ἄσκοποι … πλάκες, the “"viewless fields"” of the nether world (cp. on 1564). φερόμενον, pass., is clearly right, "borne away," helping ἔμαρψαν to express sudden and swift disappearance. Plat. Phaedo 98B “ἀπὸ δὴ θαυμαστῆς ἐλπίδος... ᾠχόμην φερόμενος”, “"from what a summit of hope was I hurled headlong"”: Rep. 496 D “ἐν χειμῶνι κονιορτοῦ καὶ ζάλης ὑπὸ πνεύματος φερομένου”. The midd. φερόμεναι, as “"carrying off to themselves,"” would be somewhat strange, and also much less forcible.
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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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