ἔμπληκτος ὡς ἄνθρωπος, ἄλλοτ’ ἄλλοσε
πηδῶσι.
The phrasing points back effectively to Poseidon’s description of Athena’s fickleness (vv. 67 sq.: τί δ’ ὧδε πηδᾷς ἄλλοτ’ εἰς ἄλλους τρόπους;).
[615] The arrangement is uncertain. Perhaps: protagonist, Iphigenia; deuteragonist, Orestes, messenger, Athena; tritagonist, herdsman, Pylades, Thoas.
[616] Murray and others place it about 414-2, Wilamowitz, 411-9.
[617] v. 1205: πιστὸν Ἑλλὰς οἶδεν οὐδέν.
[618] v. 626: πῦρ ἱερὸν ἔνδον, χάσμα δ’ εὐρωπὸν πέτρας—a marvellous line.
[619] vv. 823-6.
[620] v. 677: Φωκέων τ’ ἐν πολυπτύχῳ χθονί.
[621] See especially the lovely song, vv. 1089 sqq.