Sófocles Antigone 1033

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¡Oh anciano! Todos, como arqueros al blanco, disparáis contra mí; y ni siquiera he quedado libre de tu arte adivinatorio, porque he sido vendido y traicionado por mis parientes hace ya tiempo; lucraos, comprad el electro de Sardes si queréis, y el oro de la India; pero a ése no enterraréis en sepultura: ni aunque las águilas de Júpiter, arrebatándolo, se lo quisieran llevar para pasto al trono del mismo dios, ni aun así — sin temor ninguno de cometer sacrilegio-permitiré yo que sepulten a ése; pues bien sé que amancillar a los dioses no puede ningún mortal. Y los hombres más hábiles, ¡oh viejo Tiresias!, suelen caer en vergonzosas caídas cuando exponen bellamente reprobables discursos, sólo por afán de lucro.

Antigone. Sófocles. Madrid. 1921.

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Current edition Experimental

Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) (Spanish) (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (12)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 1033 focus
ὦ πρέσβυ, πάντες, ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ,
τοξεύετ᾽ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε, κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς
ἄπρακτος ὑμῖν εἰμι 1 · τῶν δ᾽ ὑπαὶ γένους
ἐξημπόλημαι κἀκπεφόρτισμαι πάλαι.
κερδαίνετ᾽, ἐμπολᾶτε τὸν πρὸς Σάρδεων 2
1030
ἤλεκτρον, εἰ βούλεσθε, καὶ τὸν Ἰνδικὸν
χρυσόν· τάφῳ δ᾽ ἐκεῖνον οὐχὶ κρύψετε,
οὐδ᾽ εἰ θέλουσ᾽ οἱ Ζηνὸς αἰετοὶ βορὰν
φέρειν νιν ἁρπάζοντες ἐς Διὸς θρόνους,
οὐδ᾽ ὣς, μίασμα τοῦτο μὴ τρέσας, ἐγὼ
1035
θάπτειν παρήσω κεῖνον. εὖ γὰρ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι
θεοὺς μιαίνειν οὔτις ἀνθρώπων σθένει.
πίπτουσι δ᾽, ὦ γεραιὲ Τειρεσία, βροτῶν
χοἱ πολλὰ δεινοὶ πτώματ᾽ αἴσχρ᾽, ὅταν λόγους
αἰσχροὺς καλῶς λέγωσι τοῦ κέρδους χάριν.
1040
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1033 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1033 focus
ὦ πρέσβυ, πάντες, ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ,
τοξεύετ᾽ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε, κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς
1015
ἄπρακτος ὑμῖν εἰμὶ, τῶν γένους ὕπο
ἐξημπόλημαι κἀκπεφόρτισμαι πάλαι.
κερδαίνετ᾽, ἐμπολᾶτε τὸν πρὸς Σάρδεων
ἤλεκτρον, εἰ βούλεσθε, καὶ τὸν Ἰνδικὸν
χρυσόν· τάφῳ δ᾽ ἐκεῖνον οὐχὶ κρύψετε,
1020
οὐδ᾽, εἰ θέλουσ᾽ οἱ Ζηνὸς αἰετοὶ βορὰν
φέρειν νιν ἁρπάζοντες ἐς Διὸς θρόνους·
οὐδ᾽ ὣς, μίασμα τοῦτο μὴ τρέσας, ἐγὼ
θάπτειν παρήσω κεῖνον· εὖ γὰρ οἷδ᾽, ὅτι
θεοὺς μιαίνειν οὔ τις ἀνθρώπων σθένει.
1025
πίπτουσι δ᾽, ὦ γεραιὲ Τειρεσία, βροτῶν
χ’ οἱ πολλὰ δεινοὶ πτώματ᾽ αἰσχρ᾽, ὅταν λόγους
