[556] vv. 70-9, 460-89.
[557] vv. 1255-1310, 1340-93.
[558] vv. 140-235.
[559] Four Plays of Euripides, pp. 134-98.
[560] vv. 339 sqq., etc.
[561] vv. 798 sqq.
[562] vv. 1340-6.
[563] Especially vv. 1269 sqq.
[564] The appearance of Pallas (vv. 1002-6) is regarded by Verrall as “a chance blow received by the madman from the falling ruins of the chamber”.
[565] In vv. 562-82 he raves, however eloquently. One man cannot capture a whole fortress and punish a hostile population as Amphitryon (vv. 585-94) feels, though his caution and prosaic advice are painfully ludicrous considering the vast claims he has made for his son an hour ago.