle breezes. And twining ever 
 scented rose-wreaths in her hair she hath for escort the Loves, who are 
 Wisdom's comrades and her helpers towards every kind of excellence.' 
 d4>vcr<ra|j.€vav, the doubled a [quod in chor'icis licet, Porson) as Ko.Tava.a- 
 ca.ixhr) Aesch. Eum. 930. The fructifying influence of the Kephisos 
 on vegetation (oC5' aiJiruoL Kprjvai /XLvCdovatu, K??0t(roO vofxades pe^dp^^u. 
 Soph. 0. C. 686) and the temperate climate of Attika are poetically 
 supposed the work of Aphrodite. rds lit. ' to which she helped herself,' 
 the accus. as Anth. P. 9. 333 as Sltto vajj-a \ ^ovdal dcpvaaouraL x^tXetrii' 
 d\Kv6u€s. [poets the correction of E would be possible, as the accus. 
 with Trapd as well as the dative is used for 'on the banks of: cf. 
 
 8—2 
 
88 MEDEA. 
 
 Homer A. 487 (Trap ox^a-i). Hel. 491. Antimachus 36 jSw/xof bk ol 
 e'laaro irpCoTOS \ "Adpijcrros Trord/xoLo irapa pbov Kiai)TroLo.~\ 
 
 839 f. ire'fjnrciv cf. Plutarch ?no)-. 751 "Epa;s...'^j' {' Aippodirrjv) 
 eiXi^xe OepaTrevfiv e/c rewj' /cat irep^erreLv. See also Note B. apcrds 
 
 |vv€p*yovs. At first sight it might seem that reason and passion are 
 opponents, rather than allies. But the poet has in his mind the idea of 
 Love as a guiding and inspiring influence ; and just as Plato gave a new 
 and extended meaning to (piXoKaXelv, transferring it to the aspirations of 
 the soul, so Euripides here signifies by ^pwres, not mere passion, but 
 the enthusiastic temperament capable of that ardour and devotion 
 which leads to success (cf. Anth. P. 7. 14). The idea of Love is 
 exalted to include that quickening and stimulating power, which spurs 
 a man to noble effort, and animates him with the desire to win dis- 
 tinction. So Plutarch on the line"E/)aJ9 5i,ddaKei kolv d/xovaos ■g to irplv 
 says, (XvveTov re 701/3 iroiel kolv padv/nos rj to irplv, koI dpdpelov y X^Xe/crat 
 aroXjUos. 
 
 841 ff. How then shall that city of holy streams (Athens) or that 
 country that gives safe-conduct to friends (Attika) receive i/iee, the 
 murderess, the impious woman, to associate with others? 
 
 iroTaiJLwv the genit. as Phoiniss. 825 (of Thebes) wvpyos otSi^/.tcoy 
 TrorajxCsv. irdp,iri}ios <}>iX(ov does not refer to the reception of Medea 
 — whose crimes they fear may exclude her — but expresses a national 
 characteristic, fier' aXXcov cf. infr. 892. 
 
 852. iroGev Bpao-os kt\. i.e. (as in sup;-. 841) irbOev 77 dpdaos 
 (ppei'bs ■J7 kt\. Ine following words are variously altered, but the 
 scholiast clearly had this text, and I believe it to be sound as it 
 stands. The constr. is, irodeu rj dpaaos (ppeubs {\r]\f/€i) 77 xetjoi KapSiq, 
 re deivdv TbX/xau Trpoadyovaa X-qxpei t^kviop a^dev ; Boldness to plan 
 is matched by resolution to execute. In the second clause however 
 the construction is not x^'P^s TbXfxav Xrjxl/ei., but x^'P^ Kap8i<;t. re 
 (which form one notion, cf. ifi/r. 1037 Kapdia yap otxeTai answered 
 by X^^P^ ^' o'^ 5ia<p9€pu), 1050) XrjxpeL ToX/xav irpoadyovaa. The 
 participle (which here means simply 'bringing into play') is added to 
 complete the idea \'r]\peL x^'P^ rb\[xav [Trpoadyovao.). I follow Hermann 
 in regarding tIkvwv aidev as an objective genit. dependent on the idea 
 of the clause X'^'-P^ — TbXjmav. It comes therefore to mean very much what 
 the scliol. expresses by Kara tQv (pCkTaTwv TrotSwv ' against thy children.' 
 
 856 f. a8. p,oipav <r)(^rj(r€is (})6vov lit. ' how wilt thou keep tearless 
 the fatal act?' i.e. will not tears rise and melt thy purpose? ixolpav 
 (^j'^vov is in the epic manner, cf. infr. 982 fxalpav damTov. 
 
NOTES. 89 
 
 851 — ^70. Fourth Epeisodion. Jason appears in response to the 
 message sent (815), and Medea addresses to him the /xaXdaKovs \6yovs 
 (771) which are to disarm suspicion. On thinking it over, she says, I 
 see that I was wrong. Your new alUancc was demanded by worldly 
 wisdom, and must be accepted — indeed I ought to welcome the bride 
 and make things pleasant. [Medea rather overacts her part here, but 
 she could calculate on Jason not detecting this. He has not realized the 
 depth of feeling in Medea's nature : see on j/z/r. 445. So in his reply 
 he dismisses what to her mind is the vital point (904 f.), in the easiest 
 fashion (906) dXX' ei's to \i2ov kt\. Let us then forgive and forget!] 
 
 86 r f. Kal emphasizes bmfievi-]<; ovj-a (concessive participle). ov 
 rdv {ov TOL ciu) Porson for ovk Slv, a common error, which is corrected 
 to oiiK &v y in the Aldine edition. tovSs yi explained by what 
 
 follows, dXX' aKovao/xai kt\. 
 
 866 f. iroXX* vircipYaoTTai <j)iXa ' many endearments have passed 
 between us,' of. Medea's appeal in Apoll. Rhod. 4. 360 ttoO dk iieKixpaX 
 {tTTOffx^o^i-O-'' /SejSdacrtJ' ; | ys iyu} ov Kara Kocrfiov avai.br]Ti^ Iottjtl \ iraTprju... 
 voa(pLcrdfj.r]v. I|i. 8td \67wv d<|>. ifJ-avry 5i.e\exdr]fi cf. m/r. 1076. 
 
 874. t£ irao-x^; ' what has come to me? ' cf. infr. 1044. iropi^ovrtov 
 Ka\«s cf. ed didcjfjn, Orest. 66~i orav d' 6 daiuiou eO 5t5y. Alkcst. 1004. 
 
 875. ^iiVfi. lolkos, V. stipr. 550. She is alluding to Jason's argu- 
 ments 546 — 567. Thus aoxppoveiv (879) recalls his ad}(j>pwv (548). 
 
 881. ■g depends on pLerehai. ^vixir. sc. avrd. irap. Xex^i 
 
 ' stand by the marriage couch ' : this (and the following ' find delight in 
 waiting on your bride') suggests the picture of a mother at the wedding 
 of her daughter (cf. tf2/r. 1021 ya/j.r]\[ovs evv as ay rjKai), but she does not 
 use quite the ordinary terms lest the irony should be too evident to Jason. 
 K'qSeuovcrav v. sz{/>r. 810 n. 
 
 884 ff. €cr[Ji€v otov €o-[JL€v a well-known tragic mode of implying 
 more than is actually said, cf. ?;{/r. 1006 'nyyeCKas of •^77eiXas. Gorgias 
 Helenae encom. 6 eirpa^eu a 'iirpa^ev. Nee. 873 irdaxovros oXa irdaeTai. 
 Here she continues with yvvaiKes — kept effectively till the end of the 
 sentence, instead of something more explicit; such as ^irXeva ottws 
 iirXevaa d eofiavei iroT/jLtp, Orest. 79. XP^^ ^'^^^ Xph) is right here, as 
 she is referring to Jason's speeches, in which he ' retorted foolishness to 
 folly' instead of trying to soothe her. KaKov is the familiar satirical 
 description of women in the poets, from the earliest to the latest. 
 Therefore, she says, men should not imitate what they condemn {KaKoXs). 
 I now, instead of stubbornly urging {dvTLTeiveiv) my own p6int of view, 
 am about to give way {irapiiaeada) and confess my mistake. 
 
90 MEDEA. 
 
 892. TTJs Ix^po-S cf. Soph. Ai. '•i1\ cIjs KaraWaxdv X^^ov. 
 jjLTjrpos fJ.€Ta, with your mother, i.e. * as your mother does,' cf. Hippol. 
 835 oxj ffol Td8\ wj/a^, ^XOe 87) /xdvo) KaKO,' \ ttoWQv jxer dWcjv 
 cSXecras Kebvhv Xe'xoj, ' as many others have done,' and somewhat 
 similarly Androm. 1152 ocnrep avrbu wXecre | ttoXXiLi' /jlct' dWwv. See 
 on m/r. 1053. Euripides sometimes extends this nse to convey a 
 proleptic sense, /p/i. A. mo irarphs fxera ' to join her father.' So supr. 
 845 (/Uer' dWcov). 
 
 895. Twv K€Kpv{i[Jt€v«v shc is thinking of the coming murder. The 
 significance of the phrase is not, of course, seized by Jason. 
 
 898 f. 4)6pov irXea cf. Aesch. P. V. 985 (ppoi/rjfiaros TrXews. 
 Archilochus, 58 Kapdirjs irXeos. So Plato reptibl. 579'' ttoWuv Kal 
 iravToSairQv <p68wp Kai ipivTcop fiecrros. v. i7i/r. 923. 
 
 X^povw, ' at last,' so t(^ XP^'^V ^^ifr- 907. ahv x/>6/'(^ Soph. Ti'ach. 201. 
 
 900. eTrXT]cra v. S2ipr. i^n. 
 
 901 f. xXojpov SaKpv the tear-drop is given the same epithet as the 
 dew to which it is often poetically compared, cf. xXwpctJ' daKpuojv axvcv 
 Soph. Track. 847. jAet^ov proleptic. 
 
 905. ■yaixovs 'Trap6H'7roX<SvTa...Tr6criv, the accusative-construction 
 of the participle by which stress is laid on the act (' at the importation 
 by a husband of...,') follows 6py as iroLeladai, which is equivalent to a 
 verb of emotion: see on stipr. 64. Cf. Hippol. 1339 rous yh.p evae^els 
 deol ] dvri(XKovra% ov xatpoKcTi. Lobeck Soph. Ai. 136. The constr. 
 is common in poetry, but very rare in prose, [mss. yd,aovs irapep-iro- 
 XCovTos dWoiovs TTocret. I have adopted here Mr Walter Headlam's 
 emendation (y. 0/ Phil. 46, p. 264) which cures the grammatical 
 difficulty [Trocret, TrapefiTroXQivTOs {avrov) yd/iiovs] and accounts for 
 dWoiovs, a word unsatisfactory in sense and not elsewhere found in 
 tragedy. Hesychius eireiadKrov dWoTpiov. The word iireicraKTovs is 
 the natural epithet here, carrying out the metaphor of TrapeutroXdv (as 
 ix-qrpvidv iveiadyojv com. frag, adesp. no): cf. Lykophron Alex. 60 
 iireKTaKTCov yap.iov and the schol. ad loc. ^cvwv koX dXXoT/)t'aji'.] 
 
 907 f. aXXd TO) j^povo) i.e. el pL-q vporepov, dXXct ktX. (//el. 990 el jxt) 
 irpbs o'lKovs 8vvdp.e6\ dXXd vpbs veKpovs). Cf. infr. 1068. Elmsl. ad 
 fferakl. 363. PovXrjv on the analogy oi yvdijxrjv, cf. Herod. 7. 175. 
 
 909. v|xtv ethic dat., cf. infr. 1301. 
 
 912. rd irpwra cf. /ph. A. 51 ot to. irpCoT^ (JaX^iapiivoL 'EXXdSos 
 veaviaL. Gorgias //elejiae encom. 3 0i5(ret koX yhei to, itpCoTa. Herod. 6. 
 100 (AtVxtV?;?) ra»' 'Eperpi^uu to. vp^Ta. (in, 'at some future day,* 
 cf. i?ifr. 1 010. 
 
NOTES. 91 
 
 915 ff. ifiP^s T€'\os cf. siipr. 153. T677€is supr. 25. 
 
 920 f. €VV00Vfj.€VT] sc. Te-yy(j} Kopas. €v 6TJ(ro|xai like /caXws (ey) 
 TiOeuai Eur. Aniiope 20 {dT](xoixev /caXcDs), 7^//. ^. 401, etc. is common 
 in the sense of to 'arrange for,' as Iph. T. 1003 rh aavrou de/xevos ed. 
 Lucian A'^ekyom. i\ rh irapbv ev Oefiepos. Thukyd. 6. ii etc. See on 
 szipr. 66, and cf. Plato Gorg. 499 c to irapov e5 woie^v. 
 
 923. Kairl SaKpvois ^4)v cf. Shakespeare, JiTmg John 3. r. 14 'A 
 widow, husbandless, subject to fears, A woman naturally borti to 
 fears.' 
 
 936. ovK ot8' civ el 7rei(rai}i,i as often with oio/xai, and similar verbs, 
 &v is attracted from its normal position; cf. Alkest. 48. Plato Tim. 26^ 
 avK av ol8a el dvvalp.Tjv kt\. (Elmsl.). 
 
 937. ttXXd, 'at any rate,' cf. stipr. 907. Trarpos 'ask of thy 
 father,' the genit. as iKereveLP tlvo^ tl {iKerevaov Trarpos... /mtj Oavetv Iph. 
 A. 12^2), TapaLT€ia6al TLucs (1149), etc. Usually the accus., as Orest. 
 \6i I ^,uas n,T) davetv alrov ttoXli'. 
 
 939 f. <r<j)€ t.e. TTju yvuoLKa. ctirep ktX. i.e. direp iarl yvvq. She 
 will do what her lover asks. 
 
 947. €v8. ovx €v 6.Xko. p.vpCa for the form of the expression, see on 
 snp7'. 445. 
 
 950. 8i8«o-iv szipr. 6g6. ols 6s suns non valde frequentatur 
 a tragicis (Elmsl.). Cf. &v TralScov Soph. 0. C. 1639. ^^^ ^^^- 1124 
 i^aXuvav uv a\bx<ov kt\.) Matthiae's wv restores the metre. C has tCjv. 
 
 951. (f>£pvd$ 'as a wedding-present.' 
 
 953. [i€|xirTd the double sense here is well pointed out by the 
 scholiast in his note. Jason takes it as ' the ornaments are precious 
 enough to please even a royal bride,' but there is also the meaning ' she 
 will not find the present contemptible,' z'.e. it is fraught with death. 
 The tragic irony of the whole scene down to irpa^avTes KaXQs, 970, is 
 very skilful. 
 
 958. irpoOtjo-ei sc. r/^aay. He speaks as an accepted lover, v. supr. 
 940. 
 
 959. iJLT] |j.oi <rvi ' No ! No ! ' in a tone of impatience, cf. fx-q ixol ye, 
 Aristoph. equit. 19. 
 
 961. K€iva is more abstract than the preceding Kebrjs, 'hers is 
 the winning side.' 
 
 965. 8e (not re) is required in expressions of this kind answering an 
 implied fxev, where there is no change of construction, e.g. Hec. 534 w 
 vol UrjX^cos, irarrjp 8' e/ws, 5e^ac ktX, Contrast Orest. 22 quoted on 
 supr. 430. [oeo-TTjrti/ r' MSS. corrected by Elmsley.J 
 
92 MEDEA. 
 
 971 — 996. Fourth Stasimon. The Chorus presage the catastrophe 
 that is approaching. 
 
