Sophocles Antigone 258

φύλαξ ἐλέγχων φύλακα· κἂν ἐγίγνετο

Antigone. Sophocles. Berlin. 1806.

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Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (11)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 258 focus
λόγοι δ᾽ ἐν ἀλλήλοισιν ἐῤῥόθουν κακοὶ,
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 258 focus
εἷς γάρ τις ἦν ἕκαστος οὑξειργασμένος,
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 258 focus
ἐλθόντος, οὐ σπάσαντος, ἐξεφαίνετο.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 258 focus
ἐλθόντος, οὐ σπάσαντος, ἐξεφαίνετο.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 258.mvp-line-258 focus
ἐλθόντος, οὐ σπάσαντος, ἐξεφαίνετο.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 258 focus
ἐλθόντος, οὐ σπάσαντος ἐξεφαίνετο.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 258 focus
ἐλθόντος, οὐ σπάσαντος ἐξεφαίνετο.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 258 focus
ἐλθόντος, οὐ σπάσαντος ἐξεφαίνετο.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 258.mvp-line-258 focus
ἐλθόντος, οὐ σπάσαντος ἐξεφαίνετο.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 258 focus
ἐλθόντος, οὐ σπάσαντος ἐξεφαίνετο.
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 258 focus
ἐλθόντος, οὐ σπάσαντος ἐξεφαίνετο.
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 258 focus
BOTE.
Ich schaudre selbst auch; doch die Hoffnung nährt mich noch,
des Kindes Unglück hörend wolle nicht der Stadt
1190
sie zeigen ihre Klagen, sondern drin im Haus
mit ihren Frau'n beweinen dieses eigne Leid.
Nicht unverständig ist sie, daſs sie frevelte.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 258 focus
CREONTE
1281 ¿Qué hay, pues, peor que el mismo mal?
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 258 focus
Verna
Occidit uxor tua, vera mater huius mortui infelix, inflicto recens vulmere.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 258 focus
CR
1294
Alas!
Again I see a new, a second woe.
1295
What more calamitous stroke of Destiny
Awaits me still? But now mine arms enfold
My child, and lo! yon corse before my face!
Ah! hapless, hapless mother, hapless son!
1300
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 278 focus
Schon lang, o König, überlegt mein Inneres,
Ob eine Gottheit diese That nicht angeregt.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 258 focus
Creon
1284
O death insatiate ! how dost thou afflict me !
What cruel news, thou messenger of ill,
Hast thou brought now ?
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 258 focus
EL CORO
¡Oh, Tiresias, cuán verdaderas eran tus predicciones!
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 258 focus
KREON
Sie schlägt die schwarzen Augen auf. Was klagt sie?
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 258 focus
Creon
1284 Oh Hades, all-receiving, whom no sacrifice can appease! Hast thou, then, no mercy for me? O thou herald of evil, bitter tidings, what word dost thou utter? Alas, I was already as dead, and thou hast smitten me anew! What sayest thou, my son? What is this new 1290 message that thou bringest—woe, woe is me !—of a wife’s doom, —of slaughter heaped on slaughter?
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 332-380 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-77-1 τοῖος 1

mvp-comment-77-2 ἐτάθη 2

mvp-comment-77-3 πάταγος 3

mvp-comment-77-4 ἀντιπάλῳ δυσχείρωμα δράκοντος 4 ἀντιπάλῳ ... δράκοντι 5 ἀντιπάλου … δράκοντος 6 ἀντιπάλῳ … δράκοντος 7

mvp-comment-77-5 The interpretation of the passage turns primarily on two points.

mvp-comment-77-6 (1) The δράκων 8

mvp-comment-77-7 (2) The δυς 9 δυσχείρωμα 10

mvp-comment-77-8 Those who read ἀντιπάλῳ … δράκοντι 11 ὲτάθη 12

mvp-comment-77-9 Those who read ἀντιπάλου … δράκοντος 13

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

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.