[183] But see ed. Camb.
[184] I have introduced the line above mentioned, and have likewise adopted Hermann's introduction of παλιμπρυμνηδον from Hesychius, in lieu of παλιν πρυμνησι'.
[185] See ed. Camb.
[186] "The obvious intent of these measures was to fasten the vessel to some point of the rocks, and thus prevent her being wrecked." ED. CAMB.
[187] "Our passage is thus to be understood, ‛η ‛αλισκεται προδουσα το μνημονευειν θεαι φονον." ED. CAMB.
[188] So Hermann rightly explains the sense. I agree with the Cambridge editor, that if Euripides had intended to use ‛οσιας substantively, he would hardly have joined it with θεας, thereby causing an ambiguity.
[189] There is another construction, taking κλιμ. θεας together. On the whole introduction of Minerva, see the clever note of the Cambridge editor, p. 158, 159.
[190] There is evidently a lacuna, as the transition to Orestes is worse than abrupt. The mythological allusions in the following lines are well explained in the notes of Barnes and Seidler.
[191] On these last verses see the end of the Orestes, with Dindorf's note.