Sophocles Trachiniae 1259

ed. Lewis Campbell

ἄγε νυν νῦν, πρὶν τήνδ᾽ ἀνακινῆσαι

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

mvp-comment-658-1 As Hyllus spoke the last two verses, he gave a sign to the bearers (964) to come forward and resume their places beside the litter. These five anapaestic lines are spoken by Heracles while that order is being obeyed. Then the words of Hyllus,

αἴρετ’, ὀπαδοί
(1264), mark that the procession is about to move.

mvp-comment-658-2 ἄγε νυν 1

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

1259-1260. mvp-comment-892-1 πρὶν τήνδ᾽ ἀνακινῆσαι | νόσον] Either (1) taking ἀνακινῆσαι ας transitive, Before allowing this trouble to re awaken;' see note on Aj. 674, 5, ἐκοίμισε στένοντα πόντον, or (2) with ἀνακινῆσαι intransitive, Before this trouble re-awaken.' Other compounds of κινεῖν, ας παρακινεῖν, ὑποκινεῖν, are used intransitively, and why not ἀνακινεῖν ? Heracles thus steels himself against the possible recurrence of the pain, because ἐν εὐφημίᾳ χρὴ τελευτᾶν.