Oedipus
Scene II.
Creon, Chorus.
Oedipus Tyrannus. Sophocles. Thomas Francklin (Translator). London. 1758–1759.
Oedipus Tyrannus. Sophocles. Thomas Francklin (Translator). London. 1758–1759.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759))
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mvp-comment-354-1 Join οὗτος σύ 1
mvp-comment-354-2 τόλμης 2
mvp-comment-354-3 τοσόνδε τόλμης‐πρόσωπον 3
mvp-comment-355-1 φονεὺς ὢν κ.τ.λ. 4
mvp-comment-356-1 τῆς ἐμῆς 5 τοῦδε τἀνδρός 6
mvp-comment-357-1 ἔν μοι 7 ἐν ἐμοί 8 ἐμοὶ 9 μοι 10 μοι 11 ἰδών 12
mvp-comment-357-2 ἰδών … ἐν 13 ποεῖν; 14
mvp-comment-358-1 ἢ τοὔργον 15 ἰδών 16
mvp-comment-358-2 γνωριοῖμι 17 γνωριοῖμι 18
mvp-comment-359-1 ἢ οὐκ 19
mvp-comment-359-2 ἀλεξοίμην 20
mvp-comment-360-1 πλήθους 21 Φίλων 22 χρήμασιν 23
mvp-comment-361-1 ὃ 24
mvp-comment-362-1 οἶσθ’ ὡς πόησον; 25
mvp-comment-363-1 For κακὸς 26 σοῦ 27
mvp-comment-363-2 ηὕρηκ’ 28
532. mvp-comment-316-1 τοσόνδ᾽ ἔχεις τόλμης πρόσωπον Have you such a face of brass? i. e. τοσαύτης τόλμης πρόσωπον. A case of hypallage.
534. mvp-comment-317-1 The ind. ἵκου is more forcible than the infinitive, as dwelling on the 542.8] fact, and not merely marking its connexion with the preceding statement. The words ἐμφανῶς, ἐναργής, in what follows, are very characteristic of the passionate self-confidence of Oedipus.
537. mvp-comment-318-1 ἐν ἐμοί, like ἃ δ᾽ ἂν ἔρῃ, infr. 749, is an apparent violation of the rule that the 2nd and 3rd syllables of a trisyllabic foot must be in the same word. But ev is a preposition which adheres to its case.
538. mvp-comment-319-1 ὡς, κ.τ.λ. depends, κατὰ τὸ σημαινόμενον, οη καταφρονήσας, or the like, implied in ἰδὼν . . ἐν ἐμοί. Either supposing that I would not detect the stealthy approaches of this plot of yours, or that I would not resist it when observed.' The MS. reading -κούκ may be compared with Il. 2. 289, ἢ παῖδες νεαροὶ χῆραί τε γυναῖκες, or ἤ in this case may be explained as = ' or;' but the correction ἢ ἡ οὐκ seems far more probable. The former alternative implies μωρίαν, the latter δειλίαν. For the synizesis, cp. infr. 555, ἢ οὐκ ἔπειθες.
538. mvp-comment-319-2 γνωρίσοιμι follows the MSS. against the Atticists.
541. mvp-comment-320-1 πλήθους καὶ φίλων Cp. supr. 470, πυρὶ καὶ στεροπαῖς.
543. mvp-comment-321-1 οἶσθ᾿ ὡς ποίησον Do you know what I bid you do?" An idiomatic confusion of οἶσθ ὡς ποιήσεις with ποίησον. See Essay on Language $ 36. p. 66.
545. mvp-comment-322-1 You are a clever talker; but I am slow to learn of you (alluding to μαθών in the preceding line), for I have found you dangerous and hostile to me. Cp. Plat. Rep. 2. 358 Α, ἀλλ᾽ ἐγώ τις, ὡς ἔοικε, δυσμαθής.