αἰσχροὺς καλῶς λέγωσι τοῦ κέρδους χάριν.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1033 focus
ὦ πρέσβυ, πάντες ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ
τοξεύετ᾿ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε, κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς
61r
ἄπρακτος ὑμῖν εἰμι, τῶν *ὑπαὶ γένους
1035
ἐξεμπόλημαι κἀκπεφόρτισμαι πάλαι.
κερδαίνετ', ἐμπολᾶτε *τἀπὸ Σάρδεων
ἤλεκτρον, εἰ βούλεσθε, καὶ τὸν Ἰνδικὸν
χρυσόν· τάφῳ δ᾽ ἐκεῖνον οὐχὶ κρύψετε,
οὐδ᾽ εἰ θέλουσ᾽ οἱ Ζηνὸς αἰετοὶ βορὰν
1040
φέρειν νιν ἁρπάζοντες ἐς Διὸς θρόνους,
οὐδ᾽ ὣς μίασμα τοῦτο μὴ τρέσας ἐγὼ
θάπτειν παρήσω κεῖνον· εὖ γὰρ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι
θεοὺς μιαίνειν οὔτις ἀνθρώπων σθένει.
πίπτουσι δ᾽, ὦ γεραιὲ Τειρεσία, βροτῶν
1045
χοἰ πολλὰ δεινοὶ πτώματ' αἴσχρ᾽, ὅταν λόγους
αἰσχροὺς καλῶς λέγωσι τοῦ κέρδους χάριν.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 1033 focus
ὦ πρέσβυ, πάντες ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ
τοξεύετ᾽ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε, κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς
ἄπρακτος ὑμῖν εἰμι, τῶν δ᾽ ὑπαὶ γένους
1035
ἐξημπόλημαι κἀμπεφόρτισμαι πάλαι.
κερδαίνετ᾽, ἐμπολᾶτε τὸν πρὸς Σάρδεων
ἤλεκτρον, εἰ βούλεσθε, καὶ τὸν Ἰνδικὸν
χρυσόν· τάφῳ δ᾽ ἐκεῖνον οὐχὶ κρύψετε·
οὐδ᾽ εἰ θέλουσ᾽ οἱ Ζηνὸς αἰετοὶ βορὰν
1040
φέρειν νιν ἁρπάζοντες ἐς Διὸς θρόνους,
οὐδ᾽ ὣς μίασμα τοῦτο μὴ τρέσας ἐγὼ
θάπτειν παρήσω κεῖνον· εὖ γὰρ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι
θεοὺς μιαίνειν οὔτις ἀνθρώπων σθένει.
πίπτουσι δ᾽, ὦ γεραιὲ Τειρεσία, βροτῶν
1045
χοἰ πολλὰ δεινοὶ πτώματ᾽ αἴσχρ᾽, ὅταν λόγους
αἰσχροὺς καλῶς λέγωσι τοῦ κέρδους χάριν.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1033 focus
ὦ πρέσβυ, πάντες ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ
τοξεύετ’ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε, κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς
ἄπρακτος ὑμῖν εἰμι, τῶν δ’ ὑπαὶ γένους
1035
ἐξημπόλημαι κἀμπεφόρτισμαι πάλαι.
κερδαίνετ’, ἐμπολᾶτε τὸν πρὸς Σάρδεων
ἤλεκτρον, εἰ βούλεσθε, καὶ τὸν Ἰνδικὸν
χρυσόν· τάφῳ δ’ ἐκεῖνον οὐχὶ κρύψετε·
οὐδ’ εἰ θέλουσ’ οἱ Ζηνὸς αἰετοὶ βορὰν
1040
φέρειν νιν ἁρπάζοντες ἐς Διὸς θρόνους,
οὐδ’ ὣς μίασμα τοῦτο μὴ τρέσας, ἐγὼ
θάπτειν παρήσω κεῖνον· εὖ γὰρ οἶδ’ ὅτι
θεοὺς μιαίνειν οὔτις ἀνθρώπων σθένει.
πίπτουσι δ’, ὦ γεραιὲ Τειρεσία, βροτῶν
1045
χοἰ πολλὰ δεινοὶ πτώματ’ αἴσχρ’, ὅταν λόγους
αἰσχροὺς καλῶς λέγωσι τοῦ κέρδους χάριν.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 1033 focus
ὦ πρέσβυ, πάντες ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ
τοξεύετ᾽ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε, κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς
ἄπρακτος ὑμῖν εἶμι, τῶν ὑπαὶ γένους
