The constr. is “αὗται δὲ ἐξ ἐμοῦ δύο μὲν παῖδε, δύο δ᾽ ἄτα … ἀπέβλαστον” etc. ἐξ ἐμοῦ, sprung from me: no partic. need be supplied, since the verb “ἀπέβλ”. follows: cp. 250 “ὅ τι σοι φίλον ἐκ σέθεν” (sc. “ἐστί”). The cry with which the Chorus interrupts him (πῶς φής;) marks their perception (from his first words “αὗται δέ” etc.) that the children of that marriage were before them. αὗται … παῖδε: cp. Plat. Laches p. 187 A “αὐτοὶ εὑρεταὶ γεγονότε”.
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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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