ἔρωτ᾽ ἐς τόνδ̓, the conjecture of Papageorgius (see cr. n.), is, I think, almost certain. The MS. change supposed is of the slightest kind, and such as continually occurs in our MSS.: while ἔρωτος τοῦδ̓ cannot be defended as either (a) gen. of connection, "helping in regard to this desire," or (b) possessive gen. with ὠφελῶν as=“εὐεργέτης”, "helper of this desire." See Appendix.
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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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