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

120 NOTEIS.
EdpecL p&nra rov pLov, 6'r? (relative of CKEZVOS) -av'ra,rap o0VEV CrL.
9S6.-,7-.ao' wavyKq oICVELV. Supply corT, and /EE, thus:
There is every necessity for sue to feaq.
987. —3o'auXtos. " Eye," is here used for " light. Thy
father's buzlial is a g'reat lig'ht (i2z this mnatter, by
showing' thee that the oracle is of nzo imzj)ortacnce).
O988.-/EwyLa. Supply 0hX3aXt EOrT —T)7 r'dcr0 9S%&,.
(Edclipus is about to say rapar-oEcL /EE or sole such
completion of the sentence, when the curiosity of the
Corinthian messenger prompts him to interrupt and
inquire who this woman was to whom (Edipus alluded.
991.-Tlhe order (in English) is 8i [ E'TL - vtzv q(Spov S;
~fov EKEtvgl. Render Opov, Tendingc (i. e. carrying itself).
993.-Se/wLTOV is nominative, MXkovi is accusative before
EL& vat.
994. —,udto-ra answers the first question 7 p7,TO'V.
998.-E-ETVXW', Pr os2perously indeed (zwas mzy exiled life
29assed).
1000.-KE?9EV, i. e., from Corinth.
1001. —Xp 5rv /p/ [ ovevs ETVat, Wishving not to he the
slayer.
1000.- roTo for 8c., ToUro.
I 006.-E2 rrpuSa[e rt, I mazy receive some bezefJt; as we
say, ": I may do well," for ": I may be well." This is
a blunt confession of the messenger. A more refined
spirit would have avoided this declaration. -- rp5o
f8itovS, i. e., to Corinth.
1007.- -vrTE-v'aao'v, plural for the singular. As all his
trouble was to arise from his " parents," he speaks of
one as if botlh were referred to, the two being closely
associated in his mind as sources of evil. —-- e
0iqot, Go to the scSane placce with.