ὣς ὑπερέπτα,
Antigone. Sophocles. Paris, France. 1858.
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Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858))
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Editions (11)
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 113 focus
λευκῆς χιόνος πτέρυγι στεγανός,
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 113 focus
αἰετὸς ἐς γᾶν ὥς, ὑπερέπτα,
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 113 focus
αἰετὸς εἰς γᾶν ὡς ὑπερέπτη,
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 113 focus
αἰετὸς εἰς γᾶν ὣς ὑπερέπτα,
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 113.mvp-line-113 focus
αἰετὸς εἰς γῆν ὣς ὑπερέπτη,
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 113 focus
αἰετὸς ὣς γᾶν ὑπερέπτα,
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 113 focus
ὣς
ὑπερέπτα,
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 113 focus
αἰετὸς εἰς γᾶν ὣς ὑπερέπτα,
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 113.mvp-line-113 focus
αἰετὸς ἐς γᾶν
ὣς ὑπερέπτα,
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 113 focus
ἀετὸς εἰς γᾶν ὣς ὑπερέπτα,
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 113 focus
αἰετὸς ἐς γᾶν ὣς ὑπερέπτη,
Translations (11)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 113 focus
ANTIGONE
Wefs jene That, weiſs Hades und die Unteren;
ich liebe nicht die Freundin, die mit Worten liebt.
530
Wefs jene That, weiſs Hades und die Unteren;
ich liebe nicht die Freundin, die mit Worten liebt.
530
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 113 focus
ANTIGONA
Sálvate a ti misma. No envidio el que tú te libres.
Sálvate a ti misma. No envidio el que tú te libres.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 113 focus
Antigone
Serva te ipsam:
effugium tibi non invideo.
Serva te ipsam:
effugium tibi non invideo.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 113 focus
ANT
Save your own life. I grudge not your escape.
Save your own life. I grudge not your escape.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 110 focus
Ihn, den Polyneikes' feindlicher Zwist
110
Zu dem Kampfe geführt auf unsere Gau'n,
Der kühn, wie der Aar,
Hellkreischend herab flog über das Land,
Von der Schwinge gedeckt weißglänzenden Schnee's,
Mit der Rüstungen viel
115
Und mähnenumflatterten Helmen.
Erste Gegenstrophe.
Ihn, den Polyneikes' feindlicher Zwist
110
Zu dem Kampfe geführt auf unsere Gau'n,
Der kühn, wie der Aar,
Hellkreischend herab flog über das Land,
Von der Schwinge gedeckt weißglänzenden Schnee's,
Mit der Rüstungen viel
115
Und mähnenumflatterten Helmen.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 113 focus
Ismene
556
T told thee oft
It would be so.
T told thee oft
It would be so.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 113 focus
ANTÍGONA
No pretendas morir conmigo, ni atribuirte una obra en la que no has puesto tu mano. Basta con que yo muera.
No pretendas morir conmigo, ni atribuirte una obra en la que no has puesto tu mano. Basta con que yo muera.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 113 focus
ISMENE
Ich Arme! weh! hab’ ich Schuld, , dass du stirbst ?
Ich Arme! weh! hab’ ich Schuld, , dass du stirbst ?
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 113 focus
Antigone
Save thyself: I grudge not thy escape.
Save thyself: I grudge not thy escape.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 113 focus
Creon
And never for a woman be o'erturnida ons vol
Better, if we must fall, to fallibymen,
And never for a woman be o'erturnida ons vol
Better, if we must fall, to fallibymen,
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 100-160 focus
Enter the Chorus on the right.
110
Chorus
Shaft of the sun, fairest light of all that have dawned on
Thebes
of the seven gates, you have shone forth at last, eye of golden day, advancing over Dirce’s streams!
100
You have goaded with a sharper bit the warrior of the white shield, who came from
Argos
in full armor, driving him to headlong retreat.
105
Shaft of the sun, fairest light of all that have dawned on
Thebes
of the seven gates, you have shone forth at last, eye of golden day, advancing over Dirce’s streams!
