[642] Bernhardy, Geschichte der griechischen Poesie II, ii. p. 490.
[643] vv. 1041-3.
[644] vv. 9-10.
[645] 1142-6.
[646] vv. 652-60.
[647] v. 54.
[648] The peasant tells us that Electra’s banishment to the country is due to her mother’s efforts when Ægisthus wished to kill her (vv. 25 sqq.). Electra puts the matter very differently (vv. 60 sq.). The horrible story in vv. 326 sqq. is probably untrue; cp. ὡς λέγουσιν.
[649] vv. 77-8, 354 sq.
[650] vv. 367 sqq.
[651] vv. 255 sqq.