Sophocles Antigone 271

πάλος καθαιρεῖ τοῦτο τἀγαθὸν λαβεῖν.

Antigone. Sophocles. Leipzig. 1884.

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Editions (11)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 271 focus
πράξαιμεν. ἦν δ᾽ ὁ μῦθος, ὡς ἀνοιστέον
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 271 focus
σοὶ τοὖργον εἴη τοῦτο, κοὐχὶ κρυπτέον.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 271 focus
οὔτ᾽ ἀντιφωνεῖν οὔθ᾽ ὅπως δρῶντες καλῶς
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 271 focus
οὔτ᾽ ἀντιφωνεῖν οὔθ᾽ ὅπως δρῶντες καλῶς
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 271.mvp-line-271 focus
οὔτ’ ἀντιφωνεῖν οὔθ’ ὅπως δρῶντες καλῶς
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 271 focus
οὔτ᾽ ἀντιφωνεῖν οὔθ᾽ ὅπως δρῶντες καλῶς
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 271 focus
οὔτ᾽ ἀντιφωνεῖν, οὔθ᾽ ὅπως δρῶντες καλῶς
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 271 focus
οὔτ᾽ ἀντιφωνεῖν οὔθ᾽ ὅπως δρῶντες καλῶς
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 271.mvp-line-271 focus
οὔτ᾽ ἀντιφωνεῖν οὔθ᾽ ὅπως δρῶντες καλῶς
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 271 focus
οὔτʼ ἀντιφωνεῖν οὔθʼ ὅπως δρῶντες καλῶς
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 271 focus
οὔτ᾽ ἀντιφωνεῖν οὔθ᾽ ὅπως δρῶντες καλῶς
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 271 focus
HAUSDIENER.
Als scharfgetroffen um den Altar hin sie lag,
1240
brings ihr das Auge schwarzumwölkt, nachdem sie noch
des erstgeopferten Megareus ruhmvolles Loos
beklagt, und wieder diesen, und auf dich zuletzt,
den Kindermörder, arge Flüch' herabgewünscht.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 271 focus
CORO
1334 Esas cosas están por venir. De las presentes conviene que nos preocupemos; pues de las otras, ya cuidarán aquellos que deben cuidarse.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 271 focus
Creon
At una cum illis, quos amo, ista fuero consecutus.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 271 focus
LEADER OF CHORUS
LEADER OF CHORUS. 1347
Wise conduct hath command of happiness
Before all else, and piety to Heaven
Must be preserved. High boastings of the proud
1350
Bring sorrow to the height to punish pride:—
A lesson men shall learn when they are old.
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)) — 271 focus
Chorus
Wisdom alone is man's true happiness :
We are not to dispute the will of heaven ;
For ever are the boastings of the proud
By the just gods repaid, and man at last
Is taught to fear their anger, and be wise.
T
R A C H I N I ^.
DRAiSrATIS PERSON^:.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 271 focus
EL MENSAJERO
anlterior, que sale de Palacio. 1278 ¡Señor! gran cúmulo de males caen sobre tí: tienes ante tus ojos este espectáculo doloroso, y te esperan además otras desgracias en tu Palacio.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 271 focus
CHOR
Um vieles ist das Denken mehr, denn
Glükseeligkeit. Man muss, was Himmlischer ist, nicht
Entheiligen. Grofse Blike aber
Grofse Streiche der hohen Schultern Vergeltend,
Sie haben im Alter gelehrt, zu denken.
1400
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 271 focus
Chorus
Pray thou no more; for mortals have no escape from destined woe, 4
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 332-380 focus

Commentary

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

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.