Sophocles Antigone 249

Nuntius
Et ipse stupeo; attamen spe mulceor, illam, audita filii nece, urbem non incensuram questibus, sed interiorem domo famulis edicturam, ut privatim lessum lamentando faciant: consilii enim non ita expers est, ut quidquam hac in re peccet.

Antigone. Sophocles. Berlin. 1806.

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

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Editions (12)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 249 focus
πλῆγμ’, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή· στύφλος δὲ γῆ,
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 249 focus
ὅπως δ᾽ ὁ πρῶτος ἦμιν ἡμεροσκόπος
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 249 focus
καὶ χέρσος ἀῤῥὼξ, οὐδ᾽ ἐπημαξευμένη
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 249 focus
οὐκ οἶδ᾽· ἐκεῖ γὰρ οὔτε του γενῇδος ἦν
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 249 focus
οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ἐκεῖ γὰρ οὔτε του γενῇδος ἦν
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 249.mvp-line-249 focus
οὐκ οἶδ’· ἐκεῖ γὰρ οὔτε του γενῇδος ἦν
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 249 focus
οὐκ οἶδ᾽. ἐκεῖ γὰρ οὔτε του γενῆιδος ἦν
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 249 focus
οὐκ οἶδ᾽. ἐκεῖ γὰρ οὔτε τοὺ γενῇδος ἦν
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 249 focus
οὐκ οἶδ᾽· ἐκεῖ γὰρ οὔτε του γενῇδος ἦν
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 249.mvp-line-249 focus
οὐκ οἶδ᾽. ἐκεῖ γὰρ οὔτε του γενῇδος ἦν
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 249 focus
οὐκ οἶδʼ· ἐκεῖ γὰρ οὔτε του γενῇδος ἦν
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 249 focus
οὐκ οἶδ᾽· ἐκεῖ γὰρ οὔτε του γενῆιδος ἦν
Translations (9)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 249 focus
BOTE.
Hämon ist nicht mehr, blutend durch nicht fremde Hand.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 249 focus
CORO
1244 ¿Qué conjeturas ahora? Esa mujer ha desaparecido sin proferir buena ni mala palabra.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 249 focus
CH
1257
Ah! look where sadly comes our lord the King,
Bearing upon his arm a monument—
If we may speak it—of no foreign woe,
But of his own infirmity the fruit.
1260
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)) — 249 focus
Chorus
\Exit Messengek. 1257
But lo ! the king himself : and in his arms
See his dead son, the monument accursed
Of his sad fate, which, may we say unblamed,
Sprang not from others' guilt, but from his own.
1260
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 249 focus
CORO
1137 La ciudad honrada con su predilección entre todas, del propio modo que lo fué por tu madre herida por el rayo. ln estos momentos en que una plaga terrible amenaza á todos estos ciudadanos, ven á nosotros, salva con rápido pie la cumbre del Parnaso ó las olas mugidoras del Estrecho.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 249 focus
CHOR
O mir, wie mufstest du so spät erst seh’n das Rechte.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 249 focus
Chorus
I know not; but to me, at least, a strained silence seems to portend peril, no less than vain abundance of lament.
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-384-1 ἀπιστήσασαν 1 ψευδῆ 2

mvp-comment-385-1 κτενῶ 3

mvp-comment-385-2 πρὸς ταῦτ 4

mvp-comment-385-3 ἐφυμνείτω 5

mvp-comment-385-4 Δία ξύναιμον 6

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

635-765. mvp-comment-375-1 Haemon professes obedience to his father, but with the implied condition that his father commands what is right. Not heeding this, Creon welcomes his general profession, and enlarges on the blessings that follow from obedience in public and private. He urges Haemon to renounce Antigone. Haemon replies by repeating the praise of her which he has heard in the city (Ar. Rhet. 3. 17, ἕτερον χρὴ λέγοντα ποιεῖν.. ὡς Σοφοκλῆς τὸν Αἴμονα ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἀντιγόνης πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, ὡς λεγόντων ἑτέρων), and begs his father not to be deaf to all opinions but his own. Creon is impatient at this, and, after an altercation, in which both speakers become exasperated, Creon orders Antigone to be brought for immediate execution, and Haemon breaks away in sullen anger. This episode interposes a necessary pause between the condemnation of Antigone and its results, i. e, between the two chief crises of the action, and assists the main impression by bringing the light of natural affection and common opinion to bear on the situation.

657. mvp-comment-387-1 ψευδή .. πόλει I certainly will not break my word to the state.

658. mvp-comment-388-1 ἀλλὰ κτενῶ The abruptness of the pause helps the incisiveness of Creon's language.