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

128 NOTES.
1186.-The Chorus, contrasting the height of the glory of
(Edipus with his present woe, declares its contempt
for all things human.
~,87 -The order is, /s'vaptLS vts ~affraS Ka' r5 pEqSv
to-a. Literally, "How I reckon you living men and
nothing equal things!" i. e, Hlow completely vanity
ye zortals are!
t1190. —TrEXov Tas; EVsaLqJovLagl, Mlore hap2piness.
[191. —Than so much, as to appear (somethilng).
1194. — aLtov va, Fortune.
1196. —A beautiful figure. Havi?,ng specd thine arrow:o
the loftiest flight.
1197.-Possessed the all of happiness.
1198.,-yatWvvuXa. This refers to the Sphynx, who had
the head of a girl, the body of a dog, the wings of a
bird, the voice of a man, and the claws of a lion.
1200.-7r'pyo;, A tower of safety.- Samcdrov = Jvrl
9Savvamrv.
1201. -c ov. Supply Xpovov.
1202.-Tra /wyL-ra, sc. KaTa, i. e., Wit it the highest hoq~OgTb'S.
1204. —a3XucrEpoS aKovErL. The same sort of construction
with the Latin " mirabile dictu."'
1205. —" Who, in toils and wild misfortunes, has equal
share with you in life's vicissitude?"
1208.-The order is,. p,, TraL8 KaLt pL 7rap' SaXatLuTOX, 7TEOEL'
irUTs O-I yas XLkq v 4pxcOEC. By e.'yas Xtpflv is nleant
Jocasta.
1211. —aXOKES, though plural, has the singular signification
of ": marriage-bed."
1212. —i roYovS0E, SC. XPoVCV.
1214. —&LKaeL, "judges," i. e., Condezmns. a- yapov ya1ttov, lifaririage,whic/h is rio gnar'iage, to wit, the mwother and the offsp ring.