Sophocles Antigone 211

ed. August Boeckh

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Antigone. Sophocles. ed. August Boeckh. Leipzig. 1884.

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Editions (12)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 211 focus
σοὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀρέσκει, παῖ Μενοικέως Κρέον,
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τὸν 1 τῇδε δύσνουν, καὶ τὸν εὐμενῆ πόλει.
νόμῳ δὲ χρῆσθαι παντί πού γ᾽ ἔνεστί σοι,
καὶ τῶν θανόντων, χὠπόσοι ζῶμεν, πέρι.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 211 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 211 focus
σοὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀρέσκει, παῖ Μενοικέως, Κρέον,
τὸν τῇδε δύσνουν καὶ τὸν εὐμενῆ πόλει·
210
νόμῳ δὲ χρῆσθαι παντί που τ᾽ ἔνεστί σοι,
καὶ τῶν θανόντων, χᾡπόσοι ζῶμεν, πέρι.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 211 focus
σοὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀρέσκει, παῖ Μενοικέως Κρέον,
τὸν τῇδε δύσνουν καὶ τὸν εὐμενῆ πόλει·
νόμῳ δὲ χρῆσθαι παντί πού γ᾽ ἔνεστί σοι
καὶ τῶν θανόντων χὠπόσοι ζῶμεν πέρι.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 211 focus
σοὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀρέσκει, παῖ Μενοικέως, ποεῖν,
τὸν τῇδε δύσνουν καὶ τὸν εὐμενῆ πόλει·
νόμῳ δὲ χρῆσθαι παντί πού τ᾽ ἔνεστί σοι
καὶ τῶν θανόντων χὠπόσοι ζῶμεν πέρι.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 211 focus
σοὶ ταῦτ’ ἀρέσκει, παῖ Μενοικέως, παθεῖν,
τὸν τῇδε δύσνουν καὶ τὸν εὐμενῆ πόλει·
νόμῳ δὲ χρῆσθαι παντί πού γ’ ἔνεστί σοι
καὶ τῶν θανόντων χὠπόσοι ζῶμεν πέρι.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 211 focus
σοὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀρέσκει, παῖ Μενοικέως, †Κρέον †,
τὸν τῆιδε δύσνουν καὶ τὸν εὐμενῆ πόλει.
γόμωι δὲ χρῆσθαι παντί πού γ᾽ ἔνεστί σοι
καὶ τῶν θανόντων χὠπόσοι ζῶμεν πέρι.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 211 focus
σοὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀρέσκει, παῖ Μενοικέως Κρέον,
τὸν τῇδε δύσνουν, καὶ τὸν εὐμενῆ πόλει.
νόμῳ δὲ χρῆσθαι παντὶ πάντ᾽ ἔνεστί σοι
καὶ τῶν θανόντων χὠπόσοι ζῶμεν πέρι.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 211 focus
σοὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀρέσκει, παῖ Μενοικέως Κρέον,
τὸν τῇδε δύσνουν κἀς τὸν εὐμενῆ πόλει·
νόμῳ δὲ χρῆσθαι παντί πού γ᾽ ἔνεστί σοι
καὶ τῶν θανόντων χὡπόσοι ζῶμεν πέρι.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 211 focus
σοὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀρέσκει, παῖ Μενοικέως, ποεῖν
τὸν τῇδε δύσνουν καὶ τὸν εὐμενῆ πόλει·
νόμῳ δὲ χρῆσθαι παντί, πού γ᾽ ἔνεστί σοι
καὶ τῶν θανόντων χὡπόσοι ζῶμεν πέρι.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 211 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 211 focus
σοὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀρέσκει, παῖ Μενοικέως Κρέον,
τὸν τῆιδε δύσνουν καὶ τὸν εὐμενῆ πόλει·
νόμωι δὲ χρῆσθαι παντί που γ᾽ ἔνεστί σοι
καὶ τῶν θανόντων χὠπόσοι ζῶμεν πέρι.
Translations (10)
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 211 focus
Sea como te place, Creonte, hijo de Meneceo, respecto de los amigos y enemigos de esta ciudad; pues en tu derecho estás de aplicar absolutamente la ley en lo que toca a los muertos y a todos cuantos vivimos.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 211 focus
Eadem, quae tibi, nobis etiam placent; Menoecei gnate, Creon, circa civitatis huius hostem, et circa amicum:
lege vero uti qualibet penes te estin mortuos, et in viventes, quotquot sumus.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 211 focus
Son of Menoeceus, we have heard thy mind
Toward him who loves, and him who hates our city.
And sure, ’tis thine to enforce what law thou wilt
Both on the dead and all of us who live.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 211 focus
Dir, Sohn Menökeus', Kreon, ist es so genehm
Mit dieses Landes Gegner und mit seinem Freund.
Denn jede Sazung anzuordnen steht dir frei,
So für die Todten, wie für uns, die Lebenden.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 211 focus
At length our empire, shook by civil broils.
The gods to peace and safety have restored ;
Wherefore, my friends, you had our late request
That you should meet us here ; for well I know
Your firm allegiance to great Laius, next
To (Edipus, and his unhappy sons ;
These by each other's hand untimely slain,
To me the sceptre doth of right descend,
As next in blood. Never can man be know,
His mind, his will, his passions ne'er appear
Till power and office call them forth ; for me,
'Tis my firm thought, and I have held it ever,
That he who rules and doth not follow that
Which wisdom counsels, but, restrained by fear,
Shuts up his lips, must be the worst of men ;
Nor do I deem him worthy who prefers
A friend, how dear soever, to his country.
Should I behold — witness all-seeing Jove ! —
This city wronged, I never would be silent,
Never would make the foe of Thebes my friend,
For on her safety must depend our own j
And if she flourish we can never want
Assistance or support. Thus would I act,
And therefore have I sent my edict forth
Touching the sons of OEdipus, commanding
That they should bury him who nobly fought
And died for Thebes, the good Eteocles,
Gracing his memory with each honour due
To the illustrious dead. For Polynices,
Abandoned exile, for a brother's blood
Thirsting insatiate — he who would in flames
Have wasted all, his country and his gods.
And made you slaves — I have decreed he lie
Unburied, his vile carcase to the birds
And hungry dogs a prey. There let him rot
Inglorious — 'tis my will ; for ne'er from me
Shall vice inherit virtue's due reward,
But him alone who is a friend to Thebes,
Living or dead shall Creon reverence still.
Choe. Son of Menseceus, 'twas thy great behest
Thus to reward them both ; thine is the power
O'er all supreme, the living and the dead.
I have appointed some to watch the body.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 211 focus
Tales son tus decretos, hijo de Menoceo, respecto al enemigo y al amigo de la patria. Vivos y muertos todos estamos sometidos á tu Ley.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 211 focus
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 211 focus
Such is thy pleasure, Creon, son of Menoeceus, touching this city’s foe, and its friend; and thou hast power, I ween, to take what order thou wilt, both for the dead, and for all us who live.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 211 focus
To all the temples now advance,
Devote the night to festive dance;
The allusion to a battle between the dragon and the eagle has here a singular
propriety on account of the dragon race of Thebes.
Alike be honour'd, let him live or die.
215
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 211 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-118-1 I print Dindorf's κἀς 1 καὶ 2 σοὶ ταῦτ’ ἀρέσκει 3 Κρέον 4 ταὔτ 5 ταῦτ’ 6

