βυθῶν “from the depths,” i.e. out of the trough of the waves which rise around. Cp. Soph. Ant. 337 περιβρυχίοισιν | περῶν ὑπ’ οἴδμασιν, under swelling waves which threaten to engulf him. Arat. 426 ὑπόβρυχα ναυτίλλονται. φοινίου here merely poet. for θανασίμου, as Soph. Trach. 770 φοινίας | ἐχθρᾶς ἐχίδνης ἰός : Soph. OC 1689 φόνιος Ἀΐδας. But in Soph. Aj. 351 φοινία ζάλη = the madness which drove Ajax to bloodshed. ἔτ’ οὐχ οἵα τε : for position of ἔτ’ , cp. Soph. Trach. 161 ὡς ἔτ’ οὐκ ὤν , Soph. Phil. 1217 ἔτ’ οὐδέν εἰμι. With οἷός τε the verb is often omitted, as 1415, Soph. OC 1136,Soph. Trach. 742,Aristoph. Kn. 343.