καὶ παρὼν ἐρῶ, κοὐδὲν παρήσω: I both will speak as one who was present, and will omit nothing: i.e., as my knowledge is full, so shall the story be told without reserve. For the parataxis, cp. 1112: El. 680 “κἀπεμπόμην πρὸς ταῦτα καὶ τὸ πᾶν φράσω”: Tr. 626 “ἐπίσταμαί τε καὶ φράσω σεσωσμένα”. For παρὠν as partic. of the imperfect, cp. 166 “σέβοντας” (n.). Verses 1192—1195 form the dramatic apology for a trait which is manifestly open to criticism,— viz., the fulness of harrowing details communicated by the Messenger to this unhappy mother, who has only just recovered from a swoon. (See esp. 1231 —1239.)
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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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