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Excerpt from Transactions and Proceedings, 1902, Vol. 33
With the passage in the T rae/ziuiaus that has just been discussed may be associated another in which again, unless I am mistaken, the Alcestis is imitated. In v. 1181 Heracles asks Hyllus to give him his right hand in confirmation of a pledge cejabaxke xeipa defte'w 7rpa'rrw'rd p01). Hyllus is reluctant, but upon Heracles fiercely urging him he stretches out his hand with the words 130i; uoedev c'w'retpfi aerae (v. At Ale. 1 118, after Heracles, on the ground that he trusts Admetus's right hand alone (v. 1 1 has urged the latter to give his hand to the veiled woman (v. Admetus does stretch out his hand with the words: Kai 87) 7rpo rely a). The fact that this half verse occurs in a scene that we have found Sophocles imitating elsewhere, added to the fact that the scenic situation is a very striking one, makes it pretty certain that Trae/z. I 184 is a reminiscence of Ale. 1 118. It is to be noted that Sophocles substituted for Euripides's real, the synonymous It is possible that another Euripidean Situation in which the scenic business must have been decidedly good - viz. The scene where Medea makes Aegeus take oath - may have been likewise before sopho cles's mind in writing Trade. 1181 sqq. But it is not certain.
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