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[700] τῶνδ᾽ ἐς πλέον = πλέον τούσδε, not πλέον οἵδε. The Chorus having hinted that Oedipus was partly to blame, he deigned no reply to their protests of loyalty (689 f.). But he respects Iocasta's judgment more, and will answer her

Κρέοντος, sc. στήσας ἔχω τὴν μῆνιν: causal gen. answering to ὅτου πράγματος.

βεβουλευκὼς in this periphrasis, the perf. part. is rarer than the aor. part.: Soph. Phil. 600 n.

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