εἶεν (‘so far so good’) marks that the speaker is about to pass to a new point; O. C. 1308, El. 534, Ph. 1308. τί γὰρ δὴ: here “γάρ” (‘now’) merely prefaces the question; “δή”=‘then,’ ‘in the next place.’ Cp. I. T. 576 “τί δ᾽ ἡμεῖς οἵ τ ἐμοὶ γεννήτορες; ι ἆρ᾽ εἰσίν;” ποῦ σοι τύχης ἕστηκεν; Cp. 314: O. T. 1442“ἵν᾽ ἕσταμεν ι χρείας”: Tr. 375“ποῦ ποτ᾽ εἰμὶ πράγματος;” ib. 1145 “ξυμφορᾶς ἵν᾽ ἕσταμεν.” σοι, ethic dat.: O. C. 81“ἦ βέβηκεν ἡμὶν ὁ ξένος;” (i.e., ‘Do we find ourselves alone?’) For the double question, cp. 983 f.
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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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