mvp-comment-119-1 In παντί πού γ’ 7 σοί γ’ … που 8 ἔνεστι 9 χὡπόσοι ζῶμεν 10 πέρι 11

mvp-comment-120-1 ὡς ἂν … ἦτε 12 πῶς ἂν … εἶτε 13

mvp-comment-120-2 σκοποί 14

mvp-comment-120-3 νυν 15 νῦν 16

mvp-comment-120-4 τῶν εἰρ 17

mvp-comment-121-1 πρόθες τοῦτο 18 βαστάζειν 19

mvp-comment-121-2 τοῦ νεκροῦ γ’ 20

mvp-comment-122-1 τί δῆτ’ ἂν … ἐπεντέλλοις 21

mvp-comment-122-2 The reading ἄλλῳ 22 τοῦτο 23

mvp-comment-122-3 ἐπιχωρεῖν 24

mvp-comment-122-4 ἀπιστοῦσιν 25

mvp-comment-122-5 τάδε, 26

mvp-comment-123-1 ὃς 27 ἐρᾷ 28

mvp-comment-123-2 καὶ μὴν 29 γε 30 μισθός 31

mvp-comment-123-3 requital of disobedience is that.’ For

καὶ μήν
so used, cp. O. T. 836 , 1004 f., El. 556 .

