κλύειν is not perfectly courteous, as Wecklein says, who reads λέγειν,—perhaps rightly. But for κλύειν it may be pleaded that, just after so signal a proof of good-faith and valour, Theseus might be excused if he showed a little impatience at the reiterated fears of Oedipus. Cp. their conversation at 648—656. Besides, τὰ τοιαῦτ̓, a phrase which implies some annoyance, must refer to the fears just uttered, rather than to pledges which should allay them.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part II: The Oedipus Coloneus. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1899.
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