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Antigone. Sophocles. Leipzig. 1884.

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Editions (11)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ’ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τροχοὺς 1 ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσει,
1060
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
ψυχήν τ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κατῴκισας·
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν·
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
1065
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε 2 .
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν ᾍδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύες,
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
1070
λέγω. φανεῖ γὰρ οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβὴ
ἀνδρῶν, γυναικῶν, σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἐχθραὶ δὲ πᾶσαι ξυνταράσσονται πόλεις,
ὅσων σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγισαν 3 ,
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνὸς, φέρων
1075
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν 4 ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
τοιαῦτά 5 σου (λυπεῖς γάρ) ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμεῖ.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
1080
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν,
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν, ἢ νῦν φέρει.
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τροχοὺς ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσει,
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω
1050
ψυχήν γ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κατοικίσας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον, νέκυν ·
ὧν οὔτε σοι μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
1055
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐριννύες,
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω· φανεῖ γὰρ οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβὴ
1060
ἀνδρῶν, γυναικῶν, σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα,
ἔχθρᾳ δὲ πᾶσαι ξυνταράσσονται πόλεις,
ὅσῳ σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγισαν,
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνὸς, φέρων
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
1065
τοιαῦτά σου (λυπεῖς γὰρ), ὥστε τοξότης,
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμεῖ.
ὦ, παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
1070
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν,
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν, ὧν νῦν φέρει.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
1065
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσει,
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
ψυχήν τ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κακῴκισας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
1070
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν.
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύες,
1075
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω. φανεῖ γάρ, οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβή,
ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἐχθραὶ δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις
1080
ὅσων σπαράγματ' ἢ κύνες καθήγισαν
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνός, φέρων
61v
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
1085
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμεῖ.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν ἢ νῦν φέρει.
1090
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
1065
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσῃ,
ἀνθ’ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
ψυχήν τ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κατῴκισας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
1070
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν.
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύες,
1075
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω φανεῖ γὰρ οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβὴ
ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἔχθρᾳ δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις.
1080
ὅσων σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγισαν,
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνὸς φέρων
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
1085
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμῇ.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν ἢ νῦν φέρει.
1090
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ’ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
1065
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσῃ,
ἀνθ’ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
ψυχήν τ’ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κατῴκισας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ’ αὖ θεῶν
1070
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν.
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ’ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύες,
1075
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ’ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω· φανεῖ γὰρ οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβὴ
ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἔχθρᾳ δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις,
1080
ὅσων σπαράγματ’ ἢ κύνες καθήγνισαν,
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνὸς φέρων
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
1085
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμῇ.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ’ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν
τὸν νοῦν τ’ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν ἢ νῦν φέρει.
1090
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἥλιον τελεῖν,
1065
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσηι,
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
ψυχήν γ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφωι κατοικίσας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θυῶν
1070
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν·
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζεται τάδε.
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ φθιτῶν Ἐρινύες,
1075
