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

82 NOTES,
any one connected by marriage. HIV#LKa oft/3ov S'9
/ta', that is, The temple at Delphi. The epithet,
"Pythian," is given to Apollo (and to his temples).
because he slew the serpent Python near Delphi.
73, 74.-Literally, The day mzeasured with the time grdieves
mze, as to what is the matter. That is, I am troubled
(when I see that he has been absent the full time
allotted for the duty,) lest some mishap may have
occurred.
74, 75. —Ite is absent mnore than the suitable tinze, beyond
what is natural. That is, He is absent longer than
is necessary to go and return; and, even allowing some
time for stoppages, he has remained away more time
than is attributable to such a cause.
78.-EcS KaXo~v, that is, Kau&,. - oLIe, These, i. e., the
youth near him.
80. —r,. Some would emend by writing ems, but it seems
with a desire more to make an elegant construction
than to preserve the more genuine text. r? is used as
rTLw. See JEsch. S. Th. 474. -et yap, the same as
cLE,i, TiozuttlCl thCat.
82. -ELcao-a. co-r7 is understood. -- i8s-ESor'r is here
also understood, viz., Hie is p2leeasing,' i. e., he brings
pleasing news.
83.-It was the custom for those, who returned from the
oracle with a favorable answer, to wear garlands of
laurel on their head. GComp. Aristoph. P1. 21. The
laurel was sacred to Apollo (Class. Diet., article
" Daphne").
84. —-lkzerpos. Kr.TX., For lhe is near enoug'h to hear uts.
Literally, Folr he is qneasurzed (frSom zus) so as to heasr.
85. —Kj8$EV/a and yapt3po's are synonymes. (Comp. line 70.)
Creon is termed ava4, not " king," but "chieftain."'