Sophocles Antigone 258

Verna
Occidit uxor tua, vera mater huius mortui infelix, inflicto recens vulmere.

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)) — 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 (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 258 focus
φύλαξ ἐλέγχων φύλακα· κἂν ἐγίγνετο
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 (9)
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?
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 (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.