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Deianira, Chorus.

Trachiniae. Sophocles. Thomas Francklin (Translator). London. 1758–1759.

Current edition Experimental

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (2)

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 588 focus

ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τις ἥτις εἴ τις ἐστὶ πίστις ἐν τοῖς δρωμένοις,

δοκεῖς παρ᾿ ἡμῖν οὐ βεβουλεῦσθαι κακῶς.

ΔΗ.

οὕτως ἔχει γ' ἡ πίστις, ὡς τὸ μὲν δοκεῖν
590

ἔνεστι, πείρᾳ δ᾽ οὐ προσωμίλησά πω.

ΧΟ.

ἀλλ᾽ εἰδέναι χρὴ δρῶσαν, ὡς οὐδ᾽ εἰ δοκεῖς οὐδοκεῖσ οὐδ᾽ εἰ δοκεῖς

ἔχειν, ἔχοις ἂν γνῶμα ἄγνωμα τὸ γνῶμα ἂν γνῶμα, μὴ πειρωμένη.

ΔΗ.

ἀλλ᾽ αὐτίκ᾽ εἰσόμεσθα· τόνδε γὰρ βλέπω

θυραῖον ἤδη. διὰ τάχους δ᾽ ἐλεύσεται.
595

μόνον παρ' ὑμῶν εὐ στεγοίμεθ᾽· ὡς σκότῳ

κἂν αἰσχρὰ πράσσῃς πράσσηις πράσσῃς, οὔποτ' αἰσχύνῃ πεσεῖ αἰσχύνη πεσῆι αἰσχύνῃ πεσεῖ.

ΛΙ.

τί χρὴ ποιεῖν ποεῖν; σήμαινε, τέκνον Οἰνέως,

ὡς ἐσμὲν ἤδη τῷ μακρῷ χρόνῳ βραδεῖς.

ΔΗ.

Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 633-662 focus

Χορός

ὦ ναύλοχα καὶ πετραῖα

θερμὰ λουτρὰ καὶ πάγους

Οἴτας παραναιετάοντες, οἵ τε μέσσαν Μηλίδα πὰρ λίμναν
635

χρυσαλακάτου τʼ ἀκτὰν κόρας,

ἔνθʼ Ἑλλάνων ἀγοραὶ

Πυλάτιδες κλέονται·

640

Χορός

ὁ καλλιβόας τάχʼ ὑμῖν
640

αὐλὸς οὐκ ἀναρσίαν

ἀχῶν καναχὰν ἐπάνεισιν, ἀλλὰ θείας ἀντίλυρον μούσας.

ὁ γὰρ Διὸς Ἀλκμήνας κόρος

σοῦται πάσας ἀρετᾶς
645

λάφυρʼ ἔχων ἐπʼ οἴκους·

647

Χορός

ὃν ἀπόπτολιν εἴχομεν παντᾷ,

δυοκαιδεκάμηνον ἀμμένουσαι

χρόνον, πελάγιον, ἴδριες οὐδέν·

ἁ δέ οἱ φίλα δάμαρ
650

τάλαιναν δυστάλαινα καρδίαν

πάγκλαυτος αἰὲν ὤλλυτο·

νῦν δʼ Ἄρης οἰστρηθεὶς

ἐξέλυσʼ ἐπίπονον ἁμέραν.

655

Χορός

ἀφίκοιτʼ ἀφίκοιτο· μὴ σταίη
655

πολύκωπον ὄχημα ναὸς αὐτῷ,

πρὶν τάνδε πρὸς πόλιν ἀνύσειε,

νασιῶτιν ἑστίαν

ἀμείψας, ἔνθα κλῄζεται θυτήρ·

ὅθεν μόλοι πανίμερος,
660

τᾶς πειθοῦς παγχρίστῳ

συγκραθεὶς ἐπὶ προφάσει φάρους.

Translations (4)

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 588 focus

If any ground of confidence approve

Thine act, we cannot check thy counsel here.

DÊ

My confidence is grounded on belief,
590

Though unconfirmed as yet by actual proof.

CH

Well, do it and try. Assurance cannot come

Till action bring experience after it.

DÊ

The truth will soon be known. The man e’en now

Is coming forth, and quickly will be there.
595

Screen ye but well my counsel. Doubtful deeds,

Wrapt close, will not deliver us to shame.

LICH
Enter LICHAS .

Daughter of Oeneus, tell me thy commands.

Already time rebukes our tardiness.

DÊ

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 588 focus

Wohl, wenn Vertrauen irgend ist bei dieser That,

Scheint uns der Plan nicht übel, den du ausgedacht.

Deianeira.