mvp-comment-123-4 τὸ κέρδος 32

mvp-comment-123-5 διώλεσεν 33

mvp-comment-124-1 ἐρῶ μὲν οὐχ 34

mvp-comment-124-2 ὅπως 35

mvp-comment-124-3 τάχους ὕπο 36 τάχους 37

mvp-comment-125-1 ἐξάρας 38

mvp-comment-125-2 φροντίδων 39 ἐπιστάσεις 40

mvp-comment-125-3 ὁδοῖς 41

mvp-comment-125-4 κυκλῶν 42

mvp-comment-126-1 ψυχὴ γὰρ ηὔδα 43 πολλὰ 44 μυθουμένη 45

mvp-comment-127-1 τάλας … τλήμων 46

mvp-comment-127-2 μένεις 47 μενεῖς 48 αὖ 49

mvp-comment-127-3 πῶς … οὐκ 50

mvp-comment-127-4 ἀλγυνεῖ 51

mvp-comment-128-1 ἑλίσσων 52

mvp-comment-128-2 ἤνυτον 53

mvp-comment-128-3 σχολῇ βραδύς 54

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

211-212. mvp-comment-130-1 For the construction of the accusatives τὸν .. δύσνουν. . τὸν εὐμενῆ, after σοὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀρέσκει as = οὕτω τάσσεις, or the like, cр. О. С. 1120, τέκν᾽ εἰ φανέντ᾽ ἄελπτα μηκύνω λόγον, and see Essay on Language § 16. p. 22. No emendation is necessary.

213. mvp-comment-131-1 παντί πού γ᾽ ἔνεστί σοι γε has been thought a useless insertion, and Dindorf reads πάντι που πάρεστί σοι. But δέ γε is not unsuitable to the connection, introducing the second premiss of an implied argument. The words of the chorus express the barest acquiescence in the will of the ruler. Cp. infr. 509, σοὶ δ᾽ ὑπίλλουσι στόμα. They hide their disapproval, and that is all. Cp. Richard III, 4. 2, 21, Buck. Your grace may do your pleasure.

215. mvp-comment-132-1 ὡς ἂν.. εἰρημένων Sc. οὕτω πράσσετε. The subjunctive with ὡς ἄν follows the implied imperative. Act, then, so as to see my words obeyed. Cp. Ο. Τ. 325, ὡς οὖν μηδ᾽ ἐγὼ ταὐτὸν πάθω : Plat. Phaedo 59 Ε, παραγγέλλουσιν, ὅπως ἂν τῇδε τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τελευτήσῃ. The ellipse is idiomatic. It is not to be supposed either that Creon hesitates, or that the elders interrupt him.

218. mvp-comment-133-1 τί.. ἔτι 'What means then this charge further given by you to another?' τοῦτο, cogn. acc. = σκοποὶ εἶναι τῶν εἰρημένων : τί, suppl. predic. = With what meaning?' To what effect? ἄλλῳ = to another than the appointed guards. ἄλλο gives a poorer sense, What then is this other thing which you enjoin besides?

220. mvp-comment-134-1 ὃς .. ἐρᾷ As to be in love with death. For the irregular correlative (οὕτω .. ὅς), see Essay on Language § 22. p. 36. There is a confusion of οὐκ ἔστιν ὃς ἐρᾷ and οὐκ ἔστιν οὕτω μῶρος ὥστε ἐρᾶν.

