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

124 NOTES.
1090. —rav arpov ravoralwVvov, On the full-mnoonecd morrow
Supply Kamr.
1091. —f o3 (ro azEIv, So as not to boast thyself The
whole sentence may be thus rendered: "By Olympus,
thou, O Citheoron, shall not be in ignorance (on the
full-mooned morrow), so as not to boast thyself the
compatriot, both nurse and mother of (Edipus, and to
be honoured by us as bringing pleasant tidings to our
rulers."
1096. —'Idea. See note on line 154.
1099. — aKpaLxuw. Supply 39EwV or 2caLwwv.
l lOl. —or. Repeat ErTTcrE from above.
1102.- vyaTryp should be rendered not 1 "daughter," but'Lnymph" or "damsel."'cd, i. e., Aotlp. Ilavms
and Ao$fov governed by rpoorcacrXao9EJ.
1104. —6 KvXXvaa dvcorro-v, la-e that' presides over Cyllene,
i. e., Mercury. Cyllene was an Arcadian nmotntain,
the birthplace of 3Mercury.
1105. —o BaKXETos Seos, The Bacchcean god, i. e.) the god
whose votaries aoXovsut, i. e., Bacchus.
1107.-Ecplpia. Supply cd.
1110.- -c XP, If it is 27'ope. -- vvaXX&av4r, Supply
vl)G OTqpt.
1111.-7rp&/3v. This is addressed to the Chorus, who,
though many, are yet generally addressed (in the
poets) in the singular. See lines 658, 687, etc. etc.
1113. —vva86Et. Supply, "With this messenger's description." - ~/tqtEpoS. Supply KaT-l TflV jXtaluav. —-'8' i'.v8p3p refers to the messenger.
1118. —&, must be joined with 4v, not with crtor', thus:
For he was, as a shepherd of Laius, faithful, if any
one was faithful. "Faithful as a shepherd is," would
appear either a forced praise or an undeserved slur or
that class of men.