Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus 447

Lewis Campbell (Translator)

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My daughters, the divinely promised end
Here unavoidably descends on me.

Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles. Lewis Campbell (Translator). London, New York and Toronto. 1906.

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Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 447 focus
καὶ γῆς ἄδειαν καὶ γένους ἐπάρκεσιν·
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 510-548 focus
Translations (3)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 461 focus
Wohl werth des Mitleids, Dedipus, erscheinst du selbst
Und deine Töchter! Aber da du meinem Land
Dich jezt zum Helfer selbst erbeutst mit diesem Wort:
So will ich treulich rathen, was dir frommen kann.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 447 focus
Chorus
AVI
Fortune hath toss'd you on a wide wild sea.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 510-546c focus

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

mvp-comment-1017-1 ἥκει τῷδ’ ἐπ’ ἀνδρί 1

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

1472. mvp-comment-784-1 θέσφατος Heaven-ordained;' i. e. Both decreed by the Gods and foretold by them. Cp. supr. 87-95, infr. 1511-1512. For ἐπί, see Essay on Language § 19. p. 27, and cp. ἐφήκω in Thuc. 8. 67, ἐπειδὴ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐφῆκε.

1473. mvp-comment-785-1 κοὐκέτ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἀποστροφή And there is no avoiding it, now it is come.

1473. mvp-comment-785-2 ἀποστροφή here and Eur. Fr. 447 is not a place of refuge, but has the primary verbal sense.