[786] ὑφεῖρπε γὰρ πολύ so ὑφέρπειν of malicious rumour, Aesch. Ag. 450 “φθονερὸν δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἄλγος ἕρπει ι προδίκοις Ἀτρείδαις.” Libanius 784 A （quoted by Musgrave） πολὺς τοιοῦτος ὑφεῖρπε λόγος （perhaps suggested by this passage）. Pind. I. 3.58 “τοῦτο γὰρ ἀθάνατον φωνᾶεν ἕρπει, ι εἴ τις εὖ εἴπῃ τι.” Cp. Soph. Ant. 700 “τοιάδ᾽ ἐρεμνὴ σῖγ᾽ ἐπέρχεται φάτις.” For πολύ cp. Soph. OC 517 “τὸ πολύ τοι καὶ μηδαμὰ λῆγον,” that strong rumour which is in no wise failing: Soph. OC 305 “πολὺ ... τὸ σὸν ὄνομα ι διήκει πάντας.” This version also agrees best with 775, which implies that the incident had altered his popular repute. We might render: “it was ever recurring to my mind with force”: but this (a) is a repetition: (b) is less suited to πολύ, which implies diffusion.
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