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω φανεῖ γὰρ οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβὴ
ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἔχθραι δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις
1080
ὅσων σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγισαν
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνός, φέρων
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς † πόλιν †.
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῶι καρδίας τοξεύματα
1085
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμῆι.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῆι,
καὶ γνῶι τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχαιτέραν
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν ὧν νῦν φέρει.
1090
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τροχοὺς ἁμιλλητῆρας Ἡλίου τελῶν,
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσει,
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
1055
ψυχήν τ' ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κατῴκισας·
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν.
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
1060
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐριννύες,
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς·
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω. φανεῖ γάρ, οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβή,
1065
ἀνδρῶν, γυναικῶν, σοῖς, δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἐχθραὶ δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις,
ὅσων σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγισαν,
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνός, φέρων·
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
1070
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμεῖ.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
1075
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν,
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν, ἢ νῦν φέρει.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
1065
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσει,
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
ψυχήν τ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κατῴκισας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
1070
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν.
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύες,
1075
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω· φανεῖ γὰρ οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβὴ
ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἐχθραὶ δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις,
1080
ὅσων σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγνισαν
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνός, φέρων
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
1085
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμεῖ.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν ἢ νῦν φέρει.
1090
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
1065
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσῃ,
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
ψυχήν τ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κατῴκισας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
1070
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν.
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύες,
1075
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ' ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω· φανεῖ γάρ, οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβή,
ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἔχθρᾳ δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις
1080
ὅσων σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγνισαν
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνός, φέρων
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν,
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
1085
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμῇ.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχαιτέραν
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν ὧν νῦν φέρει.
1090
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1064 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
1065
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσηι,
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω
ψυχήν τ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφωι κατώικισας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
1070
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν.
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύες,
1075
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω· φανεῖ γάρ, οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβή,
ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἐχθραὶ δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις,
1080
ὅσων σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγνισαν
ἢ θῆρες ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνός, φέρων
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῶι καρδίας τοξεύματα
1085
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμῆι.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῆι
καὶ γνῶι τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν ἢ νῦν φέρει.
1090
Translations (11)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1064 focus
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 1064 focus
Pero tú también has de saber que ya no verificará el Sol muchas revoluciones en su lucha con la tiniebla, sin que en ellas tú mismo tengas que dar un muerto de tus propias entrañas a cambio de esos dos cadáveres, de los cuales has echado uno de la luz a las tinieblas, encerrando inicuamente a una alma viviente en la sepultura; y retienes aquí arriba al otro, privando de él a los dioses infernales por tenerlo insepulto y sin los debidos honores, en lo cual no tienes tú poder, ni tampoco los dioses de aquí arriba; procedes, pues, violentamente en todo esto. Por lo cual, las vengativas Furias de Plutón y de los dioses, que tras sí llevan la ruina, te están acechando para envolverte en males iguales à a éstos. Y considera si digo esto por amor al dinero. No pasará mucho tiempo sin que oigas en tu palacio los lamentos de los hombres y de las mujeres: ya se concitan contra ti, como enemigas, todas las ciudades en las que los perros o las fieras o algún ave voladora hayan depositado en sus aras algunos trozos del cadáver, llevando el impuro olor a los altares de la ciu- dad. Ahí tienes, aunque lo sientas, las certeras flechas que, cual si fuera arquero enfurecido, lanzo contra tu corazón, de las cuales no evitarás el dolor. ¡Oh niño!, guiame guíame a casa para que éste descargue su cólera en gente más joven, y aprenda a tener la lengua más sosegada y sentimientos mejores que los que ahora tiene.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1064 focus
