καὶ τόδ̓ still depends on “οὐχ ὁρᾷς;” μάλ᾽ αὖθις: cp. 1477. ἔπιτνε, impf., must be either (1) “"was appointed to perish,"” or (2) “"was perishing"” when we last saw him. (2) seems best. δίχα τε παντός, “"apart from all"”: i.e. without any eye-witness (save Theseus).—Better thus than, “"in a manner different from all other men."”—Ismene opposes her sister's desire as (1) unlawful, and (2) impossible.
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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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