Sophocles Antigone 264

ed. August Boeckh

KREON.
Str. 2.
Weh mir!
Ich hab's gelernt, ich Armer! Schwer belastend traf
mir damals im Zorn ein Gott dieses Haupt,
1215
und schlug's, und warf in wilde Pfade mich hinein;
weh mir! niederstürzt' er mein zertretnes Glück!
Ach ach! o der Menschen leidvolles Leid!

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

Current edition Experimental

German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) (German) (German (A. Boeckh, 1884))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (12)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 264 focus
καὶ πῦρ διέρπειν, καὶ θεοὺς ὁρκωμοτεῖν,
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 264 focus
τέλος δ᾽, ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 264 focus
τὸ μήτε δρᾶσαι, μήτε τῳ ξυνειδέναι
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 264 focus
ἦμεν δ᾽ ἕτοιμοι καὶ μύδρους αἴρειν χεροῖν,
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 264 focus
ἦμεν δ᾽ ἑτοῖμοι καὶ μύδρους αἴρειν χεροῖν,
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 264.mvp-line-264 focus
ἦμεν δ’ ἑτοῖμοι καὶ μύδρους αἴρειν χεροῖν,
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 264 focus
ἦμεν δ᾽ ἕτοιμοι καὶ μύδρους αἴρειν χεροῖν
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 264 focus
ἦμεν δ᾽ ἕτοιμοι καὶ μύδρους αἴρειν χεροῖν,
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 264 focus
ἦμεν δ᾽ ἕτοιμοι καὶ μύδρους αἴρειν χεροῖν,
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 264.mvp-line-264 focus
ἦμεν δ᾽ ἑτοῖμοι καὶ μύδρους αἴρειν χεροῖν,
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 264 focus
ἦμεν δʼ ἕτοιμοι καὶ μύδρους αἴρειν χεροῖν
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 264 focus
ἦμεν δ᾽ ἕτοιμοι καὶ μύδρους αἴρειν χεροῖν
Translations (9)
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 264 focus
CREONTE
1306 ¡Ayay, ayay! Estoy pasmado de horror. ¿Por qué no me matáis matais con espada de dos filos? ¡Qué miserable soy! ¡Ayay! ¡Estoy envuelto en fatal calamidad!
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 264 focus
Verna
1312 Nempe tamquam caussa utriusque exitii ab hac defuncta obiurgabare.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 264 focus
CR
1317
O me! This crime can come
On no man else, exempting me.
I slew thee—I, O misery!
I say the truth, ’twas I! My followers,
1320
Take me with speed—take me away, away!
Me, who am nothing now.
1325
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 278 focus
Schon lang, o König, überlegt mein Inneres,
Ob eine Gottheit diese That nicht angeregt.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 264 focus
Creon
I shudder at it? Will no friendly hand
Destroy me quickly? For oh ! I am most wretched —
I>eset with miseries !
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 264 focus
EL MENSAJERO
Yo mismo me he quedado también estupe facto; abrigo, sin embargo, la esperanza de que ella, enterada ya de las desgracias de su hijo, no habrá querido ofrecer á los thebanos el espectáculo de su dolor, y se habrá ido á palacio á comunicar el triste caso á sus siervas para hacer el duclo. La juzgo demasiado prudente para cometer ningún atentado.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 264 focus
KREON
O mir! mir! das gehöret keinem andern
Der Menschen an. Mein ist die Schuld in diesem.
Ich habe dich getödtet ich. Io! ihr Diener!
Führt eilig mich hinweg! führt Schritt vor Schritt,
1375
Mich, der nun nichts mehr Anders ist, als Niemand.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 264 focus
Creon
And what was the manner of the violent deed by which she passed away?
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 332-380 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-732-1 τῶν παρελθουσῶν 1

mvp-comment-732-2 σαίνει 2

mvp-comment-733-1 ὠκεῖς 3

mvp-comment-734-1 ἁρμὸν χώματος λιθοσπ. 4

mvp-comment-734-2 ἁρμόν 5 δύντες 6

mvp-comment-735-1 στόμιον 7

mvp-comment-735-2 The kind of tomb which the poet here imagines is perhaps best represented, in Greece, by the rock-tombs of Nauplia, and of Spata in Attica. These consist of chambers worked horizontally into the rock, and approached by a passage or

δρόμος
, answering to that which Creon's men have to traverse before they reach the
στόμιον
of the tomb. The general type seems to have been determined by that of the more elaborate domed tombs, such as the so-called ‘Treasury of Atreus’ at Mycenae, which, like these ruder copies, were entered by a
δρόμος
. Indeed, the Nauplia tombs indicate a rough attempt to reproduce the dome (
θόλος
). [See Helbig, Das Homer. Epos aus den Denkm. erläutert, p. 53, with the sources quoted there in nn. 5, 6.]

mvp-comment-735-3 The phrase

λοίσθιον τύμβευμα
(1220) might suggest a recess within the principal chamber, like that in the ‘Treasury of Atreus’; but it is simpler to take it as merely ‘the furthest part of the tomb.’ We may observe that the words
κατῶρυξ
(774) and
κατασκαφής
(891) are sufficiently explained if we suppose that the
δρόμος
leading to the chamber sloped downwards from the entrance.

mvp-comment-736-1 θεοῖσι 8

mvp-comment-736-2 κλέπτομαι 9

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

1213. mvp-comment-688-1 τῶν παρελθουσῶν ὁδῶν Cp. О. С. 1397.

1214. mvp-comment-689-1 σαίνει It has been supposed that this word reverts to its original meaning as a derivative of σείω, being used actively in the sense of To thrill.' But it is more in accordance with analogy to suppose that it has passed through the following changes of meaning: (1) to move frequently: (2) to wag the tail; σαίνειν οὔρῃ: (3) to make signs of recognition, to greet: (4) to touch with a feeling of recognition. See Essay on Language p. 99 (ὄμμα).

1216. mvp-comment-690-1 In preparing the vault, an opening had been left, through which the victim was thrust into the chamber. This opening was then roughly closed with stones. (1) Through these Haemon had passionately torn his way. And the cleft so made by him is the ἁρμὸς χώματος λιθοσπαδής. Entering within the closure from which the stones have been torn, even to the very mouth of the vault. Or (2), supposing a prolepsis, Pulling out the stones and entering.