Sophocles Antigone 253

ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἠφάνιστο, τυμβήρης μὲν οὐ,

Antigone. Sophocles. Berlin. 1806.

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Editions (11)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 253 focus
δείκνυσι, πᾶσι θαῦμα δυσχερὲς παρῆν.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 253 focus
σημεῖα δ᾽ οὔτε θηρὸς οὔτε του κυνῶν
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 253 focus
ὅπως δ᾽ ὁ πρῶτος ἡμὶν ἡμεροσκόπος
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 253 focus
ὅπως δ᾽ ὁ πρῶτος ἡμὶν ἡμεροσκόπος
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 253.mvp-line-253 focus
ὅπως δ’ ὁ πρῶτος ἡμὶν ἡμεροσκόπος
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 253 focus
ὅπως δ᾽ ὁ πρῶτος ἡμὶν ἡμεροσκόπος
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 253 focus
ὅπως δ᾽ ὁ πρῶτος ἧμιν ἡμεροσκόπος
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 253 focus
ὅπως δ᾽ ὁ πρῶτος ἡμὶν ἡμεροσκόπος
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 253.mvp-line-253 focus
ὅπως δ᾽ ὁ πρῶτος ἡμὶν ἡμεροσκόπος
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 253 focus
ὅπως δʼ ὁ πρῶτος ἡμὶν ἡμεροσκόπος
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 253 focus
ὅπως δ᾽ ὁ πρῶτος ἡμὶν ἡμεροσκόπος
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 253 focus
BOTE.
Da dieses also, fordert Rath das Übrige.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 253 focus
CORO
1257 Pues he ahi ahí al mismo rey, que viene llevando en sus manos la señal evidente, no de ajena culpa, si me es permitido hablar así, sino de su propio pecado.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 253 focus
Creon
1261 O dementiae peccata dura, mortifera! O qui cognatos cernitis occisores et occisos! Heu infelicem consiliorum meorum exitum!. Heu, nate, rate, iuvenis, immaturo fato vae! extinctus , mihi ereptus es, mea, non tua, perditus vecordia.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 253 focus
2ND MESS
Enter 2nd Messenger . 1278
My lord and master. Thou art master here
Of nought but sorrows. One within thine arms
Thou bear’st with thee, and in thy palace hall
Thou hast possession of another grief,
Which soon thou shalt behold.
1280
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 237 focus
Was ist's, warum befiel dich solche Bangigkeit?
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 253 focus
Creon
It doth,
1 know it well, unhappy as I am ;
For oh ! the god this heavy weight of woe
Hath cast upon me, and his fiercest wrath
Torments me now, changing my joyful state
To keenest anguish. Oh ! the fruitless toils
1275
Of wretched mortals !
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 253 focus
EL MENSAJERO
¡Han muerto!... Y los que viven son la causa de su muerte.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 253 focus
BOTE
Die Frau ist todt; ganz Mutter dieses Todten.
Noch krümmt sie sich von neugeschlagnen Schlägen.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 253 focus
Chorus
2 1270 1270 Ah me, how all too late thou seemest to see the right !
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

121. mvp-comment-75-1 γένυσιν With his jaws. Instrumental dative.

121. mvp-comment-75-2 πλησθῆναί τε καὶ ἑλεῖν For the change of subject in these lines, cp. Aj. 458, ἐχθαίρομαι, μισεῖ δέ, κ.τ.λ. And for στεφάνωμα πύργων, cp. Pind. Ol. 8. 32, Ἰλίῳ μέλλοντες ἐπὶ στέφανον τεύξαι : Hom. h. Dem. 151, .. κρήδεμνα πόληος | εἰρύαται ...

124. mvp-comment-76-1 τοῖος .. δράκοντι (1) Such din of war was spread about his rear by the reluctant snake, no easy matter to subdue. So the Scholiast, who wrote τὸ δὲ ἀντιπάλῳ δράκοντι ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀντιπάλου δράκοντος, ὡς Ἀχιλῆϊ δαμασθείς (Il. 22. 55). Or (2) δυσχείρωμα may be taken to mean the act rather than the object of victory (cp. O. Τ. 560, θανασίμῳ χειρώματι), and the sense may be, Such din of war encompassed him, issuing in a hard-won victory for the serpent matching his foe. In this case it will make little difference to read the genitive. Or, (3) if the genitive is read (Wecklein), the words may be taken in yet another way: Such din of war harassed him from behind, the hard-to-be-subdued might of the serpent, who was a match for his foe. The genitive is given as an alternative reading by the 1st hand of L, and is supported by V (Ven. 468). But the dative is alone recognised by the Scholiast.

124. mvp-comment-76-2 The δράκων is certainly the emblem of Thebes, and the eagle and snake are in conflict, as in Il. 12. 201, foll., where also the serpent struggles and escapes : ὁ δ᾽ οὔπω λήθετο χάρμης, | κόψε γὰρ αὐτὸν ἔχοντα κατὰ στήθος παρὰ δειρὴν | ἰδνωθεὶς ὀπίσω· ὁ δ᾽ ἀπὸ ἕθεν ἧκε χαμάζε, κ.τ.λ. Hor. Carm. 4. 4, 11, Nunc in reluctantes dracones | Egit amor dapis atque pugnae.