λόγῳ, in the light of reason, with calm reflection (in contrast to the blind passion for power which afterwards seized them), a dat. of manner, cp. 381, O. T. 405 “ὀργῇ λελέχθαι”, Ant. 621 “σοφίᾳ...ἔπος πέφανται.” τὴν πάλαι … φθοράν, beginning with the curse called down on Laïus by Pelops, for robbing him of his son Chrysippus. Cp. Ant. 596 “῾οφ τηις λαβδαξιδ ηουσἐ οὐδ᾽ ἀπαλλάσσει γενεὰν γένος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρείπει ι θεῶν τις” etc.: one generation doth not free another, but some god brings ruin.
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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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