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

92 NOTES
stood in the mind of the speaker, because (Edipus in
answer says, W' 8pJvrt K.T.X., evidently referring to the
words of the Chorus.
299,-pr:(EVI~ Ov, Is innate.
306. —avre'7reUerV, Sent back as anszwer.
303.-J- aSovres eV, Ascertaining corr'ectly.
310.- -3ov r ag, Withholding.
311.-The full expression would be t-qT' yaXXVv $38v tavTLKr/s, 1 T LV aV'XXrv jkavWTqK'S EXEL3 030v.
312.-fro-caL. The first and second occurrences of.froac
have a different signification front the third. In the
former, it is applied to the sufferers, in the latter to
the plague. In the former it is "deliver," in the
latter "remove." This may be explained by considering "to draw" the original meaning of the verb.
Then in the first two instances we have "draw thyself," and "draw me," from the evil; and in the latter instance we have " draw the plague" from zs.
313.-rE9v.TE3KdroT, i. e., Laius.
314.-Ev ro-l ytp rO-Lv, _For we are in thee, i. e., our hopes
of deliverance are placed in thee. Acts 17: 28. Eur.
Ale. 279.
316.-TEXr XvEt, literally, Pays expenses, i. e., produce a
profitable result-for Xvnr-Ie-E.
318.-8-('XEo-a, HTaveforgotten.
321. —&too-w, I will bear Pmy (burden).
323. —Trav' a7ro-rrepv cr/Tv, Dep2riving the city of this
oracle. It is by such a translation that the use of
aLrooT(rEpv with the accusative of the object withheld
may be explained; Tr7v norAtv understood.
325. —tS oVV K.r.X.,'" In order, then, that I may not do
the same, I am silent." The verb -7rda-Xw signifies, "to
be in a condition;" as here the " condition" of aEdipus referred to, was that of speaking ino~pportunely;