[113] Read εμοις with the Cambridge editor.
[114] But φυγηις, and ω φιλος, the emendation of Burges, seems far better, and is followed by the Cambridge editor.
[115] i.e. I can imagine your sufferings at Aulis.
[116] The Cambridge editor compares Hec. 684. ‛ετερα δ' αφ' ‛ετερων κακα κακων κυρει.
[117] This is Reiske's interpretation, taking the construction πριν ξιφος παλ. επι ‛αιματι. But Seidler would recall the old reading πελασαι, comparing Hel. 361. αυτοσιδαρον εσω πελασω δια σαρκος ‛αμιλλαν. This is better, but we must also read ετι for επι with the Cambridge editor.
[118] ‛ριπαι ποδων is a bold way of expressing rapid traveling.
[119] Read ανα with Markland, for αρα.
[120] I read η δια κυαν. with the Cambridge editor. The following words are rendered thus by Musgrave, "Per ... est longum iter."
[121] Unintelligible, and probably spurious.
[122] The Cambridge editor finds fault with the obvious clumsiness of the expression, and proposes εχειν for λαβειν. I have still greater doubts about εκβαντας τυχης. The sense ought to be, "'tis the part of wise men, when fortune favors, not to lose the opportunity, but to gain other advantages."