Sophocles Trachiniae 1250

ed. Lewis Campbell

θεοῖσι δεικνὺς δεικνὺς ἔργον. οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτε
1250

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

Current edition Experimental

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)) — 1259 focus
Auf, eh du die Krankheit wieder erweckst, 1
Leg' an, mein fest ausharrendes Herz,
Dir den eisernen Zaum, der Steine vereint,
1240
Und verhalte den Schrei, um mit freudigem Sinn 2
Das gefürchtete Werk zu vollenden!

Commentary

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

1249-1250. mvp-comment-885-1 τὸ σὸν | θεοῖσι δεικνὺς ἔργον] Showing to the gods what thou doest,' so that they may not fix the blame on me. The predicate is anticipated, and forms part of the object; i.e. Showing to the gods that it is thy doing.' Hence the article; i.e. τὸ σὸν ἔργον = τὸ ἔργον, σὸν ὄν. Cp. supr. 775, τὸ σὸν μόνης δώρημ᾽ ἔλεξεν (“ He said it was thy special and peculiar gift'), and O. T. 572, τὰς ἐμὰς | οὐκ ἄν ποτ' εἶπε Λαΐου διαφθοράς (‘He would not have spoken, as he has done, of my being Laius' destroyer'). Also Aj. 1013.