1035
ἐξημπόλημαι κἀμπεφόρτισμαι πάλαι.
κερδαίνετ᾽, ἐμπολᾶτε τἀπὸ Σάρδεων
ἤλεκτρον, εἰ βούλεσθε, καὶ τὸν Ἰνδικὸν
χρυσόν· τάφωι δ᾽ ἐκεῖνον οὐχὶ κρύψετε,
οὐδ᾽ εἰ θέλουσ᾽ οἱ Ζηνὸς αἰετοὶ βορὰν
1040
φέρειν νιν ἁρπάζοντες ἐς Διὸς θρόνους,
οὐδ᾽ ὥς μίασμα τοῦτο μὴ τρέσας ἐγὼ
θάπτειν παρήσω κεῖνον· εὖ γὰρ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι
θεοὺς μιαίνειν οὔτις ἀνθρώπων σθένει.
πίπτουσι δ᾽, ὦ γεραιὲ Τειρεσία, βροτῶν
1045
χοἰ πολλὰ δεινοὶ πτώματ᾽ αἴσχρ᾽, ὅταν λόγους
αἰσχροὺς καλῶς λέγωσι τοῦ κέρδους χάριν.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 1033 focus
ὦ πρέσβυ, πάντες, ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ,
1020
τοξεύετ᾽ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε, κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς
ἄπρακτος ὗμιν εἰμί, τῶν ὑπαὶ γένους
ἐξημπόλημαι κἀκπεφόρτισμαι πάλαι.
κερδαίνετ᾽, ἐμπολᾶτε τὸν πρὸς Σάρδεων
ἤλεκτρον, εἰ βούλεσθε, καὶ τὸν Ἰνδικὸν
1025
χρυσόν· τάφῳ δ᾽ ἐκεῖνον οὐχὶ κρύψετε,
οὐδ᾽ εἰ θέλουσ᾽ οἱ Ζηνὸς αἰετοὶ βορὰν
φέρειν, νιν ἁρπάζοντες ἐς Διὸς θρόνους,
οὐδ᾽ ὣς μίασμα τοῦτο μὴ τρέσας ἐγὼ
θάπτειν παρήσω κεῖνον. εὖ γὰρ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι
1030
θεοὺς μιαίνειν οὔτις ἀνθρώπων σθένει.
πίπτουσι δ᾽, ὦ γεραιὲ Τειρεσίαν βροτῶν
χοἰ πολλὰ δεινοὶ πτώματ᾽ αἴσχρ᾽, ὅταν λόγους
αἰσχροὺς καλῶς λέγωσι τοῦ κέρδους χάριν.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 1033 focus
ὦ πρέσβυ, πάντες ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ
τοξεύετ᾽ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε, κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς
ἄπρακτος ὑμῖν εἰμι, τῶν δ᾽ ὑπαὶ γένους
1035
ἐξημπόλημαι κἀμπεφόρτισμαι πάλαι.
κερδαίνετ', ἐμπολᾶτε τἀπὸ Σάρδεων
ἤλεκτρον, εἰ βούλεσθε, καὶ τὸν Ἰνδικὸν
χρυσόν· τάφῳ δ᾽ ἐκεῖνον οὐχὶ κρύψετε,
οὐδ᾽ εἰ θέλουσ᾽ οἱ Ζηνὸς αἰετοὶ βορὰν
1040
φέρειν νιν ἁρπάζοντες ἐς Διὸς θρόνους,
οὐδ᾽ ὣς μίασμα τοῦτο μὴ τρέσας ἐγὼ
θάπτειν παρήσω κεῖνον. εὖ γὰρ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι
θεοὺς μιαίνειν οὔτις ἀνθρώπων σθένει.
πίπτουσι δ᾽, ὦ γεραιὲ Τειρεσία, βροτῶν
1045
χοἱ πολλὰ δεινοὶ πτώματ᾽ αἴσχρ᾽, ὅταν λόγους
αἰσχροὺς καλῶς λέγωσι τοῦ κέρδους χάριν.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1033 focus
ὦ πρέσβυ, πάντες ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ
τοξεύετ᾽ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε, κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς
ἄπρακτος ὑμῖν εἰμι· τῶν δ᾽ ὑπαὶ γένους
1035
ἐξημπόλημαι κἀκπεφόρτισμαι πάλαι.
κερδαίνετ᾽, ἐμπολᾶτε τἀπὸ Σάρδεων
ἤλεκτρον, εἰ βούλεσθε, καὶ τὸν Ἰνδικὸν
χρυσόν· τάφῳ δ᾽ ἐκεῖνον οὐχὶ κρύψετε,
οὐδ᾽ ἢν θέλωσ᾽ οἱ Ζηνὸς αἰετοὶ βορὰν
1040
φέρειν νιν ἁρπάζοντες ἐς Διὸς θρόνους·
οὐδ᾽ ὣς μίασμα τοῦτο μὴ τρέσας ἐγὼ
