Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus (ed. Sir Richard Jebb)

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Oedipus

Child of a blind old man, Antigone, to what region have we come, or to what city of men? Who will entertain the wandering Oedipus today with scanty gifts? [5] Little do I crave, and obtain still less than that little, and with that I am content. For patience is the lesson of suffering, and of the long years upon me, and lastly of a noble mind. My child, if you see any resting-place, [10] either on profane ground or by groves of the gods, stop me and set me down, so that we may inquire where we are. We have come to learn as foreigners from the townsmen, and to bring to completion whatever we hear.

Father, toil-worn Oedipus, the towers that [15] ring the city, to judge by sight, are far off; and this place is sacred, to judge from its appearance: laurel, olive, and vine grow thick-set; and a feathered crowd of nightingales makes music within. So sit here on this unshaped stone; [20] you have travelled a long way for an old man.

Seat me, then, and watch over the blind.

If time can teach, I need not learn that.

Can you tell me, now, where we have arrived?

Athens I know, but not this place.

[25] Yes, so much every traveller told us.

Well, shall I go and learn what the spot is called?

Yes, child, if indeed it is inhabited.

It surely is inhabited. But I think there is no need--I see a man nearby.

[30] Setting off and coming toward us?

He is at our side already. Speak whatever seems timely to you, for the man is here.

Further comments from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus:
line 1: gerontos
line 1: Antigonê
line 10: bebêlois
line 10: ê pros alsesin
line 15: stegousin
line 15: hôs ap' ommatôn
line 20: hôs geronti
line 20: proustalês
line 25: hêmin
line 30 (general note)
line 5: exaitounta
line 5: smikrou

Cross references from Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges:
1495 [DATIVE OF RELATION]

Cross references from Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus:
206

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus:
* [1-116: Prologue]
* [1-116: Prologue]
* [1-116: Prologue]
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Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
423 [Der eigentliche Dativ.]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Antigone:
* [1-99]
* [100-161]
* [1155-1352]
* [806-943]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Ajax:
* [201-595]
* [201-595]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra:
* [1-120]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Philoctetes:
* [730-826]

Cross references from W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886):
6, 208 [Book 6 (z)]

This text is based on the following book(s):
Sophocles. The Oedipus at Colonus of Sophocles. Edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. Sir Richard Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1889.
OCLC: 39793726