αἰετὸς ἐς γᾶν ὣς ὑπερέπτα,
Antigone. Sophocles. Leipzig. 1884.
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Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884))
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Editions (11)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 112 focus
ὀξέα κλάζων
1
αἰετὸς ἐς γᾶν
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 112 focus
ὀξέα κλάζων
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 112 focus
ὀξέα κλάζων
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 112 focus
ἄγαγε· κεῖνος δ᾽ ὀξέα κλάζων
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 112.mvp-line-112 focus
ἤγαγεν ἐχθρόν· ὁ δ’ ὀξέα κλάζων
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 112 focus
ὀξέα κλάζων
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 112 focus
ὀξέα κλάζων αἰετὸς ἐς γᾶν
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 112 focus
ὀξέα κλάζων
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 112.mvp-line-112 focus
ὀξέα κλάζων
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 112 focus
ὀξέα κλάζων
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 112 focus
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Translations (11)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 112 focus
ISMENE
Doch jetzt in deinem Mifsgeschick verschmäh' ich nicht
Gefährtin durch des Leidens Wogen dir zu seyn.
Doch jetzt in deinem Mifsgeschick verschmäh' ich nicht
Gefährtin durch des Leidens Wogen dir zu seyn.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 112 focus
ISMENA
¿En qué otra cosa ahora te podré ser útil yo?
¿En qué otra cosa ahora te podré ser útil yo?
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 112 focus
Ismene
Qua tandem in re iuvare te igitur nunc possim?
Qua tandem in re iuvare te igitur nunc possim?
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 112 focus
ISM
What can I do for thee now, even now?
What can I do for thee now, even now?
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
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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
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Und mähnenumflatterten Helmen.
Erste Gegenstrophe.
Ihn, den Polyneikes' feindlicher Zwist
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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
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Und mähnenumflatterten Helmen.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 112 focus
Antigone
Thy choice
555
Was life. 'Tis mine to die.
555
Thy choice
555
Was life. 'Tis mine to die.
555
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 112 focus
ISMENA
No me juzgues indigna, hermana mía, de morir contigo, y de haber honrado con los ritos fúnebres al difunto.
No me juzgues indigna, hermana mía, de morir contigo, y de haber honrado con los ritos fúnebres al difunto.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 112 focus
ANTIGONAE
Nüz dir. Das gönn’ ich dir, dass du mit hingehst.
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Nüz dir. Das gönn’ ich dir, dass du mit hingehst.
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English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 112 focus
Ismene
Tell me,—how can I serve thee, even now?
Tell me,—how can I serve thee, even now?
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 112 focus
Haemon
This with firm hand should always be sustain'd
This with firm hand should always be sustain'd
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