The “σκοπός”, who did not know the name of Oed., could describe the traces of wounds about the sightless eyes, and brought the mysterious message (72). Theseus then set out, surmising who it was. Meanwhile the name of Oed. had become known at Colonus (222), and wayfarers who met Theseus raised his surmise into certain knowledge. Cp. on 299 ff. ἔν τε, answered by τανῦν θ᾽. The simplest statement would have been “ἔγνωκά σε, ἀκούων ἔν τε τῷ πάρος χρόνῳ τανῦν τε”. Then, by repetition of the partic., we get “ἔγνωκα, ἀκούων τε ἐν τ. π. χρ., ἀκούων τε τανῦν”. And then, by insertion of a new verb, “ἔγνωκά τέ σε, ἀκούων ἐν τ. π. χρ., ἐξεπίσταμαί τε ἀκούων τανῦν”. Cp. the insertion of “ἡγεῖται” in 351, and n.
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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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