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

NOTEIS. 1.19
959. —3av darvov. Supply h63v, and then understand it as
governed by a Ka7Ta suppressed.
960. —vvaXXay-,. See note on line 34.
961.-A proverbial phrase, " A small weight will prostrate
aged bodies."
963.-Literally, "L Being commensurate with a long time,"
i. e., Hsaving reached an advanced cqae.
964.-I take 8-rca to be a corruption of 8&oE-w. Hence
the cireumflex. The best English rendering is the
similarly derived "'pray," e. g., " Why, pray, 0 wife)
should," etc.
966. — opvtL, accus. plural for Jpvtas, and that for otpvt-3a
from O'pvts (originally'pvWt). d~v Vwr 7gyrTv. Supply 6vro as governing prep.
968.-KEVgSEt. This and all transitive verbs, when used
(as here) intransitively, must be considered as really
governing a suppressed EavrOv.
969.-I would preserve the passive meaning of dav(rvro3,
viz., I a6n untozuched by the swor'd,7 as a poetical expression for " I touched not the sword." After this
clause, supply " Nor did I slay him," an expression
implied, indeed, in the expressed clause. -- Supply
3La before'yXovg.
9'70.-av.9avov EJt, I-e mqgight be considered as slcaiz by m7ze.
971.-$vXkXa/Jv,, Taking' with hi2n, 4Le' oU3Mv;6, as wort/hless, etc. etc. The death of Polybus is spoken of as
also the death of the oracle which was proven false
thereby.
977. — vh3pnoros does not refer to (Edipus specifically, but
to mankind generally. -- ra rTs Sr'X, a fuller form
for' TVXq.
979,-E-Krc, Carelessly.
980.-E-/,~/1 qbof3o), Be nzotfrig'htened at.
982. — Xx Kc.rT.X. The easier order is dkxa (6<Jvog)