Sophocles Trachiniae 74

Lewis Campbell (Translator)

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LICH
An islander. I cannot trace her stock.

Trachiniae. Sophocles. Lewis Campbell (Translator). London, New York and Toronto. 1906.

Current edition Experimental

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 74 focus
Εὐβοῖδα Εὐβοῖδα χώραν φασίν, Εὐρύτου πόλιν,
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 94-140 focus
Translations (4)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 79 focus
Entweder harre seiner dort der Tage Ziel,
So hieß es, oder wenn er sieg' in diesem Kampf,
80
Verfließ' in lautern Wonnen ihm des Lebens Rest.
Nun also seine Wage schwankt, so gehe, Kind,
Ihm beizustehen, da wir selbst gerettet sind,
Wenn er sich rettet, oder untergeh'n mit ihm.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 74 focus
Deianira
470
Seem "? Didst thou not swear
470
That thou hadst brought this woman to partake
470
The bed of my Alcides ?
470
Lie. Did I say so?
But tell me who this stranger is.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 74 focus
Lichas
A native of Eubea; of what race
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 94-140 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-213-1 As to Nauck's change in the order of these verses (cr. n.), it is enough to observe that (1) Lichas could not reply to the question of his

δέσποινα
with such a rebuff as σὺ δ’ εἰς τί δή με 1 τόλμησον εἰπεῖν, εἰ φρονεῖς 2