1579.
mvp-comment-842-1
One of the companions of Theseus (πρόσπολοι, supra 1553) returning before the rest, reports all that will ever be known, except to Theseus and his successors, of the departure of Oedipus.
1579.
mvp-comment-842-2
πολίται
Fellow-citizens. By the ξυνοικισμός under Theseus the Coloniatae were already citizens of Athens.
1579.
mvp-comment-842-3
ξυντομωτάτως .. ὀλωλότα I might best succeed in brevity by saying Oedipus is gone.' The adverb contains the predicate. Essay on Language § 24. p. 40. The participial construction with λέξας is noticeable; cp. O. T. 465 and note.
1581.
mvp-comment-843-1
ἃ δ᾽ ἦν τὰ πραχθέντ' supposes a simple clause, such as οὐ βραχέως φράσαι πάρεστιν, which, by the introduction of the antithesis between μύθος and ἔργον, is expanded into what follows.
1582.
mvp-comment-844-1
οὔτε τάργ᾽ ὅσ᾽ ἦν ἐκεῖ Sc.
1582.
mvp-comment-844-2
βραχέα ἦν. ἐκεῖ is added to supplement both clauses.