Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus by Sir Richard C. Jebb
ὁ πᾶσι κλεινὸς … καλούμενοςπᾶσι 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. 9.19εἴμ’ Ὀδυσεύς … καί μευ κλέος οὐρανὸν ἵκει, imitated by Verg. Aen. 1.378sum 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).