The OEdipus tyrannus of Sophocles; with English notes ... By Howard Crosby ...

NOTES. 103
548.-This Tocr' avr-o spoken to imitate the speech of
Creon, is defined by 0o7r0s K.T.X., which may be called
in apposition with o7r' arTO.
550. —cvvad t, Is of any value.
551. —a'vSpa ovyy/EV is governed by 8pev.
552. —ivEELv, —oE is the understood accus. before.
555.-XpE[~/, optative impersonal of Xp/uz.
558.-This and the 560th line are directly connected,
Creon's words (8c3paKe rrolOv K.T.X.) being an interruption.
559.-or yap E'vvo, For I do not ucnderstanctd (your mneanitng).
560.-SavaTcrp ( XEtpW'IraTt, By a deadly blow. - XELPWPFa
is literally "' handiwork."
561.-Long and ancient timees mnig'ht be mneasured (fromnT
hbis death]). Those " times" were "long" in their
duration, and "ancient" in their commencement.
5-62. —vv EV so} TeXv7; Was he practising his art? like
our "Was he in the trade?"
563. —o/o&r and eg'-ov, "In like manner," and "equally" then as now.
564. —n, with Kaca J understood, In anzy t]hing, i. e., "at al.l"
565.-yE gives c/ov- an emphasis and may be translated
C" at least."-, —rUTTO and r6EAag are to be taken
together.
566. —'pEvvav rov- 9avo'vros, An investigation reg'arding tlhe
deceased.
567. —7r5s 8' ovxt can be translated by "of course;" the
negative interrogation only strengthening the positive
assertion.
568. —r8E, These thinzgs, which he now says, viz., that I
am the murderer of Laius, etc.
569. —yap refers to some such understood sentence as this,
" I make no surmises on this point,for."
570. —TO o-v,'pyov understood; referring, (as he after