οἷα is nom. to νομίζεται, not acc., as though “φέρειν” were understood: cp. 691. To pay funeral rites was “τὰ νομιζόμενα ποιεῖν” ( Aeschin. or. 1 § 14) or “φέρειν” ( Dem. or. 18 § 243). Isae. or. 2 § 46 “ἐναγίζῃ αὐτῷ καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτόν”.
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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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