τὸν ἱκέτην: cp. 44, 284. σωτήριον=“"with a view to “σωτηρία"”,”—leaving the hearer to think of that which Oed. gives, and also of that which he receives. “σωτήριος” is nowhere definitely pass., as=“σῶς”, “"saved"”; for in Aesch. Cho. 236 “σπέρματος σωτηρίου” is the seed which is to continue the race. Hence it is usu. taken here as=“"fraught with good for us,"” with ref. to his promise, “σωτῆρ᾽ ἀρεῖσθε” (460). That idea is present, but does not exclude the other.
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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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