Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus 462

Lewis Campbell (Translator)

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OED
The loud continual thunder, and the darts
That flash in volleys from the unconquered hand.
1515

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

Current edition Experimental

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 462 focus
αὐτός τε παῖδές θʼ αἵδʼ· ἐπεὶ δὲ τῆσδε γῆς
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 510-548 focus
Translations (2)
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 (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 510-546c 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

mvp-comment-1038-1 στράψαντα 2

mvp-comment-1038-2 σκήψαντα 3

mvp-comment-1038-3 χειρὸς τῆς ἀνικήτου 4

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.

1515. mvp-comment-806-1 * στράψαντα ἀνικήτου] Flashing from the invincible hand. The form στράπτω occurs in Apollon. Rhod. For a similar corruption, cp. O. T. 375, and v. rr.