θάπτειν παρήσω κεῖνον· εὖ γὰρ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι
θεοὺς μιαίνειν οὔτις ἀνθρώπων σθένει.
πίπτουσι δ᾽, ὦ γεραιὲ Τειρεσία, βροτῶν
1045
χοἱ πολλὰ δεινοὶ πτώματ᾽ αἴσχρ᾽, ὅταν λόγους
αἰσχροὺς καλῶς. λέγωσι τοῦ κέρδους χάριν.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1033 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1033 focus
ὦ πρέσβυ, πάντες ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ
τοξεύετ᾽ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε, κοὐδὲ μαντικῆς
ἄπρακτος ὑμῖν εἰμι· τῶν δ᾽ ὑπαὶ γένους
1035
ἐξημπόλημαι κἀκπεφόρτισμαι πάλαι.
κερδαίνετ᾽, ἐμπολᾶτε τἀπὸ Σάρδεων
ἤλεκτρον, εἰ βούλεσθε, καὶ τὸν Ἰνδικὸν
χρυσόν· τάφωι δ᾽ ἐκεῖνον οὐχὶ κρύψετε.
οὐδ᾽ εἰ θέλουσ᾽ οἱ Ζηνὸς αἰετοὶ βορὰν
1040
φέρειν νιν ἁρπάζοντες ἐς Διὸς θρόνους,
οὐδ᾽ ὣς μίασμα τοῦτο μὴ τρέσας ἐγὼ
θάπτειν παρήσω κεῖνον· εὖ γὰρ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι
θεοὺς μιαίνειν οὔτις ἀνθρώπων σθένει.
πίπτουσι δ᾽, ὦ γεραιὲ Τειρεσία, βροτῶν
1045
χοἰ πολλὰ δεινοὶ πτώματ᾽ αἴσχρ᾽, ὅταν λόγους
αἰσχροὺς καλῶς λέγωσι τοῦ κέρδους χάριν.
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1033 focus
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1033 focus
O senex, omnes, tanquam sagittarii in scopum, tela in me mittitis ; nec vestris quidem vatum artibus intentatus sum, cuius generis ab hominibus venditus sum et traditus iampridem.
comparate vobis Sardicum electrum, si vultis, et aurum Indicum: at illum sepulcro non condetis, nec si Iovis aquilae eum pro esca auferre velint sub Saturnii thronum: ne sic quidem, haud ullo huius piaculi terrore motus y sepeliri eum permisero: probe enim novi, mortalem neminem deos posse polluere. Cadunt autem, o senex Tiresia, homines vel maxime industrii foedo lapsu, quum res turpes pulcre loquuntur lucri gratia.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1033 focus
I am your mark, and ye with one consent
All shoot your shafts at me. Nought left untried,
Not even the craft of prophets, by whose crew
1035
I am bought and merchandised long since. Go on!
Traffic, get gain, electrum from the mine
Of Lydia, and the gold of Ind! Yet know,
Grey-beard! ye ne’er shall hide him in a tomb.
No, not if heaven’s own eagle chose to snatch
1040
And bear him to the throne supreme for food,
Even that pollution should not daunt my heart
To yield permission for his funeral.
For well know I defilement ne’er can rise
From man to God. But, old Tirésias, hear!
1045
Even wisest spirits have a shameful fall
That fairly speak base words for love of gain.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1033 focus
Greis, ihr alle zielet nach dem Einen Mann,
Wie nach dem Ziel der Schüze, ja versucht an mir
