[1229] The construction is ὅσα κακὰ （τὰ μὲν） κεύθει, τὰ δὲ αὐτίκα ἐς τὸ φῶς φανεῖ: cp. Soph. El. 1290 “πατρῴαν κτῆσιν ... ι ἀντλεῖ, τὰ δ᾽ ἐκχεῖ κ.τ.λ.” The house conceals （κεύθει）the corpse of Iocasta; it will presently disclose （φανεῖ）the selfblinded Oedipus: both these horrors were due to conscious acts （ἑκόντα）,as distinguished from those acts in which Oed. and Iocasta had become involved without their knowledge （ἄκοντα）. ἑκόντα ... ἄκοντα for ἑκούσια ... ἀκούσια, the epithet of the agent being transferred to the act: see on 1215.
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