κἀπαναίρονται. The words “καὶ ἐπαναίρονται δόρυ” do not form a second relative clause,—as if, from the ἧς before ἔχονται, we had to supply the relat. pron. in a different case (“ἐφ᾽ ᾗ”, or “εἰς ἥν”) with “ἐπαναίρονται”. They form an independent sentence, which is co-ordinated with the relative clause, “ἧς ἔχονται”. This is the normal Greek construction. See note in Appendix. Cp. 467, 731. ἐπαναιροῦνται δόρυ, the MS. reading, would mean, "are taking a spear upon them," the verb being used figuratively (like in se suscipere) of obligations or responsibilities (“φιλίαν, πόλεμον, τέχνην, λατρείαν” etc.); but “ἐπαναίρεσθαι”, in its literal sense of "uplifting against," is more natural and more poetical with δόρυ: cp. Eur. Her. 313 “καὶ μήποτ᾽ ἐς γῆν ἐχθρὸν αἴρεσθαι δόρυ”.
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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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