 975. d|jL<j>l Kop-q, 6ij<r€t cf. supr. 782 d/j.(pLdy XP°'^' i^^fr' i'55- ^^^16 
 active is used, though she is to crown herself, as sometimes also with the 
 A'^erbs aTecpavovv, TrepL^oKelv, etc. (cf. in/}'. 979). tov "A(.8a Koo-fxov 
 ' the fatal ornaments.' 
 
 980 f. vv[JL<j>OKO(j.-i]o-€i ' shall put on the bridal dress,' which is to be 
 her shroud. The idea is the same as in Soph. Antig. 816 'Ax^povn 
 vvixtpevaw. Here. fur. 484 "AiSrjv vofxi^wv irtvdepbv. Cf. also Anth, P. 
 7. 182 (Meleager) 01) Vd^lov, aXK'Mbo.v iwLvvfji.<pt5cov KXeaptVra | d^^aro. 
 'Lxxcaxi phars. 8. 90 me pronuba ducit Erinys. ?pKos cf. Aesch. Ag. 
 
 161 1 Ibbvra tovtov rrjs Mktjs iv epKeaLV. So vcpavrbu a.jxcpi^X'qaTpov 
 Soph. Track. 1052, of Nessus' robe. 
 
 986 f. Traio-lv — PiOTo) a variation on iraihwv /Stora, the defining 
 dative being added on the same principle as in the familiar construction 
 with accusatives. Cf. Pindar Fyth. i. 7 cTrt ol ve0Aai'.../c/)arL../car^- 
 Xeuas. Rhesus 266 77 ttoXX' dypibjTacs CKaia TrpoaKeLrai (ppeui. The 
 grammarians call the construction crxvf^oL 'Iu^vikov. ov KaxeiSws ' little 
 knowing the full meaning of your marriage,' cf. Soph. O. T. 442 
 {Karaiadrj). 
 
 990. 8v(rTav6 [xoipas causal genit. used in exclamations either 
 without the article (cf. Alkest. 741 ax^TXia r6Xfxr)s, Orest. 412 o'l/xoi 
 CiLwyixlv) or, more often, with it as infr. 1023, 1046. o(rov irapoixet 
 ' how complete is thy ruin ' ; the preposition irapa, as not unfrequently 
 when compounded with a verb, adds the idea of the unexpected and 
 inopportune, e.g. Plato Thn. 50 e Tr]v avrod wape/xcpaipov 6\piv, Ilypereides 
 Euxen. 42 Trapa(f)d^yyoLO. 
 
 991. p.€Tao-Te'yo|jLat orov aX.YOS i.e. I change my theme to thy 
 sorrows, unhappy mother. 
 
 997 — 1075. Fifth Epeisodion. The TlaLdayioyos announces that per- 
 mission has been granted to the children to remain at Korinth. This 
 news, which he supposes will gratify Medea, in reality intensifies the 
 conflict in her mind between a mother's affection and the fury of an 
 injured wife, which reaches its climax in the scene which follows, 1014 ff. 
 
 997. oikSe supr. 46. 
 
 loor. This unmetrical line doubtless originated from supr. 918. 
 
 1003. ou |vvw5d cf. Aesch. Ag. 641 e\i(f>T)p.ov ruiap od irpiweL KUKay- 
 7eXy yXtbacTfi P-1-o.t.veiv. 
 
 1005. €cr<|>d\'qv supr. 64. 8o|t]s euayyc'Xou 'my expectation of 
 announcing welcome news,' in tragedy an adjective is often employed 
 
NOTES. 93 
 
 in this free manner, cf. aXwai/tos /Sd^is 'tidings of the city's capture,' 
 Aesch. Ag. lo. Cf. aho Here. fur. 460 5o^a e(;e\7ris. 
 
 1006. TJ-yyeiXas ol* -q'yyei.Xas supr. 884 n. 
 
 1007. t£ 8al KaTT]:j5€S J^. ^(rrti' ; Sal the colloquial particle comes 
 naturally from the nat5a7W76s: v. on sufr. 30. It occurs on good 
 MSS. authority in several passages of Euripides, e.g. Hel. 1246 Trws loX; 
 though probably Tiot in the two elder tragedians. 
 
 loioff. Kctrei Porson's discerning correction of Kpareis. The sense 
 here of /card is 'home from exile,' cf. Aristoph. frogs 1128. In 
 Medea's reply it has further the veiled meaning of down to the under- 
 world.' The Uai8. however supposes her merely lo dismiss his sug- 
 gestion, and turns to another topic of consolation ovtol fj.6yr} <tv k.t.\. 
 "One writes that 'other friends remain,' That 'loss is common to the 
 race,' And common is the commonplace, And vacant chaff well meant 
 for grain" Tennyson In Metnoriam. This he reinforces with an equally 
 trite maxim, Koixpias (pepeiv XPV kt^- (S" (pepeiv to, tG)V deiZ'v Phoimss. 
 383), cf. rindar Pyth. 3. 145, Thukyd. 2. 64, and v. on supr. 448 : 
 contrast <pipeLv inrep(p€v rds ruxas Here. fur. 1321. 
 
 101^ — 1075. Euripides in this pathetic and convincing scene shows 
 the final struggle between natural affection and revenge in Medea's heart. 
 In the utterance of her conflicting feelings a symmetry of expression is 
 preserved (see Weil ad loc): thus 1037 — 1043 correspond in form with 
 1044 — 1050, the distich alal' t'l dfdffio being answered by the distich 
 KaiToi. rl Trdo-xoj, the distich oiK av 8vvaifX7}p... by ToXfj-ririov..., and the 
 three remaining lines end in the one case with xatpe'rw ^ovXevfxara (1043), 
 in the other with x"pa S' 01; Biatpdepu) {1050). Patve is addressed 
 to the Uaidaywyos, who retires from the scene leaving Medea alone with 
 her children. She then gives utterance to her feelings ( ioi6ff. ) in a speech 
 which both in lucidity of style and in natural display of the emotions is 
 Euripides at his best. Again, as 951, many of the expressions used 
 admit of a double interpretation [alvcyfiaTu^dus schol.), the more sinister 
 meaning being obvious to those who know what she really meditates. 
 
 1020 ff. ova<7-9ai (cf. ourws bv(x[ir(]v rdv reKvcjp Ar. Thesni. 476) 
 explained in detail 1032 f. Xovrpd— avao-x^Oetv. The customary 
 
 ceremonials at a Greek marriage, cf. Phoiniss. 344, Troad. 308. The 
 word d7?)\ai {KO(nxr\<jaC) is chosen as a general term applicable to 
 the three substantives. avGaSias v- on supr. 990. 
 
 1024. aXXcos apa ktK. Cf. Troad. 753 cJ xpwros TjSd Trv€v/.ia (cf. 
 z'ftfr. 1070), 6td /cez'Tjs &pa \ ev airapydrcL^ ae p-aarbs i^idpexp' ode \ fxarrju 
 5' ifxbxOovv Kai KaT€^dv6r]v irdvois, infr. 1276. 
 
94 MEDEA. 
 
 1029. €v irepio-TeXciv 'decently enshroud,' the technical phrase 
 [Ov'i^ fasti 3. 560 dare iiisia), cf. Alkest. 664, Herod. 6. 30, cf. Hermes 
 ap. Stob. ojs Mov TrepLdT^Wuv. 
 
 1030. oXwXe 8t] this force of 5?) approaches that of apa, cf. 
 com. frag, adesp. ouxt irdpTcov yuera/SoX-/; 7Xi'/cera S'^ (si ver. lect.); and 
 differs from cases where it resembles rjdT], as Soph. Track. 1145 (ppovQ) drj 
 ffvfKpopds iV eara/LUv. So /;z/r. 1062. For its position cf. Hippol. 778, 
 789, 1093, Stippl. 521, Hei-akl. 665, Aesch. P. V. 987, /;//>-. 1308. 
 
 1034. es dXXo <r\T](ia the veiled meaning is of course the condition 
 of the departed ; cf. dWov ^ibrov Hippol. 195. So Philiskusa/. Plutarch 
 vit. Lys. 3 (on the death of Lysias) rov 70,^ es aXko uxvi^^ pLedapfxoadivra 
 Kal aWoLS I iv Kocrp-oiaL ^lov kt\. 
 
 1037. KapSCa cf. ift/r. 1237 and on supr. 852. 
 
 1046. KGKi]s the genit. as supr. 990. ri Kal rrpoiria-Qai *to 
 think of my even admitting... !' Kai emphasizes the verb, cf. Plato rep. 
 388 d el Kal eirioL avT(^ kt\. For the infinitive in exclamation, cf. Soph. 
 T/iil. 234 etc. (In Alkest. 832 dXXa (jov to /xt] cppdaai the use of the 
 infin. is the same, but depends on aov (possessive genit.), the construction 
 being as in Oavfxd^eLu -nvds rt, e.g. Plato Gorg. 449 b dya/xai ye crov ras 
 aTTOKpicreLs. 
 
 1048. oTw 8e (XT] ktX. With this stern warning, modelled on that 
 customary before the offering of a sacrifice, she forbids the Chorus 
 to attempt any interference. 
 
 1050. ov 8ta<j)0ep<u cf. Terence Hecyra 4. 2 sed non mimiarn metim 
 consilium, Aesch. Ag. 922 {hiacpBdpeiv ypdo/xrjv). 
 
 105 1. \i.r\ (TV ye, like fiij djjra, is a formula of deprecation (cf. 
 Valckenaer ad Phoiniss. 535), so Ion 1335, Bacch. 951 etc. 
 
 1053. lK€i (leG' -qixwv These words are usually thought corrupt, on 
 the ground that hKei p.eff rjjuiQv ^Qivres contradicts what follows ; but the 
 meaning is, 'in the land of exile they will cheer thee if they continue alive 
 with me,'?.^. as I continue. <rg sc. w dvixL The force of jxed' ijfiQv here 
 may be illustrated by pufjrpos fxira, 'as your mother does,' supr. 892 (see 
 note).^ The chief emphasis is on fcDirej. Now that the children have 
 been allowed to remain at Korinth (997) the thought that they are still 
 alive and the hope suggested above (loio) that they may bring her 
 back will inspirit the lonely exile. But the image of their forlorn and 
 despised condition in her rival's home then recurs, the three lines 
 1051 — 53 being answered by the three lines 1054 — 56. That shall 
 never l)e: and the thought of keeping them alive is abandoned, ei55at,uo- 
 volT-qv — dXX' cK-e? [i.e. in tlio underworld) 1068. 
 
NOTES. 05 
 
 1057 8. These lines, which are found infr. 1235, 6 in an appro- 
 priate connexion, are probably here an interpolation, as 1059 foUows 
 more naturally from 1056 in which the subject (^ ripawoi) of eK06.|erac 
 is suggested. See preceding note. 1060. Kal 81) .«/r. 386. ^ 
 
 1064. upoo-€tir€tv 'bid them farewell,' cf. Alkest. 610 irpocdirar 
 k^iovcrav vaTarriv 686v. _ 
 
 1062 f. aXXd (€lixi yap, Kal tt^VvI/o, . . . ) Poi5Xop.au... of. tn/r. 
 ,3^i_3. rovade, accompanied by a gesture. rXvfiopcar^pay in has a 
 double significance; she is about to despatch them on a cruel errand (as 
 the innocent ministers of death to Glauke, stij>r. 779 'r^^'/"«' T^P ^'^^o'^^' 
 ktX ) rX-OfJ^cov in the same sense as s^^r. 860, and presently to send them 
 on the sad journey to the grave {^e^rjKep i] rdXacva t^p Trapvardrrjp 
 6dQv a^acrwu Soph. Track. Su)-^ worse fate than exile. [The line was 
 suspected by Pierson {vertsim. p. 5^), ^^d recent editors eject it as 
 inharmonious with the double sense which they see in 1062, 'into 
 exile' and 'into the house to murder the children.' But that hne 
 merely resumes 1019 iy^ 8^ /crX.-the double sense, as repeatedly in 
 this speech, lying in the expression used of the children m line 1063.] 
 1074. The keynote of Medea's character. Cf. Ovid met. 7. 19- 
 1076— mo. This system of anapaests sung by the Chorus marks 
 the interval during which the tragedy in the palace is taking place 
 (v! infr. nil, 12) as is presently to be narrated in detail (1116). 
 They becrin by continuing a previous train of thought {su^r. 424 ff. oi 
 yap iv il^eripa kt\.) dXXa yap icrnu ktX. (loSo) and go on to reflect 
 upon the trials and anxieties of parents (1085). 
 
 1076 8id X. |x{;ecov ^ixoXov (V. supr. 867) cf. Alkest. 962 iy<h Kal 8<.^ 
 fiovaas (V. mfr. 1080) | Kal f^erdpaco, U<^, Kal \ 7rXei<rro:u a^^dp-evo, 
 Xbywv I Kpelacfov ovhev rjvpov ktX. 
 
 1083. v-iav h iroXXois {e miiltis unam Ovid a. am. 344). The 
 reading of Elmsley here is certainly right. The phrase is the affirmative 
 form of ers oijUU. Cf. Herakl. 327 -Kavpwv ii^r dXXiau • ^Pa ydp h ttoXXocs 
 Uo^% 1 eOpots dV. t6 yvvaiKi^v sc. yho<^ is added because of the inter- 
 ruption by the parenthetic p.lav -L<si^%. 1086. a'7r€ipot supr. 667. 
 
 1091. ot>xi TvxovTes usually taken as oi'xi rvx(^vTe% {rkKvi^v), paren- 
 thetic. I understand it rather as governing the implied to r?5u koL 
 dviapbv, ' not having found {o<iyl Tvxbvres airb) the blessing or bane— 
 whichever it be—of children, because they have not made Ae ex- 
 periment [81 dTreipoavv-qv), escape a host of troubles.' cl'O' ii8v ktX. 
 depends formally on 8C direcpoavpm; i.e. by not having experimented in 
 their own case whether TratSes are r\8h or dviaphv they, going without it, 
 
96 MEDEA. 
 
 escape the troubles which are inevitable to parents. (loxGcov, family 
 cares, cf. supr. 1025 dWois 5' ifiox^ovv ktX. So Aesch. Jg. 54 
 irovou opToKixoiv oX^aavres. For the constr. of Tvx^ivres cf. Aescli. 
 Cho. 711 TV'Yx^v^'-^ T^ irp6a-(popa, and on suj!)r. 338. [Reiske suggested 
 ovxi- reKovres.] 
 
 1098. Iirl i.e. whether in return for their trouble they are to have 
 etc. For iirl expressing the ferms or conditions, cf. Monk ad Hippol. 
 459 XP^" ^' ^^' p'qroi'i dpa \ Tarepa (pvTeveiv. 
 
 1 10 if. TracLV 6vT]T0i(ri depends on KaKov, corresponding to eW' 
 r]dv ^poTOLS dr duiapof (1090). koXBt] v. on supr. ^86. oKisstipr. 629. 
 
 ii04ff. 61 8^ Kvpy\<ra.i ktX. The reading ovtojs, recorded in B 
 {ovT()} L), seems right, not ovtos mss. rel. and edd. recc. {SaifjLOJv dXo6s 
 Prinz). ovTws is explained by the following line (1106), and would not 
 be represented in an English sentence. ' If it so befall, the children's 
 spirit of Life vanishes to the world below transformed to Death 
 carrying away their bodies.' The idea suggested is similar to that of 
 edi'aros taking the place of "Epws in reference to the death of a bride, 
 see on supr. 980. d KvpriaaL = el tvxoI; 'as likely as not.' t^kvojv is 
 kept to the end in order to define (rw/xara as well as daifxcov. [Weckl. 
 brackets 11 06. Verrall behold (o5ros) the Angel of their fortune floiun 
 to the other world in the shape of Death bearing etc.] 
 
 iro7ff. XiJ€t supr. 565. iratScov '^v€K€V i.e. such a Xi/tt?? out- 
 
 weighs the blessings implied in TraZSes. 
 
