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Οἰδίπους Τύραννος (29)

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ὑφʼ οὗ κενοῦται δῶμα Καδμεῖον, μέλας δʼ

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ὑφʼ	1	w	3
οὗ	1	w	5
κενοῦται	1	w	13
δῶμα	1	w	17
Καδμεῖον	1	w	25
μέλας	1	w	31
δʼ	1	w	33

Commentaries

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

μέλας δ’ elision at end of v. is peculiar in Trag. to Soph., who is said to have adopted it from a poet Callias (Athen. 10 p. 453 E): hence it was called εἶδος Σοφόκλειον. Examples: δ’ 785, 791, 1224; Soph. OC 17;Soph. Ant. 1031;Soph. El. 1017:τ’ below, 1184: ταῦτ’ 332. [;In Soph. OC 1164 μολόντ’ should prob. be μόνον.]; In Comedy: δ’ Eur. Hipp. 1716 ,Aristoph. Eccl. 351: μ’ Aristoph. Frogs 298 .

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Dictionary Citations

LSJ

μέλας

III black, dark, θάνατος Il. 2.834, etc.; κήρ ib. 859, etc.; ὀδύναι 4.117, etc. (the origin of the metaphor is seen in the phrases θανάτου μ. νέφος, ἄχεος νεφέλη μ., 16.350, 18.22); μ. τύχα, ἀρά, A. Supp. 89 (lyr.), Th. 832 (lyr.); Ἐρινύς ib. 993 (lyr.), cf. Eu. 52; ἄτα Id. Ag. 769 (lyr.); Ἄρης ib. 1511 (lyr.); Ἅιδης S. OT 29; Ἅιδου μ. ἀνάγκα E. Hipp. 1388 (lyr.), etc.; ἡμέραι μέλαιναι, = Lat. dies atri, Plu. Luc. 27.