Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 1368

ed. Lewis Campbell

κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός.

Oedipus Tyrannus. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.

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German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1367 focus
Zu sagen, daß du wohl gethan, bedenk' ich mich;
Denn besser war dir's, nicht zu sein, als lebend blind.
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Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))

mvp-comment-829-1 κρείσσων … ἦσθα μηκέτ’ ὤν 1

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1368. mvp-comment-760-1 κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα Thou hadst better have been no more, than to live on in blindness. Cp. Aj. 635, κρείσσων γὰρ Αιδᾳ κεύθων ὁ νοσῶν μάταν. For the av omitted, see Essay on Language § 27. p. 45.