 1 1 1 1 f. The words of Medea, who has remained upon the stage 
 during these anapaests of the Chorus, recall the attention of the 
 audience to what may have happened within the house when the deadly 
 ornaments were received. 
 
 II 12. ol 'iroP'qtrcTai schol. ttjv airb^acnv tov Trpdy/naTOS. Cf. infr. 
 1303 oiK olad' ol kukQu iXrjXvOas. 
 
 1 1 16. The Messenger enters breathless with news of the cata- 
 strophe, which he describes in detail in the prjcns 1131 — 1225. 
 
 1 1 18. Xtirovcra TrapaXnrovaa, neque navem tu neve currum spertie 
 sed qtiavis effugiendi occasione titere. (Pflugk.) Cf. Soph. Trach. 6^6 
 iToX6K(t}Trou bxvf^C' vaos. Here however these highflown phrases seem 
 unwarranted and cumbrous; perhaps they represent the Messenger's 
 endeavour to be emphatic and sensational. The style of the actual 
 narrative (1131 f.) is clear and graphic enough. 
 
 ii24f. <|>pov€iS \J.iV 6p0d ktX. cf. supr. 671. Ar. dirds 1214 
 vyialpei^ fxiv; This interrogative iJLkv is used where the question v; only 
 formal [in interrogafione figurata Hermann), the speaker assuming an 
 
NOTES. 97 
 
 affirmative answer, but hinting that a doubt may be felt. Our phrase ' I 
 presume that... ' is perhaps the best rendering. ■qTis supr. 192. 
 
 1 128. jJLii o-ire'pxov i.e. 'compose yourself,' that you may be able 
 to give a clear and detailed account. 
 
 1 1 5 1 f. TeKVwv Siirrux^os -yovTl h'nrrvxo% and TpiirTvxos are often used 
 by Euripides (not by Aeschylus, and by Sophokles only /rag. 164 olirrvxoi. 
 odvyaL) as a poetical variation for the simple numerals [e.g. Phoiniss. 1354 
 dlvTvxot TToides) on the same principle as rpi^vyois deaiai Hel. 357 ; 
 opdoirovs irdyos Soph. Aniig. 985: oidcppuu irerpa Aesch. Suppl. 803: 
 CTelx'^ Koivu(ppu}i> TrarpL Ion 577, as more ornate forms of koivq% etc. So 
 ofjidirTepos, irvKvoirTepos etc. Distinguish from sucli cases the numerous 
 poetical compound epithets in which the idea of the noun they qualify 
 recurs, as supr. 176 ^apvOv/xop opydv (for the simpler dpryriv ^apelav), 
 KaKOTvx^'is woTfioi Hippol. 668, evopp.ov% XtjueVas Troad. 124, j'eoS^uvJres 
 ydp.oi infr. 1367, XeKrpojp veoyd/xcop infr. 1345, veoi^vyox) pv/x(p7js supr. 
 S79. oop.ovs Jz<!/r. 623. 7rapT]X0€ 'entered,' m/r. 1200, 1271. Plu- 
 tarch Themist. 29. Theokr. id. 15. 60 {irap^vQuv evixapis); Eur. El. 1337. 
 
 1139. The word davixd^eLv is used of respectful demeanour, as Eur. 
 El. 519 pLoKCov d' ida-up-aa' ddXiov tv/jl^ov irarpos. 
 
 1 142. [isvToi answering fxh is an Attic idiom, e.^. Antiphon tt. tov 
 XopevT. 3 6 fiev ovv dyccp efioi fiiyiaTos, i]yovp.at fxefTOt Kai vp.lv irepl 
 iroXKoO elvai. Isokrates 15. 62 etc. 
 
 1144. iraiSwv |ivo-ax0€icr* €l(ro8ovs, i.e. showing disgust at the 
 entrance of Medea's children. This touch, and that in line 1141, are 
 excellently designed by the poet to give in passing an unpleasing 
 impression of Glauke's personality, lest in the minds of the spectators 
 so much pity for her tragic end should be excited as to spoil the 
 dramatic effect of the concluding scenes. The result is the more 
 successful because Euripides does not labour the point, but allows it 
 to slip out apparently in accidental fashion. 
 
 ii45f. d^iQpii supr. 455. ov [itj e<r€i...'iraij<reL 8^... Gr. Gr. 292, 
 Bacch. 343. Cf. Aribtoph. clouds 505 o\) p.y\ XaX^creis, dW aKokovdriff ets 
 ifxoi I dvOcas ti devpl daTTOv ; 
 
 ii52f. -Qvecre 'promised,' cf. Soph. Phil. 122 lirel cvvQviaa. 
 Trarepa Kai -iraiSas <r€0€v cf. supr. 1 1 3 1 , 2 . 
 
 1 1 59. cippais Ti6€io-a see on supr. 825. 
 
 ii6of. iroXXd iroXXcLKis ' again and again,' ttoWo, like irvKva. Plato 
 republ. 301 b: cf. Teles ap. Gaisf. Stob. p. 227 Opvirrei 5' 6 ttXovtos Kai 
 /naXdrret Xa/Swj/ TroXXd iroWaKis Kai rds vyieivas ^vaecs. tc'vovt' 
 
 Is cp06v here reVw;/ is, as Elmsley says, the upper sinew of the foot (not 
 
9« MEDEA. 
 
 that of the neck) which was straightened (dpddv) as she pointed her foot 
 to admire the fall of the tt^Xos over her instep, Cf. Phoiniss. 41 ttujAoi 
 hk viv I x''?Xa's revQVTO.'i i^ecpoiuiaaop iroddv {i.e. by stepping on his foot). 
 
 Ii64f. Kttl jioXis <}>6dv€i kt\. ordo est, koX dpouoLcriu ifiTecroucra, 
 fjLoXis (f)ddvei [rd] fxi) X'^/"'*^ iredelv. Ehnsl. 
 
 Il67f. T| Ilavos op"yds J^//<?/. to, iravLKO. deifxara. Cf. Hippol. 142. 
 Rhesus 36. irpCv 7' opa donee vidit. 
 
 1 169. d<{)p6v, cf. Archilochus, 139. ojiiAciTCDV 8' diro kt\. i.e. 
 dTO<yTpi(pov(xav dixjxiTwv Kdpas, the preposition cctto ' turning a7aay the 
 pupils of eyes ' defines exactly the expression of a person during a 
 moment of intense pain. 
 
 ii76f. tjSt] 8' dp.6Cpci)v KcoXov cKirXeBpov 8p6|xou /crX. In this 
 passage kCoXou must mean not the leg of the walker {^adiarris, 
 1 1 77), but a 'limb' of the diavXos (Aesch. Ag: 356 Kdp.\pai diavXov 
 ddrepov kuXou TraXLu). Euripides could not have placed the words 
 €KTrX. dpopLov as they stand unless this were intended. d/xeijSuv includes 
 the notions of traversing and leaving — ' passing from the kujXov 
 to the goal,' i.e. completing the distance. The full course is meta- 
 phorically alluded to in Eur. El. 883. What is meant here is, the 
 time an active man would take to walk a (XTadiov — a familiar distance to 
 any Greek — and the phrase is a more dignified way of saying ' about a 
 minute': cf. in comedy ivXeiv i} crTa5i(p XaXicrrepos {Ax. frogs 91), cf. 
 clouds 430. Similar periphrases for a unit of time are not uncommon, 
 e.g. Bacch. 736 ddaaov ij ae ^vvaxj/ai. ^X^(papa, for the proverbial rdxi-ov 
 rj dvafxvaaL nva, and the witty turn of phrase in Ar. Phitiis 737 koX wplv 
 a^ KOTuXas hv irtfuv olvov — oeKa, \ 6 UXoutos, w deairoLv', dveicrrrjKei 
 ^X^TTCOP. So Soph. O. Zl 718 iraidos de /SAd.jras ov 5Uaxop ij/xtpaL \ rpHs 
 Ka'i...'4ppi\pev ktX., for 'not three days after the child's birth.' But in 
 Hippol. 1 1 86 the Messenger is more colloquial, nal daaaov rj Xeyoi tls 
 ktX. [Wecklein retaining the MSS. dueXKup (see Appendix) is obliged, 
 of course, to take it as referring to the ku>Xop of the ^adiaTrjs. But, 
 besides the objection to this urged above, the word op^Xkup does not 
 (any more than hp cXk^^p Schafer) suit with raxiis ^adiaTrjs. In 
 Theokr. id. 7. 21 ^Xk€ip irodas, there is the natural implication of slow 
 movement, which is seen in ^Xkclp fiioTOP, etc. Nor does Weckl.'s 
 citation of Soph. Antig. 224 rd^ous vwo \ 5vairpovs t.vdj'w kov^op i^dpas 
 TToda serve to remove the difficulty. I feel satisfied with Stadtmiiller's 
 dp-d^oip lor two reasons: (i) because dpeXKuv might (in minuscules) have 
 been quite easily a mere misreading of it, (2) because with d/j,€ifio}p, 
 of which the meaning is not obvious unless it be seen that kuXop does 
 
NOTES. 99 
 
 not bear its literal sense, alteration (or mistake) was more likely than 
 with a word such as di'e\<9wj', which Lenting proposed. Both lines 
 are held by Dindorf to be an interpolation, propter praecedens ttvkvoIs 
 BpofirjfMaaiv confictos (1180); a view which, as Wecklein justly remarks, 
 is little likely to commend itself. Weil (who understands /cviXov as 
 above) reads ■fih-r\ 5' a.veCKdiv.'l 
 
 1 178. Tj 8^ 'when she...,' paratactic constr. instead of subordinate. 
 €| dvavSov Kttl |JLv<ravTOS ojijiaros, i.e. recovering the use of speech and 
 sight, ii denotes change of state, as Soph. 0. T. 454 {TV(p\bs iK 
 dedopKdros) and often. La concision hardie de la tournure ne doit pas 
 faire suspecter la lefon says Weil, I think with justice. cLfavbov does 
 not agree with o/.LiJ.aTos, which is added to fxvaaPTos in order to define 
 the meaning. The separation of i^ dvaudov from what follows is 
 allowable, since the phrase is complete in meaning as soon as pro- 
 nounced; so Soph. /n?^. 787 {aeXrjVT]) e^ d57]\ov TrpQrov ^px^rai via, 
 where the idiom is the same. 
 
 1187 f. dpapoTtos kt\. 'but the fastenings being gold held firm,' 
 i.e. the ttXo/cos xP^a-n^aros (944) refused to give way, as a aT€(pai>os 
 without metal would have done. The translation suggested assumes 
 an unusual apposition, which is however intelligible as XP^'^^^ ^i^" 
 mediately follows avudeafxa. The alteration avvdea/xa xpucoOj' el^e 
 (Herwerden), sc. aT^cpavou, is adopted by some editors, but it is difficult 
 to see why XP^<^^^ replaced it in the MSS. ; and dpap. §x^iv is more 
 naturally translated as above, like (yvyKoWcas ^etv et sim. irupl (so 
 Weckl. for mss. trvp. The contrary error occurs in To7i 84) cf. Iph. 
 T. 1 128 XafiirovTai. irvpi. 
 
 iigif. ttXtIv tw TCKovTi ktX. probably, as in English, approaches 
 the colloquial. Similar expressions are found in the comedians. 
 8tjXos v. on supr. 432. 
 
 1 195. ireuKuvov 8aKpu i.e. pitch. Seivov Qia\ia snpr. 644. 
 T200. irapeXGwv 8wp.a cf. Soph. Antig. 1255 So^tous irapaareixovTa. 
 See on supr. 1132. 
 
 1204 f. TvfjLpov, cf. TVfx§Q-fipwv. Hcrc yipovra is an adjective, as 
 Soph. 0. C. 1259 {y^pwv TTLvos), etc. rCQT\<Ti supr. 696. 
 
 1211 ff. TJ 8' dvT€Xd|vTO i.e. he could not get himself free from the 
 adhering tt^ttXos, cf. 1208. el 01701 — ecnrdpao-o-c cf. Iph. T. 325, 
 
 Alkest. 755 dXX' et Ti p.T\ (p4pOLp.€v, Corpvvev (pepeiu, Gr. Gr. 270. 
 
 1213. dirco-p-ri exstinctus est, /cat ixedrjKe xpvxvi' '• xal being ex- 
 planatory. Cf. 7)'m. lex. dwej^r]- Tedv-qKev. and Ruhnken's note. 
 Valckenaer Diatribe c vi. p. 57. 
 
loo MEDEA. 
 
 iai6. iroGcivi] SaKp-ooicri <ru(JL<})opd equivalent to iroSouaa SaKpva 
 (7Vf.'.(popd [schol. avTi toxj d^LodaKpvTos avuKpopd), a poetical inversion. 
 Cf. TTvpi jjAXovffav data) (IXlov KaraaKacpdv) Hel. 196 ; and Matth. ad 
 Fhoiniss. 1303. Cf. also Aristoph. Plut. 276 {Kv^/mai) rd^ Tredas -rrodovaai. 
 
 121']. TO n^v o-3v I will not advise you what to do, avT-q ydp kt\. 
 See on suj>r. 459. 
 
 I 219 fif. The Messenger here, as elsewhere in Euripides, concludes 
 the prjats of the particular disaster with a few general reflexions. Man 
 is but a shadow. How useless to distinguish, as the philosophers 
 attempt to do, between evrvx^a and evdaijuLopial since in fact {ydp, 
 1223) no one exposed to the accidents of human life can be called 
 evdaifAcav. Aristotle etAics i. 10. 11 refers to this distinction, and 
 discusses at length the question Tr6T€pov...ovoha dudpibwup evdaifMovia-reop 
 
 1228. «s <rov crv}i.(|>opds olKTeCpojAtv non male scriberetur ws (re 
 avfKpopds oIkt. (Brunck). ere — av/xcpopdi (causal genit.) is the commoner 
 construction: cf. however Hippol. 1405 ipjxw^a toIwv koI irarpos 
 dvairpa^ias (Elmsl.). 
 
 123 1 ff. ToipYov explained b)- the following KTavo6crr] t. d(p. x^opos. 
 On the case of &yov<rap v. supr. 810. 
 
 1237 f- oirXC^ov, for the military metaphor cf, Aristoph. Ack. 368 
 ipa(nrL5d>(Top,aL. tL fjtc'Wojjicv kt\. ' why delay we to do the deed — 
 dreadful, but yet inevitable,' rd deipd KaKa, d\X o/xcos dpayKola : cf. 
 Herakl. 981 heivop re Kai (XvyypojaTdp, <5 yijvai, <j ^%et | veiKos irpos 
 &p5pa rbvoe. Elmsley writes ijlt] ov irpdaaeiP, which is certainly the 
 usual construction, as Soph. Aias 540, etc. But since the simple 
 infinitive can follow fieWeip, Soph. O. C. 1627 {ri /x^XXo/xep xajyaeij/), 
 etc., /XT] seems possible, as KuiXvetp irpd(Taei.v and p^r) Trpdaaeip. It 
 should however be added that the omission of oi in fii] oi is a common 
 MS. error. 
 
 1240. paX|3i8a schol. 7\ tQp dpop-^wp a^eais. So metaphorically, 
 of the theme inspiring a collection of epigrams, /SaX^tSa ^i^Xov Agathias 
 Anth. P. 4. 3. XvTTTjpdv v. on s!i/>r. Kadapdv KXrjda (ppepQp. 
 
