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

NOTES. 133
1332. —vtv is here plural "them," i. e., "my eyes." Ite
blames Apollo as the source of his woes, though he
himself was the immediate cause of his blindness.
1337.- -XE7rrTv and these other neut. nominatives must be
rendered with TOTL, and after aKov'av we must supply
Tr7ro; before aJioiELv supply /E, - thus, What sight
(for me to see it), or pleasure (Jbr me to enjoy it), or
voice is there yet (for me) to hear (it) with delight,
0 friiecds?
1347. —rov vov and Tr.s crv?)opas both require ivEKa; take
tfov adverbially.
1i349.-ayp'as, Cruel.
1350.-C-7rr7ro8t'a is Dor. form of wErLwo81&' and agrees with
7rvEag (Dor. form of 7rE's;), or is an adverbial form.
vop8os& also agrees with 7rEas. The use of vO/ 80~o is
highly figurative, The cruel chain that pastured on
ny feet.
1352.-Supply iE'.
1353. —dE XaptL (se. E/ov), FPor mzy gratitzude.
1356. —&crr is here understood, making the same sense as
1359. —Repeat the d'v with &kCX-p/v. ---- porots Jiro dv
is another instance of the plural for the singular, before alluded to. The mother, Jocasta, is, of course,
here intended.
1362. —fL/oy~7~v, Co-parent.
1364. —rp1EgrEEpov, 11/for-e inveterate.
1367. —/EfovkXEora-a. KaX, s, "In making thyself blind."
1368.-roTra d-' v ro3a.
1369.-W-c depends on CKK83aO-KE and o-avijovlXvE. - Ta83E
refers to the blinding of (Edipus.
1373.-oh' 8voy, sc. Kara, i. e., Laius and Jocasta.
1374.-KpkL'o'ova avyXovys, Greater than hanzging, i. e., of a
worse character than those which deserve hanging as a
punishment.