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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt:... his being indeed the slayer of La'ius (851), and turns to the comforting aspect of the case--viz., the undoubted failure of the oracle, on any supposition. 853 Sikcuojs 6p86v, in a just sense correct, i.e. properly fulfilled: for dp86v see on 503. 854 Sietirc: expressly said: cp. SiaSelKvv/u, to show clearly (Her.), Sta5rj6(jiy diapfy/jdtjv, 'in express terms': so above, 394 atvty/ia... 5ietire?ii =' to declare (solve) a riddle.' Aoijtas: a surname of the oracular Apollo, popularly connected with Xofos, 'oblique' (akin to ix-ptos, obliquus, luxus 'sprained'), as = the giver of indirect, ambiguous responses (o£l xal eTray,cpOTepLfovTa, Lucian Dial. Deor. 16). It is not etymologically possible to refer Aoft'as to vk, lux. But phonetic correspondence would justify the connection, sug suspicion that Oedipus is dvayvos--blood-guilty for La'ius; and by the avowed contempt of Iocasta, not, indeed, for Apollo himself, but for the uwtikt of his ministers. These traits furnish the two interwoven themes of the second stasimon: (1) the prayer for purity in word as in deed: (2) the deprecation of that pride which goes before a fall;--whether it be the insolence of the rvpavvos, or such intellectual arrogance as Iocasta's speech bewrays (X67V, v. 884). The tone of warning reproof towards Oedipus, while only allusive, is yet in contrast with the firm though anxious sympathy of the former ode, and serves to attune the feeling of the spectators for the approach of the catastrophe. 1st strophe (863--872) May I ever be pure in word and deed, loyal to the unwritten and eternal laws. 1st antistrophe (873--882). A tyrant's selfish insolence hurls him to ruin. But may the gods prosper all emulous effort for the good of the State. 2nd strophe (883--896). Irreverence in word...