The gen. might be taken with μείζω, "a chastiser greater than the sins," i.e. "severer than they merited" (“ἢ κατὰ τὰ ἡμαρτ”.); but it is simpler to take it with κολαστήν, "too great a chastiser of the sins." As “μέγας θυμός” is "violent anger," so “θυμός” which is over-violent can be called “μείζων κολαστής”. The rhythm of the verse will not permit us to disjoin “μείζω” (as by a comma) from “κολαστήν”.
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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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