Ich habe wohl Vertrauen; doch es gründet sich

Auf bloßen Glauben, kein Versuch erprobt' es noch.
580

Der Chor.

So mußt du handeln, weil du, wenn auch glaubend, dir

Doch keine Kenntniß unversucht gewinnen kannst.

Deianeira.

Wir werden's bald erfahren; denn ich sehe schon

Ihn vor dem Hausthor; ungesäumt erscheint er hier.

Nur mein Geheimniß berget wohl; Schmachvolles auch,
585

Verübtest du's im Dunkel, bringt dir keine Schmach.

Lichas. Die Vorigen.

Lichas.

Was soll ich thun? Kind des Deneus, sage mir's:

Denn schon verspätet säumen wir die lange Zeit.

Deianeira.

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 588 focus

If thou hast aught of confidence in deeds

Like this, we judge that thou hast purposed well.

Deianira

My confidence is only such as gives
590

Strength to opinion, not assured by proof.

Chorus

Then put it to the proof; opinion else,

Though built on reason, no assurance yields.

Deianira

We soon shall know, for Lichas from the gate

I see advance; he quickly will be here.
595

Only be secret; for e'en shameful things

In dark concealment are secured from shame.

Lichas
LICHAS, DEIANIRA, CHORUS.

Daughter of Eneus, give me thy commands;

Too long already I have linger'd here.

Deianira

English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 633-660 focus

Chorus

O you who dwell by the warm springs near ships’ haven and rocky cliff, and you who live by

the crags of Oeta! And you dwellers by the land-locked waters of the Malian gulf, and the headland sacred to the virgin-goddess of the golden shuttle, where are the famed councils of the Greeks at the gates!
635

640

Chorus

Soon the glorious voice of the flute will go up for you again, sounding no bothersome, strident notes, but divine music worthy of the lyre! For the son whom Alcmena bore to Zeus
640

is hurrying homeward, with spoils won by supreme valor.
645

647

Chorus

We thought him lost utterly to our land, a wanderer over sea, while we waited through twelve long months and knew nothing.

She, his loving wife, miserable, was ever pining in her miserable heart, always weeping. But now Ares, stung to rage, has freed her days from their toil.
650

655

Chorus

May he come, may he come! Let him not halt the many-oared ship that carries him before he has reached this town, leaving the island altar where he is reported to be sacrificing!
655

May he come from there full of desire, steeped in love on the pretext of the robe by Persuasion’s all-powerful ointment!
660

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-308-1 τῷ μακρῷ χρόνῳ ¹

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

531-632. mvp-comment-400-1 Deianira, who has already prepared the charmed robe, confides her intention to the Trachinian maidens, and, on Lichas' coming forth, entrusts the gift to him, with the appropriate commands.

599. mvp-comment-452-1 ὡς .. βραδείς] 'Since we are belated by reason of the length of time,' viz. which we are spending in the fulfilment of our mission.

Sophocles Trachiniae 588cont2

Thomas Francklin (Translator)

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ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τις ἥτις εἴ τις ἐστὶ πίστις ἐν τοῖς δρωμένοις,

δοκεῖς παρ᾿ ἡμῖν οὐ βεβουλεῦσθαι κακῶς.

ΔΗ.

οὕτως ἔχει γ' ἡ πίστις, ὡς τὸ μὲν δοκεῖν
590

ἔνεστι, πείρᾳ δ᾽ οὐ προσωμίλησά πω.

ΧΟ.

ἀλλ᾽ εἰδέναι χρὴ δρῶσαν, ὡς οὐδ᾽ εἰ δοκεῖς οὐδοκεῖσ οὐδ᾽ εἰ δοκεῖς

ἔχειν, ἔχοις ἂν γνῶμα ἄγνωμα τὸ γνῶμα ἂν γνῶμα, μὴ πειρωμένη.

ΛΙ.

τί χρὴ ποιεῖν ποεῖν; σήμαινε, τέκνον Οἰνέως,

ὡς ἐσμὲν ἤδη τῷ μακρῷ χρόνῳ βραδεῖς.

ΔΗ.

If any ground of confidence approve

Thine act, we cannot check thy counsel here.

DÊ

My confidence is grounded on belief,
590

Though unconfirmed as yet by actual proof.

CH

Well, do it and try. Assurance cannot come

Till action bring experience after it.

DÊ

The truth will soon be known. The man e’en now

Is coming forth, and quickly will be there.
595

Screen ye but well my counsel. Doubtful deeds,

Wrapt close, will not deliver us to shame.

LICH
Enter LICHAS .

Daughter of Oeneus, tell me thy commands.

Already time rebukes our tardiness.

