Sophocles Antigone 268

Chorus
Bene mones, si quid in malis est boni.

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)) — 268 focus
λέγει τις εἷς, ὃς πάντας ἐς πέδον κάρα
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 268 focus
πράξαιμεν. ἦν δ᾽ ὁ μῦθος, ὡς ἀνοιστέον
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 268 focus
νεῦσαι φόβῳ προὔτρεψεν· οὐ γὰρ εἴχομεν
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 268 focus
τέλος δ᾽, ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 268 focus
τέλος δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 268.mvp-line-268 focus
τέλος δ’ ὅτ’ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 268 focus
τέλος δ᾽, ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 268 focus
τέλος δ᾽, ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 268 focus
τέλος δ᾽, ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 268.mvp-line-268 focus
τέλος δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 268 focus
τέλος δʼ ὅτʼ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 268 focus
τέλος δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,
Translations (9)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 268 focus
KREON.
Gegenstr. 1.
O weh!
1225
1284
O weh! nie versöhnlich Reich, Hades' Schlund,
Ha, du vernichtest mich! O des graunvollesten
Unheils Bote mir, welch Wort sprichst du aus?
Du giebst, ach! dem Todten noch Todesstofs!
O! was kündest du? welch neu Todesloos,
1230
ach ach, ach ach,
des Weibs sagst du mir, in Mord hingeschlachtet sie mein Gemahl!
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 268 focus
CREONTE
1317 ¡Ay de mí! No se impute nada de esto a otro hombre, porque ha sucedido por mi culpa. Pues yo, yo te maté, desdichado, yo; lo digo verdaderamente. ¡Oh siervos!, echadme a toda prisa; echadme fuera de aquí, que ya no soy nada.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 268 focus
CR
All my desire was gathered in my prayer.
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)) — 268 focus
Creon
1328
Quick let my last, my happiest hour appear !
Would it were come, the period of my woes !
Oh ! that I might not see another day !
1330
CiioR. Time must determine that : the present hour
Demands our rare ; the rest 1:>e left to heaven.
Oreon. But I have wished and prayed for 't.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 268 focus
CREONTE
1261 ¡Oh fatal error, cruel irreparable error de mis sentidos perturbados!... ¡Ah! vosotros los que contemplais á los miembros de una misma familia, los unos dando la muerte, cadáveres los otros... ¡Enfaustos consejos miosl... ¡hijo de mi corazón! has muerto en la flor de tu juventud... y yo, tu padre... ¡ay! ¡ay!... yo mismo he sido quien con su temeridad te ha asesinado.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 268 focus
KREON
Was ich gesaget, eben, das hab’ ich gewünschet.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 268 focus
Creon
1328 Oh, let it come, let it appear, that fairest of anv. 3. 1330 fates for me, that brings my last day,—aye, best fate of all! Oh, let it come, that I may never look upon to-morrow’s light.
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-410-1 θάλλοντος 1

mvp-comment-410-2 μεῖζον εὐκλείας 2

mvp-comment-410-3 πρὸς παίδων 3 εὐκλεία 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.

703. mvp-comment-413-1 πατρὸς θάλλοντος εὐκλείας The good renown of a prosperous sire. Haemon thus gently hints his fear of the effect of the sentence on Creon's reputation in the city.