222. mvp-comment-135-1 The emphatic position of ἄνδρας at the beginning of the line shows that the word is intended to mark Creon's unconsciousness of the real source of danger. So infr. 1. 248. Cp. Aesch. Ag. 1110: O. T. 928, al. So ὑπ᾿ ἐλπίδων shows how incapable he is of divining the motive of Antigone.

223-330. mvp-comment-136-1 The half-comic or rustic character of the watchman in this play is an extension of the common character of the messenger, whose natural rudeness of speech and thought brings into greater prominence the horror or pathos of the events he describes. The grotesqueness disappears when he speaks of the action of Antigone in 407-440. The employment of this artifice by Sophocles arises from the same motive to which Shakespeare gave a far wider range in such creations as the gravediggers in Hamlet, and the rural fellow in Antony and Cleopatra. The Messenger in the Trachiniae, the Corinthian in the Oedipus Tyrannus, Menelaus in the Ajax, the pretended Shipmaster in the Philoctetes, afford the same sort of contrast to the more tragic personages: and the superstition of the Coloniatae may be compared with the cowardice of the Phrygian slave in the Orestes of Euripides.

223-330. mvp-comment-136-2 The vulgarity of the common-place Athenian of the fifth century в.с. takes the form of misplaced subtlety of wit. Cp. Shak. Hamlet, 5. 1 ,

We must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us. The age is grown so picked, that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe.

223-224. mvp-comment-137-1 I am out of breath, but not with speed. It is not that I ran nimbly hither. Aristotle, Rhet. 3. 14. § 10, quotes 223 thus, Ἄναξ, ἐρῶ μὲν οὐχ ὅπως σπουδῆς ὕπο.., adding, as if from the reply of Creon, τί φροιμιάζῃ; But it is as unsafe to follow his authority in this line, as it would be to substitute τί φροιμιάζῃ for εὖ γε στοχάζει in l. 241. It is evident that he is quoting from memory: and, although it is curious that the Scholiast uses the same word in his explanation, οὐ τοῦτο λέγω, ὅτι μετὰ σπουδῆς ἀσθμαίνων πρὸς σὲ πορεύομαι, yet this does not amount to a proof that this is the right reading. σπουδῆς may be the word which would be more naturally used in prose, but it is less pointed than τάχους in this connection. κοῦφον ἐξάρας πόδα is added in explanation of τάχους ὕπο. ἐξάρας, having set forth from the point of departure, like αἴρειν στόλον.

225. mvp-comment-138-1 For I had many stoppages by reason of thoughts, i. e. My thoughts cried halt to me (ἐπέστησάν με) again and again. Cp. Αj. 869, κοὐδεὶς ἐφίσταταί με συμμαθεῖν τόπος. The genitive φροντίδων is part causal, My thoughts checked me,' and part final, I stopped to think.

226. mvp-comment-139-1 ὁδοῖς As I came. Essay on Language § 14. p. 20. Ср. О. С. 553, ὁδοῖς ἐν ταῖσδ᾽ ἀκούων. Hearing of you on your coming hither.

227. mvp-comment-140-1 This mockery of dialectic is curiously significant of the earlier stage of rhetoric.

229. mvp-comment-141-1 κεἰ has the authority of the oldest MS. The reading of Par. A, καὶ .. ἀνδρός, has a certain liveliness, but is perhaps too abrupt.

231. mvp-comment-142-1 τοιαῦθ᾽ ἑλίσσων Turning round and round such thoughts as these. Cp. Plat. Phil. 19 (of the boyish dialectician), πάντα κινεῖ λόγον ἄσμενος, τότε μὲν ἐπὶ θάτερα κυκλῶν καὶ συμφορῶν εἰς ἕν, τότε δὲ πάλιν ἀνειλίττων καὶ διαμερίζων.

231. mvp-comment-142-2 σπουδῇ βραδύς The reading of L, σχολῇ βραδύς, Slowly because I stopped, is not pointed enough, and it seems probable that an oxymoron is intended in this as in the following line. The correction adopted by the Scholiast, σχολῇ ταχύς, secures this in rather an awkward way. That of Seyffert, which is here adopted (for the collocation of words, cp. the proverb σπεῦδε βραδέως), appears far more probable.