Sophocles Trachiniae 1147

ed. Lewis Campbell

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Trachiniae. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.

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Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Translations (1)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1143 focus
Weh, weh, ich Unglücksel'ger! Nun bin ich dahin!
Ich bin verloren, mir erlosch des Lebens Licht!
Ach, ach! Ich weiß nun, welches Loos mich heimgesucht.
Geh, trauter Sohn, (denn keinen Vater hast du mehr,)
Geh, rufe deine Brüder all' und Schwestern mir,
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Auch rufe mir Alkmenen, die vergeblich, ach! 1
Dem Zeus vermählt war, daß ich euch den Götterspruch
Von meinem Ende, den ich weiß, verkündige.

Commentary

Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))

mvp-comment-592-1 κάλει … κάλει δὲ 1

mvp-comment-592-2 ὁμαιμόνων 2

mvp-comment-592-3 Ἀλκμήνην 3

mvp-comment-592-4 μάτην 4

mvp-comment-592-5 τελευταίαν … φήμην … θεσφάτων 5 πύθησθε 6

mvp-comment-592-6 The oracles can be only the two which are told to Hyllus (1159—1171). If there had been others, they also must have been confided to him, as representing the absent kinsfolk. Heracles wishes to gather his family around him at a solemn farewell,—to convince them, by the

θέσφατα
, that he is in the hand of Zeus,—and, with that sanction, to lay his last commands upon them all.