Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus 1514

ed. Lewis Campbell

αἱ πολλὰ βρονταὶ διατελεῖς τὰ πολλά τε

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

Current edition Experimental

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (1)
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 1500-1555 focus
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1500 focus
Was tönt vereinigt euer Ruf mir abermals,
Von euch vernehmlich, deutlich aus des Fremdlings Mund?
War's, weil ein Bliz Kronions, weil ein Hagelsturm
1485
Mit Regen losgebrochen? Denn zu fürchten ja
Ist Alles, wenn in Wettern also stürmt der Gott.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 1500-1555 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-1037-1 The usual order would be αἱ πολλὰ διατελεῖς βρονταί ,

"the long-continued thunderings."
But an adj. or partic. is sometimes thus placed after the subst., when the art. and an adv. (or adverbial phrase) stands before it: cp. O. T. 1245
τὸν ἤδη Λάϊον πάλαι νεκρόν
=
τὸν ἤδη πάλαι νεκρὸν Λ.
, the already long-dead L.: where see n.

mvp-comment-1037-2 πολλὰ 1

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

1514. mvp-comment-805-1 αἱ πολλὰ βρονταί Sc. δηλοῦσιν τάδε. Here, as in 1502, the nominative is brought in without any exact connection with what precedes, as though the words What signs of this appear? had preceded. There is no reasonable doubt that πολλά is the true reading. The frequent thunderings. For other instances of adverbs attached to substantives, see Essay on Language § 24. p. 41. βρονταὶ διατελεῖς are to be joined in one expression, Prolonged thunderings.