τίς δ᾽ ἐστὶν ὅντιν᾽ ἄνδρα, instead of “τίς δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἀνὴρ ὅντιν̓”, the antecedent being attracted into the relative clause: cp. El. 1040“εἴρηκας ὀρθῶς ᾧ σὺ πρόσκεισαι κακῷ”: Tr. 1060 f. “οὔθ᾽ Ἑλλὰς οὔτ᾽ ἄγλωσσος οὔθ᾽ ὅσην ἐγὼ ι γαῖαν καθαίρων ἱκόμην”. So in Latin, De Legg. 3. 5. 12 haec est enim, quam Scipio laudat in libris et quam maxime probat temperationem reipublicae.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part VII: The Ajax. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1907.
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