sage _interrogat oblique_, see Hoogeveen, xvi.
Sec. 1. 15.

[36] Strophius, the father of Pylades, married Anaxibia, Agamemnon's
sister.

[37] [Greek: oneide, ton euergesion tas hypomneseis]. SCHOL. Ter. And. i.
1. "isthaec commemoratio quasi exprobratio est immemoris benefici."

[38] i.e. being a barbarian, and therefore not knowing whither to go.

[39] [Greek: harmateion], such a strain as that raised over Hector, [Greek:
helkomeno, dia tou harmatos]. See two other explanations in the Scholia.

[40] [Greek: hipposyna, hetis hyperches hippelasia tou G.] BRUNCK.

[41] Literally, _her Mycenian slipper_.

[41a] Read [Greek: thanein] with Pors. Dind.

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ADDITIONAL NOTES.

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[A] But Dindorf reads [Greek: ktypou e egaget'. ouchi]; interrogatively,
thus: "Ye were making a noise. Will ye not ... enable him," etc.?

[B] Dindorf would continue this verse to Orestes.

[C] Dindorf supposes something to be wanting after vs. 314.

[D] The use of [Greek: allos heteros] is learnedly illustrated by Dindorf.

[E] Elmsley, on Heracl. 852, more simply regards the datives [Greek: soi
sei t' adelphe] as dependent upon [Greek: episeiso], understanding [Greek:
hoste dounai diken]. This is better than to suppose (with Porson) that
[Greek: dounai diken] can mean to _inflict_ punishment.

[F] Dindorf (in his notes) agrees with Porson in omitting the following
verse.

[G] Dindorf's text and punctuation must be altered.

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THE PHOENICIAN VIRGINS.

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PERSONS REPRESENTED.

JOCASTA.
TUTOR.
ANTIGONE.
CHORUS OF PHOENICIAN VIRGINS.
POLYNICES.
ETEOCLES.
CREON.
MENOECEUS.
TIRECIAS.
MESSENGERS.
OEDIPUS.

_The Scene is in the Court before the royal palace at Thebes_.

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THE ARGUMENT.

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Eteocles having gotten possession of the throne of Thebes, deprived his
brother Polynices of his share; but he having come as an exile to Argos,
married the daughter of the king Adrastus; but ambitious of returning to
his country, and having persuaded his father-in-law, he assembled a great
army for Thebes against his brother. His mother Jocasta made him come into
the city, under sanction of a truce, and first confer with his brother
respecting the empire. But Eteocles being violent and fierce from h