Sogar die Seherkunde; doch von dem Geschlecht
Bin ich verhandelt und vertauscht seit lange schon.
1010
Treibt Wucher, handelnd schafft herbei das sardische
Elektron, wenn's euch lüstet, und den indischen
Goldsand: im Grabe bergt ihr jenen nimmermehr;
Ja, wollten auch Zeus' Adler ihn zum Mahle sich
Wegraffen, und ihn tragen an des Gottes Thron:
1015
Ich werde dann auch, unbesorgt um diesen Gräul,
Nicht dulden, daß man ihn begräbt; die Götter ja,
Das weiß ich, kann doch nimmermehr ein Mensch entweih'n.
Auch vielbegabte Männer, Greis Teiresias,
Sie stürzen tief und schimpflich, wenn sie schimpflichen
1020
Anschlägen edle Worte leih'n aus Eigennuz.
Weh!
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1033 focus
Spe^ik then ! What is it ] How I dread tlr
words !
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 1033 focus
¡Viejo! Veo que venis todos como arqueros á lanzar vuestros dardos contra mi. Los adivinos turban ahora mi reposo; antes los de mi familia me han vendido como mísera mercan. cia. Seguid todos en vuestro tráfico, ganaros todos el electron de Sardes y todo el oro de la India; pero á ese no lograrcis, no, que se le dé sepultura; aunque las águilas de Jove quisicran llevarle en pedazos como ofrenda ante el trono del rey de los dioses, ni aun así, permitiría su inhumación. Y no temicra cometer con cllo profanación: porque yo sé bien que los dioses están al abrigo de las profanaciones de los mortales. S ¡Oh, anciano! Los hombres mas hiúbiles se exponen á dar vergonzosas caidas, cuando el afán de la ganancia los mueve á pronunciar discursos bochornosos.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 1033 focus
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 1033 focus
Old man, ye all shoot your shafts at me, as archers at the butts;—ye must needs practise on me with seer-craft also;—aye, the seer-tribe hath long trafficked in me, and made me their merchandise. Gain your gains, drive your trade, if ye list, in the silver-gold of Sardis and the gold of India; but ye shall not hide 1040 that man in the grave,—no, though the eagles of Zeus should bear the carrion morsels to their Master’s throne -—no, not for dread of that defilement will I suffer his burial :—for well I know that no mortal can defile the gods.—But, aged Teiresias, the wisest fall with a shameful fall, when they clothe shameful thoughts in fair words, for lucre’s sake.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 1033 focus
Of all the gods whom she reveres alone,
Pouring her vows she haply will obtain
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 988-1110 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-117-1 τιμήσεται 1

