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Sophocles Trachiniae 419

Sophocles Trachiniae 419 MISCELLANEA SOPHOCLES TRACHINIAE 419 419 ?v aYvoias O'paq] fiq Jil y' a'Tvoc7tq a7topcit; Wecklein post Schneidewin: vfi aYvoias opa Jackson This is the text and apparatus of the OCT Sophocles of H Lloyd-Jones and N G Wilson, first published in 1990, reprinted in 1992 Deianira has asked Lichas about the parentage of the noble female cap- tive (310f ), guessing that she may be the offspring of Eurytus (316) Lichas denies any knowledge (317), even of her name (319), suppressing the truth for fear of wounding Deianira's feelings (481ff ) But the Messenger has heard from Lichas her name and parentage, and that desire for her was Heracles' true motive for sacking Oechalia (351ff ) All of this he reveals to Deianira who herself confronts Lichas and repeats her question (400) When Lichas replies that he knows her nationality but not her lineage (401) the Messenger cross-questions him in an attempt to call his bluff, and in 419ff, even though 329f and 417 imply that Iole has entered the house and is no longer visible on stage, is supposed to say 'Well, saidst thou not that thy prisoner-she, on whom thy gaze now turns so vacantly-was lole, daughter http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

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Brill
Copyright
© 1995 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0026-7074
eISSN
1568-525X
DOI
10.1163/156852595X00149
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MISCELLANEA SOPHOCLES TRACHINIAE 419 419 ?v aYvoias O'paq] fiq Jil y' a'Tvoc7tq a7topcit; Wecklein post Schneidewin: vfi aYvoias opa Jackson This is the text and apparatus of the OCT Sophocles of H Lloyd-Jones and N G Wilson, first published in 1990, reprinted in 1992 Deianira has asked Lichas about the parentage of the noble female cap- tive (310f ), guessing that she may be the offspring of Eurytus (316) Lichas denies any knowledge (317), even of her name (319), suppressing the truth for fear of wounding Deianira's feelings (481ff ) But the Messenger has heard from Lichas her name and parentage, and that desire for her was Heracles' true motive for sacking Oechalia (351ff ) All of this he reveals to Deianira who herself confronts Lichas and repeats her question (400) When Lichas replies that he knows her nationality but not her lineage (401) the Messenger cross-questions him in an attempt to call his bluff, and in 419ff, even though 329f and 417 imply that Iole has entered the house and is no longer visible on stage, is supposed to say 'Well, saidst thou not that thy prisoner-she, on whom thy gaze now turns so vacantly-was lole, daughter

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Published: Jan 1, 1995

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