ἄλλων Redundant, but serving to contrast ἀγγέλων and αὐτός, as if one said, “from messengers,—at second hand.” Blaydes cp. Xen. Cyrop. 1.6.2 ὅπως μὴ δῑ ἄλλων ἑρμηνέων τὰς τῶν θεῶν συμβουλίας συνείης, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸς … γιγνώσκοις. ὧδ’ =δεῦρο, as in vv. 144, 298, and often in Soph.: even with βλέπειν, ὁρᾶν, as in Soph. Trach. 402 βλέφ’ ὧδε =βλέπε δεῦρο.