 1243. Ppax€iav i]^€pav ktX. cf. Soph. F/n/. 83 pOp 8' ets dvaLdes 
 ijpL^pas ^po-x^ p.^pos I 5os piot, aeavrop. 
 
 1245. Suo-Tux.'ns S' lya> ktX. she brings her sentence to a conclusion 
 with an abrupt turn of thought. Cf. Aesch. Ag. 39 (XTj^o/xat) : and v. 
 m/r. 1313. 
 
 1246 — 89. Fifth Stasimon. The Chorus knowing the deed which 
 is imminent (presently signified to the audience by the cries of the 
 
NOTES. -oi. 
 
 children within, 1266) make a last appeal to the elemental powers to 
 prevent the murder — let not Ge suffer the pollution, let Helios protect 
 his own descendants. aAXa viv^ c3 0dos 5io7ei'es, Ka.Tiiro.vcov (1253). 
 The dochmiac metre suits their alarm and agitation at the crisis. 
 
 1247. KaTiSer' i8cT€ by the usual idiom the simple verb only is 
 repealed: of. 07-est. 1548 iireiraffev Heaev, Hippol. 1374 irpoaanoWvTe 
 fM oWvre, Plato Protag. ^i^ c {inLarduTes — araj/res). 
 
 1 25 1. irt'Soi iriTvtiv as Aesch. CAo. 47. avepcov in lyrics the 
 epic form dvepes is admissible, cf. Soph. O. T. 869 {avipwv). Eur. 
 Aeolus -27 r\ jSpaxu ret crdevos dvepos ' dWd \ iroLKiXiq. Trpairlboiv ktX. 
 Khes. 229. 
 
 1255. aXaov If the word is right (see Appendix) it refers to an 
 etymoh/gy of dXao-rwp as though connected with dXao's. But the text 
 here is far from certain. 
 
 1 261. Kal \. <|)6vov <|)ovos d|Ji. 'and wherefore at thy hands (crot) 
 doth murder follow on murder?' Cf. Orest. 1007 rwt'Se r' ajxei^ei davd- 
 Tovs Oavdrwv. 
 
 1263 If. x.°'^^'''''i "Y^P i^"^^- '^or grievous to mankind is the stain of 
 kinsmen's blood, which, with sorrow such as falls on the guilty house 
 of the murderers by the gods' appointment, affects the land they dwell 
 in': cf. Phoiniss. 1593 5td toi)s dXacrropas | tous aovs SeSoi/ctls ^177 rt 
 yrj irdOr] KaKov. BedOev like e'/c 6€u>j/ infr. 1281. Cf. Orest. 357 
 debdev irpd^as airep t]vxov. Hesiod scztL H. 22 kKTeKiaa.1 ixeya ^pyov 
 ol Aiodeu defXLS rjev. 
 
 1275. apKvtov |ic})ous cf. a yet more ornate expression Here. fur. 
 728 c5 yepoures, is koKov | ardxet; ^poxoiffi 5' dpKiwv yevrjaerai [ded-q- 
 fferai Pierson) | ^t<pT]^6poL(ri., tovs ireXas doKwi> Krtvelv. 
 
 127611. ct'pa S2ipr. 1024. ircTpos sripr. 28. aporov 'race'; 
 
 cf. a similar use of yvai Soph. Antig. 569. 
 
 1279. The woeful story of Ino was often treated in literature, inso- 
 much that 'Ij'oCs dxf] became a proverbial phrase. Euripides himself 
 wrote a tragedy on the subject. Cf. Horace a. p. 123 sit Jlebilis Ino. 
 Ovid met. 4. 416 fif. 
 
 1 281. 'Ivw According to the usual account Ino, after Athamas in 
 a fit of madness had killed her elder son Learchus {^laveh, iro^evcre 
 Aedpxov, Apollod. i. 9. 2), threw herself inlo the sea together with 
 her younger son Melikertes : where they were changed to ocean deities, 
 Ino becoming Leukolhea, and her son Palaenion. aeixvos UaXai/xuv 
 vavriXois KeKXi^aeTai, trag. frag, adesp. loi. Statues of Leukothec^ and 
 Palaemon are mentioned by Pausanias as standing at Korint'^ on the 
 
 H. M. Q 
 
i02 MEDEA. 
 
 road from the agora to the Lechaeum. But the details vary in 
 the mythographical writers, and it is possible that Euripides here 
 follows a different version of the story, in which Ino, having been driven 
 by Hera to kill her children, afterwards cast herself into the sea. See 
 schol. ad Aristoph. wasps 1413. 
 
 |xavCLorav €K Oewv cf. Hippol. \\\ ov yap 'ivdeos, c5 Kovpa, eiV e/c ITaf^s 
 eW "EKaTas.,.0otTas, v. on supr. 1265 [Oeodev). 
 
 1282 f. dXr) 'in madness,' dat. of manner; Gr. Gr. 234. <j)dvcp 
 causal dat. Cf. Herakl. 701 TOi)s y-kv /^dxea^at, ro\}% hk decXia [xiveLv. 
 
 1287. 2ti 'after this.' 
 
 1289. ^poTol% dat. incom modi', zi. infr. 1301. 
 
 1290 — 1416. Exodos. 
 
 1293. Set "ydp viv ■qrot "yfs <r<}>€ Kpu<j)0TJvai a pronoun is sometimes 
 repeated (cf. Porson praef. Hecub. p. xi), as Soph. Track. 287 o^mov — 
 viv, O. T. 1278 /A€ — /^e : but not at so short an interval as here. 
 Possibly Elmsley's 7^5 76 is right, rijoi — 76, ^... being frequently used. 
 But the redundancy would be natural to the state of high excitement in 
 which Jason speaks, and may be intended to give that effect. 
 
 1298 f. a\Xd ^dp supr. 1062. ^p^ov<riv sc. ohroi 01)% i8p. Both 
 ^dpaaev and ^p^. are qualified by «-a/cws : cf. on supr. 147. 
 
 1301. p.01 ethic dat. ti 8pdo-to(ri sc avrovs. See on supr. 93. 
 
 1303- oviK oIo-G* ol ktX. Cf. supr. 1112. 
 
 1307. Ti Xe'^cis ; Euripides has several examples of this future : it 
 represents the inability of the speaker to realize at once the full 
 meaning of the announcement made to him. Distinguish Soph. P/ii/. 
 1233 cS Zed, TL Xe'^ets; where the speaker foresees the continuation of a 
 statement — oii t'l ttov 8ovvai voels ; cf. O. C. 596. 
 
 1309. vtv i.e. T^Kva. Cf. Hel. 1541 lbu:v de vlv irapovras. 
 
 1313. TT]v Se Ti(ra)|xai instead of 'and her on whom my vengeance 
 for the murder shall fall,' an instance of the substitution of a finite verb 
 in place of the participial construction: see on supr. 215. 
 
 13 1 4. Medea at this point appears by means of the aiibp-rjfia above 
 the stage {dxov/j.^urj dpaKovrivois dp/jiaai schol.) in a chariot furnished to 
 her by Helios. Cf. Varro ]\Ienipp. 284 dixe regi Mcdcam advectain per 
 aera in raeda anguibus. 
 
 tC TCto-Se Kiveis Kuva|xoxX€ueis irvXas ; The line is parodied by 
 Aristophanes clouds 1397 c3 uaLvCJv ewdv KcfrjTa kul fioxXevrd, the point 
 lying in the ridicule of the new word avafMoxXeveu' for ajfOLyvvfai. (in 
 Jp/i. A. 1 340 Eur. has diaxaXar^ fxoc ix^Xadpa) : the words Kiuets and 
 dvai-ioxXeveis being in the parody both wittily transferred to express 
 
NOTES. 103 
 
 innovation of diction: cf. Soph. 0, T. 354 ourws avaibCis i^eKlvrjaas 
 ToSe I TO prjixa. See Plato com. 67 orav bitjfiai yoouiaiov prjfxaros \ tovt(^ 
 TrapicTTu} Kot /xoxXei'w ras ir^Tpas. The phrase of Heliodorus Ae^/i. i. 16, 
 an author who closely studied Euripides, ri rauTa KLveis Kava/uiox^evets ; 
 TovTo 577 tCov TpayudQv, referring (cf. Koen. ad Greg. Cor. p. 203) 
 to this passage in the Medea, has the same bearing as Aristophanes' 
 parody. It is thus easy to account for the confusion which gave rise 
 to the variant noted by Porson in the author of the Christus Paliens 
 who twice has rt rot'crSe KLvd% Kavaixo-xXeveLS Xdyovs; 
 
 13 1 7. xcipl 8' ov x|/av<r6is 'you shall never touch,' the tense 
 conveying more than the simple idea of futurity. The same use of the 
 future is found in Latin, cf. Plautus Bacchides 146 imo neque habebis 
 neque sinam. 
 
 1319. ^pv|ia TT. X^P°5 object, genit. Cf. Soph. 0. T. 218 6Xk'(\v 
 KaKWP, Orest. 1488 dauarov wpo^oXdv. 
 
 1320. |i€7iorTov kyJdCa-TX] the double superlative as Alkest. 790, 
 Soph. 0. C. 743 [irXeidTov avdpwirwv KaKiaros). 
 
 1 32 1. This line, which here follows naturally after 1. 320, is 
 probal^ly interpolated s7//>r. 467. 
 
 1330 f. Twv o-wv aXao-T. kt\. without connecting particle, being ex- 
 planatory of eyb de vvv (ppovQ 1326. irapeo-riov this version of the 
 death of Apsyrtus is followed bySophokles, see Introd. p. ix. Another 
 account makes the deed committed at Tomis on the Euxine, the place 
 of Ovid's exile, cf. Ovid /r/>/. 3. 9. 5 sed veUis hide nonien positaqzie 
 antiquiiis ttrbe \ constat ab Absyrti caede fiiisse loco. 
 
 1333. vvfj.<}>. 8e Trap' avSpl xwSe ' when you had come as a bride to 
 my home.' 
 
 1339. Xg'aivav The image of a savage lioness (Introd. p. xi) is 
 suggested throughout the play ; cf. again infr. 1355, 1404. 
 
 1342 f. 8dK0t|xt supr. no. Pindar Pyth. 2. 53 (ftevyuv Sa^os aoLvbv 
 KaKayopidv. t€kv«v |iiai4)ov6 Jason's frenzied anguish vents itself in 
 these startling expressions ; ' Curse thee for a foul witch, stained with 
 thy children's blood ! ' t€kv. /xiatip. forms a single notion, the genitive 
 depending on the ideas ixlacrpia and (povevs which are implied in /xiaLcpope. 
 
 1345. ovTc — ov cf. Soph. Antig. 249, 0. C. 972. So Here. fur. 
 642 ix-qT 6\^os ett], fiTj xpucroO Sw/xara irX-qprj ktX, 6vT](ro|j.ai supr. 
 
 1020. 
 
 1 35 1. (TV 8' ovK ^fjieXXes ktX. 'it was not destined that you should ' 
 (you were not on your way to), cf. Here. ftir. 462. 
 
 1355. irpos ravra defiant, 'So then...,' cf. Aesch. P. V. 1024. 
 
 9—2 
 
I04 
 
 MEDEA. 
 
 J256. irtTpov cf. Aesch. Ag. ii^^ii. ZKvWau tlvcl \ olKovaav Iv 
 veTpaicn, vavTiXwv ^Xa^rjv. 
 
 1359. \v(.i siipr. 565. l-^yt\q,s stipr. 1044. 
 
 1364. Xcxo^S <'"*!*^' y' 'H^' 'f'idst thou think tlie grievance of my 
 marriage (ye) reason enough for killing them ?' Cf. siipr. 1335. 
 
 1366. For Goi Wecklein proposes croD. 
 
 1370. I'o-ao-i STJTa for hr\Ta. assenting, ^vith a word repeated, cf. 
 Soph. O. C. 536 XO. Ifh. 01. I'cb hy]Ta fivpioov 7' iiriaTpofpal KaKwu. 
 
 1372. paSioi s2/pr. 61. 
 
 1376. The gods of the Akropolis were called aKpaioi (irapa to h 
 aKpoiroXei UpvaOai scJioL). Elmsley understands the reference to be to 
 the temple of Hera on the promontory running out opposite Sikyon, 
 citing Livy 32. 23 {provmnttirium est adversus Sicyonem, lunonis qtiam 
 vacant Acraeatn, in alti/m exairrens) ; but we should expect here some 
 further intimation that Medea is not speaking of the T^fievo$ at Korinth 
 
 itself. 
 
 13S4. Probably interpolated. See Introd. p. xvi. 
 
 1387. ({)Ovta ACkt] i.e. justice personified as the avenger of blood. 
 
 1 39 1 f. <rT€ix€— o-T€^X" cf. Soph. F/nt. 813 <f'I. ^/^/SaXXe xetp6s 
 irlffTiv. NE. ifx^dWu) [leveiv. 
 
 1397. irpoo-n-Tvlao-Gai the object (cpiXtop erofxa) is made dependent 
 on xPVt^^ t^e word on which the infinitive depends. The idiom is not 
 uncommon, cf. Hippol. 1375, Plato Gorgias c^ij, & iirixeLpWov iarl ry 
 7r6Xet Kal rocs TroXtrats depaireveiv. 
 
 1 401. jidTT]v ^iros ^ppiTTTai cf. Ifec. 334 ovfxoi ixh \byoL irpbs aldepa] 
 
 (ppOVOOL /JLCLTTIV pLCpdeVTCS Kt\. 
 
 1 4 10. ovs ixTJirore <j>vo-as o<j)eXov kt\. quos utinam \ minquam ego 
 geriuissem abs te ut caesos \ cernere cogerer ipse superstes (Buchanan). 
 60eXov [XTjiroTe iirideaOai, see on supr. i; the fact that here [i-qiroTe 
 precedes 6</). is due to the whole sentence being regarded as a wish, 
 cf. A"?5' o(pe\es Xiaaec-daL dfxvfMova UtjXeiwua Homer I. 694. So Lyko- 
 phron A/ex. 219 ws /jlt] ere Kddfxos dicpeX' ev nepLppvTi^ {"^(^crv (f>VTevaat. 
 
 1412 ff. These anapaests conclude four other plays {Alkest. Bacch. 
 Ilel. Androtn.) of Euripides, except that the first line is here varied 
 from the usual TroXXal tiopcpal tQv daifiouicju. The Phoiniss. Orest. and 
 Iph. Taur. have each the following conclusion, c3 fxiya aefivr) Nk??, tov 
 ifibv I ^loTov KCLT^x^L^ I '^^'- 1^^ XfjyoLs (rT€(pavov(Ta. 
 
NOTES. 105* 
 
 NOTE A. 
 
 MEDEA AS A SORCERESS. 
 
 KpdTiara Tr]v evOdav, rj ire^vKa/xep 
 
 ao(l)ol yudXicrra, (papfxaKOis avrovs eXeiv (11. 384, 5). 
 
