βροτῶν is changed by Nauck to “κακῶν”, and by Dindorf to “ἐμῶν” (“"my affairs"”), on the ground that ἐμπείροις needs definition. But if the preceding words leave any need for such definition, it is supplied in the next v. by συνταλαιπωρεῖν τάδε. Only those who, like his daughters, are already involved in the family sorrows can show him the offices of affection without fear of a new stain from the contact.
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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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