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

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all acts of assistance in lthe search for the murderer.
271. —vdvLEat is to be repeated before -ra3as, or iather
some kindred verb applicable to rat8as is to be substituted; as, for instance, av'etv.
272. — EX.9Yov, More deadly.
276. —S7rep p' JpaZov EXaflEs, As yozu have laid mne under
curse (if I dclisobey).
2'78, 279.-But this question, " Who com1mzitted the deed?"
was fbr Apollo, vwho sent (the oracular order) to acnswer.
282. —ra 8evTEpa, Tlhe next mnethod. ---- Tv8 refers to the
plan of seeking a solution from Apollo. The whole
line is, " I would sug22'est what appears to mne the zext
mnethod (of procedz6ure) after this (plan of askizng Apollo,
which yozt say is impq2'acticable).
284. —avaKTa is applied to Tiresias, as a title of respect
due his prophetical character. See Classical Dictionary.
The occurrence of a'va$ three times in this short speech
of the Chorus is certainly a defect.
287.-Ev apyos', same as apyt..- oiie, Not even.
288.-Erd'vToS, Suggesting. - 8t7rXoo, poetically for 8o0.
289.-9av,/uaLerat, Is won2der'ed at.
290. —K-oi, Confused. He refers to the common reports
of the death of Laius. Some translate Kioa, 1" senseless," or " silly;" but there was nothing either senseless or silly in those reports; they were conflicting
and thus " confused," and the transition of meaning
in KWcU' from 1" stopped up," (its original sense,) to
" confused,': is readily seen.
293. —-rov o' goSr' ovtS opa, But zno one sees the mnan who
beheld (the attack).
294.-8ELTats —e'pos, A pFarticle of fear (iln his nzatze).
The nominative to E'XEL here must be O 8pWv, under