[421] ποῖος Κιθαιρὼν vigorous for ποῖον μέρος Κιθαιρῶνος.
τὸν ὑμέναιον ὃν εἰσέπλευσας the marriage into which thou didst sail: δόμοις, in the house, local dat. （381）: the marriage（ὑμέναιος, here = γάμος） was the haven into which he sailed, —a haven which seemed secure, but which, in reality, was for him a ὅρμος ἄνορμος. εὐπλοίας τυχών because Oed. seemed to have found ὄλβος, and also because the gale of fortune had borne him swiftly on: cp. οὔθ᾽ ὁρῶν οὔθ᾽ ἱστορῶν, 1484. —The ὑμέναιος was the song sung while the bride and bridegroom were escorted to their home, Hom. Il. 18.492 “νύμφας δ᾽ ἐκ θαλάμων δαΐδων ὑπὸ λαμπομενάων ι ἠγίνεον ἀνὰ ἄστυ, πολὺς δ᾽ ὑμέναιος ὀρώρει,” as distinguished from the ἐπιθαλάμιον afterwards sung before the bridal chamber: Soph. Ant. 813 “οὔθ᾽ ὑμεναίων ι ἔγκληρον, οὔτ᾽ ἐπινύμφειός ι πώ μέ τις ὕμνος ὕμνησεν.”This text is part of:
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