 The belief in "wise women" {(papfj-addes), endowed with more or 
 less supernatural powers^, is of course very ancient. A knowledge of 
 the properties of drugs and simples easily excites in the popular 
 imagination the idea of witchcraft and occult wisdom. The possessors 
 of such knowledge have in all ages been prone to the use of spells, 
 incantations and mysteries of various kinds ; partly no doubt to magnify 
 their own powers and thereby enhance the value of their advice, partly 
 also, on a well-understood principle of the healing art. in order to 
 increase the faith of the patient in the efficacy of the remedy. Hence 
 the word (pdpfiaKov passes from Nature to Magic, denoting now the 
 strange properties of phosphorus, from which probably the story of the 
 treacherous garment of Medea and Nessus originated, now the en- 
 chantments of Circe by which men were transformed into the semblance 
 of swine, 01 Zh avuiv ixkv ^xov Kecpakas (piovrjv re rpixo-s re Kal 8efj,aSf 
 avrap vods rjv ^/j-wedos ujs to wdpos irep. In the Iliad Agamede the 
 daughter of Augeas is mentioned as one who " knew all the simples 
 {(pdp/xaKa) that the wide earth grows" ; and she is probably the same as 
 PerinieJe, whom Theokritus (2. 16) places together with Medea and 
 Circe. In the Odyssey we hear of a marvellous narcotic, vrjirevOes 
 (pipfxaKOf, exhibited by Helen, who was taught by Polydamna^, the 
 Egyptian. Similar medical skill is attributed to Oenone the wife of 
 Paris (awTTj oh (papfiaKovpYos, Lykophron Alex. 61), to which Ovid 
 Ileroid. 5. 147 alludes; and Medea herself, according to one form of 
 the legend, cured Herakles of madness at Thebes. 
 
 1 Lucian iii. p. 288 Reitz. Cf. Aristoph. clojuts, 749. 
 
 ^ Egypt was famous as a land ry nktla-Ta 4>epei. fei'Sojpos apovpa | ijiapfxaita, 
 (Homer 5. 229) ; and in this connexion it may be noted that Medea's countrymen, 
 the Kolchians, whom Pindar {Pyih. 4. 212) calls a "dark-complexioned race," are 
 said by Herodotus (2. 104) to be of Egyptian descent. 
 
'io6 MEDEA. 
 
 As a real enchantress, Circe the sister of Aietes', Medea's father, 
 bewitches the companions of Odysseus by her (pdp/j.aKa \vypd. She 
 resembles Medea in several points : in particular, she warns Odysseus 
 of dangers and preserves him from them, as Medea by her magic 
 power renders Jason proof against fire and steel in Kolchis. (Possibly 
 there is a trace of this idea to be found in the Iliad (0. 529) where the 
 TTVKipbs dihprj^ of Phyleios turns the steel, and is said to have come from 
 Ephyra^, which had the reputation of being Tro\v(f)dp/xaKO$.) The 
 Ktp/cat'a pi^a which can actually transform the human shape has, — like 
 Medea's herbs 'which did renew old Aeson,' or the charm laid by 
 Oberon on queen Titania's sight, — a magical potency of another order 
 than that of Helen's anodyne, or even of the vivax granien which made 
 the fisherman of Anthedon immortal. 
 
 The goddess invoked in incantations as the great patroness of 
 witchcraft and magic was Hekate^. As the Goddess of the Moon 
 viewed especially as queen of the influences of darkness^, inspiring 
 awe by her changing form and mysterious phenomena of eclipse^, she 
 was the natural type of occult power. Corresponding to the three 
 aspects of the Moon-goddess — Artemis, Hekate, Selene**, there may be 
 traced in Greek mythology three types of semi-divine figures more or 
 less connected with the Moon. Medea was grand-daughter of the Sun 
 {■yeyCbaav eaOXou warpos 'HXt'ou t diro, 406), and some legends^ make the 
 Moon a daughter of Helios. In her character as sorceress she re- 
 sembles Hekate, in the same way that Atalanta corresponds to Artemis. 
 The distinction between the three aspects mentioned above is of course 
 not always maintained in usage, but represents on the whole three distinct 
 sets of attributes. Afterwards her connexion with sorcery and magic ^ 
 
 1 Apollodorus, i. 9. The wife of Aietes was 'Uvla according to Hesiod T/ieoi: 
 960, a name which seems to have reference to the skill of Medea and Circe. For 
 the form cf noA.vi.fio? the soothsayer mentioned by Homer N. 666. 
 
 2 See Welcker, kleitie Schri/ten, 3. 20. 
 
 8 supr. 395 hi(nToiva.v riv...^vvepyov etAojotrjc. Ovid mei. 7. 194 Hecate quae 
 coeptis conscia nostris Adiutrixque vents. 
 
 * Eur. Hel. 570 vvKTi^avrov irponokov 'EvoSia?, cf. /o/t 1048. 
 6 Gall of goat, and slips of yew, 
 
 Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse. 
 
 (3rd Witch) Shaksp. Maci. iv. i. 
 
 * V. Roscher, Selene und Verwandtes, Leipz. 1890. 
 ' Cf. schol. on Eur. Pho'miss. 175. 
 
 The idea of the poisoned robe sent by Medea to her rival occurs, under slightly 
 different forms, in numerous legends: thus in the nforte d'Ari/iur khig Arthur 
 
NOTES. 107 
 
 became the most prominent feature in the conception of Medea. Later 
 writers say that she went to Italy, where she was called Anguitia. The 
 Italian fondness for spells and necromancy led them naturally to lay 
 stress on this aspect of her character, cf. the elaborate incantation in 
 Seneca's Medea, where after such preparations as the following: 
 
 mortifera carpit gi'amina ac serpentiiini 
 
 saniem expriniit niiscetqiie et ohscenas aves 
 
 maestique cor bubonis et raiicae strigis 
 
 exsecta vi'vae viscera. 
 
 addit venenis verba non illis tiiimis 
 
 metneruia. sonuit ecce vesana gradu 
 
 canitque. mmrdns vocibus prvnis tremit : 
 she invokes the divinity of the Moon, in the aspect of Hekate patroness 
 of the black art {vieis vocata sacris, noctium sidus, veni \ pessimos induta 
 voltiis\ to aid her designs. (11. 740—83). The legend of Medea, it 
 may be noted, was localised especially in places which were reputed 
 to be 'ir6\v(papixaK0L, as Thessaly, Thesprotia^, central Italy (Tyr- 
 rhenia), etc. 
 
 Euripides, on the contrary, in his play wisely keeps this occult 
 power somewhat in the background 2, and it greatly conduces to the 
 dramatic effect that his heroine impresses us as a woman, not a witch. 
 
 NOTE B. 
 
 tl-s "E/sws (t' ijvdyKacrfv 
 To^ois dcpvKTOis Tov/jLov iK(TQi<xaL Uixa% (11. 529, 30). 
 
 Eros, who in Aeschylus is merely a personification of the feeling of 
 love, appears very prominently in Euripides as a personal deity. We 
 have to distinguish the cosmogonic Eros, conceived as one of the 
 primal causes of the world, uniting and harmonizing the warring 
 elements of Chaos; whom Hesiod is the first to describe. In that 
 aspect Plato, sy?/ipos. 178 a, calls him one of the oldest gods, 701/97? 
 
 narrowly escapes being destroyed by a rich mantle sent as a peace-oflfering by Queen 
 Morgan le Fay. When (by the advice of the Damsel of the Lake) it was tried on 
 first by someone else, the wearer was instantly burnt up. 
 
 1 Cf. ApoUodorus frag. 170 'lao-tov d/uia -rr, MijSet'a eV 'E<^vpa rijs ©eo-TrpojTias 
 wapayei'Oiixei'os ktA. with Homer a. 259. 
 
 2 V. note on the episode of Aegeus supr. 658. 
 
138 MEDEA. 
 
 'yap "E/iwTOS oi/'r' elalv oure Xeyovrai. vir' ovoeubs oure idnLrou ovrf TTOiyjTod, 
 dX\' 'R<xio5js irpC}TQv fih Xdos (prjffl yeueaOai ktX. The lyric poets 
 develope the allegorical character of Eros, calling him son of Ti} 
 and Ovpav'js, or of Ares and Aphrodite (Simonides), and picturing 
 him as inspiring love in the human heart, the yXvKVTriKpov aiuKX^vov 
 bpTTfTuv of Sappho. Cf. Anakreon 65 rbv "Epcora yap tqv appbv \ fj-eXo- 
 fxaL '^pvo-To. fiLTpais I TToKvavdefJLois aiiSeLu- \ 6 5s Kal BeGiv dvvaa-Ttjs, \ 6 d^ 
 Kal ^poTovs Sa^tdfet. In tins character he is invested with the attributes 
 of the bo7i) and the iorch. Of the tragedians Euripides is the first to 
 represent him with the bozu (as Ij)h. A. 546 66 l drj SLdvfi" "Epws 6 
 XpvcroKbfxas tI^'' evTelveTai. kt\.), by which time the unerring bow and 
 shafts of Eros {to^ols cKpvKTOLs'^) had become a familiar image. The 
 idea occurs later with great frequency in the writers of the Anthology. 
 (See note on supr. 651.) In the domain of art Eros represented, not the 
 "E/)oj of Hesiod ( Throg. 1 16 f.), but the god of passion as we know him in 
 the lyrics of Sappho and Anakreon; and became the personified emblem 
 of fleeting and passing desired On the eastern frieze of the Parthenon, 
 Eros appears beside his mother Aphrodite as a slender boy looking 
 on at the Panathenaic procession. In the 4th century he begins to be 
 represented alone, and is often sculptured as a boy either holding or 
 stringing a bow. The statue by Praxiteles of Eros at Thespiae, where 
 it \\as dedicated by Phryne, was one of his most celebrated works 
 (Cicero Verr. 4. 2. 4), and excited enthusiastic admiration, cf. the 
 epigram of Leonidas : 
 
 GecTTTtees rbv "Epcora jxbvov debv Ik Kv^epctTj? 
 a^jpr', ovx erepov ypairrbv vir' dpx^TVTrov, 
 dX\' Si' Upa^iTeXyjs iyv(j} Oeov, ov irepi ^pvvrj 
 ^depKopLEPOS acpeTepojv Xvrpop ^5w/ce irb'^iov. 
 Vase-painters introduce him in various scenes ; sometimes in attendance 
 on his mother, bringing her perfumes in an alabaster box, or fluttering 
 round her. lie is represented with wings from an early period 
 (/cat Trrepoets ws opvLS irpiirTaTon. aWov iir' dWcp. Moschus, i. 17), 
 although the exact date is uncertain. On the cylix of Hieron (Berlin), 
 which is figured in Rosclier L^x. d. griech. u. ro>/i. Mythologie I. 
 p. 1347, are represented a number of Erotes^ around Aphrodite. 
 
 1 Cf. V. 631 [i.-^'nox', c5 Se'o-n-oti'', e7r' eVoi xpvai^iiv t6£<x>v e<^eir)S | iMep"? XP'-'^°-^' 
 a<\>VKTOv oi(n6v, 
 
 2 Cf. V. 626 epuiTC? vnip /oiei' ayar | eA06i/res ovk evSo^iav ktX. (cf. 330). 
 
 3 Cf. V 8jo ff. (the Loves escorting Aphrodite) alel 6' en-i^aAAo/xe, av {Kvirpn') | 
 vai'raicrtr evtoSij poSrojc n\!)KOv avOcotv neu-n-eii' epojras. 
 
SIGLORUM EXPLICATIO. 
 
 B = co(]. Vaticanus 909 
 
 B' = manus prima. ^ = manus secunda et tertia 
 
 b^ = b superscripsit 
 E = cod. Parisinus 2712 
 
 E' = manus prima. E2 = manus secunda 
 a = co(\.. Parisinus 2713 
 
 a^ = manus prima, a^-nianus secunda 
 
 a^ = complures manus recentiores 
 S = codex archetypus deperditus librorum : 
 
 L=:cod. Laurentian. 32, 2 
 
 L^ = manus prima. /= manus recentior 
 
 P = cod. Palatin. 287 
 
 p^ = manus prima. / = manus recentior 
 F = cod. Marcian. 468 
 d=cod. Florent. 31, 15 
 r = cod. Florent. 31, 10 
 C— cod. Havniens. 417 
 r. =:reliqui libri -^ 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 Table of deviations from Kirchhoff's text. 
 
 The following is a list of the deviations from the text of Kirchhoff 
 with the exception of a few slight changes in orthography or punctuation. 
 The more important cases are commented npon in the notes. The mss. 
 are designated as Prinz (Medea praef. pp. vii— xi ; cf. Neue Jahrb. 
 f Philol. 1875 P- 1^9 ff-)- See preceding page. Kirchhoff's B is repre- 
 sented by P, his C by L ; and the (lost) archetype of these two MSS. 
 is denoted by S. Wilamowitz-Mollendorff anahcta Euripidea p. 3 ff. has 
 the symbol * for this archetype. 
 
 Kirchhoff. 
 
 V. 
 
 5 
 
 apt(XTuv 
 
 
 vv. 
 
 38- 
 
 -43 vv. 40, 41 
 Kirch. 
 
 suspecti 
 
 V. 
 
 84 
 
 KaKos [y] wv. 
 
 
 V. 
 
 107 
 
 
 
 V. 
 
 123 
 
 e^ IJ.7] fieyd\(jjs 
 
 
 V. 
 
 124 
 
 dxvpCis T 
 
 
 V. 
 
 133 
 
 d\\' (3 yepaia. 
 
 
 V. 
 
 140 
 
 6 jj-kv yap 
 
 
 V. 
 
 149 
 
 iaxo.v 
 
 
 V. 
 
 151 
 
 dirXTjaTOV 
 
 
 V. 
 
 i8x 
 
 <pi\a /cat Tcioe 
 
 
 V. 
 
 182 
 
 (XirevaaL irplv 
 
 
 V. 
 
 194 
 
 evpovTo ^lov 
 
 
 V. 
 
 204 
 
 laxdi^ 
 
 
 The present edition. 
 
 dpiffT^iJv Wakefieldius 
 
 seel. G. Dindorf., Heimsoethius. 
 
 (41 MusgraviuS4i — 43 Hcrman- 
 
 nus) 
 /caxis 7' S KaKos r. 
 olpiUjyTjs. ojs interpunxit editor 
 iirl /XT] /xeydXois Th. Barthold. 
 T€ del. Musgrav. 
 aXXa Hermann. d\X u libri 
 Tov Musgrav. 
 dxdv Elmsleius 
 
 dirXdrov Elmsl. [dirXdaTov 13 EJ 
 yap F. W. Schmidt, 
 airevaaaa Schoenius 
 ri^jpovT oXftov Leo. 
 dxdv Harlung. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 Ill 
 
 V. 207 5' iT ddiKU 
 
 V. 
 
 217 
 
 V. 
 
 228 
 
 V. 
 
 234 
 
 V. 
 
 243 
 
 V. 
 
 246 
 
 Tovs 5' iv dvpaioii 
 KaKOV yap tovt' oKyiov 
 Xpeuiv 
 
 TTpOS (piXoU TLV Tj Tpbs 
 
 i]\iKa[s} Tpaireis' 
 
 v- 253 irdXis T^d' 
 
 V. 
 
 259 
 
 TOaOVTOV 54 <TOV 
 
 V. 
 
 262 
 
 rj T iyrj/xaro 
 
 V. 
 
 273 
 
 ai)v [cr]ai>T^ reKva 
 
 V. 
 
 282 
 
 Trapa/j.irix^'-v 
 
 V. 
 
 291 
 
 fi^ya areveiv 
 
 V. 
 
 304 
 
 Interpol, signif. K. 
 
 vv. 
 
 355» 
 
 6 dpdaais 
 
 V. 
 
 357 
 
 
 V. 
 
 360 
 
 
 V. 
 
 385 
 
 ao<pal 
 
 V. 
 
 442 
 
 tCjv 5e X^KTpcjv 
 
 V. 
 
 469 
 
 kukQs dpaaat^T 
 
 V. 
 
 492 
 
 
 V. 
 