mvp-comment-118-1 I print Dindorf's κἀς 2 καὶ 3 σοὶ ταῦτ’ ἀρέσκει 4 Κρέον 5 ταὔτ 6 ταῦτ’ 7

mvp-comment-119-1 In παντί πού γ’ 8 σοί γ’ … που 9 ἔνεστι 10 χὡπόσοι ζῶμεν 11 πέρι 12

mvp-comment-120-1 ὡς ἂν … ἦτε 13 πῶς ἂν … εἶτε 14

mvp-comment-120-2 σκοποί 15

mvp-comment-120-3 νυν 16 νῦν 17

mvp-comment-120-4 τῶν εἰρ 18

mvp-comment-121-1 πρόθες τοῦτο 19 βαστάζειν 20

mvp-comment-121-2 τοῦ νεκροῦ γ’ 21

mvp-comment-122-1 τί δῆτ’ ἂν … ἐπεντέλλοις 22

mvp-comment-122-2 The reading ἄλλῳ 23 τοῦτο 24

mvp-comment-122-3 ἐπιχωρεῖν 25

mvp-comment-122-4 ἀπιστοῦσιν 26

mvp-comment-122-5 τάδε, 27

mvp-comment-123-1 ὃς 28 ἐρᾷ 29

mvp-comment-123-2 καὶ μὴν 30 γε 31 μισθός 32

mvp-comment-123-3 requital of disobedience is that.’ For

καὶ μήν
so used, cp. O. T. 836 , 1004 f., El. 556 .

mvp-comment-123-4 τὸ κέρδος 33

mvp-comment-123-5 διώλεσεν 34

mvp-comment-124-1 ἐρῶ μὲν οὐχ 35

mvp-comment-124-2 ὅπως 36

mvp-comment-124-3 τάχους ὕπο 37 τάχους 38

mvp-comment-125-1 ἐξάρας 39

mvp-comment-125-2 φροντίδων 40 ἐπιστάσεις 41

mvp-comment-125-3 ὁδοῖς 42

mvp-comment-125-4 κυκλῶν 43

mvp-comment-126-1 ψυχὴ γὰρ ηὔδα 44 πολλὰ 45 μυθουμένη 46

mvp-comment-127-1 τάλας … τλήμων 47

mvp-comment-127-2 μένεις 48 μενεῖς 49 αὖ 50

mvp-comment-127-3 πῶς … οὐκ 51

mvp-comment-127-4 ἀλγυνεῖ 52

mvp-comment-128-1 ἑλίσσων 53

mvp-comment-128-2 ἤνυτον 54

mvp-comment-128-3 σχολῇ βραδύς 55

mvp-comment-129-1 τέλος γε μέντοι 56

mvp-comment-129-2 ἐνίκησεν 57

mvp-comment-129-3

ἐκλιπεῖν τὴν πόλιν
. That
μολεῖν
should not be regarded as the subject to
ἐνίκησε
, is shown by such an example as Her. 8.9
ἐνίκα τὴν ἡμέρην ἐκείνην αὐτοῦ μείναντάς τε καὶ αὐλισθέντας μετέπειτα νύκτα μέσην παρέντας πορεύεσθαι
, where the length of the interval excludes such a view. The personal constr. occurs below, 274; cp. Thuc. 2.12
ἦν...Περικλέους γνώμη...νενικηκυῖα
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209-210. mvp-comment-129-1 θανών | καὶ ζῶν In death as well as in life. The first word is the more emphatic. Essay on Language p. 78.

211-212. mvp-comment-130-1 For the construction of the accusatives τὸν .. δύσνουν. . τὸν εὐμενῆ, after σοὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀρέσκει as = οὕτω τάσσεις, or the like, cр. О. С. 1120, τέκν᾽ εἰ φανέντ᾽ ἄελπτα μηκύνω λόγον, and see Essay on Language § 16. p. 22. No emendation is necessary.

213. mvp-comment-131-1 παντί πού γ᾽ ἔνεστί σοι γε has been thought a useless insertion, and Dindorf reads πάντι που πάρεστί σοι. But δέ γε is not unsuitable to the connection, introducing the second premiss of an implied argument. The words of the chorus express the barest acquiescence in the will of the ruler. Cp. infr. 509, σοὶ δ᾽ ὑπίλλουσι στόμα. They hide their disapproval, and that is all. Cp. Richard III, 4. 2, 21, Buck. Your grace may do your pleasure.

215. mvp-comment-132-1 ὡς ἂν.. εἰρημένων Sc. οὕτω πράσσετε. The subjunctive with ὡς ἄν follows the implied imperative. Act, then, so as to see my words obeyed. Cp. Ο. Τ. 325, ὡς οὖν μηδ᾽ ἐγὼ ταὐτὸν πάθω : Plat. Phaedo 59 Ε, παραγγέλλουσιν, ὅπως ἂν τῇδε τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τελευτήσῃ. The ellipse is idiomatic. It is not to be supposed either that Creon hesitates, or that the elders interrupt him.

