KREON
Nicht wird der Feind ja, selbst wenn er gestorben, Freund.
Nicht wird der Feind ja, selbst wenn er gestorben, Freund.
Antigone. Sophocles. ed. August Boeckh. Leipzig. 1884.
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Editions (12)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 105 focus
Διρκαίων
1
ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
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Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 105 focus
τὸν λεύκασπιν Ἀργέϊον
105
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 105 focus
Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
105
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 105 focus
Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
105
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 105 focus
ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
105
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 105.mvp-line-105 focus
ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
105
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 105 focus
ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
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Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 105 focus
Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα, 105
105
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 106 focus
τὸν λεύκασπιν Ἀργόθεν ἐκβάντα φῶτα πανσαγίᾳ
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Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 105.mvp-line-105 focus
ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
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Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 105 focus
Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
105
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 105 focus
ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
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Translations (10)
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 105 focus
ANTIGONA
De quién sea el hecho, Plutón y los dioses infernales lo saben. Yo,
à
a la que ama de palabra, no la estimo por amiga.
De quién sea el hecho, Plutón y los dioses infernales lo saben. Yo,
à
a la que ama de palabra, no la estimo por amiga.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 105 focus
Antigone
Quorum sit hoc opus, Orcus et inferi conscii sunt:
at ego verbis amantem mon amo amicam.
Quorum sit hoc opus, Orcus et inferi conscii sunt:
at ego verbis amantem mon amo amicam.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 105 focus
ANT
Who did the deed, the powers beneath can tell.
I care not for lip-kindness from my kin.
Who did the deed, the powers beneath can tell.
I care not for lip-kindness from my kin.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 100 focus
Strahl des Helios, schönstes Licht,
1
100
Das der siebenthorigen Stadt
Thebe's nimmer zuvor erschien!
Du strahlst endlich, des gold'nen Tags
Aufblick, herrlich herauf,
Ueber Dirke's Fluten herüberwandelnd;
2
105
Und Ihn, der mit leuchtendem Schild
Kam von Argos in voller Wehr,
Triebest du flüchtig in eilendem Lauf
Fort mit hastigem Zügel:
Strahl des Helios, schönstes Licht,
1
100
Das der siebenthorigen Stadt
Thebe's nimmer zuvor erschien!
Du strahlst endlich, des gold'nen Tags
Aufblick, herrlich herauf,
Ueber Dirke's Fluten herüberwandelnd;
2
105
Und Ihn, der mit leuchtendem Schild
Kam von Argos in voller Wehr,
Triebest du flüchtig in eilendem Lauf
Fort mit hastigem Zügel:
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 105 focus
Ismene
But what is life without thee ?
But what is life without thee ?
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 105 focus
CREONTE
Anda á los infiernos: y puesto que tan amorosa eres, puedes ir á amar á los profundos. Mientras yo viva, no consentiré que una mujer nos dicte la ley.
Anda á los infiernos: y puesto que tan amorosa eres, puedes ir á amar á los profundos. Mientras yo viva, no consentiré que una mujer nos dicte la ley.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 105 focus
ISMENE
Bring so mich in Verdacht nicht, Schwester, wie als könnt’
Ich sterben nie, mit dir; des Grabs Unschik vergüten.
Bring so mich in Verdacht nicht, Schwester, wie als könnt’
Ich sterben nie, mit dir; des Grabs Unschik vergüten.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 105 focus
Antigone
Whose was the deed, Hades and the dead are witnesses: a friend in words is not the friend that I love.
Whose was the deed, Hades and the dead are witnesses: a friend in words is not the friend that I love.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 105 focus
Creon
Assured that he with honour will command,
Or be commanded; in the storm of war.
Assured that he with honour will command,
Or be commanded; in the storm of war.
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 100-160 focus
Enter the Chorus on the right.
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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
509. mvp-comment-296-1 ὑπίλλουσι ἴλλειν (cp. supr. 340) is To move within bounds, or To limit motion. So here, 'They move their lips under your restraint; i. e. They curb their speech under your will.