The meaning of the adjective ἔναυλος in Sophocles, Philoctetes 158 and in Euripides, Phoenician Women 1573
Abstract
The adjective ἔναυλος, -ον is a hypostatic compound based on the phrase ἐν αὐλῇ. In Sophocles’ Philoctetes, it refers to the interior of the cavern where the protagonist lives (αὐλή ‘dwelling’). In Euripides’ Phoenician Women, Eteocles and Polinices are compared in a simile to two lions fighting. The adjective ἐναύλους has been previously interpreted as meaning ‘being in a den / cave’ or, alternatively, ‘quarrelling over a den / cave’. A different meaning is here proposed: the lions fight pent up (αὐλή ‘pen, fold’) in the space between the two armies.
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