L's ἔτ᾽ οὖν ἔτι προβῶ; metrically answers to “οὕτως” in 194. The choice seems to lie between ἔτ᾽ οὖν; and προβῶ; The latter might easily have been added to explain the former: and ἔτ᾽ οὖν is not too abrupt, since πρόσθιγέ νύν μου (173) has already marked the beginning of his forward movement. ἔτι βαῖνε seems better than ἐπίβαινε in the case of a blind man advancing step by step, and asking at each step whether he has come far enough. This is well expressed by “ἔτ̓ οὖν;—ἔτι βαῖνε.—ἔτι;” For “ἔτι_” before “προβ.”, cp. Ant. 612 “το_ πρίν”.
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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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