Sophocles Antigone 266

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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)) — 266 focus
τὸ πρᾶγμα βουλεύσαντι, μήτ᾽ εἰργασμένῳ.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 266 focus
νεῦσαι φόβῳ προὔτρεψεν. οὐ γὰρ εἴχομεν
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 266 focus
τέλος δ᾽, ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσι πλέον,
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 266 focus
τὸ μήτε δρᾶσαι μήτε τῳ ξυνειδέναι
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 266 focus
τὸ μήτε δρᾶσαι μήτε τῳ ξυνειδέναι
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 266.mvp-line-266 focus
τὸ μήτε δρᾶσαι μήτε τῳ ξυνειδέναι
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 266 focus
τὸ μήτε δρᾶσαι μήτε τωι ξυνειδέναι
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 266 focus
τὸ μήτε δρᾶσαι, μήτε τῲ ξυνειδέναι
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 266 focus
τὸ μήτε δρᾶσαι μήτε τῳ ξυνειδέναι
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 266.mvp-line-266 focus
τὸ μήτε δρᾶσαι μήτε τῳ ξυνειδέναι
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 266 focus
τὸ μήτε δρᾶσαι μήτε τῳ ξυνειδέναι
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 266 focus
τὸ μήτε δρᾶσαι μήτε τωι ξυνειδέναι
Translations (9)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 266 focus
KREON.
Was giebt es wieder Schlimmes? was ist noch mir schlimm?
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 266 focus
CREONTE
¿Y de qué manera se mató?
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 266 focus
CR
1328
Ah! let it come,
The day, most welcome of all days to me,
That brings the consummation of my doom.
Come! Come! I would not see another sun.
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)) — 266 focus
Creon
1317
Alas ! I only am to blame. 'Twas I
Who killed thee, Hsemon ; I confess my crime.
Bear me, my servants, bear me far from hence,
1320
For I am — nothing.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 266 focus
EL MENSAJERO
Bien pronto lo sabremos.—Entremos en Palacio y veamos si en su desesperación me- dita algún siniestro designio... porque, con razón decís que lo que hay aquí de grave es su completo silencio.—(Váse el mensajero.—Aparece Creonte con su servidumbre, trayendo en hombros el cadáver de Hemón.)
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 266 focus
KREON
O komm! o komm!
Eischeine, meiner Verhängnisse schönstes,
1380
Den endlichen Tag mir bringend,
Den lezten. Komm! o komme,
Dass ich nicht mehr den andern Tag schaun muss!
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 266 focus
Creon
1317 Ah me, this guilt can never be fixed on any other of mortal kind, for my acquittal! I, even I, was 1320 thy slayer, wretched that I am—I own the truth. Lead me away, O my servants, lead me hence with all speed, whose life is but as death!
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.