Antigone. Sophocles. Berlin. 1806.
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Antigone. Sophocles. Berlin. 1806.
Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.
Funding provided by Tufts University.
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806))
Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.
mvp-comment-84-1 ἑπτὰ λοχαγοί 1
mvp-comment-84-2 ἴσοι πρὸς ἴσους 2
mvp-comment-84-3 Ζηνὶ τροπαίῳ 3
mvp-comment-84-4 πάγχαλκα τέλη 4
mvp-comment-84-5
It was the ordinary practice to set up a
141. mvp-comment-86-1 Capaneus, who is one of the seven adversaries, is already disposed of. But the general description in 141-143, is only preparatory to the chief statement, 144-147, from which, however, the chorus pass quickly, as they approach it with aversion. What is of the best omen must be kept to the front. For ἴσοι πρὸς ἴσους, cp. Hdt. 9. 49, ἴσοι πρὸς ἴσους ἄριθμον μαχεσόμεθα.