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Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus by Sir Richard C. Jebb

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urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc2:8
πᾶσι κλεινὸς Οἰδίπους καλούμενος.

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ὁ πᾶσι κλεινὸς … καλούμενος πᾶσι with κλεινός (cp. 40 πᾶσι κράτιστον), not with καλούμενος: “called Oedipus famous in the sight of all,” not “called famous Oed. by all.” Cp. πασίγνωστος, πασίδηλος, πασιμέλουσα, πασίφιλος. The tone is Homeric ( Hom. Od. 9.19 εἴμ’ Ὀδυσεύς … καί μευ κλέος οὐρανὸν ἵκει, imitated by Verg. Aen. 1.378 sum pius Aeneas … fama super aethera notus): Oedipus is a type, for the frank heroic age, of Arist.'s μεγαλόψυχος—ὁ μεγάλων αὑτὸν ἀξιῶν, ἄξιος ὤν (Aristot. Nic. Eth. 4.3).

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