Sófocles Antigone 1183

¡Oh ciudadanos todos! Oi Oí algunas de vuestras palabras cuando iba a salir para llegarme a invocar con mis plegarias a la diosa Minerva. Y me hallaba aflojando la cerradura de la puerta para abrirla, cuando me hirió los oídos el rumor de alguna desgracia de mi familia. Llena de miedo, caí de espaldas sobre mis esclavas y perdi perdí el sentido. Pero cualquiera que fuese vuestra conversación, repetidmela; que no ignoro lo que son las desgracias, para poder escucharlas.

Antigone. Sófocles. Madrid. 1921.

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Editions (12)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοὶ, τοῦ λόγου γ᾽ ἐπῃσθόμην,
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς 1
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
καὶ τυγχάνω γε κλῇθρ᾽ ἀνασπάστου πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
1180
βάλλει δι’ ὤτων· ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι, κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος, αὖθις εἴπατε.
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1183 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοὶ (τοῦ λόγου γ᾽ ἐπῃσθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
1160
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος ·
καὶ τυγχάνω γε κλεῖθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα. κᾀμὲ φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι' ὤτων, ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι, κἀποπλήσσομαι),
1165
ἀλλ’, ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος, αὖθις εἴπατε!
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπῃσθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
1185
καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῇθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει διʼ ὤτων· ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος αὖθις εἴπατε·
1190
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπῃσθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
1185
καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῇθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι’ ὤτων, ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος αὖθις εἴπατε·
1190
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπῃσθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
1185
καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῇθρ’ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι' ὤτων, ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ’ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος αὖθις εἴπατε·
1190
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ’ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπηισθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
1185
καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῆιθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι’ ὤτων· ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος αὖθις εἴπατε·
1190
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπῃσθόμην,
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος
1170
καὶ τυγχάνω τὲ κλῇθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι᾽ ὤτων· ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι, κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος, αὖθις εἴπατε.
1175
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπῃσθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
1185
καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῇθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι’ ὤτων· ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος αὖθις εἴπατε·
1190
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπῃσθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
1185
καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῇθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι’ ὤτων· ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος αὖθις εἴπατε·
1190
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1183 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπηισθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
1185
καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῆιθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καὶ με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι᾽ ὤτων· ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος αὖθις εἴπατε·
1190
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1183 focus
O Bürger alle, welches Wort vernahm ich hier,
als ich zum Ausgang schreite, dafs der Pallas ich,
des Hauses Göttin, nahe mit Gelübd' und Flehn?
Und eben lös' ich an dem wohlverschloſsnen Thor
die Riegel, und mir trifft ein Ruf des eignen Leids
1130
das Ohr; ich sinke tief erschreckt rückwärts dahin
auf meine Frauen, und die Sinne schwinden mir.
Doch wie sie war, die Rede, saget noch einmal;