DÊ

Wohl, wenn Vertrauen irgend ist bei dieser That,

Scheint uns der Plan nicht übel, den du ausgedacht.

Deianeira.

Ich habe wohl Vertrauen; doch es gründet sich

Auf bloßen Glauben, kein Versuch erprobt' es noch.
580

Der Chor.

So mußt du handeln, weil du, wenn auch glaubend, dir

Doch keine Kenntniß unversucht gewinnen kannst.

Deianeira.

Wir werden's bald erfahren; denn ich sehe schon

Ihn vor dem Hausthor; ungesäumt erscheint er hier.

Nur mein Geheimniß berget wohl; Schmachvolles auch,
585

Verübtest du's im Dunkel, bringt dir keine Schmach.

Lichas. Die Vorigen.

Lichas.

Was soll ich thun? Kind des Deneus, sage mir's:

Denn schon verspätet säumen wir die lange Zeit.

Deianeira.

If thou hast aught of confidence in deeds

Like this, we judge that thou hast purposed well.

Deianira

My confidence is only such as gives
590

Strength to opinion, not assured by proof.

Chorus

Then put it to the proof; opinion else,

Though built on reason, no assurance yields.

Deianira

We soon shall know, for Lichas from the gate

I see advance; he quickly will be here.
595

Only be secret; for e'en shameful things

In dark concealment are secured from shame.

Lichas
LICHAS, DEIANIRA, CHORUS.

Daughter of Eneus, give me thy commands;

Too long already I have linger'd here.

Deianira

Chorus

Soon the glorious voice of the flute will go up for you again, sounding no bothersome, strident notes, but divine music worthy of the lyre! For the son whom Alcmena bore to Zeus
640

is hurrying homeward, with spoils won by supreme valor.
645

Chorus

We thought him lost utterly to our land, a wanderer over sea, while we waited through twelve long months and knew nothing.

She, his loving wife, miserable, was ever pining in her miserable heart, always weeping. But now Ares, stung to rage, has freed her days from their toil.
650

Commentary

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ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τις ἥτις εἴ τις ἐστὶ πίστις ἐν τοῖς δρωμένοις, δοκεῖς παρ᾿ ἡμῖν οὐ βεβουλεῦσθαι κακῶς.

ΔΗ. οὕτως ἔχει γ' ἡ πίστις, ὡς τὸ μὲν δοκεῖν 590 ἔνεστι, πείρᾳ δ᾽ οὐ προσωμίλησά πω.

ΧΟ. ἀλλ᾽ εἰδέναι χρὴ δρῶσαν, ὡς οὐδ᾽ εἰ δοκεῖς οὐδοκεῖσ οὐδ᾽ εἰ δοκεῖς ἔχειν, ἔχοις ἂν γνῶμα ἄγνωμα τὸ γνῶμα ἂν γνῶμα, μὴ πειρωμένη.

ΛΙ. τί χρὴ ποιεῖν ποεῖν; σήμαινε, τέκνον Οἰνέως, ὡς ἐσμὲν ἤδη τῷ μακρῷ χρόνῳ βραδεῖς.

ΔΗ.

If any ground of confidence approve Thine act, we cannot check thy counsel here.

DÊ My confidence is grounded on belief, 590 Though unconfirmed as yet by actual proof.

CH Well, do it and try. Assurance cannot come Till action bring experience after it.

DÊ The truth will soon be known. The man e’en now Is coming forth, and quickly will be there. 595 Screen ye but well my counsel. Doubtful deeds, Wrapt close, will not deliver us to shame.

LICH Enter LICHAS . Daughter of Oeneus, tell me thy commands. Already time rebukes our tardiness.

DÊ

Wohl, wenn Vertrauen irgend ist bei dieser That, Scheint uns der Plan nicht übel, den du ausgedacht.

Deianeira. Ich habe wohl Vertrauen; doch es gründet sich Auf bloßen Glauben, kein Versuch erprobt' es noch. 580

Der Chor. So mußt du handeln, weil du, wenn auch glaubend, dir Doch keine Kenntniß unversucht gewinnen kannst.

Deianeira. Wir werden's bald erfahren; denn ich sehe schon Ihn vor dem Hausthor; ungesäumt erscheint er hier. Nur mein Geheimniß berget wohl; Schmachvolles auch, 585 Verübtest du's im Dunkel, bringt dir keine Schmach. Lichas. Die Vorigen.

Lichas. Was soll ich thun? Kind des Deneus, sage mir's: Denn schon verspätet säumen wir die lange Zeit.

Deianeira.

If thou hast aught of confidence in deeds Like this, we judge that thou hast purposed well.