Nam scito, prudentiam tibi meam quaestui non fore.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1064 focus
Not many courses of the racing sun
Shalt thou fulfil, ere of thine own true blood
Thou shalt have given a corpse in recompense
1065
For one on earth whom thou hast cast beneath,
Entombing shamefully a living soul,
And one whom thou hast kept above the ground
And disappointed of all obsequies,
Unsanctified and godlessly forlorn.
1070
Such violence the powers beneath will bear
Not even from the Olympian gods. For thee
The avengers wait. Hidden but near at hand,
Lagging but sure, the Furies of the grave
Are watching for thee to thy ruinous harm,
With thine own evil to entangle thee.
1075
Look well to it now whether I speak for gold!
A little while, and thine own palace-halls
Shall flash the truth upon thee with loud noise
Of men and women, shrieking o’er the dead.
And all the cities whose unburied sons,
1080
Mangled and torn, have found a sepulchre
In dogs or jackals or some ravenous bird
That stains their incense with polluted breath,
Are forming leagues in troublous enmity.
Such shafts, since thou hast stung me to the quick,
I like an archer at thee in my wrath
1085
Have loosed unerringly—carrying their pang,
Inevitable, to thy very heart.
Now, sirrah! lead me home, that his hot mood
Be spent on younger objects, till he learn
To keep a safer mind and calmer tongue.
1090
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1064 focus
So wisse denn auch sicher, daß nicht viele mehr
Der raschen Sonnenkreise du vollenden wirst,
1040
Bis aus dem eignen Blute du den Leichnamen
Selbst einen Leichnam als Ersaz darbringen mußt,
Weil du, in Nacht verstoßend, was dem Licht gehört,
Ein Leben schmachvoll banntest in des Grabes Haus,
Hier oben aber, unbestattet, ungeweiht,
1045
Den Todesgöttern vorenthältst den todten Leib,
An dem ein Theil dir weder, noch den oberen
Gottheiten zukommt; ihnen zwingst du diesen auf.
Drum lauern unheilsinnend und verderbenschwer
Des Hades und der Götter Straferinnyen,
1050
Verstricken bald in gleiches Ungemach dich selbst.
Nun magst du sehen, ob ich als Bestochener 1
So spreche: zeigen wird es dir nach kurzer Frist
Der Frau'n, der Männer Klageruf in deinem Haus.
Und alle Städte raffen sich feindselig auf,
1055
Worin zeriss'ne Leichen hier ein Hund entweiht,
Raubthiere dort, ein raschbeschwingter Vogel hier,
Der nach der Heimat Herde trägt den Graungeruch.
Sieh, solche Pfeile sandt' ich (denn tief kränkst du mich!)
Im Zorne dir, dem Bogenschüzen gleich, in's Herz:
1060
Sie treffen tödtlich, ihrem Brand entrinnst du nicht!
Du, Knabe, führ' uns wiederum nach Haus zurück,
Daß der entlade seinen Zorn auf Jüngere,
Und seine Zunge zähmen lern' in klugem Rath,
Und weiser denken lerne, denn er jezo denkt.
1065
Kreon. Der Chor. (ab mit dem Knaben.)
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1064 focus
E«member this :
Not many days shall the bright sun perform
His stated course, ere, sprung from thy own loins,
1065
Thyself shall yield a victim. In thy turn
Thou too shalt weep, for that thy cruel sentence
Decreed a guiltless virgin to the tomb,
And kept on earth, unmindful of the gods,
Ungraced, unburied, an unhallowed corse.
1070
Which not to thee, nor to the gods above
Of right belonged. 'Twas arbitrary power :
But the avenging furies lie concealed.
The minister of death have spread the snare,
And with like woes await to punish thee.
1075
Do I say this from hopes of promised gold ?
Pass but a little time, and thou shalt hear
The shrieks of men, the women's loud laments
O'er all thy palace ; see th' offended people
Together rage ; thy cities all by dogs
1080
And beasts and birds polluted, and the stench
Of filth obscene on every altar laid.
Thus from my angry soul have I sent forth
Its keenest arrows — for thou hast provoked me—
Nor shall they fly in vain, or thou escape
1085
The destined blow. Now, boy, conduct me home,
On younger heads the tempest of his rage
Shall fall ; but, henceforth let him learn to speak
In humbler terms, and bear a better mind.
Oreon, Chorus.
1090
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 1064 focus
Pues bien. Sábete que no terminará muchas veees el sol su earrera sin que un fruto de tu sangre haya pagado con su vida la muerte de la quo tú has aprisionado bárbaramente bajo tierra, de la que has encerrado viva en la tumba. Tú has arrebatado á los dioses infernales el cadáver de aquel á quien has privado de la sepultura y de los fúnebres honores: para lo que no tienes tú poder; para lo que no le tienen ni aun los númenes eclestes: que solo te lo ha otorgado la violencia. Las furias vengadoras, esas terribles divinidades del Ayerno, que persiguen el erimen para castigaxlo, se aprestan á enviarte la tremenda des gracia. Ve ahora si es la codicia quien ha dietado mi lenguaje. Bien pronto oirás en tu palacio los lamentos de los hombres y de las mujeres; bien pronto se levantarán contra ti las ciudades enemigas, las ciudades, en que los perros, los monstruos salvajes y los buitres han celebrado los funerales con los pedazos del difunto, llevando la impura fetidez á los hogares. Ahí tienes, ya que has eneendido mi cólera, el dardo que, como hábil ballestero, te clavo en el corazón, y euyo golpe flamante en vano tratarás de evitar. Tú, muehaeho, condúceme nuevamente 4 mi morada, y que en adelante desahogue éste su furor con otros más jóvenes, y aprenda á mantener su lengua en silencio, y á sentir en su alma con más moderación.— Márchase con el muchacho.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 1064 focus
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 1064 focus
But thou dost, in saying that I prophesy falsely.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 1064 focus
That she die not; or rather learn at length:
How little reverence to the dead avails. o. TON
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 1115-1150 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-609-1 κᾆτ’ 1

