χωρῶν ἀπείλει νῦν, "threaten (if you will) now—only set out." The enclitic νυν ("well then") would be weak here: νῦν takes point from 1037. For the partic. expressing the leading idea of the sentence, cp. Tr. 592 “ἀλλ᾽ εἰδέναι χρὴ δρῶσαν”: Andoc. or. 3 § 34 “φημὶ...στρατηγὸν...λανθάνοντα δεῖν τοὺς πολλοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἐξαπατῶντα ἄγειν ἐπὶ τοὺς κινδύνους”, "he must elude their notice, and beguile them, if he is to lead them," etc.: Thuc. 1.20 “Ἵππαρχον οἴονται τύραννον ὄντα ἀποθανεῖν”, "was reigning when he was killed": 4. 11 “τὰς σφετέρας ναῦς, βιαζομένους τὴν ἀπόβασιν, καταγνύναι ἐκέλευε”: "he cried, 'Wreck your ships, if you must—but force your way ashore.'"
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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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