Deianira My confidence is only such as gives 590 Strength to opinion, not assured by proof.

Chorus Then put it to the proof; opinion else, Though built on reason, no assurance yields.

Deianira We soon shall know, for Lichas from the gate I see advance; he quickly will be here. 595 Only be secret; for e'en shameful things In dark concealment are secured from shame.

Lichas LICHAS, DEIANIRA, CHORUS. Daughter of Eneus, give me thy commands; Too long already I have linger'd here.

Deianira

Chorus Soon the glorious voice of the flute will go up for you again, sounding no bothersome, strident notes, but divine music worthy of the lyre! For the son whom Alcmena bore to Zeus 640 is hurrying homeward, with spoils won by supreme valor. 645

Chorus We thought him lost utterly to our land, a wanderer over sea, while we waited through twelve long months and knew nothing. She, his loving wife, miserable, was ever pining in her miserable heart, always weeping. But now Ares, stung to rage, has freed her days from their toil. 650

Commentary

Stable identifiers

ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τις ἥτις εἴ τις ἐστὶ πίστις ἐν τοῖς δρωμένοις,

δοκεῖς παρ᾿ ἡμῖν οὐ βεβουλεῦσθαι κακῶς.

ΔΗ.

οὕτως ἔχει γ' ἡ πίστις, ὡς τὸ μὲν δοκεῖν
590

ἔνεστι, πείρᾳ δ᾽ οὐ προσωμίλησά πω.

ΧΟ.

ἀλλ᾽ εἰδέναι χρὴ δρῶσαν, ὡς οὐδ᾽ εἰ δοκεῖς οὐδοκεῖσ οὐδ᾽ εἰ δοκεῖς

ἔχειν, ἔχοις ἂν γνῶμα ἄγνωμα τὸ γνῶμα ἂν γνῶμα, μὴ πειρωμένη.

ΛΙ.

τί χρὴ ποιεῖν ποεῖν; σήμαινε, τέκνον Οἰνέως,

ὡς ἐσμὲν ἤδη τῷ μακρῷ χρόνῳ βραδεῖς.

If any ground of confidence approve

Thine act, we cannot check thy counsel here.

DÊ

My confidence is grounded on belief,
590

Though unconfirmed as yet by actual proof.

CH

Well, do it and try. Assurance cannot come

Till action bring experience after it.

DÊ

The truth will soon be known. The man e’en now

Is coming forth, and quickly will be there.
595

Screen ye but well my counsel. Doubtful deeds,

Wrapt close, will not deliver us to shame.

LICH
Enter LICHAS .

Daughter of Oeneus, tell me thy commands.

Already time rebukes our tardiness.

Wohl, wenn Vertrauen irgend ist bei dieser That,

Scheint uns der Plan nicht übel, den du ausgedacht.

Deianeira.

Ich habe wohl Vertrauen; doch es gründet sich

Auf bloßen Glauben, kein Versuch erprobt' es noch.
580

Der Chor.

So mußt du handeln, weil du, wenn auch glaubend, dir

Doch keine Kenntniß unversucht gewinnen kannst.

Deianeira.

Wir werden's bald erfahren; denn ich sehe schon

Ihn vor dem Hausthor; ungesäumt erscheint er hier.

Nur mein Geheimniß berget wohl; Schmachvolles auch,
585

Verübtest du's im Dunkel, bringt dir keine Schmach.

Lichas. Die Vorigen.

Lichas.

Was soll ich thun? Kind des Deneus, sage mir's:

Denn schon verspätet säumen wir die lange Zeit.

If thou hast aught of confidence in deeds

Like this, we judge that thou hast purposed well.

Deianira

My confidence is only such as gives
590

Strength to opinion, not assured by proof.

Chorus

Then put it to the proof; opinion else,

Though built on reason, no assurance yields.

Deianira

We soon shall know, for Lichas from the gate

I see advance; he quickly will be here.
595

Only be secret; for e'en shameful things

In dark concealment are secured from shame.

Lichas
LICHAS, DEIANIRA, CHORUS.

Daughter of Eneus, give me thy commands;

Too long already I have linger'd here.

Chorus

Soon the glorious voice of the flute will go up for you again, sounding no bothersome, strident notes, but divine music worthy of the lyre! For the son whom Alcmena bore to Zeus
640

is hurrying homeward, with spoils won by supreme valor.
645

Chorus

We thought him lost utterly to our land, a wanderer over sea, while we waited through twelve long months and knew nothing.

She, his loving wife, miserable, was ever pining in her miserable heart, always weeping. But now Ares, stung to rage, has freed her days from their toil.
650