Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 1387

ed. Lewis Campbell

πηγῆς διʼ ὤτων φραγμός, οὐκ ἂν ἐσχόμην

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-844-1 ἐσχόμην 1

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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.

1387. mvp-comment-774-1 οὐκ ἂν ἐσχόμην I would not have refrained. Cp. Hdt. 6. 85, ἔσχοντο τῆς ἀγωγῆς. The MSS, with a few exceptions, have ἀνεσχόμην or ἠνεσχόμην, which gives an inferior sense, and the omission of av is improbable here. μή rather than μὴ οὐ is used, because of the hypothetical sentence. Essay on Language p. 49.