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βυθῶν ἔτʼ οὐχ οἵα τε φοινίου σάλου,

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οἵα 1 w 14
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φοινίου 1 w 23
σάλου 1 w 28

Commentaries

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

βυθῶν “from the depths,” i.e. out of the trough of the waves which rise around. Cp. Soph. Ant. 337 περιβρυχίοισιν | περῶν ὑπ’ οἴδμασιν, under swelling waves which threaten to engulf him. Arat. 426 ὑπόβρυχα ναυτίλλονται. φοινίου here merely poet. for θανασίμου, as Soph. Trach. 770 φοινίας | ἐχθρᾶς ἐχίδνης ἰός : Soph. OC 1689 φόνιος Ἀΐδας. But in Soph. Aj. 351 φοινία ζάλη = the madness which drove Ajax to bloodshed. ἔτ’ οὐχ οἵα τε : for position of ἔτ’ , cp. Soph. Trach. 161 ὡς ἔτ’ οὐκ ὤν , Soph. Phil. 1217 ἔτ’ οὐδέν εἰμι. With οἷός τε the verb is often omitted, as 1415, Soph. OC 1136,Soph. Trach. 742,Aristoph. Kn. 343.

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Dictionary Citations

LSJ

βυθός
b συνιζάνειν εἰς β. sink to the bottom, Thphr. Od. 29: metaph., ἐξ οὐρίων δραμοῦσαν ἐς βυθὸν πεσεῖν S. Aj. 1083; ἀνακουφίσαι κάρα βυθῶν Id. OT 24; ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμα from the deep wound, Id. Ph. 783; καταφέρεσθαι εἰς β. Arist. HA 619a7, etc.; τὴν ἀναφορὰν ποιησάμενος ἐκ τοῦ β. ib. 622b7; ἐν τῷ β. τῆς θαλάττης ib. 537a8: metaph., ἐν βυθῷ ἀτεχνίης in the depth of . . , Hp. Praec. 7; ἐν β. ἡ ἀλήθεια Democr. 117; εἴς τινα β. φλυαρίας ἐμπεσών Pl. Prm. 130d; ἀθεότητος Plu. Amat. 2.757c; ὑπέρκοσμος β. abyss, Dam. Pr. 106, 205.
σάλος
II tossing on the sea, ἐκ πολλοῦ σ. εὕδοντʼ ἐπʼ ἀκτῆς S. Ph. 271; σάλον εἶχεν ἡ θάλασσα Plu. Luc. 10; καρηβαρεῖν ὑπὸ σ. Luc. Herm. 28; ἐν τοσούτῳ σ. ναυτιάσαντα Id. Tox. 19: metaph. of the ship of the state, τὰ μὲν δὴ πόλεος θεοὶ πολλῷ σ. σείσαντες ὤρθωσαν πάλιν S. Ant. 163; πόλις . . σαλεύει κἀνακουφίσαι κάρα βυθῶν ἔτʼ οὐχ οἵα τε φοινίον σάλου Id. OT 24; ἐν σάλῳ πόλις γενομένη Lys. 6.49; ἔσχε . . ὁ ἀγὼν ὑποτροπὴν καὶ σ. began to waver, Plu. Alex. 32, cf. Aem. 18; cf. σαλεύω II.1.