 530 
 
 Tr6v(j)V d(pVKTii}V 
 
 V. 
 
 564 
 
 cvdaifj.ovoirji' 
 
 V. 640 8u}fxa[Ta] 
 
 V. 652 uKTcipev iradovaav 
 V. 690 r] irov 
 
 5' &5iKa E a/] 8e t &8iKa r.] " 5e 
 t' 07t2Cfn videtur ex 5' aii su- 
 perscr. t\ quod viiium haud 
 raruni.''^ Prinz. 
 
 5e om. R. Meister. 
 
 yiyudbcTKCi} Canter. 
 
 iKeivov yap t68' [Wecklein eKclvov. 
 S To05' It'. C T6d'] 
 
 xdpts. Weckl. 
 
 (p'iKoiv TLV^ t} irpos ifkiKOiv [dc <j>i\(x}v 
 (w ex corr. oS) W. Headlam 
 
 yap Hartung. 70,^ ttoXis b ir6Xts 
 
 0' 7/5' ES 
 roaovrov odu aov S 
 7}v t' iy. libri cum Eustath. ^v re 
 
 yqfiaro E 
 cavT^ L avT^ r. 
 Trapap-Trla-xcif S 
 fteraariveiv Nauckius 
 
 w. del. Nauck. dpdaeis S 
 86(TT. yivai Weckl. seel, s om. 
 i^€vprq<xei.% del. Prinz. (" non male 
 
 abesset." Elmsl.) 
 (70001 A. Dalzel. et sic Elmsl. 
 
 (xocpai libri 
 tQv t€ Elmsl. (<ra)j' re Person.) 
 
 rQvde libri 
 8pCovT etr' Weckl. 
 •^ b^ r 
 
 To^oLs d(pvKTOLS BE u (/ in 
 , marg.) 
 e'udaL/xovol/j.eu Weckl. (" quidni 
 
 legatur evoai/xopo'i/j.ev, ut oUoiixev 
 
 et (TiravL^olfxeada ? " Elmsl.) 
 5w/xaro Nauck. Sci/xa # # L. 
 
 ow^a r. 
 (^KTiaey Musgrav. 
 ou irov Witzschelius 
 
I 12 
 
 MEDEA, 
 
 V. 698 cTL^yi/wcrra. 70,^ i^v 
 
 V. 711 post hunc versum lacu- 
 
 nam iudicavit K. 
 V. 716 w^ M-' eTayy^Wrj 
 
 V. 730 T0VT0L9 8' 
 
 V. 732 Kai deCsv 
 
 V. 733 post hunc versum ex- 
 
 cidisse alterum signif. 
 
 K. 
 V. 734 ovK CLV Tridoio 
 
 V. 736 ^Xe^as 
 
 V. 747 Yalap Xa/JLirpSv B' 'HXLov 
 
 V. 772 post hunc versum lacu- 
 nam indicavit K. 
 
 vv. 773. 4 
 
 v. 777 versus suspectus K. 
 
 v. 780 T-Tjvde fXT] (pevyeiv x^ova 
 
 vv. 779, 80 suspect! K. 
 
 V. 821 aTro(pepp6iJ.€voc 
 
 v. 830 T diro 
 
 V. 831 rdv Kvirptp 
 
 V. 834 x^P°-^ sequente lacuna 
 
 K. 
 V. 835 aSpas suspect. K. 
 V. 8485. irduTcos iravTes 
 V- 857 (TXWets ; (f>6uu} 
 
 V. 862 OVK Slv dfidprois 
 V. 885 XPV ^' oj-LoiouadaL 
 V. 905 ydfxovs Tra^ie/j.iroXojfTOS 
 dWoiovs TToatL 
 
 IxevTdp [p-h Tap") Hermann, [xev 
 yap S yap r. 
 
 wv C [w # L uv fjt,' I r.] 
 
 5' om. Weckl. 
 
 Ko\) coniec. Reiskius 
 
 rdx O.V (Wyttenbachius) ttWoi ae 
 
 (Nauck.) 
 ibeL^as Ligonius (teste Elmsl.) et 
 
 Valckenarius ad Phoen. 531. 
 
 \kv X6701S S (3 yxjvai I in marg.] 
 Vola'i ddiredov "H.Xiov re 0u)s Bad- 
 
 hamus [yai % ^ E av sup. ras. 
 
 scr. E^ XafJiTTpbu ijXiov re (puis S 
 
 Xafxirpdu 6' ijK. (pdos B \a{xirpbv 
 
 i]\. 0dos a] 
 
 proscrips. Valcken.(773) et Porson. 
 drjdev icGT oiKilv editor 
 
 ttTTO, (f)€pp6p.€V0L Cfi 
 
 Tzapd Nauck. 
 
 TttJ 
 
 X^pas Reisk. 
 
 TrdvTT) wdvTtos Hervverdcnus 
 (TX'^o'eiS (povov; [BE <p6i>ov r. (povov 
 
 b (povov\ 
 oij rdv Porson. 
 
 XPW 0^' E <2 
 
 y. irapepiToKwvT^ iiretcfaKTOvs 7r6crtJ'. 
 \V. rieadlani. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 113 
 
 V. 907 dXXa vvv xpl)V(^ 
 
 V. 933 diraipofxev 
 
 V. 940 
 
 V. 979 XP^''^^'''^^'^'^^^ \j^^ ""''• 
 
 V. 984 VTrep^ev^erat. 
 
 vv. looi, 2 suspect. K. 
 
 V. 1007 KaTr](f)ei$ 
 
 V. 102 1 XiKTpa 
 
 V. 1047 Trpo^adai 
 
 V. 1068 evdaLfiovolTou 
 
 V. 1072 Ota re irpos vpLois 
 
 V. 1073 ola ToKfJLTjO'w KaKd' 
 
 V. 1082 iravpov 8tj 
 
 V. 
 
 1083 
 
 
 V. 
 
 1089 
 
 p-ip t' 
 
 Y. 
 
 1094 
 
 ^XdaTTjfM bpQ) 
 
 V. 
 
 1096 
 
 6pe\p<j}cn 
 
 V 
 
 1 104 
 
 Kvprjcras 
 
 V. 
 
 III2 
 
 Tpo(3i]<X€Tat, 
 
 V. 
 
 III6 
 
 Trapauofxojs t 
 
 V. 
 
 "34 
 
 5t' CjTOiV 
 
 V. 
 
 1145 
 
 yedftdos xoXoi' 
 
 V. 
 
 II75 
 
 5po,urip.aaiv 
 
 V. 
 
 II76 
 
 dveXKOJV K. ^KTrXedpov 
 
 V. 
 
 II77 
 
 dvdrjTTTeTO 
 
 V. 
 
 II85 
 
 dpaarda' e/c dpbvwv 
 
 V. 
 
 1188 
 
 irvp S' 
 
 V. 
 
 II89 
 
 Tocrcas t' 
 
 V. 
 
 1200 
 
 TrpoaeXdibu 
 
 V. 
 
 I2I3 
 
 diricTT] 
 
 V. 
 
 1148 
 
 irplv (f)o[^L\viav 
 
 V. 
 
 I25I 
 
 a 'ifxaTL 
 
 V. 
 
 1255 
 
 (povLau Td\o.Lvdv r' 
 
 Tip S 
 
 dTrapoGpieu Elmsl. 
 
 Medeae tribuit Barthold. 
 
 re add. Reisk. 
 
 VTr€K(p€ij^eTai L 
 
 pioscrips. 100 1 Valcken, 
 
 KaTr](p€s Cobetus 
 
 \ovTpd Burgesius 
 
 irpoaeaBai Badham. 
 
 evbaipovo'iT'qv Elmsl. 
 
 ol'a re TratSas Weckl. [ota # # # 
 
 B re irphs vp.ds superscr. B^] 
 dpaaeioj Meklerus 8pdv yiteXXw L 
 
 [ToX/x-qao} Plutarchus de vit. puf. 
 
 p. 533. Clemens Alex., Lucianus, 
 
 alii] 
 8k (cum Reisk.) Elmsl. U dr) be a 
 
 de Ti S b^ [S^ I) 
 fdav inserit Elmsl. 
 Ij.h Porsonus 
 eaopio s 
 
 dpexpovcn Brunckius 
 Kvprjcrai. d^ I \_Kvpyi(sa.i E a Kvp-^cras b] 
 'iro^TjaeTaL Cobet. 
 irapapopius [^Trapavop-ws t B a\ 
 di' oIkwv Weil. 
 x6\ov vedvidos S 
 dpap-ripLucLv Cobet. 
 d/xei^oif (Stadtmuellerus) iKirXi- 
 
 dpov (Reisk.) 
 dv TJwTeTo Musgrav. 
 dua^aa-' Weckl. 
 TTvpi d' Weckl. 
 Toaws S 
 
 irapeKdCiv Nauck. 1 
 
 direff^-q Scaliger 
 (poLvlav Aldina 
 af/xa TTeSot Weckl. 
 (poviUxxav dXa'u t Heimsoeth. 
 ('fortasse (povCicrav' iam Kirch- 
 hoffius) 
 
114 
 
 V. 1257 cipa (larav 
 
 V. 1 26 1 Sucr/x.ej'Tjs (povoi 
 
 V. 1264 <r»Jj'oi5a 
 
 V. 1265 ttLtvovt 
 V. 1270 
 
 MEDEA. 
 
 V. 
 
 1295 
 
 dwCTHV 
 
 V. 
 
 1297 
 
 (pev^erai 
 
 V. 
 
 1305 
 
 ■^ TTOV 
 
 V. 
 
 1330 
 
 Tov <xbv d\d<TTop* 
 
 V. 
 
 1353 
 
 oiid'—oid' 
 
 V. 
 
 1356 
 
 ir^dov 
 
 V. 
 
 1362 
 
 ou Tolvvu 
 
 V. 
 
 1368 
 
 elalv, wfJLOiy 
 
 V. 
 
 I37I 
 
 (TTvyy 
 
 V. 
 
 ^379 
 
 ■irpo(Td\}/ofxeu 
 
 V. 
 
 1401 
 
 5' ^TTOS 
 
 /xdrau dr] Barthuld. [fxarav S &pa 
 
 ixdrav BCE a\ 
 ^ap.ev7]S (Porson.) < (povov > (p6vo<i 
 
 Week], pro < (povov > <p6vos 
 
 (Weilius) 
 ^vvi^ba [Bi ^vv(3}5a E <xvv(^^a E^ 
 
 (xvvij3ba\ 
 iriTveL T Weckl. 
 cS depfxo^ovXov (XTrXdyxfov (quae in 
 
 Eur. Medea inveniri diclt schol. 
 
 ad Ar. Ach. 119) hue referenda 
 
 putat Hensius 
 Scicrei libri 
 (petj^eadai libri 
 oi( TTOf Bartliold. 
 Twi* au)v d\d<TTop' Weekl. {tQv awv 
 
 c ok. Weil.) 
 ovb' — oi)5' Elmsl. 
 irerpov Weil. 
 
 oijToi vvv [oUtoL vvv B ot) Tolvvv s] 
 eiVti' w/;i.ot Burgesius 
 arvyet Weil, 
 ■n-pojcti/'o/xai S 
 
INDEX I. 
 
 d^ovXlav, 877 
 
 a^pQs ^aiveiv, 825 (cf. 1159) 
 
 d7^Xat, 1022 
 
 dyvcjaia, 11 99 
 
 ddaKpvs, 856 
 
 ddoKTjTos, 1415 
 
 'AeXLov d/cTis, 1247 
 
 diXiTTojs, 14 1 3 
 
 a^Vf^os, 1045 
 
 afi;^, 668 
 
 d^ojos, 1297 
 
 ald^eiv, 1344 
 
 aiSeladat Xtrds, 326 
 
 aldepia (dreTrra), 439 
 
 aipeadat (pbvov, 847 
 
 aiqv/xidv, 19 
 
 alaxpoTTOie, 1342 
 
 aireiffdat. [irarpos), 937 
 
 Oi'wJ' ^7]\wt6s, 243 
 
 atwj' SrcTTreparos, 643 
 
 d/fiVSiiyoj, 248 
 
 aAcdpecrros, 636 
 
 aKpLiSws drjcro/xai, 531 
 
 &Kpois Kpaaireoois, 522 
 
 d\a I'ux'o'') 2 11 
 
 dXaaOai, ^^{:^. 
 
 dXd(TT(i}p, 1054, 1235, 1350 
 
 dXTj, 1282 
 
 aXis, c. verb., 629, 1103 
 
 dXXd, at least, 907, 937, 1068 
 
 dXXo9, redundant, 296 
 
 &\\oT &X\o<T€, n86 
 
 d\<pdu€Lv {(pdovov), 297 
 d/xadias vtto, 224 
 d/j.^p6<TL0s, 977 
 dfj-el^wv [kGiXov], 1176 
 dfj.-qxo.via, 642 
 dfJi-qx^-^GV KaKov, 446 
 dpLtWau Xbyiov, 545 
 diiiWav TToXvTeKvov, 556 
 dfj.(f>iX6yovs opyds, 635 
 dfKpnruXov, 135 
 dyadecTfidu, 973 
 d^aiJeta, 471 
 d^'amos, 725 
 dvaKoXetv, 21 
 di'a/UoxXei/et;', 1314 
 duai'dpia, 465 
 dfd^acra, 1185 
 dfaairdu tv/x^ovs, 1378 
 di'aa'xe^eij', 1022 
 di'aySoi', 1 178 
 dvepwv., epic form, 1252 
 dyriKeaTos, 283 
 dj'T7i'aa"(?ac, 237 
 dwddirrofiaL, 55, [357 
 di'6/x.ajs, 995 
 dvrdxV'^o- {^t^vov), 426 
 d^reXd^i^ro, 1211 
 dfTL/xoXiros, 1 171 
 dvTLTTOpos, 210 
 dvTiTeivetv, 886 
 dvTLTiaaadai, 261 
 d^'w irr>Ta/xQv, proverb, 410 
 di'wXoXi'^e, 1 168 
 
ii6 
 
 INDEX L 
 
 dirais ^ios, 665 
 
 diraWayai, 1372 
 
 airier], 14 16 
 
 airibwKev, 130 
 
 oMe'gvyy]^, 10 1 2 
 
 air eiprjKws, 458 
 
 dweipos, 66~j 
 
 aireipoavvT], 1089 
 
 aTreiT^Trw, 80S 
 
 direi'daBTjv, 166 
 
 direpavTov, 212 
 
 dvecr^r], 12 J ^ 
 
 diriffToavvav, 422 
 
 ciTrXdrou Koiras, 15I 
 
 aTTOt/^u.-fetJ', 31 
 
 aTToXts, 255, 64I 
 
 aTvop-ovaov , 1085 
 
 diropdTjTos, 821 
 
 aTTOCTTpocprj, 602, 79^, 12 18 
 
 dTTorai'/Joua^ai d^pyfia, i88 
 
 dirT6\€p.os, 638 
 
 apa, c. imperf., 1024, 1276 
 
 dpaia, 607 
 
 dpape, 322, 414, 740 
 
 dpapoTWS, 1 187 
 
 dp/fjywv ^[(povs, 1275 
 
 dpjJLOi, 13 1 2 
 
 dpoTos, 1278 
 
 dprioaKpvs, S98 
 
 dpTL<pf(j}Vy 294 
 
 dpoiixevri, 606 
 
 aa-77, 245 
 
 d(riTos, 24 
 
 d<7Kou ir68a, 674 
 
 acryXos, 387, 723 
 
 drd/) cu 76, 80 
 
 dre/cj'os, 712, 1089 
 
 drtMOS, 437, 691 
 
 dTifxoos, 1203 
 
 ai'-)d, 977 
 
 au^dS???, 104, 223 
 
 aiidadia, 620, 1023 
 
 ai^rots fieXddpoLS, 164 
 
 ai'ro/CTGi'os, 1249 
 
 cvT0(p6vTais, 1264 
 
 avrdx^i-pi- l^olpg., 1278 
 
 d(paip(iv {dpyds), 455 
 
 a0' 7](Tvxov 7ro56s, 217 
 
 dcpopfj-dadai, l 232 
 
 dfpopMUy 342 
 
 d(t povriaTWS, 909 
 dcppos, 1 169 
 d(pvKTiS, 530, 632 
 dipvaaapievav, 831 
 dxdpi.<XTOS, 654 
 d\pevdt]s, 354 
 d.\}/vx'^v eiKu}, 1 157 
 