100
You have goaded with a sharper bit the warrior of the white shield, who came from
Argos
in full armor, driving him to headlong retreat.
105
Chorus
He set out against our land because of the strife-filled claims of Polyneices, and like a screaming eagle he flew over into our land, covered by his snow-white wing,
110
with a mass of weapons and crested helmets.
115
He set out against our land because of the strife-filled claims of Polyneices, and like a screaming eagle he flew over into our land, covered by his snow-white wing,
110
with a mass of weapons and crested helmets.
115
Chorus
He paused above our dwellings; he gaped around our sevenfold portals with spears thirsting for blood; but he left
before his jaws were ever glutted with our gore, or before the Fire-god’s pine-fed flame had seized our crown of towers.
120
So fierce was the crash of battle swelling about his back, a match too hard to win for the rival of the dragon.
125
He paused above our dwellings; he gaped around our sevenfold portals with spears thirsting for blood; but he left
before his jaws were ever glutted with our gore, or before the Fire-god’s pine-fed flame had seized our crown of towers.
120
So fierce was the crash of battle swelling about his back, a match too hard to win for the rival of the dragon.
125
Chorus
For Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. And when he saw them advancing in a swollen flood,
arrogant their clanging gold, he dashed with brandished fire one who was already starting to shout victory when he had reached our ramparts.
130
For Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. And when he saw them advancing in a swollen flood,
arrogant their clanging gold, he dashed with brandished fire one who was already starting to shout victory when he had reached our ramparts.
130
Chorus
Staggered, he fell to the earth with a crash,
torch in hand, a man possessed by the frenzy of the mad attack, who just now was raging against us with the blasts of his tempestuous hate. But his threats did not fare as he had hoped, and to the other enemies mighty Ares dispensed each their own dooms with hard blows,
135
Ares, our mighty ally at the turning-point.
140
Staggered, he fell to the earth with a crash,
torch in hand, a man possessed by the frenzy of the mad attack, who just now was raging against us with the blasts of his tempestuous hate. But his threats did not fare as he had hoped, and to the other enemies mighty Ares dispensed each their own dooms with hard blows,
135
Ares, our mighty ally at the turning-point.
140
Chorus
For the seven captains, stationed against an equal number at the seven gates, left behind their brazen arms in tribute to Zeus the turner of battle—all but the accursed pair who, born of one father and one
mother, set against each other their spears, both victorious, and who now share in a common death.
145
For the seven captains, stationed against an equal number at the seven gates, left behind their brazen arms in tribute to Zeus the turner of battle—all but the accursed pair who, born of one father and one
mother, set against each other their spears, both victorious, and who now share in a common death.
145
Chorus
But since Victory whose name is glory has come to us, smiling in joy equal to the joy of chariot-rich
Thebes
,
let us make for ourselves forgetfulness after the recent wars, and visit all the temples of the gods with night-long dance and song. And may Bacchus, who shakes the earth of
Thebes
, rule our dancing!
150
But since Victory whose name is glory has come to us, smiling in joy equal to the joy of chariot-rich
Thebes
,
let us make for ourselves forgetfulness after the recent wars, and visit all the temples of the gods with night-long dance and song. And may Bacchus, who shakes the earth of
Thebes
, rule our dancing!
150
Chorus
But look, the king of the land is coming here, Creon, the son of Menoeceus, our new ruler in accordance with the new circumstances fated by the gods. What policy is he setting in motion,
155
that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate?
160
But look, the king of the land is coming here, Creon, the son of Menoeceus, our new ruler in accordance with the new circumstances fated by the gods. What policy is he setting in motion,
155
that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate?
160
Commentary
Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus
113. mvp-comment-69-1 The omission of ὡs in this line, which Herm. suggested, is hardly necessary, although it does not impair the sense. The correspondence of strophe and antistrophe does not extend strictly to the anapaests, although the anapaestic systems in this passage are nearly of the same length.