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

88 NOTES.
2 tO. —,r-a8' Errwvvjov yas, Suz2named flom this land. IiHe
was called ~r/l~aros.
i21.-dc'ov; a title of Bacchus, given him by Jupiter. whc()
when aided by him in the war with the giants, cried
out Ec vLE (well done, son!). Others derive it from
the [Bacchanalian cry, Evo?.
215.-hri, Ag'ainst. -- &oV; see note on1 line 200.
216. —(dipus now re-enters, having heard the last words
of the Chorus. - - $' aiTrcT K.ri.X., AnlCd ZVwhat things
thou askest (if etc. etc.) thou mightest rcceive, namely,
aid and reliefJ
219, 220. —tvo rov X6yov-rEvos rov 7rpaXJ&Eroi, i. e. I
now have heard this story for the first time, and I was
not living here when the murder was committed (referring to Laius).
221.2.-o-Vl'oov here signifies, "a guiding fact," to assist
the search.
222.-Eis a'rovrs rEXW, I Cam enrolled Ca7on.g the citizens.
TEXO) has this signification in Eurip. Bach. 822.
223.- Ta8,uco~L. See note on line 1.
227.-KEi IE'v o36eTraL K.T.X., EveCn if he fear9, secretly?emzoving,; the accusationt ca,g'ainst ~hinzseC i. e., even
though, through fear of punishment, hlie would strive
to remove firom himself, by stealth, the guilt which is
really his.
229.-o-rTEpyEs, Sevzere. The student will notice that this
7rPCroeTaL is from'ri-aoXw, not from 7rEl9w.
231. —-av implies a contrary case.
232.-TrEX for TEXE-o), I shall g'ive; literally, "'I shall
accomplish."
234.-a[r(To- vo7ros, Shalcll r'estr'ain his spcech. —-- X
avTro,-L/(ras undclerstood.'235.-,e rTv8E, After these thiing's; a common expression
of Sophocles for iETa raO Ta.