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

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1008. —,a,aos J& 8&kXo oVK dc8(S, a Greek idiomatic expression for, Very evidently thou dost not know. - KaXs &8Xos, "very evident," is literally, "beautifully
evident." So in English for "very great," we hear
sometimes " terribly great." The substitutions are
like in principle, though of course the latter is more
vulgar.
1010.-This line must be joined to line 100I, the intervening line being merely an interruption of (Edipus. —
ev'yEut /okXav, Thou avoidest comzing.
1011. —(olfos, i. e.: Xo 7pvcjU/ ro9 Do/ov.
1014. — rpOs 8[Kgs, Rightly. p — - rp v o3E~v, supply Ct
and KaT'a.
1015. —yevv-qrwv, same as 7evvro'Tpowv, Parents.
1016. —o o'v' orVa is merely a strengthened ot, and may
be rendered " For this very cause." See note on 1. 572.
1018. —oZ o aXXov ov vovTo vrvTpos, XX' t'Lov,,LNot a whit
more than I did, but equally so. -- ro38e vavp0S.
See note on line 534.
1019.-C-Edipus says, "And how is mny father on an
equality with a nobody?" He terms the poor messenger, as of low estate, " a nobody." See (Ed. Col.
918.
1021.-Rather than admit the inconsistency of using this
ovouaCEro actively, and that in line 1042 passively,
I would render this line, "u But wherefore, then, is it
said that I am his son? Supply ElvaL 4KEov.
1022. —3pov 7rorT Xa/a/3v, Having received (you as) a gift
once.
1023. —r' aXXrl% XAEp&s. Supply te' dEXtXvqpov.
1024. —e6rc7 -c. Supply or-Tpyewt a- after aVTOV, thus
Persuaded him to love thee.
1025. — 88os as p utp8s.
027.-wrpos Tt, For what purpose.