denn nicht im Leiden unerfahren hör' ich sie.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1183 focus
O vos omnes, quicumque adestis, cives (sermonem enim vesirum audivi, quum ostio propinquarem, egressura, ut Palladis delubrum adirem, deaeque adhiberem preces;
et claustra quidem occlusae portae laxabam, quum aures mihi ferit rumor domestici mali, metuque perculsa revolvor supind inter famularum manus, et linquor animo), age quis fuit iste sermo, rursum dicite! malorum enim nequaquam inexperta audiam.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1183 focus
Ye men of Thebes, the tidings met mine ear
As I was coming forth to visit Pallas
With prayerful salutation. I was loosening
1185
The bar of the closed gate, when the sharp sound
Of mine own sorrow smote against my heart,
And I fell back astonied on my maids
And fainted. But the tale? tell me once more;
I am no novice in adversity.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1183 focus
Ihr Bürger alle, welches Wort vernahm ich doch,
Als ich zum Ausgang eilte, hülfesuchend mich
Der Göttin Pallas mit Gelübd' und Fleh'n zu nah'n?
1150
Gerade wollt' ich an dem wohlverschloss'nen Thor
Die Riegel öffnen, als der Ruf von meinem Leid
Das Ohr mir traf; voll Grauen sank ich hinter mich
Zurück in meiner Frauen Arm, von Schreck betäubt.
Doch wie die Kunde lautet, sagt nochmals mir an:
1155
Denn nicht in Leiden ungeübt vernehm' ich sie.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1183 focus
Messenger, Chorus.
EuB. O citizens ! as to Minerva's fane
E'en now I went to pay my vows, the doors
1185
I burst, and heard imperfectly the sound
Of most disastrous news which touched me near.
Breathless I fell amidst the virgin throng ;
And now I come to know the dreadful truth :
Whate'er it be, I'll hear it now ; for, oh !
1190
I am no stranger to calamity.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 1183 focus
¡Oh, vosotros, ciudadanos, cuantos estáis aquí presentes! He oído algo de lo que aquí se ha dicho en el momento en que salía para ir á ofrecer mis súplicas á Palas. Abrí las puer. tas de palacio y el rumor de las degracias de mi casa hirió mis oidos; trémula y yerta de espanto, caí desmayada en los brazos de mis siervas. Ahora, decidme lo que se ha contado; repctidmelo, todo lo escucharé, ya no hay desgracia que me quede por probar en el mundo.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 1183 focus
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 1183 focus
People of Thebes, I heard your words as I was going forth, to salute the goddess Pallas with my prayers. Even as I was loosing the fastenings of the gate, to open it, the message of a household woe smote on mine ear: I sank back, terror-stricken, into 1190 the arms of my handmaids, and my senses fled. But say again what the tidings were; I shall hear them as one who is no stranger to sorrow.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 1183 focus
EURY. Ye citizens of Thebes, I heard the voice!
Of rumour, as I came forth, at the shrine on
Of Pallas suppliant to address my vows:/
The bars, that closed the gates, it chanced my hand
1185
Was opening, at that instant the report
Of ill my house affecting reach'd my ear.
With terror struck in my attendants armsl
I sunk, and life forsook my fainting frame.
But tell me all; repeat the mournful tale;
1190
In woes not unexperienced I shall hear.
where exposed and torn by dogs
The wretched corse of Polynices lay:
Him (our vows first to Proserpine addressid
And Pluto, that propitious now their wrath
1195
They would avert) in hallow'd lavers cleansed
On a green pyre of new-pluck'd boughs we laid,
And burn'd the mangled relics; then raised high
The earth contiguous, a sepulchral mound.
Thence to the virgin's cavern'd rock we go,
1200
The nuptial couch of Death; when of our train
One heard the distant sounds of loud laments, .....,
Which echoed round that bridal bed of Death ill
With obséquies unhonour'd: to his dord
He bears the tidings. As the king approach'd
1205
The hollow murmurs of al voice resound; n la Al
Deeply he sigh'd, and spoke these mournful words,
"Are then my fears prophetic? Do I tread,t/
"Unhappy me, a path that leads to woe
"The most afflicting? Moaning to my ear
1210
"Comes my son's voice. You, that attend me, go,
"Haste to the cavern, from its mouth remove...
"The rock's obstructing mass; stand near, observe
« If Hamon’s voice I hear, or by the gods
" I am deceived." Obeying these commands,
1215
Utter'd in deep despair, we went, we look'd,
And in the cave's extreme recess beheld
The virgin strangled; round her neck the zone,
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 1155-1260 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-132-1 ἀνθ’ οὗ 1

