Sophocles Trachiniae 1221

Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator)

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Sie meint' ich. Eines leg' ich nun dir auf, o Kind!
Nach meinem Tode, wenn du fromm zu sein gedenkst,
1200
Und treu dem Eide, welchen du dem Vater schwurst,
Nimm sie zum Weibe, sei gehorsam meinem Wort!
Kein andrer Mann auf Erden nehm' an deiner Statt
Jemals die Jungfrau, die an meiner Seite lag;
Nein, nimm sie selbst als deine Gattin auf, o Sohn!
1205
Gehorche! Wahrlich, wenn du Großes mir gewährst
Und Kleines weigerst, dann zerrinnt der erste Dank.

Trachiniae. Sophocles. Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator). . .

Current edition Experimental

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) (German) (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (1)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1221 focus
ἔγνως. τοσοῦτον δή σ᾽ ἐπισκήπτω, τέκνον·
ταύτην, ἐμοῦ θανόντος, εἴπερ εὐσεβεῖν
βούλει, πατρῴων ὁρκίων μεμνημένος,
προσθοῦ πρόσθου δάμαρτα, μηδ᾽ ἀπιστήσῃς πατρί·
μηδ᾽ ἄλλος ἀνδρῶν τοῖς ἐμοῖς ἐμοῖ ἐμοῖσ πλευροῖς ὁμοῦ
1225
κλιθεῖσαν αὐτὴν ἀντὶ σοῦ λάβοι ποτέ·
ἀλλ᾽ αὐτός, ὦ παῖ, τοῦτο κήδευσον λέχος.
πείθου· τὸ γάρ τοι μεγάλα πιστεύσαντ᾿ ἐμοὶ
σμικροῖς ἀπιστεῖν τὴν πάρος συγχεῖ χάριν.
Translations (3)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1221 focus
The maid of Eurytus thou knowest, I ween.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1221 focus
Her, my son ;
Eemember, 'tis a father's last command,
And thou hast sworn obedience. That lole
I do bequeath thee ; take her to thy arms
When I am dead, and let her be thy wife :
It is not fitting she who lay by th' side
1225
Of Hercules to any but the son
1225
Of Hercules should e'er descend ; to thee
Alone I yield her. Speak not, but obey me ;
After thy kind compliance, to refuse
So slight a favour were to cancel all.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 1221 focus
Thou wilt not then with my request complyed sai

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-624-1 ἀστένακτος 1 εἴπερ εἶ 2

mvp-comment-624-2 μενῶ σ’ ἐγὼ 3

mvp-comment-624-3 εἰσαεὶ 4

mvp-comment-624-4 βαρύς 5

mvp-comment-624-5 1203 The hiatus τί εἶπας 6 τί μ’ εἶπας 7 δ’ 8

mvp-comment-625-1 ὁποῖα δραστἔ ἐστίν 9

mvp-comment-625-2 εἰ δὲ μή 10

mvp-comment-626-1 οἷά μ’ ἐκκαλεῖ 11

mvp-comment-626-2 παλαμναῖον 12 φονέα 13

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

1199. mvp-comment-847-1 εἰσίτω] Sc. τῷ ἔργῳ. 'Come in,' to interfere with the just rite.

1201. mvp-comment-848-1 σε here is governed by the meaning of the sentence and not by the nearest word, Not, I shall await thee troublously with curses,' but, 'My curse shall be an abiding trouble to thee.'

1202. mvp-comment-849-1 For ἀραῖος, cp. Fr. 366, ὁ πρόσθεν ἐλθὼν ἦν ἀραῖός μοι νεκύς : Plat. Legg. 931 C.

1203. mvp-comment-850-1 τί εἶπας] The reading of A points to τί μ' εἶπας; in which με would be an Attic accusative, like σε in l. 1201. But the reading in the text is more probable. For the hiatus, which is permissible, cp. Phil. 917.

1204. mvp-comment-851-1 ὁποῖα δραστέ᾽ ἐστίν] Sc. εἶπον.

1206. mvp-comment-852-1 οἷά μ᾿ ἐκκαλεῖ] 'Το what an act do you summon me!" οἷα is cognate accusative, and the words φονέα ... σέθεν are in apposition to it. The middle voice marks the reference of the action to Heracles.