[441] vv. 1081-1115.
[442] Arrangement: protagonist, Iolaus, Eurystheus; deuteragonist, Demophon, Alcmena; tritagonist, Copreus, Macaria, attendant, messenger. There were a great number of mutes: Acamas, the sons of Heracles, and probably some Athenian soldiers.
[443] It has only 1055 lines, but there are probably gaps in our text.
[444] This name is not mentioned by Euripides. The scholiasts have taken it from Iliad, XV, 639.
[445] In the Peloponnesian war. The Spartans were believed the descendants of Hyllus and his brothers.
[446] Professor Murray, however, supposes another lacuna here, and thinks there were two semi-choruses, one party supporting Alcmena, the other disagreeing.
[447] Even in ancient times it seems to have enjoyed little attention.
[448] v. 638.
[449] v. 625.
[450] vv. 9 sq., 540.