mvp-comment-132-2 τὸ γὰρ | πρᾶγμ’ 2 γάρ 3

mvp-comment-133-1 εὖ γε στοχάζει 4 στοχάζει 5 ἀποφράγνυσαι 6 στοχάζομαι 7

mvp-comment-133-2 κἀποφράγνυσαι 8

mvp-comment-133-3 τὸ πρᾶγμα 9

mvp-comment-134-1 δηλοῖς δ’ ὥς τι ς. 10

mvp-comment-135-1 τὰ δεινά 11 γάρ 12

mvp-comment-135-2 ποτ 13

mvp-comment-135-3 ἀπαλλαχθείς 14

mvp-comment-136-1 καὶ δή 15

mvp-comment-136-2 θάψας 16 κἀπί 17

mvp-comment-136-3 διψίαν 18

mvp-comment-136-4 κἀφαγιστεύσας 19 ἃ χρή 20

mvp-comment-137-1 ἀνδρῶν 21

mvp-comment-137-2 οὔτε του γενῇδος … οὐ δικέλλης 22 οὔτε … οὐ 23 γενῄς 24 γενῄς 25 δίκελλα 26

mvp-comment-137-3 δικ. ἐκβολή 27 ἐκβ. 28 στύφλος 29 χέρσος 30 ἀρρώξ 31

mvp-comment-137-4 ἐπημαξευμένη 32 ἐπ‐ 33 ἐφ‐ 34

mvp-comment-137-5 ἀλλ’ ὁ ἐργάτης ἄσημός τις ἦν 35

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.

238. mvp-comment-146-1 τὸ γάρ For the light ending, cp infr. 327, 409, Ο. Τ. 553-554. τὸ δὲ | πάθημ᾽ ὁποῖον φῇς παθεῖν δίδασκέ με, ib. 995-996, 1056-1057.

239. mvp-comment-147-1 ὅστις ἦν ὁ δρῶν i. e. τὸν δρῶντα, ὅστις ἦν, The unknown doer of the deed.

241-242. mvp-comment-148-1 (1) You aim carefully, and fence the business off from yourself all round. Some editors read τί φροιμιάζει; from Ar. Rhet. 3. 14, § 10, quoted above. But though the Scholiast of the Rhetoric says τὸ δὲ τί φροιμιάζῃ τοῦ Κρέοντός ἐστι λέγοντος, it is much more probable that the words are a separate quotation from Eur. I. T. 1162. See Cope's edition of Ar. Rhet. vol. 3. p. 175. Others explain the text (2), You lay the ground carefully and hedge your approaches closely round, as if in preparing a stance to watch for game. According to Pollux, 5, 36, στοχασμός, στοχάς, and στόχος, were terms used in describing the setting of a hunting-net: καλεῖται δ᾽ αὐτῶν (τῶν ἀρκύων) ἡ στάσις, στοιχισμός, στοίχος, στόχος, στοχὰς καὶ στοχασμός· στοχὰς δὲ καλεῖται καὶ χειροποιητά τινα οἰκοδομήματα ἐκ λίθων, ἢ ὕλης ὑπὲρ τὴν γῆν ἀναστήματα, κατὰ χρείαν τῆς τῶν δικτύων ἐξ ἴσου στάσεως, εἴ τι κοῖλον εἴη περὶ τὸ ἀρκύστατον.

243. mvp-comment-149-1 τὰ δεινὰ .. πολύν The reply, as often elsewhere, refers to the first part of the previous speech. Cp. O. Т. 361. The frigid tautology belongs to the character of the Φύλαξ.

244. mvp-comment-150-1 εἰτ᾿ ἀπαλλαχθεὶς ἄπει And be off with you. The Scholiast acutely remarks that these impatient words are intended to hold out the hope of impunity, which is withdrawn again in the angry threats of ll. 305, foll.

246. mvp-comment-151-1 Some one has buried the corpse and has disappeared, after not only sprinkling dry dust upon the flesh, but adding all due rites. This last refers to the libation. Cp. supr. 196-197: infr. 430-431. The surprise was increased by observing the completeness of the act. There is a stress on the participles. Essay on Language p. 75 β, 94, 4.

248. mvp-comment-152-1 τίς ἀνδρῶν Cp. supra 222, and note.