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

86 NOTES.
would prefer considering it the accusative, agreeing
with 4povov.
164.-7rporEpa raTas opvvLdEvas. Genitive absolute (which
I would consider a genitive governed by a suppressed
preposition). --- Vrp for VTrepavw, the adverb.
165. —7roXt, that is, In the city.
166.-mvfvcrar' KroTrlaV K.r.X., Ye achieved [this, viz., the
mzaking] the flame of tvoe banished. This is the literal method of filling out the expression, which is the
same as, Ye b6aished the flame of woe. Reference is
had to the Sphynx.
167. — r 7rot, an exclamation derived from an old nominiative 7ro'r, "' a god." Hence 0) 7r0roL, Ogods!
169. — /woI 7rpSora 3o-Tr&Xo, M2 whole eople. The E~to' is a
possessive dative, as if C.Jo. -'(rToXo% from o-rAXO
(to equip), is, 1st. Equipment; 2d. Army; 3d. Multitude or People.
170. —'vt for EGtr.-L. - povwr8og`y/Xos, (lit.) Spear of
thought, i. e., "strength of mind."
172. —EKyova, Fruits.
173, 174. —Nor do wonmen inz childbiirth rise from, their
woefulpains, i. e., they do not survive their labour.
The method of explaining avEXovo-L with the genitive
is to supply lavrSa l$, thus, "they do not raise them.
selves from,' etc.
176.-J-7rep, neut. plural of rsormrp, used adverbially, Just as.
177. —Kp;'crvov, MIor'e fier-cely.
178.-c r7re'pov 3co, Taze evening good, i. e., the god of dark
ness or gloom, Pluto.
180. —vmX&a generally bears an active signification, Unt
p2ityinig; here it has the passive sense, Unpitied.
181.-The ground is called Savarqo76pos, as if the pestilence was caused by noxious vapours arising from the
ground.