Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus (ed. Sir Richard Jebb)

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Hiereus
all' ô kratunôn Oidipous chôras emês,

15

horais men hêmas hêlikoi prosêmetha⁺
bômoisi tois sois^*: hoi men oudepô makran
ptesthai^* sthenontes, hoi de sun gêrai bareis^*++++,
hierês, egô men^* Zênos, hoide t'^* êitheôn^*
lektoi: to d' allo phulon exestemmenon^*

20

agoraisi^* thakei⁺ pros^* te Pallados diplois
naois, ep' Ismênou^* te manteiai⁺ spodôi^**++.
polis gar, hôsper kautos eisorais, agan
êdê saleuei kanakouphisai kara
buthôn^* et'^* ouch hoia te^* phoiniou^* salou,

25

phthinousa^*++ men kaluxin enkarpois^* chthonos,
phthinousa d' agelais bounomois^* tokoisi^* te
agonois^* gunaikôn: en d'^* ho purphoros theos^**
skêpsas elaunei, loimos echthistos, polin,
huph' hou kenoutai dôma Kadmeion⁺, melas d'^*

30

Haidês stenagmois kai^* goois ploutizetai^*.
theoisi men nun^* ouk isoumenon s'^* egô
oud' hoide paides hezomesth' ephestioi⁺,
andrôn^* de prôton en te sumphorais biou
krinontes en te daimonôn sunallagais^*+:

35

hos g'^* exelusas astu⁺ Kadmeion molôn
sklêras^* aoidou dasmon hon pareichomen,
kai tauth'^* huph' hêmôn ouden exeidôs pleon^*+
oud' ekdidachtheis, alla prosthêkêi theou^*
legei nomizei th' hêmin orthôsai bion:

40

nun t'^*, ô kratiston pasin^* *oidipou kara⁺,
hiketeuomen se pantes hoide prostropoi
alkên tin' heurein hêmin, eite^** tou theôn
phêmên^* akousas eit' ap' andros oistha tou:
hôs toisin empeiroisi kai tas xumphoras

45

zôsas^* horô malista tôn bouleumatôn^*+.
ith', ô brotôn arist', anorthôson⁺ polin,
ith', eulabêthêth'^*+: hôs se nun men hêde gê
sôtêra klêizei tês paros prothumias^*:
archês de tês sês mêdamôs memnômetha^*

50

stantes t'^* es orthon kai pesontes husteron.
all' asphaleiai^* tênd' anorthôson polin⁺:
ornithi gar kai tên tot' aisiôi^* tuchên
paresches hêmin, kai tanun isos genou.
hôs eiper arxeis têsde gês, hôsper krateis⁺⁺⁺,

55

xun andrasin^* kallion ê kenês kratein:
hôs ouden⁺ estin^*+ oute⁺⁺ purgos^*+ oute naus⁺
erêmos^*+ andrôn mê xunoikountôn⁺ esô^*+.

Further comments from Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus:
line 25 (general note)
line 35: g'
line 35: exelusas ... dasmon
line 37: exeidôs ... ekdidachtheis
line 44 (general note)
line 44: hôs toisin ... bouleumatôn
line 49: memnôimetha
line 54 (general note)
line 54: arxeis ... krateis ... kratein

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus:
* [117-253: Parodos]
* [1670-1750: Commos]
* [1-116: Prologue]
* [1-116: Prologue]
* [1-116: Prologue]
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* [1556-1578: Fourth stasimon]
* [549-667: Conclusion of first episode]
* [720-1043: Second episode]

Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
425 [Der Dativ als Vertreter des Instrumentalis.]
402 [Vertauschung der attributiven Formen.]
405 [a) Substantive statt Adjektive in attributiver Beziehung.]
431 [En und sun (xun).]
462 [Weglassung des Artikels.]

Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
510 [Die Modaladverbien der Negation ou und mê).]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Antigone:
* [631-780]
* [1155-1352]
* [1155-1352]
* [162-331]
* [162-210]
* [376-581]
* [806-943]
* [781-800]
* [376-581]
* [988-1114]
* [1155-1352]
* [376-581]
* [376-581]
* [806-943]
* [1-99]
* [944-987]
* [376-581]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Ajax:
* [201-595]
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* [646-692]
* [974-1184]
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* [646-692]
* [134-200]
* [201-595]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra:
* [121-250]
* [121-250]
* [516-1057]
* [1098-1383]
* [1058-1097]
* [251-471]
* [251-471]
* [516-1057]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Philoctetes:
* [219-675]
* [865-1080]
* [219-675]
* [219-675]
* [730-826]
* [219-675]
* [865-1080]
* [730-826]
* [1-134]
* [219-675]
* [1218-1471]
* [219-675]
* [1-134]

Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Trachiniae:
* [141-496]
* [141-496]
* [141-496]
* [633-662]
* [531-632]
* [531-632]
* [141-496]
* [141-496]

Cross references from W. W. How, J. Wells, A Commentary on Herodotus:
3, 65, 7 [BOOK III]
4, 151, 1 [BOOK IV]

Cross references from W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886):
1, 282 [Book 1 (a)]

Cross references from Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900):
21, 548 [Book 21 (Ph)]
22, 31 [Book 22 (Ch)]

Cross references from A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin):
v2p286 [chrêstêrion]

Cross references from J. E. Sandys, Select Private Orations of Demosthenes:
36, 5

This text is based on the following book(s):
Sophocles. The Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles. Edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1887.
OCLC: 39793726