 ^udLaTfjs, ri77 
 
 jSaX/SrSa (/3:ou), 124O 
 
 /Sd^ts, 1371^ 
 
 ^apvdv[iov opydv, 176 
 
 ^aaCKiKos, 18, 546, 955 
 
 §a<n\ls, 997 
 
 ^e^ovXev/xaL, 566, 888 
 
 ^id^eadai ti, 339 
 
 ^ovXrj'^of.LaL, peculiar use of, 259 
 
 ^pajievs, 274 
 
 ^paxelav r]/x€pau, 1243 
 
 yafir}\io?, 668, 1021 
 
 ya/jLOV(Ta Kai wpoSovaa, 605 
 
 76 p.hT0i,g5, 533 
 
 yepovra tv/j.^ov, i 204 
 
 yripo^oaKTiaeii', 1028 
 
 y\oj(r<xa\-;ia, 524 
 
 yvadfJLo2s dorjXoLS {(papfxdKCJv), 1 196 
 
 7oO»', 123 
 
 5a(, 1007 
 
 daipLCou, 961, 1 105, 1226 
 
 daKelu, metaph., no, 1342. 1363 
 
 (cf. 812) 
 BaKpvppoeTs, 1007 
 dafxrjvai Oavdri^, 645 
 SdTrretJ', 1184 
 5^ 76, in reply, 813 
 S^^ias, 389, 530 
 becTirbTLV, 689, 965 
 560r6, 889 
 
 577, ending a line, 1030, 1308 
 577^61', 780 
 S^Xos, fern., 1192 
 5^ra, with repeated word, 1373 
 5id \6ywv dcpiKveTcrdai, 867 
 5td pivdojv p-oXfif, 1076 
 8iaKvaiopiivovs, 164 
 CiaTTTdadai,, i 
 biacpOelpeiv (x^'ipa), 1050 
 5id(popos, 578 
 
INDEX I. 
 
 J17 
 
 StdSvai, in marriage, 696 
 
 di8vfjt,os, fem., 432 
 
 5tei5^fai, 517 
 
 diipx^rai, 1 158 
 
 di€<p6opa, gnomic, 349 
 
 dioyev-qs, 1253 
 
 di-TTTVxos, 1131 
 
 OLxoaTaTeiv, 1 5 
 
 8oKr]6ePTa, 1414 
 
 So^d^w, 939 
 
 8opv^€uos, 682 
 
 dpafxri/xaffci', 1 175 
 
 Spai' Tt, 289 
 
 bpaaeleiv ti, 93, 95 (cf. 1073) 
 
 8vadvfj.ias, 686 
 
 Si/(rtaTos, 519 
 
 8v(TKaTa.TravaTos, 109 
 
 5i;cr/<:e\a5os (pdfia, 420 
 
 Suff/xevaifOJ, 869 
 
 Si'crj'otai', 218 
 
 SvairepaTOS, 643 
 
 ovaae^eTv, 750 
 
 Si'ardXaii'a, T023 
 
 ScD/ta vvfKpLKbv, 378 (cf. 1132) 
 
 iy-qfiaro, 262 
 
 el—yey 88 
 
 eiXairivai, 193 
 
 ei's too'cOtov iJKeiu, 568 
 
 eia^oK-f], 1259 
 
 elra, 469 
 
 ex ^ewi', 1281 
 
 ^/f TovToov, 1098 
 
 ^/c Twv irpwTijov irpCoTOV, 474 
 
 ^K^a<n$ {drris), 279 
 
 iK^^^rjKa (et's toOto), 56 
 
 iK8i8dcrK€(T6ai,, 20^ 
 
 CKovffLi^ rpoTTt^, 74O 
 
 iKTreaei x^ovos, 449 (cf. 460, 707) 
 
 e/c7rXa7et(ra, 8 (cf. 637) 
 
 iKirXidpov 8p6/j.ov, 11 76 
 
 eKiroveiadai, 241 
 
 iKirpdcraeiu {(povov), 1302 
 
 iKTdveiv, raetaph., 584 
 
 ^KTLveiv Tiva, 267 
 
 eXetj' ^ovKevfiara, 372 
 
 "EXXtji/, 796, 1328 
 
 'EXXTjvfy, 1336 
 
 A7r/5es, 971, 1027 
 
 ^/ieXXes, *wert destined,' 1351 
 
 i/xfJL^veiv {6pK(^, 749 (cf. 748) 
 
 ^j' 8€ovTL, 1274 
 
 ej/ dvpaiocs, 217 
 
 evihiJ-OTOs, 732 
 
 ^^ ctJ^au'Soi', 1 1 78 
 
 e^QupuaOai (velKOs), 899 
 
 e^avaarrjaaL, 1 207, 1 2 10 
 
 i^auOaacra {ajjApav), 646 
 
 ^^eSoi; Kopijp, 309 
 
 i^eXlfXTravof, 795 
 
 i^ereiva, 1348 
 
 e^rjyov deovs, 740 
 
 i^7)VT\7]K€vat, 79 
 
 e^iacTi irdvTa KdXwv, 278 
 
 e^wTTtos, 62.', 
 
 eTrariardi'at, 444 
 
 eTreiaaKTovs yd/xovs, 905 
 
 iTrearpaTeveTo {irijiuLa), 11 80 
 
 eirrjveaa, 702 
 
 eTTt, c. dat., on terms of, 1099 
 
 eTri — Trapd, 193 
 
 eTTi SaKpuois k(j>v, 923 
 
 ein^dXXeiv, mo 
 
 einSeLU, 1020 (cf. 141 1 ) 
 
 eTTtSiSovat, 186 
 
 iinded^u}, 1406 
 
 iin.Kr]pvK€Vfj.ara, 733 
 
 eirivoiav, 755 
 
 €7ricrr)iiios {t6xv), 543 
 
 €Tl(TTdTrjV, ^'J'J 
 
 iirKXT^uecv, 924 
 
 €TnaTpit}(pg., 661 
 
 eirlcpdovQS, 303, 528 
 
 eper/JLuxrat x^P^^f 4 
 
 €p7)fdav dye IV, 50 
 
 ^p77/ios, 603 
 
 epTjfJLuxxas ^e, 90 
 
 e>u^a, 596, 1 319 
 
 epwres, 330, 626, 839 
 
 earr6fir)v, 1 1 38 
 
 iaireicrdaL (j'et/cos), 1 135 
 
 ecTTiav, 1 127 
 
 ^crw fieXddpov, 135 
 
 ^crw (ppevuv, 316 
 
 ^Ti, use of, 366 
 
 e5 iwoi-qaas and partic, 471 
 
 cu Tideadat, 921 
 
 cjJ(£77eXos, 970, 1005 
 
 €v8aifj.u}v )( ei)Ti/x^S) 1223 
 
 eUdeiirvoi Satres, 200 
 
 H. M. 
 
 iO 
 
ii8 
 
 INDEX L 
 
 evho^lav^ 627 
 
 ei(5o^os, 591 
 
 evKTaia 9^/xts, 169 
 
 evopKOS, 494 
 
 eu TrepiariXKeiv, 581, 1029 
 
 ei)irpb<Toi(TTO$, 279 
 
 eucrx'JJ^wv, 583 
 
 evTokfila, 468 
 
 evTpa<p'r}S, 915 
 
 eyri/x^s )( eu^aijucJUy 1223 
 
 ey0u^j, 1 1 93 
 
 eOxapts, 630 
 
 evd}5T]$, 836 
 
 e<p^\Keiv crvfKpopd^, 551 
 
 ((p^XKeadai, /ca«:d, 461 
 
 i(p€(xrLOS, 708 
 
 ^X' 'V'^i^Xos, 549 
 
 ^Xffj have a name for, 296 
 
 txmi'oj, 387 
 
 ^X^po-y ffv/x^aXe^u , 44 
 
 ^"a/xfi'?7S, 1 26 1 
 j'7?Au) (re, ironical, 60 
 j'^i' ^tt' iaoicrii', 122 
 ^117615 (6/3/ctots), 730 
 ^1/761^ metapli., 242 
 
 ^ — ^, paratactical, 235 
 ■;r^77et\as 01" ■^77et\as, 1006 
 ijdvirvoos, 835 
 rj/xTiaxero, 11 54 
 17V ^17 TTore, 30 
 'qpedicrixevov (in^evfia), 1114 
 7]avxaia, 304, 803 
 
 davaaifxoL 65oi, 376 
 6ava(XLp.ov yurjv, 478 
 davaroi, 197 
 davdrov reXevrd, 153 
 Oarepov rpoirov, 304, 803 
 ^ei^ei/, 1265 (of. 1281) 
 deoKKvreT, 207 
 ^e6s ("HXtos), 352 
 •Oep/xd^ovXos, 1270 
 dea7n<i}86s, 663 
 ^^Xw 7e;'ea»', 1079 
 
 rrw, 694, 793 
 
 Kai 5^, 386, 1 102 
 
 Kairoi, 187 
 
 KaKtadys, 1241 
 
 KaK6vvfi((>os, 206, 985 
 
 /caK'07UX''Js, 1 269 
 
 Ka/ccDs TrLrveLv, 55 
 
 Ktt/ctos (ppoveiv, to be mistaken, 
 
 250, 1009 
 ffaXXivaos, 830 
 KaWbiKos, 45, c. gen., 760 
 KaXXtTrpypos, 1332 
 /caXXioTei^erat, 942 
 AcaXcDs, ironical, 503, 587 (cf. 
 
 ,513) 
 KOLfiveLv, e re navali, 763 
 
 KapadoKC!}, 1 1 1 2 
 
 Kapdla, resolution, 853, 1037 
 
 Kacris, 1 331 
 
 KaTayr)pdffK€iP, 124 
 
 KaraCKOeiv ^lordv, 147 
 
 /cord^w, 10 1 1 
 
 KaTaTTveOaai, 833 
 
 KaTaaKrjxpal Tiva, 94 
 
 /cardcTTacrts, [ 192 
 
 Kararpuxecrdai, 1095 
 
 Karei, lOIO 
 
 KaTe^dudT]V (ttovols), 1025 
 
 KarepLO, iioi 
 
 /caT7?0^Sj 1007 
 
 KaroTTTpip, 1 1 56 
 
 KiKpavTai, effectum est, 137 
 
 Acevots (x^pas), 954 
 
 K^XPVfJ-f^i; be in want of, 335 
 
 Kexpvi^^^ovs crvf.i(popg,, 347 
 
 KexP'j^cr/J'^dO', 496 
 
 KTjdefiibv, 985 
 
 Kl^8r]\os, 515 
 
 KKXffds, 1208 
 
 fcXTjSa irbvTOv, 212 
 
 K\fj5a ^pevwu, 656 
 
 /c:Xi/5w;/a KaKdv, 361 
 
 Kvl^eLV, 567 
 
 Koiras X^KTpov, 435 
 
 Koa{xe7v X6">oi;s, 575 
 
 KoiKpLadrjaofxai, a medical terra, 
 
 472 
 Kovcpcos (pepeLv, 448, 1013 
 Kpivovixai, 608 
 KpV(pOijvat., 1 293 
 KTaadai, get a name for, 218 
 /cmi'eos, 2, 1258 
 
INDEX T. 
 
 119 
 
 /fWfcvTos, 1 1 72 
 
 Xa^tTTois ^eoO, 352 
 
 \d/jLTr€adai (Trvpi), 1 189 
 
 \ainrpoTaTov aitiepos, 824 
 
 XeaiJ/a, 187, 1339, 1355. 1404 
 
 XeXycrmevr), 256 
 
 XeTTTOS ixvdos, 1076 
 
 XeTTTos j/oCs, 528 
 
 AeTrros ireirXos, 781, 944, 1 183 
 
 Xexpta, 1 163 
 
 'KrjfJLaTa, 1 19 
 
 X670US di'aXoOV, 325 
 
 Xoyovs XeyeLV, 321 
 
 Xo^adtov, 1 100 
 
 Xovrpd, 102 1 
 
 Xi)et (Xvo-treXei), 565, II07, 1359 
 
 X(^(XTa, 930 
 
 ixaivop-evq. Kpudiq., 432 
 
 fidKapios, 952 
 
 jxavTevfia, 680 
 
 /idratos^, 333 
 
 /xaTTju eppLTTTaL, 1 40 1 
 
 /j.eyaXoa-TXayx'^os, 109 
 
 yu,e7dXws, 183 
 
 ix4yas (pLXos, 548 
 
 /jJyi(TTOv ixdicTTT], 1320 
 
 /xedijKe i/'VxVj ^^^S 
 
 fxtdop/jiiffaadac, 25S, 441 
 
 fxeWtcv fiiij rrpdaaeip, 1238 
 
 ^eXXeiv, with infin. implied, 753 
 
 fie/xTTTd, 953 
 
 /lej/, in interrogations, 671, 1124 
 
 /xev, no 5^ following, 657 
 
 ynev — fx^vTOi, 1 142 
 
 fievTcLpa, 698 
 
 p.epifj.i'TjTds \6yii}v, 1221 
 
 jxeaoi, 60 
 
 /uerd, Euripides' use of, 845, 
 
 892 (cf. 1053) 
 fxera^aXXeiP opyds, 121 
 /xeracrT^veiv, 291 
 fi€Ta<jT€vo/Ji.ai.y 991 
 fieriyvcoy, 64 
 yoereiy^ei, 599 
 ju^ /Aot o-y, 959 
 
 ixr]d4v, as strengthened /U-^, 153 
 IxijiTOT 6<peXov, 14 10 
 
 yu.?? (Tf 7e, 1051 
 p.iaL((>bve, 1343 
 /xiaL(povojTepa., 266 
 /Ata^ ej' TToXXats, 1084 
 PiLdaTope$, 1368 
 fj.vr}adijaoiJ.ai, 928 
 pA'aavTos ofip.aTos, 11 78 
 fjuvaapos, 1390, 1403 
 pivcraxOeiaa, 1144 
 pcopaveis, 613 
 fxojpias {dpiels), 456 
 /xcopias, els toctovtov, 371 
 fiQpos, fern., 61 
 
 vutav dirrjvrjv, 1 1 1 7 
 
 vavKXrjpia, 520 
 
 j'ai'<rToXe?J', 677 
 
 PLK(j}pL€vos, 315, 1 190 
 
 veoyap.os, 324 
 
 v€o8p.TJTes ydfMoi, 1363 (cf. 622) 
 
 j'eoi'{^7ou v6pL<pris, 799 
 
 i^e^os clp,oryT]s, 107 
 
 ^/ocret rd (piXraTa, 16 
 
 vv,u.<p€vdi]vaL TTcipd TiPi, 1333 
 
 vvix(pidLOS, 994 
 
 vv/j(poKop.r]aei, 980 
 
 ^01^^65, 1 1 36 
 
 ^eti'aTrdTou, 1389 
 
 ^upurepavaL (p/joPTioa, 34 1 (cl. 882) 
 
