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What sign dost thou perceive
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That proves thine end so near?
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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.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906))
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mvp-comment-1035-1 ἐν τῷ δὲ κεῖσαι 1
1510. mvp-comment-803-1 ἐν .. κεῖσαι On what sign of thine approaching end dost thou rely?
1510. mvp-comment-803-2 κείμαι, from meaning to lie, obtains the more general notion of resting, which is here used metaphorically with the preposition ev. Cp. the use of ἔγκειμαι in Dem. 294. 23. πολὺς τοῖς συμβεβηκόσιν ἔγκειται. He lays great stress on what has happened.