[1078] ὡς γυνὴ for a woman: though, as it is, her “proud spirit” only reaches the point of being sensitive as to a lowly origin. She is proud of her lineage; Oedipus, of what he is. Whitelaw well compares Tennyson: “Her pride is yet no mate for mine, Too proud to care from whence I came.” Cp. Eur. Heraclid. 978 “πρὸς ταῦτα τὴν θρασεῖαν ὅστις ἂν θέλῃ ι καὶ τὴν φρονοῦσαν μεῖζον ἢ γυναῖκα χρὴ ι λέξει”: Eur. Hipp. 640 “μὴ γὰρ ἔν γ᾽ ἐμοῖς δόμοις ι εἴη φρονοῦσα πλεῖον ἢ γυναῖκα χρή.” ὡς is restrictive; cp. 1118: Thuc. 4.84 “ἦν δὲ οὐδὲ ἀδύνατος, ὡς Λακεδαιμόνιος, εἰπεῖν” （not a bad speaker, for a Lacedaemonian）: imitated by Dionys. 10. 31 （of L. Icilius） ὡς Ῥωμαῖος, εἰπεῖν οὐκ ἀδύνατος. See on 763.
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