32 James T. Lees^ 



^. 509-515. For this you have made me a happy wife 

 indeed, and a wonderful husband I have in you if, as an 

 exile, I am driven away to wander with my children. 



4. 'E7rtXo709, 516-519: 



S) ZeO, Tt hr] -x^pvaov fJbev 09 KL/38r]\o<; y 

 reKfJir^pi avOputiroiaLV MTraawi cra(f)i], 

 avhpoiv 8' oTfp 'x^prj rov kukov BieLBivat, 

 ouSet<? -x^apaKTrjp ifiirec^vKe aM/jbart, ; 



'Pfjo-is OF Jason, 522-575. 



1. UpootfXLov, 522-525 : 



I must not be slow to answer, but as a skilful pilot with 

 close-reefed sail,^ I must escape from the violent storm of 

 your words. 



2. Upodeat^ omitted. 



3. ni'o-Tei9, 526-567 : 



a. 526-533. I consider that Kypris was the person who 

 saved me.^ Subtle and shrewd are your arguments, but it 

 was Eros that forced you to assist me. This point, however, 

 I will not press too closely. 



/3. 534-544. You have received more than you gave, as I 

 will prove. You live in Greece instead of among barbarians. 

 You enjoy the advantage of justice and law, and are not sub- 

 ject to mere force.^ You have gained a reputation among 

 the Greeks which otherwise you would not have. 



Vv. 545, 546: 



Toaavra /xev <tol tmv ificov irovwv irepi 

 kXe^ ' afxiWav yap crv 'irpov6r]Ka<i Xoycov.'^ 



7- 547-5^7 (ovP]aai). You blame me because I married 

 into the royal family. In answer I will say that I was (i) 



1 See the scholiast and Elmsley for a different interpretation of this passage. 



2 Vv. 526-528. Nauck reads eTrei aTjv for iirei.5r] ; also (TojTrjpias vavKXrjpov 

 for vavKXrjplas a-dbreipav. See Nauck, Eur. Stud. I, p. 120. 



^ V. 538. KpcLTos, Nauck. Retain x'tp"' of the MSS. and cf. Soph. Antig. 30. 

 * V. 546. Cf. Suppl. 428. 



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