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

.-po T E Smus was t
1.L-rpoo+'q poetically used for rra^Bs&. AS Cadclnus was the
founder of Thebes, the Thebans are called his children.
2. —rTvaS tro' E'Spas — o4ETEE, PrCay what supplications a}'e
these that you hurr'y before nze? From the seats at
the foot of the throne where suppliants were wont to
sit, the term E3pa is applied to the supplications themselves. Musgrave and others are inclined to make.oad9om in this place the same as 9aao-cro-w, but their reasoning is slender.
3. —KXCBoLOLtv iEGreT&EhVot, Frnished with boughs. Suppliants bore in their hands boughs of olive wrapped in
wool. These boughs were called rE la/ra (see Homer's Iliad, book I, line 14).
5.- -ratdvov. The Poean was a hymn addressed to Apollo,
and took its name from his title of "P.ean" (saviour
or soother).
6. —8KacWlv, Thtinking prope'.
9.-7rpEr5wv & Tvs, Thou art a suitable person, i. e., by reason of thy age and priesthood.
10. —rlTt TrpOr?, For what purpose. (See Eur. Sup. 151.)
12.- am& understood before 7rav. --— ias understood
after 7rposapKeJV.
13. —3apav. See note on 2.