Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus 1361

ed. Lewis Campbell

τάδʼ, ὥσπερ ἂν ζῶ, σοῦ φονέως μεμνημένος,

Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.

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Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 1447-1496 focus
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1346 focus
Des Mannes wegen, Dedipus, der ihn gesandt,
Erwidre, was dir heilsam dünkt, und laß ihn zieh'n.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 1448-1495 focus

Commentary

Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))

mvp-comment-951-1 I have little doubt that τάδ’, ἕωσπερ , not τάδ’, ὥσπερ , is the true reading here. The synizesis of ἕως was familiar through Homer: Od. 2.148

τὼ δ’ ἕως μέν ῥ) ἐπέτοντο μετὰ πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο
: Il. 17.727
ἕως μὲν γάρ τε θέουσι διαρραῖσαι μεμαῶτες
. In Ph. 1330
ὡς ἂν αὑτὸς ἥλιος
, Scaliger rightly changed
ὡς
to
ἕως
(first adopted by Wunder); Brunck, with less probability, to
ἔστ’
. In Ai. 1117
ὡς ἂν ᾖς ὀ=ός περ εἶ, ὡς
is more easily defended; but there also (I now think)
ἕως
was rightly conjectured by Scaliger.

mvp-comment-951-2 ἕωσπερ 1

mvp-comment-951-3 φονέως 2

mvp-comment-951-4 μεμνημένος 4

Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus

1361. mvp-comment-717-1 ὥσπερ ἂν ζῶ Whatever my life may be. Cp. Hom. Od. 17. 586, οὐκ ἄφρων ὁ ξεῖνος δίεται, ὅσπερ ἂν εἴη. Some take ὡs in this place for ἕως (see Essay on Language § 28. p. 47), but such a use of ὥσπερ is inadmissible. As above rendered, the words have an obvious reference to 1357-1359, and to supr. 1625, 6, I ask not for your compassion; whether I live happily or miserably, I shall equally regard you as my murderer.

1361. mvp-comment-717-2 μεμνημένος is nominative by attraction to the relative clause.