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Antigone. Sophocles. Berlin. 1806.
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Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806))
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Editions (11)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 110 focus
ὃν
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ἐφ᾽ ἁμετέρᾳ γᾷ Πολυνείκης
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Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 110 focus
ἀρθεὶς νεικέων ἐξ ἀμφιλόγων.
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Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 110 focus
ὃς ἐφ᾿ ἡμετέρᾳ γᾷ *Πολυνείκους
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Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 110 focus
ὃν ἐφ᾽ ἡμετέρᾳ γᾷ Πολυνείκης
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Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 110.mvp-line-110 focus
ὃν ἐφ’ ἡμετέρᾳ γῇ Πολυνείκης
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Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 110 focus
ὃν ἐφ᾽ ἁμετέραι γᾶι Πολυνείκης
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Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 110 focus
ὃν ἐφ᾽ ἁμετέρᾳ γᾷ Πολυνείκης
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Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 110 focus
ὃς ἐφ᾽ ἡμετέρᾳ γᾷ Πολυνείκους
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Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 110.mvp-line-110 focus
ὃν ἐφ᾽ ἁμετέρᾳ γᾷ Πολυνείκης
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Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 110 focus
ὃς ἐφʼ ἡμετέρᾳ γᾷ Πολυνείκους
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Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 110 focus
ὃν ἐφ᾽ ἡμετέραι γᾶι Πολυνείκης
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Translations (11)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 110 focus
ISMENE
Die That verübt' ich, stimmt dazu die Schwester ein,
und habe mit Theil, trage mit an dieser Schuld.
Die That verübt' ich, stimmt dazu die Schwester ein,
und habe mit Theil, trage mit an dieser Schuld.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 110 focus
ISMENA
¿Por qué me afliges así, sin sacar ningún provecho?
¿Por qué me afliges así, sin sacar ningún provecho?
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 110 focus
Ismene
Cur hisce me excrucias, quum nihil prosit tibi?
Cur hisce me excrucias, quum nihil prosit tibi?
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 110 focus
ISM
What can it profit thee to vex me so?
550
What can it profit thee to vex me so?
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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)) — 110 focus
Antigone
Save thyself,
I shall not envy thee.
Save thyself,
I shall not envy thee.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 110 focus
ISMENA
Pero en la hora de tu desgracia, no temo el asociarme á tu infortunio.
Pero en la hora de tu desgracia, no temo el asociarme á tu infortunio.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 110 focus
ANTIGONAE
Anfechtung ist es, wenn ich dich verlache.
Anfechtung ist es, wenn ich dich verlache.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 110 focus
Ismene
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Why vex me thus, when it avails thee nought?
550
Why vex me thus, when it avails thee nought?
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 110 focus
Haemon
The battle's bleeding ranks; whilst Order saves
The battle's bleeding ranks; whilst Order saves
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 100-160 focus
Enter the Chorus on the right.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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,
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with a mass of weapons and crested helmets.
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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.
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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.
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So fierce was the crash of battle swelling about his back, a match too hard to win for the rival of the dragon.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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Ares, our mighty ally at the turning-point.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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,
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that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate?
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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?
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Commentary
Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))
Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus
108. mvp-comment-65-1 φυγάδα πρόδρομον (1) Running before us in flight. Said from the point of view of the pursuing host. Or (2), In the van of the flying host. The Schol. on Phoen. 409 says, φασὶ .. τὸν Ἀδραστον .. μόνον φυγάδα σωθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰδίου ἵππου Ἀρείονος. Cp. Paus. 8.25. § 5.
109. mvp-comment-66-1 χαλινῷ Either (1) literally Riding with hastier rein, or (2) metaphorically, With thy hastening bridle in his lips. The first (1) is best. If (2) were adopted, the reading ὀξυτόρῳ, galling (see v. rr.), might be preferred.
110. mvp-comment-67-1 *ὃς .. *Πολυνείκους The emendation of Scaliger improves the sense as well as the grammar. The imagery throughout represents not Polynices, but his Argive ally. The subject of the single fight between the two brothers is passed lightly over, as unsuited to a triumphal hymn.