The vocative σὺ is no argument for the conjecture βουλεύετον.—Pylades was the son of that Strophius, king of Phocis, in whose house the young Orestes had found a refuge. Thus Pindar speaks of a Pythian victory as won “ἐν ἀφνεαῖς ἀρούραισι Πυλάδα” (P. 11. 15). Euripides notices the legend that Orestes bestowed the hand of Electra upon his friend (El. 1350: Paus. 2. 16. 7). His name recurs at v. 1373.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part VI: The Electra. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1894.
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