τῇδ̓, ὧδε, τῇδε, lit., “"this way,— hither,—this way"”;—marking that he is already sure of his path. The number of forms from “ὅδε” in this v. and 1546 is curious, but it is evident that the natural distribution of emphasis in speaking would avoid an unpleasing effect.
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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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