Sophocles Trachiniae 821

Johann Jakob Christian Donner (Translator)

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Wie bald, o Jungfrau'n - seht ihr es? wie sich so
810
Erfüllen die Gottesorakel bald
Aus dem Mund der alten Weisheit,
Welche verhießen, sobald der zwölfte Sommer ihm
Schwand in der Monde Geleit, erreiche seiner Müh'n
Ende der Sohn des Zeus! Und solches schreitet
815
Unverrückt dem Ziele zu.
Nimmer ja bedrängt, nimmer,
Den Geschiedenen, der sein Auge schloß,
Arbeit und Drangsal.
Erste Gegenstrophe.

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 (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 821 focus
ἴδ᾽ οἷον, ὦ παῖδες, προσέμιξεν ἄφαρ
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 821-861 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 813 focus
Why steal’st thou forth in silence? Know’st thou not
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 813 focus
Whence this abrupt departure? Knowst thou
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 813 focus
Without reply why dost thou haste away?
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 821-860 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-422-1 σῖγ’ 1

mvp-comment-422-2 815 f. The place of ὀφθαλμῶν ἐμῶν 2 οὖρος 3

mvp-comment-422-3 αὐτῇ 4

mvp-comment-422-4 καλός 5

mvp-comment-423-1 γὰρ 6

mvp-comment-423-2 ὄγκον 7

mvp-comment-423-3 τρέφειν 8

mvp-comment-423-4 μηδὲν 9 ἥτις 10

mvp-comment-424-1 ἀλλ’ ἑρπ. χαίρουσα 11

mvp-comment-424-2 τήνδ’ 12

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

810. mvp-comment-599-1 τὴν θέμιν σὺ προὔβαλες] 'You have given me this right,' i.e. have made this lawful for me by your crime.

813-814. mvp-comment-600-1 Deianira has no words wherewith to answer the reproaches of her son. She goes silently and undefended to her death, already heart-broken by having done what she greatly feared to do, and rendered yet more desolate by the rebuke of her child. She enters the house by the central door.

815-816. mvp-comment-601-1 οὗρος καλός] 'Fair be the wind that carries her away out of my sight!' καλός, which is the better reading, is sufficiently supported by the Scholiast. For οὗρος, cp. Ο. Τ. 195, ἔπουρον, and note. Join ἄπωθεν ὀφθαλμῶν ἐμῶν. The inversion gives greater force both to ἐμῶν and to καλός.

816. mvp-comment-602-1 foll. Why vainly keep the high-sounding name of mother for one whose deeds are all unmotherly?' Although ὄγκον ἄλλως might stand alone='A solemn mockery, it is better here to join ἄλλως with τρέφειν. μητρῷον ὄγκον ὀνόματος = ὀγκῶδες ὄνομα μητρός. See Essay on L. § 42. p. 8ο γ.

818. mvp-comment-603-1 ἥτις] For the implied antecedent, cp. O. C. 263 foll. κάμοιγε ποῦ ταῦτ᾽ ἐστιν, οἵτινες βάθρων, κ.τ.λ.

819. mvp-comment-604-1 χαίρουσα] ‘And joy go with her,' said ironically, like oὗpos, supr.; i. e. I willingly give her leave to go. τὴν δὲ τέρψιν, κ.τ.λ.] « And may that joy be hers, -even that, which she gives to my father!' ἥν] The careless rhythm, with the monosyllable in synaphea, suits with the mood of Hyllus, in which, wrought upon by strong passion, he lightly casts off his mother. Exit Hyllus to the courtyard (L).