Sophocles Antigone 968

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Μοῖραι μακραίωνες ἔσχον, ὦ παῖ.

Antigone. Sophocles. Berlin. 1806.

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Current edition Experimental

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)) — 968 focus
ἀλαὸν ἀλαστόροισιν ὀμμάτων κύκλοις
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 968 focus
ἐμοὶ γὰρ οὗτος ἡγεμών, ἄλλοις δ᾽ ἐγώ.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 967 focus
ἀκταὶ Βοσπόριαι ἰδ᾽ ὁ Θρῃκῶν – u -
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 967 focus
ἀκταὶ Βοσπόριαι ἰδ’ ὁ Θρῃκῶν ἄξενος
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 968.mvp-line-956 focus
ἀκταὶ Βοσπόριαι ἰδ’ ὁ Θρῃκῶν ἠιὼν
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 968 focus
ἀκταὶ Βοσπόριαι, †ἦδ᾽ ὁ Θρηικῶν †
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 968 focus
ἄντασ᾽ Ἐρεχθειδᾶν,
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 967 focus
ἀκταὶ Βοσπόριαι ἠδ᾽ ὁ Θρῃκῶν 2
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 967.mvp-line-959 focus
ἀκταὶ Βοσπόριαι ἰδ᾽ ὁ Θρῃκῶν ἠιὼν
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 967 focus
ἀκταὶ Βοσπόριαι ἠδʼ ὁ Θρῃκῶν ἄξενος
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 967 focus
ἀκταὶ Βοσπόριαι ἠδ᾽ ὁ Θρηικῶν
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 966 focus
An der kyanischen Flut des verschwisterten Meeres hin 1
Dehnt sich Bosporos' Strand und der Thrakier Salmydessos,
945
Wo Ares, im Land waltend als Gott,
An Phineus' zwei Söhnen
Schaute die grause Wunde,
Nachdem die ruchlose Gattin blendend
Der Augen Sterne beiden nicht mit dem Speere, nein,
950
Ergrimmt ausstach mit blut'gen Händen,
Mit ihrer Webschiffe scharfen Spizen.
Zweite Gegenstrophe.
Und es vergingen die Armen im Leid und beweinten ihr
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 988-1110 focus

Commentary

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

944-987. mvp-comment-537-1 The chorus, in the manner of Pindar, moralise on the fate of Antigone through examples drawn from the circle of mythology and legend; and thus suggest the same cold comfort as in their mention of Niobe. The effect of this ode is to repress the excitement and solemnize the thoughts of the spectator. 'Danaë, though of royal lineage, and entrusted with the golden shower, was bound by all-constraining destiny in her brazen cell. 'Bound, too, in a prison of rock, was Lycurgus, who provoked the God. He knew his madness when it was too late. And on the Thracian promontory Phineus sons, blinded by their father's wife (Idothea), bewailed their rejected mother Cleopatra's hapless lot, who, descended from an ancient line, and endowed with swiftness by her divine sire, was notwithstanding overtaken by the long-lived fates.' Danae and Cleopatra were, like Antigone, of royal birth, and, like Antigone, were bound in a living tomb. So also was the son of Dryas, himself a king: and this, in his case, was the penalty of an impetuous and defiant spirit. Sophocles seems to have followed one version of the obscure and variable legend of Phineus, according to which Cleopatra did not die, but was rejected by Phineus for Idothea, and imprisoned in a cave, from which she was afterwards released by Heracles. The sons were blinded by their step-mother. The first strophe and antistrophe are choriambic with an iambic close; the second, logaoedic. The choriambi here were probably chanted slowly, so as to have a weighty, solemn effect. The scheme is as follows: a'. First strophe and antistrophe. IILUCI LUCILー LUCILIITUCICー​ト​に IICClluclトー IIICCILUCIト​に ICICICI KLCICICI Cトート​UICIK β'. Second strophe and antistrophe. UCCTCCICCI IICCICCII!یں ILU TUCI くいくい​ト​CICIK Cトート​し​ーーー ―トビト​CICIK CÚCCICICICC

969. mvp-comment-557-1 The lost cretic has been differently supplied: ἄξevos Boeckh, ήτων Meineke. A verb is more wanted, e. g.

969. mvp-comment-557-2 ἵσταται, κλήζεται.