 ^vpLcpepeiP irdpTa, c. dat., 13 
 
 ^ui'dTrretJ', 1227 
 
 ^vpaprdp y^pos, 563 
 
 ^vj/e/)7oi dperds (^pwresj, 84O 
 
 ^wf/ryos ('E/cdT77), 396 
 
 ^i;>'y56s, 1004, 1265 
 
 ^vpoopida, 1 140 
 
 ot ei' //e<r(fj X6701, 814 
 
 ot KaKuiP iXy^vdas, 1303 
 
 ol Wo^vaerai., [ 1 1 2 
 
 olaKO(jTp6(pos, 521 
 
 oIk€ip, remain an inhabitant, 314 
 
 (cf. 780) 
 oIk^ttjs, 'j6g 
 oiKodep, of one's own knowledge, 
 
 239 
 olKTdpeiP {tlp6s Ti), 1228 
 
 0Z5, J«?.y, 950 
 
120 
 
 INDEX I. 
 
 oJffd' tbj /uLereO^ei., 599 
 
 oXjicos daveiv, 710 
 
 oXoKvy-q, 1 171 
 
 oi'aadai, 1020, 1345 
 
 d^tjdvfxos, 319 
 
 6^v(ppu}v, 639 
 
 d-rrXi^ov, metaph., 1237 
 
 ofjievv^TTjs, 948 
 
 ofiixoTOiv airOy 216 
 
 6/.io7ej'^ fiLOLcr/JiaTa, 1263 
 
 6fx6<Tiropos, 595 
 
 6fi(pa\6s yijs, 663 
 
 Way, 175 
 
 opycLS d^aipeLV, 455, 1145 
 
 dpyas TTOLeTcrdai, c. accus. partic, 
 
 904 
 opicraaa, 432 
 opKta G^/,«s, 208 
 dppu}8ia, 317 
 oi)5^»' ri, 190 
 
 ovdeva Kaipov, phis aequo, 128 
 ovKofxh'av, 1248 
 01) /X7J — 5e, 1 1 46 ff. 
 o£* TToy, 690, 1305 
 ourt Tavrrj ravra, 365 
 ot)x ei', dXAct uvpia, 947 
 6(f)e\ov, 1410 
 otpXelv yiXcora, 404 
 ocpXiffKaveiv ^jxiav, 580 
 0(f)Xi<JKdveLV [xoipiav, 1222 
 0XWa> 1 3 18 
 o'xXot^ Trap^Xeif, 337 
 oxi'pwS) 124 
 
 irayKaKLO'Te, 464 
 7ra7/ca/ca;s, 1 1 30 
 7rdyxpv<Tov d^pas, 479 
 wadeiv ri, 118 
 TraLOoXeTeipav, 844 
 TraLdoX^Top, 1 390 
 waidocpovos, 1403 
 7raXai7ej'?7$, 42 1 
 TrdXXeuKos, 1 159 
 Tra/j.(pdyov irvpos, 1 182 
 Trap.(pay]$, 1246 
 nai/^j <5/)7dj, 1 167 
 Trdi'r' ?x^*''> 569 
 TCLvra KoXijJV i^idai, 278 
 irdpTT] irdvTcos, 849 
 irapadaXTTOfx^PT), 143 
 
 wapaiT-qaei {tlv6s rt), 1149 
 
 irapaj-Lirlax^'-^^ -82 
 
 Trapavbp.u}s, iri6 
 
 irdpedpos, 839 
 
 irapeXdeiv, enter, 1132, 1200, 
 
 1271 
 Trape/xTToXdv, 905 
 irapecTTduat Xexei, 882 
 Trapearios, 1 33 1 
 Trapoix^i, 990 
 Trarpi^g. vocru), 1361 
 iredoL, 1251 
 
 Tr€8o<XTL^7}, I 1 18 
 
 irevdeiv rt^xas, 268 
 
 TrepiTTTV^as, 1 20 1 
 
 Trepicrcrctjj, 295 
 
 Treacrous, 68 
 
 irevKLVOv 8dKpv, 1 195 
 
 irrjfxaivovaa, 1395 
 
 Tnjp.ovTj, 1369 
 
 wiKpo^, tragic use of, 399 
 
 TrXrifXfjLeX^s (rt Tra^e?;/), 306 • 
 
 irodeivq, 12 16 
 
 TToXXd TToXXd/cts, n6o 
 
 7roXii7rXo/fos, 480 
 
 TTOXUTTOVOS, 1288 
 
 TToXuxo/oSois (f;5a?s, 196 
 iropLTraios, 754 
 irSfMirifjios, 843 
 TTopi^eip KaXws, 874 
 irpoddTLS, 1329 
 Trpopi]0ia, 736 
 Trpop.T)diav, 910 
 Trpo^evetu, 719 
 Trpooifiiov, 658 
 7rp6s TjdouTju, 768 
 xpos Icrx^os X'^P"') 537 
 Trpos ravra, defiant, 1355 
 TT/aos rd Kaprepbv {etfXi), 394 
 7rp6s (re 70J'drw»', 324 
 irpoaavres, 381 
 irpoaaTrreiv WX77, 1379 
 irpoa^oXrf, 1069 
 TTpoffyeXdv, 1026, 1 157 
 vpoa^adai, 1047 
 TrpoarjfJLaLvo}, 720 
 irpoaofXiXel, 1081 
 irpoairrv^aadai., 1397 
 irpo<T(pipeLv KaKOV, 78 
 vpo<j<pipei.v /Mvdoif, 189 
 
INDEX I. 
 
 121 
 
 irpocrojipeXrj/jLa, 6lo 
 irpoTi.fxd.v, c. infin., 343 
 irpocpiipeip, 1087, 1106 
 irpvfiv-qTrjv KaXcjv, 765 
 TTTrjvov apai ffib/JLa, 1294 
 TTvpyos, 390 
 vvpyovv xa/"", 525 
 TTvpov/xevr], 1185 
 TTws, qualifying, 119 
 7r<3s Av (iXo^yttaf, 97 (173) 
 
 p^Stor, fem., 1372 
 padv/xiap, 218 
 pi^eiv, 1289, 1299 
 
 aapKes, ii95> 1212 
 
 <T€fji.povs yey6}Tas, 216 
 
 (ri77jf dricrofiai, 66 
 
 aiojinjXds, 320 
 
 cr/c^i/'ts, 739 
 
 (TKvdpwirbs, 271 
 
 qo<p6$, complimentary, 660 
 
 (TTraj'ifeiv, 876 
 
 (nravL^e<rdac, 559 
 
 crw4px€crdai, 1128 
 
 areppos, 1026 
 
 (TT'^fttt Trap* affTT^Sa, 250 
 
 arofiapyos, 524 
 
 (TVfnre(f>vp[xh>ov^ 1^94 
 
 <r()j' ^6^, 797 
 
 (Tuyyp(LfjL(i}u, 865 
 
 (n'77;'a;(rTa, 490, 698 
 
 aupdecTjua, 1 188 
 
 cri'7X^'^^'* (So^o;'), 789 
 
 (XvyxvOetaa, 1000 
 
 (XvXKiqxf/oijLai [ttopov), 941 
 
 (rvfi^aXetp ^irr), 670 
 
 avfi^aKe2p ^x^pc-^i 44 't;f. 520) 
 
 avjuL^dWecrdai, 284 
 
 (TVfx^o\a, 612 
 
 <TVfjL(popa Kexpvi^vovs, 347 
 
 (Tui'TjSo/uat, 136 
 
 cvpdapelp, 1205, 1286 
 
 ffVVT^TTJKe, 684 
 
 avPTTjKovffa, 25 
 (Tx^/xa (/Siou), 1034 
 <rx77MaTtT€Tai, 1 1 56 
 axokifp ay eip, 1233 
 
 Ttt Xwcra, 571 
 
 TO, fjArpLa, 125 
 
 TO TrXeWa, 608 
 
 ra TrpaJra (7775', 912 
 
 ra virep^dWoPTa, 127 
 
 Ta/xias, 1412 
 
 TavpovaOai ofx/xa, 92 
 
 raxa, use of, 107 (cf. 335) 
 
 re, after ytiei', 126 
 
 reipeip ^O'qp, 20 1 (cf. 665) 
 
 rex'Toi'es KaKcvv, 4O9 
 
 reXedeip, 1091 
 
 Te/x€Pos, 1376 
 
 T€\e(T(p6pos, "jog 
 
 Tepujp, instep, 1161 
 
 TepfjLovup, 1 1 7 7 
 
 TT7/fet ^lOTTjP, 141 
 
 TT/i/ ey^etai', 384 
 
 rrj;/ ^'iKwcraj' jiovXrjp, 90S 
 
 Tidecrdai {TroLeicrdai), 66, 531, 572 
 
 (cf. 375) 
 Ti Xe|ets; 1307 
 rl Trdo-xw; 874 
 Ws dpTepei; 364 
 tXtjixojp, cruel, 860, 1063 
 tXtjixoiv, sad, 1062 f. 
 t6 ^;u6j' Trpodv/uiop, 178 
 To/caSos \eaf»'7?s, 187 
 ToXfidv, bring oneself to, 589, 
 
 811 
 
 TO X(fOP, 906 » 
 
 robots d0i^KTOts, 530 
 
 t6 (Tof, 312, 459, 1217 (cf. 346) 
 
 rpl^cov, c. accus., 681 
 
 Ti'xei'j', c. accus., 338 
 
 rc3;/ dXXwj' /xt'a, 940 
 
 virelpyaarai ((piXa), 866 
 vxeKbpajxelp, 523 
 vireKcpev^eraL, 983 
 vTTepaXyQ, 118 
 virep^aipeip (dofxovs), 382 
 virep^oXri, 232 
 virepdep, 647 
 vvepTeipaaa, 1285 
 iirepxcLipovtra, 1160 
 iicTTepop, too late, 291 
 
 (pai.5pbp 6/jLfMa, 1038 
 0dos (rcoTTjpiov, 481 
 
122 
 
 INDEX I. 
 
 >pdpfxaKa, 385, 713, 784, 
 
 1 196, 1221 (Note A) 
 (psp^ofievoi, 822 
 (pepvds, 951 
 (piXios, 1396 
 ^X6^ oiipavla, 144 
 <f>6^ov TrXea, 263, 89S 
 0o/'ta {AIkt}), 1387 
 (ppdtxaadat, 650 
 (ppovetv 6p6d, 1 1 24 
 (ppovdoi, 491, 717, 1 105 
 
 XaXeTTcus, violently, 120 
 
 801, x^P^'^'^VPy 518 
 
 XapdaaecrOai tih, 157 
 Xa.joit' (pipeLV TivL, 507 
 XG^va aun-^pa, 359 
 X}^03pbv dds'pv, 901, 917 
 XPV^T'hp'-ov {^oi^ov), 662 
 XpvcrjXaTos, 781, 944 
 XpvaoTevKTOS, 979 
 
 ^pevddpKov, 1389 
 
 OJyCiOS, 1368 
 
 WTracra, 425, 516 
 
INDEX II. 
 
 Aigeus, 66i, 665, 758 
 Akraia, 1376 
 Argo, I 
 Argous, 476 
 Artemis, 160 
 
 Dike, 759 (cf. 1387) 
 
 P>echtheidai, Sig 
 Erechtheus, 1381 
 Erinys, 1255, 1386 
 Eros, 529 
 
 Gaia, 74? 
 Ge, 741, 1246 
 
 Hades, 1054 
 
 Harmonia, 827 
 
 Hekate, 397 
 
 Helios, 406, 741, 747, 759, 949, 
 
 1318 
 Hellas, 210, 439 
 Hera, 1376 
 
 Ino, 1281 
 lolkia, 7, 550 
 lolkos (Peliotis), 483 
 
 Kephisus, 830 
 Kolchians, 2 
 Kolchis, 133 
 
 Korinthia, 911 
 Kypris, 526, 630, 831 
 
 Maia, 754 
 Muses, 826 
 
 Olympus, 141 2 
 Orpheus, 542 
 
 Pallas, 766 
 Pandion, 660, 13 82 
 Peirene, 69 
 Peliades, 9, 503 
 Pelias, 6, 485, 729 
 Pelion, 3 
 Peliotis, 483 
 Pelops, 679 
 Phoebus, 662, 669 
 Pierides, 826 
 Pittheus, 678 
 
 Sisypheius, 405 
 Sisyphus, 1378 
 Skylla, 1340, 1356 
 Symplegades, 2, 1258 
 
 Themis, 160, 169 
 Troezenia, 678 
 Tyrrhenis, 1339 
 Tyrrhenus, 1356 
 
INDEX III. 
 
 accusative, extended use of in- 
 ternal, 92 (cf. 724); after Kara- 
 (yKrjirTeLv, 94; after Ti'xeii^, 338; 
 following a verb r.nd internal 
 accus. , 204; position of, 146 
 active voice, idiomatic, 25, 78 
 adjective, marking a metaphor, 278 
 affirmative foi-m of els oidels, 1083 
 article, used in the epic manner, 
 140 ; recalling actual words used, 
 204 
 
 bow, attribute of Eros, 530 (cf. p. 
 
 108) 
 Buchanan (quoted), 258, 694, 1410 
 
 colloquialisms, 30, 321 (cf. 1007) 
 comparative, doubled in contrast- 
 ing qualities, 484 
 
 dative, construction reverting to, 
 810; irregular use of, 58; ob- 
 scurity avoided, .11; sociative, 
 Euripides' use of, 163 ; (txhp-^ 
 ^IwvLKOv, 986 
 divorce, terms employed, 237 
 double sense of /j-efxirTos, 953 ; 
 T\T]fiov€(TT^pav, 1063 
 
 epithet, transferred, 209; compli- 
 mentary, 660 
 euphemism {^(t/jlcv oIop ^a-fxeu), 884 
 
 future, unusual use of, 258; con- 
 veying more than simple idea of 
 futurity, 1327 
 
 genitive, double, uses of dis- 
 tinguished, 49 
 
 imperative, variations on after 
 
 oTffd' 6, 599 
 innovation of diction, ridiculed by 
 
 Aristophanes, 13 14 
 Ino, story of proverbial, 1279 
 
 inserted words (5^) 215, (e^eu/)?jcrets) 
 360 
 
 letters of introduction, 612 
 loves, escorting Aphrodite, 839; 
 dperas ^vvepyol, 840 
 
 Medea, overacts her part, 861; 
 supernatural powers of, Euri- 
 pides contrasted with later 
 writers, 658 (cf. p. 107) 
 
 medical terms, 247 
 
 metaphor, from dice, 55 ; accounts, 
 531; double harness, 241; im- 
 ported goods, 905; military, 
 1237; nautical, 258, 278; from 
 a thunder«cloud, 106; wrestling, 
 .S83 
 
 negative compounds in Greek, 224 
 
 participial construction, changes 
 to finite verb, 1313 (cf. 215) 
 
 participle, added to complete an 
 idea, 852 
 
 perfect, gnomic, 349 
 
 periphrasis for adverb, 746 
 
 philosophic life, defence of, 215 
 
 plural, after '6<xtl$, 220 
 
 prepositional phrase for adverb, 
 
 537 
 proleptic sense of ju^ra, 891 (cf. 845) 
 
 rhetorical emphasis, 445 
 
 sigmatism, 475 
 
 simplicity of diction, studied use 
 
 of, 144 
 substantive, variation from, 514 
 supposed case, in Greek, 386 
 
 threat, conveyed by viKpos, 399 
 
 verb, simple after compouml in 
 repetitions, 1247 
 
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