Sophocles Antigone 250

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Chorus
Nescio: quanquam mihi et silens stupor grave quid portendere videtur, et temeraria eiulatio.

Antigone. Sophocles. Berlin. 1806.

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

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (12)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 250 focus
καὶ χέρσος ἀῤῥὼξ, οὐδ᾽ ἐπημαξευμένη
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Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 250 focus
δείκνυσι, πᾶσι θαῦμα δυσχερὲς παρῆν.
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Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 250 focus
τροχοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἄσημος οὑργάτης τις ἦν.
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Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 250 focus
πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή· στύφλος δὲ γῆ
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Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 250 focus
πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή στύφλος δὲ γῆ
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Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 250.mvp-line-250 focus
πλῆγμ’, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή· στύφλος δὲ γῆ
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Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 250 focus
πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐμβολή. στύφλος δὲ γῆ
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Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 250 focus
πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή· στύφλος δὲ γῆ
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Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 250 focus
πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή· στύφλος δὲ γῆ
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Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 250.mvp-line-250 focus
πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή· στύφλος δὲ γῆ
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Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 250 focus
πλῆγμʼ, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή. στύφλος δὲ γῆ
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Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 250 focus
πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή· στύφλος δὲ γῆ
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Translations (9)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 250 focus
CHOR.
Durch Vaters Hand, wie? oder durch die eigne Hand?
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 250 focus
EL MENSAJERO
Yo mismo estoy asombrado; pero abrigo la esperanza de que, enterada ella de la muerte del hijo, no creerá que deba llorarlo por las calles de la ciudad; sino que, yéndose a casa, anunciará a las esclavas la desgracia de la familia para que lo lloren; porque no está tan falta de juicio que cometa una atrocidad.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 250 focus
CR
Enter CREON with the body of HAEMON . 1261
O error of my insensate soul,
Stubborn, and deadly in the fateful end!
O ye who now behold
Slayer and slain of the same kindred blood!
O bitter consequence of seeming-wise decree!
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Alas, my son!
Strange to the world wert thou, and strange the fate
That took thee off, that slew thee; woe is me!
Not for thy rashness, but my folly. Ah me!
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)) — 250 focus
Creon
Scene IV.
Messenger, Chorus.
Creun enters, hearing the body of HiEMON.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 250 focus
CORO
1146 ¡Oh, tú, mancebo, que conduces el coro de los astros; tú que presides los cantos nocturnos, hijo de Júpiter, comparece ante nosotros acompañado de las hijas de Naxos, de las Thyadas que celebran en danzas delirantes 4 Baco su soberano.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 250 focus
KREON
Ich hab’s gelernet in Furcht. An meinem Haupt aber
Ein Gott dort, dort mich
Mit grolser Schwere gefalst
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Und geschlagen hat, und geschüttelt auf wilden Wegen.
Ach! ach!
Io! ihr Mühen der Menschen! ihr Mühsamen !
Dritte Scene DER BOTE. KREON. DER CHOR.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 250 focus
Messenger
1257 Well, I will enter the house, and learn whether indeed she is not hiding some repressed purpose in the depths of a passionate heart. Yea, thou sayest well: excess of silence, too, may have a perilous meaning. Exit MESSENGER. Enter CREON, on the spectators’ left, with attendants, carrying the shrouded body of HAEMON on a bier.
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-386-1 τά γ’ ἐγγ. φύσει 1

mvp-comment-386-2 ἄκοσμα 2

mvp-comment-386-3 θρέψω 3

mvp-comment-386-4 κάρτα τοὺς ἔξω γ. 4

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.

659-660. mvp-comment-389-1 εἰ γὰρ .. γένους For if I fail to bring up orderly those born akin to me, most surely I shall fail with those remote. Creon turns Antigone's nearness of kindred to him into a reason for severity. If he cannot control his kinswoman, how much less can he control the state! Authority begins at home.

659. mvp-comment-390-1 For ἐγγενή φύσει, see Essay on Language § 40. p. 69, and p. 82, B.