πλούτει … ζῆ, the hypothetical imperat.: Antiphon fr. 130 (ap. Flor. 68. 37) “φέρε δὴ καὶ παῖδες γενέσθωσαν: φροντίδων ἤδη πάντα πλέα”. Dem. or. 20 § 14 “οὐδὲ γὰρ εἰ πάνυ χρηστός ἐσθ᾽, ὡς ἐμοῦ γ᾽ ἕνεκα ἔστω, βελτίων ἐστὶ τῆς πόλεως τὸ ἦθος.” εἰ βούλει: Plat. Rep. 432A “τοὺς ἰσχυροτάτους καὶ τοὺς μέσους, εἰ μὲν βούλει, φρονήσει, εἰ δὲ βούλει, ἰσχύϊ”. For the form ζῆ, cp. Eur. I. T. 699 “ἀλλ᾽ ἕρπε καὶ ζῆ καὶ δόμους οἴκει πατρός”. But Anthol. P. 11. 57 “πῖνε, γέρον, καὶ ζῆθι” (by Agathias, c. 550 A.D.): and so ib. 10. 43 (author uncertain). σχῆμα, outward show, dignity, pomp: Plat. Legg. 685C “τὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς σχῆμα...οὐ σμικρόν”.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part III: The Antigone. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1900.
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