218. mvp-comment-133-1 τί.. ἔτι 'What means then this charge further given by you to another?' τοῦτο, cogn. acc. = σκοποὶ εἶναι τῶν εἰρημένων : τί, suppl. predic. = With what meaning?' To what effect? ἄλλῳ = to another than the appointed guards. ἄλλο gives a poorer sense, What then is this other thing which you enjoin besides?

220. mvp-comment-134-1 ὃς .. ἐρᾷ As to be in love with death. For the irregular correlative (οὕτω .. ὅς), see Essay on Language § 22. p. 36. There is a confusion of οὐκ ἔστιν ὃς ἐρᾷ and οὐκ ἔστιν οὕτω μῶρος ὥστε ἐρᾶν.

222. mvp-comment-135-1 The emphatic position of ἄνδρας at the beginning of the line shows that the word is intended to mark Creon's unconsciousness of the real source of danger. So infr. 1. 248. Cp. Aesch. Ag. 1110: O. T. 928, al. So ὑπ᾿ ἐλπίδων shows how incapable he is of divining the motive of Antigone.

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.

223-224. mvp-comment-137-1 I am out of breath, but not with speed. It is not that I ran nimbly hither. Aristotle, Rhet. 3. 14. § 10, quotes 223 thus, Ἄναξ, ἐρῶ μὲν οὐχ ὅπως σπουδῆς ὕπο.., adding, as if from the reply of Creon, τί φροιμιάζῃ; But it is as unsafe to follow his authority in this line, as it would be to substitute τί φροιμιάζῃ for εὖ γε στοχάζει in l. 241. It is evident that he is quoting from memory: and, although it is curious that the Scholiast uses the same word in his explanation, οὐ τοῦτο λέγω, ὅτι μετὰ σπουδῆς ἀσθμαίνων πρὸς σὲ πορεύομαι, yet this does not amount to a proof that this is the right reading. σπουδῆς may be the word which would be more naturally used in prose, but it is less pointed than τάχους in this connection. κοῦφον ἐξάρας πόδα is added in explanation of τάχους ὕπο. ἐξάρας, having set forth from the point of departure, like αἴρειν στόλον.

225. mvp-comment-138-1 For I had many stoppages by reason of thoughts, i. e. My thoughts cried halt to me (ἐπέστησάν με) again and again. Cp. Αj. 869, κοὐδεὶς ἐφίσταταί με συμμαθεῖν τόπος. The genitive φροντίδων is part causal, My thoughts checked me,' and part final, I stopped to think.

226. mvp-comment-139-1 ὁδοῖς As I came. Essay on Language § 14. p. 20. Ср. О. С. 553, ὁδοῖς ἐν ταῖσδ᾽ ἀκούων. Hearing of you on your coming hither.

227. mvp-comment-140-1 This mockery of dialectic is curiously significant of the earlier stage of rhetoric.

229. mvp-comment-141-1 κεἰ has the authority of the oldest MS. The reading of Par. A, καὶ .. ἀνδρός, has a certain liveliness, but is perhaps too abrupt.

231. mvp-comment-142-1 τοιαῦθ᾽ ἑλίσσων Turning round and round such thoughts as these. Cp. Plat. Phil. 19 (of the boyish dialectician), πάντα κινεῖ λόγον ἄσμενος, τότε μὲν ἐπὶ θάτερα κυκλῶν καὶ συμφορῶν εἰς ἕν, τότε δὲ πάλιν ἀνειλίττων καὶ διαμερίζων.

231. mvp-comment-142-2 σπουδῇ βραδύς The reading of L, σχολῇ βραδύς, Slowly because I stopped, is not pointed enough, and it seems probable that an oxymoron is intended in this as in the following line. The correction adopted by the Scholiast, σχολῇ ταχύς, secures this in rather an awkward way. That of Seyffert, which is here adopted (for the collocation of words, cp. the proverb σπεῦδε βραδέως), appears far more probable.