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

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11 70. —-K ywy' aKOm1ELV. Supply 7rp h avro y' Edt 8CtELVG
aKOVrTEov, SC. rO 8Etvov.
1171. —This is an answer to the question of (Edipus in
line 1168.- -cKEvov, i. e., Laius.
1172.-KadXXtara should be considered as qualifying E lrOL,
and not yvvi;, viz., Thy wife withign could tell best
how these things are.
1173.-Understand O\ rTEKvov after &BCTovw.
1174. — uirpbs Ad XpetaS, literally, " As for what of use,"
i. e., With what design did she do so.
1175. —rEKovaa zTXkLcoV; What! the wretched mzother
did so?
1176.-vtv is accus. before, and Tos'3TEKOVTra accus. after
KTEVEZV. His "parents" (plural) are spoken of, though
only one was actually slain by (Edipus. The mother
suffered, however, and hence is included. Others say
it is the figure, syllepsis.
1177.-The Scholiast here remarks, " It must be remembered that CEdipus had sent for the old man to ask
him concerning the murder of Laius, but when a more
important question presented itself, he (CEdipus) the
rather investigated that."
1178.-KarotLKTro'a. Supply To T'EKVOV. ---- U —S= E3.
1180. —KaK' Es Eyto-Yra, For the greatest woes. - ovTro
here and OVTOg in the next line refer to different persons, the former to "the child," the latter to " the
messenger." Perhaps we might call this a fault in
Sophocles.
1181. ao 7Ey o-S, - wEt 7E7yaK- = YoSt vrapxwv, a Greek
idiomatic expression for IKnow that thouc art.
1182.-This line expresses a wish, not a fact. Hence the
optative.
183.-(Edclipus, as about to blind himself, makes this affecting address to the light.