Sophocles Trachiniae 1179

ed. Lewis Campbell

ἀλλ᾽, ὦ πάτερ, ταρβῶ μὲν εἰς λόγου στάσιν

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

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German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1179 focus
Mir bangt, o Vater, daß du mir mit solchem Wort
Entgegentratest; doch befolg' ich dein Gebot.

Commentary

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mvp-comment-609-1 ἀλλ’, ὦ πάτερ 1

mvp-comment-609-2 ταρβῶ μὲν 2 λόγου στάσιν τοιάνδε 3 ἐπελθών 4 λόγου 5

mvp-comment-609-3 Throughout the dialogue (1114—1156), Hyllus has been gentle and respectful. If, then,

στάσιν
means ‘strife,’
ἐπελθών
must mean merely, ‘having advanced up to it,’ i.e., ‘come to the verge of it.’ But the clause with
μέν
, opposed to
πε<*>σομαι δέ
, ought to express something which tells against obedience (as the fear of a blind promise does); not something which tells in favour of it, as the fear of strife would do. The same objection applies to conjecturing
ἐπελθεῖν
(‘I am afraid of being drawn into such a strife’).

Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus

1179. mvp-comment-837-1 ἐς λόγου στάσιν | τοιάνδε] The edd. compare O. Τ. 634, 5, στάσιν | γλώσσης, and would translate, Into such a debate.' But Hyllus, who is prepared to obey his father to the uttermost in all things possible, does not at this moment anticipate the contention which follows, though his promise of obedience is accompanied by a natural fear. It seems therefore better, with Dobree (who renders, 'In hujusmodi colloquium delatus') to take στάσιν in the simpler meaning of 'position,' and λόγου ας gen. of definition, and to translate, 'I tremble at having reached the point where I must speak of such things.' So the Schol. Hyllus is awestruck by his father's anticipation of death and by the tone which he has assumed.