mvp-comment-609-2 θυστάδας 2

mvp-comment-610-1 ὅρνι^ς 3

mvp-comment-610-2 εὐσήμους 4

mvp-comment-610-3 βεβρῶτες 5

mvp-comment-610-4 ἀνδροφθόρου 6

mvp-comment-611-1 ἐπεί 7

mvp-comment-611-2 ἄνολβος 8

mvp-comment-612-1 ἀκεῖται 9

mvp-comment-612-2 ἀκίνητος 10

mvp-comment-613-1 αὐθαδία 11 ὀφλισκάνει 12

mvp-comment-614-1 εἶκε τῷ θανόντι 13

mvp-comment-614-2 κέντει 14

mvp-comment-615-1 ἐπικτανεῖν 15

mvp-comment-616-1 εὖ φρονήσας 16

mvp-comment-616-2 μανθάνειν δ 17

mvp-comment-616-3 εἰ … λέγοι 18 ἥδιστον 19

mvp-comment-617-1 ὥστε 20 σκοποῦ 21

mvp-comment-618-1 κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς 22 ἄπρακτος 23 μαντικῆς 24 α 25 μαντικῇ 26 ἄπρατος 27

mvp-comment-618-2 τῶν δ’ ὑπαὶ γένους 28 τῶν 29

mvp-comment-618-3 refer to ὑμῖν 30 μαντικῆς 31 μαντικοῖς 32

mvp-comment-618-4 ὑπαί 33

mvp-comment-618-5 γένους 34

mvp-comment-619-1 ἐξημπόλημαι 35 ἐμπεφόρτισμαι 36 ἐκπεφόρτισμαι 37

mvp-comment-620-1 τἀπὸ Σάρδεων ἤλεκτρον 38

mvp-comment-620-2 τἀπὸ 39

mvp-comment-620-3 Ἰνδικὸν χρυσόν 40

mvp-comment-621-1 οἱ Ζηνὸς αἰετοί 41

mvp-comment-622-1 οὐδ’ ὥς 42

mvp-comment-623-1 θεοὺς μιαίνειν 43

mvp-comment-623-2 This view seems to do some injustice to the poet's dramatic psychology. I read the words quite differently. The most orthodox Greek piety held that ‘no mortal could pollute the gods.’ See, for example, H. F. 1232. Heracles, having recovered sanity after slaying his children, has covered his face, to hide it from the holy light of the sun. Theseus —who is a type of normal

εὐσέβεια
— makes him uncover, saying,—
τί δ’; οὐ μιαίνεις θνητὸς ὢν τὰ τῶν θεῶν
. The sungod cannot be polluted by a mortal. The idea of religious
μίασμα
was that a mortal had contracted some impurity which disqualified him for communion with the gods. The tainting of an altar cut off such communion by bringing uncleanness to the very place where men sought to be cleansed. Creon excitedly imagines a seemingly worse profanation, and then excuses his apparent impiety by a general maxim which all would admit:—‘no man can pollute the gods.’

mvp-comment-623-3 ‘The sky-throne of Zeus is still more sacred than his altar on earth: if defilement cannot reach him there, much less here.’ The sophism is of the kind with which an honest but stubborn and wrongheaded man might seek to quiet his conscience. Creon reveres Zeus (304): he feels for the majesty of the gods, and refuses to believe that they can honour the wicked (284 ff.). But his religious sense is temporarily confused by his anger.

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

1021. mvp-comment-590-1 εὐσήμους Giving clear augury, opposed to ἄσημος supra 1013.

1021. mvp-comment-590-2 ἀπορροιβδεῖ Utters noisily. The word is not strictly applicable to the screaming of birds. But there is the same indefiniteness about words expressing sound as about the names of colours. This word, expressing a confused noise, is probably suggested by l. 1004.

1022. mvp-comment-591-1 After feeding on the fatness of human carnage.' On the change from singular to plural, see Essay on Language § 36. p. 65.

