Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 1371

ed. Lewis Campbell

ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὄμμασιν ποίοις βλέπων

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

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mvp-comment-831-1 βλέπων 1 εἰ 2 ποίοις ὄμμασιν 3

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1369-1415. mvp-comment-762-1 In this wonderful speech the passion of Oedipus is heard rising in varied tones from 1369 to 1390 (the steps are 1369-1374, 1375,6, 1377-1383, 1384-1390); culminating in the prolonged outburst 1391-1408, where the four stages of horror in his life are recounted, and gradually subsiding into a gentler pathos in 1409-1413, 1414-1415.

1371. mvp-comment-763-1 βλέπων If I had sight. 1372. The shade of the dead in Hades is imagined as having all the characteristics of the living form. Oedipus, selfblinded, will be blind in Hades, just as the ghost of Heracles in the venuta has the ghostly belt and bow.