καὶ τὸν μὲν ἧστο πλεῖστον “κ.τ.λ.” The bold order of words is explained by “ἔπειτα” in 312: i.e., the thought is; ‘for one part of the time—the longest —he sat mute; then,’ etc. By separating “τὸν” from “πλεῖστον”, the writer obtains the same effect as if he had said, “καὶ πρῶτον μὲν καὶ τὸν πλεῖστον χρόνον κ.τ.λ.”
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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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