1025. mvp-comment-592-1 ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἁμάρτῃ For ἄν omitted, see Essay on. L. § 27. p. 44.

1026. mvp-comment-593-1 ἄνολβος here and in Aj. 1156 (τοιαῦτ᾽ ἄνολβον ἄνδρ᾽ ἐνουθέτει παρών) is a word of blame- Infatuated.'

1029. mvp-comment-594-1 εἶκε τῷ θανόντι Relent towards the dead.

1030. mvp-comment-595-1 ἐπικτανεῖν Το slay a second time.' For the meaning of ἐπί, cp.

1030. mvp-comment-595-2 ἐπεμβάλλω, ἐπιγαμέω, ἐπιπέμπω. For the idea, cp. II. 24. 54: Plat. Rep. 5. 469 D, E. 6 1031. (1) After careful consideration I speak to you with good heed. εὐ, Carefully,' as in O. T. 308, supr. 410, alib. Or (2) εὖ σοι φρ., Meaning well to thee.

1032. mvp-comment-596-1 εἰ κέρδος λέγοι For the optative, see Essay on Language § 36. p. 61, γ, α (1). φέρει or φέροι seems also to be an early reading.

1034. mvp-comment-597-1 ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε The genitive as after ἐφίεσθαι and the like words.

1034-1035. mvp-comment-598-1 κοὐδὲ.. εἰμί And you practise on me with divination too. By a not infrequent inexactness in the use of the Greek passive voice, from πράττειν κατά τινοs, To intrigue against a person, would come πράττεσθαι, 'Το be intrigued against,' and hence ἄπρακτος, Unattempted, Unpractised on, μαντικῆς is gen. of respect after the privative adjective. τὸν πρὸσ σάρδεον Ε. τὸν πρὸ

1035. mvp-comment-599-1 τῶν *ὑπαὶ γένους By whose fraternity, sc. τῶν μαντέων. This is Brunck's emendation, which gives better sense than any other that has been proposed. Creon's heated imagination suggests to him that the whole tribe of prophets and diviners (cp. 1055) have greedily marked him for their prey.

1036. mvp-comment-600-1 I am bartered away long since and turned to gain. Literally, Sold and shipped off. Although ἐμπεφόρτισμαι has the authority of the 1st hand of L, ἐκπεφόρτισμαι is more forcible.

1037. mvp-comment-601-1 *τἀπό Professor Geddes, in his Problem of the Homeric Poems,' p. 168, note 15, prefers ἤλεκτρος as the form of nominative, on analogy of other metals, such as χρυσός, etc., which are masculine. But the general opinion is in favour of ἥλεκτρον neuter, and although τὸν πρὸς Σαρδεῶν is not unmetrical, τᾶπό Σαρδέῶν is preferable here in point of rhythm. Granting that ἤλεκτρος is masculine in late Greek, it is unlikely that Herodotus, 3, 115, would write τὸ ἤλεκτρον, and Sophocles here τὸν .. ἤλεκτρον.

1040. mvp-comment-602-1 βοράν He echoes the word of Teiresias supr. 1017.

1042-1043. mvp-comment-603-1 οὐ μὴ .. παρήσω The future indicative after οὐ μή, as in O. C. 177, οὗ τοι μήποτέ σ᾽ ἐκ τῶνδ᾽ ἑδράνων, ὦ γέρον, ἄκοντά τις ἄξει : Εl. 1052, οὗ σοι μὴ μεθέψομαί ποτε. Cp. Phil. 612, οὐ μή ποτε | πέρσοιεν. In all these places there may be a slight confusion of two constructions. See Essay on Language § 36. p. 62, and for the slight redundancy of expression, which marks Creon's eagerness, ib. § 40. p. 75.

1044. mvp-comment-604-1 'There is no power in man to touch the gods with pollution.' Creon's scepticism (cp. Aesch. Ag. 369-372: Plat. Legg. B. 10) anticipates the Epicurean notion of the Divine Nature, which Nec bene promeritis capitur, neque tangitur ira. Cp. with this and with O. T. 964, foll., Hector's defiance of augury in Il. 12. 237, foll.