OED
My daughters, the divinely promised end
Here unavoidably descends on me.
Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles. Lewis Campbell (Translator). London, New York and Toronto. 1906.
Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles. Lewis Campbell (Translator). London, New York and Toronto. 1906.
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mvp-comment-1017-1 ἥκει τῷδ’ ἐπ’ ἀνδρί 1
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.