ἀνδρῶν γε μοῦνος (cp. 875), "with no escort at least," in contrast to Creon, 722 “ἆσσον ἔρχεται ι Κρέων ὅδ᾽ ἡμῖν οὐκ ἄνευ πομπῶν, πάτερ”. Oedipus dreaded that his son, like Creon, would make an attempt to carry him off by violence: cp. 1206 “εἴπερ κεῖνος ὧδ᾽ ἐλεύσεται, ι μηδεὶς κρατείτω” etc.: and Antigone hastens to assure him at once that Polyneices comes otherwise than as Creon came. He is alone, and in tears. For the gen. cp. Ai. 511 “σοῦ...μόνος”.—Others: —(1) “"he, and no one else"”: this seems somewhat weak. (2) “"weeping as no man weeps"” (but only women):—a modern view of weeping: it is enough to remember Achilles and Aeneas.
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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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