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Spes quidem vaga multis mortalium — fructum — sui praebet;
multorum autem deludit leves cupidines, acceditque ad nihil sentientem prius quam igni ardenti pedem admoverit. Celebre dictum fertur a nescio quo sapienter prolatum: Malum aliquando videri bonum illi esse, cuius animum deus impellit ad mortem, eumque perexiguo tempore extra calamitatem versari.

Antigone. Sophocles. Berlin. 1806.

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Editions (12)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 615 focus
ἁ γὰρ δὴ πολύπλαγκτος ἐλπὶς
πολλοῖς μὲν ὄνασις ἀνδρῶν,
πολλοῖς δ᾽ ἀπάτα κουφονόων ἐρώτων·
εἰδότι δ᾽ οὐδὲν
615
ἕρπει, πρὶν πυρὶ θερμῷ πόδα τις προσαύσῃ 1 .
σοφίᾳ γὰρ ἔκ του
κλεινὸν ἔπος πέφανται,
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ᾽ ἐσθλὸν
τῷδ᾽ ἔμμεν, ὅτῳ φρένας
620
θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν·
πράσσει δ᾽ ὀλιγοστὸν χρόνον ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 615 focus
ἁ γὰρ δὴ πολύπλαγκτος ἐλπὶς πολλοῖς μὲν ὄνασις ἀνδρῶν,
πολλοῖς δ᾽ ἀπάτα κουφονόων ἐρώτων·
595
εἰδότι δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἕρπει,
πρὶν πυρὶ θερμῷ πόδα τις προσαύσῃ.
σοφίᾳ γὰρ ἔκ του κλεινὸν ἔπος πέφανται,
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ᾽ ἐσθλὸν
τῷδ᾽ ἔμμεν, ὅτῳ φρένας
600
θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν·
πράσσει δ᾽ ὀλιγοστὸν χρόνον ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 615 focus
ἃ γὰρ δὴ πολύπλαγκτος ἐλπὶς
πολλοῖς μὲν ὄνασις ἀνδρῶν,
πολλοῖς δ᾽ ἀπάτα κουφονόων ἐρώτων·
εἰδότι δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἕρπει,
πρὶν πυρὶ θερμῷ πόδα προσάψῃ.
610
σοφίᾳ γὰρ ἔκ του
κλεινὸν ἔπος πέφανται·
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ᾽ ἐσθλὸν
τῷδ᾽ ἔμμεν, ὅτῳ φρένας
θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ᾅδαν,
615
πράσσειν δ᾽ ὀλιγοστὸν χρόνον ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 615 focus
ἁ γὰρ δὴ πολύπλαγκτος ἐλπὶς
615
πολλοῖς μὲν ὄνασις ἀνδρῶν,
πολλοῖς δ᾽ ἀπάτα κουφονόων ἐρώτων·
εἰδότι δ᾽ οὐδὲν
ἔρπει, πρὶν πυρὶ θερμῷ πόδα τις προσαύσῃ.
σοφίᾳ γὰρ ἔκ του
620
κλεινὸν ἔπος πέφανται,
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν
τῷδ᾽ ἔμμεν ὅτῳ φρένας
θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν·
πράσσει δ᾽ ὀλιγοστὸν χρόνον ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
625
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 615 focus
ἁ γὰρ δὴ πολύπλαγκτος ἐλ-
615
πὶς πολλοῖς μὲν ὄνασις ἀνδρῶν,
πολλοῖς δ᾽ ἀπάτα κουφονόων ἐρώτων·
εἰδότι δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἕρπει,
πρὶν πυρὶ θερμῷ πόδα τις προσαύσῃ.
σοφίᾳ γὰρ ἔκ του
620
κλεινὸν ἔπος πέφανται·
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ᾽ ἐσθλὸν
τῷδ᾽ ἔμμεν, ὅτῳ φρένας
θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν·
πράσσει δ᾽ ὀλιγοστὸν χρόνον ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
625
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 615 focus
ἁ γὰρ δὴ πολύπλαγκτος ἐλ-
615
πὶς πολλοῖς μὲν ὄνασις ἀνδρῶν,
πολλοῖς δ’ ἀπάτα κουφονόων ἐρώτων·
εἰδότι δ’ οὐδὲν ἕρπει,
πρὶν πυρὶ θερμῷ πόδα τις προσαύσῃ.
σοφίᾳ γὰρ ἔκ του
620
κλεινὸν ἔπος πέφανται·
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ’ ἐσθλὸν
τῷδ’ ἔμμεν, ὅτῳ φρένας
θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν·
πράσσει δ’ ὀλιγοστὸν χρόνον ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
625
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 615 focus
ἁ γὰρ δὴ πολύπλαγκτος ἐλ-
615
πὶς πολλοῖς μὲν ὄνησις ἀνδρῶν
πολλοῖς δ᾽ ἀπάτα κουφονόων ἐρώτων·
εἰδότι δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἕρπει,
πρὶν πυρὶ θερμῶι πόδα τις
προσαύσηι. σοφίαι γὰρ ἔκ του
620
κλεινὸν ἔπος πέφανται,
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ᾽ ἐσθλὸν
τῶιδ᾽ ἔμμεν, ὅτωι φρένας
θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν·
πράσσει δ᾽ ὀλίγιστον χρόνον ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
625
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 615 focus
ἃ γὰρ δὴ πολύπλαγκτος ἐλπὶς
πολλοῖς μὲν ὄνασις ἀνδρῶν,
πολλοῖς δ᾽ ἀπάτα κουφονόων ἐρώτων·
εἰδότι δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἕρπει,
πρὶν πυρὶ θερμῷ πόδα τις προσαύρῃ.
615
σοφίᾳ γὰρ ἔκ του
κλεινὸν ἔπος πέφανται,
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν πότ᾽ ἐσθλὸν
τῷδ᾽ ἔμμεν, ὅτῳ φρένας
θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν·
620
πράσσει δ᾽ ὀλιγοστὸν χρόνον ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 615 focus
ἁ γὰρ δὴ πολύπλαγκτος ἐλπὶς πολλοῖς μὲν ὄνασις ἀνδρῶν, 1
πολλοῖς δ᾽ ἀπάτα κουφονόων ἐρώτων· 2
εἰδότι δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἕρπει, πρὶν πυρὶ θερμῷ πόδα τις 3
προσαύσῃ. σοφίᾳ γὰρ ἔκ του κλεινὸν ἔπος πέφανται, 4
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ᾽ ἐσθλὸν 5
τῷδ᾽ ἔμμεν ὅτῳ φρένας 6
θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν· 7
πράσσει δ᾽ ὀλίγιστον χρόνον ἐκτὸς ἄτας. 8
625
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 615 focus
ἁ γὰρ δὴ πολύπλαγκτος ἐλ-
615
πὶς πολλοῖς μὲν ὄνασις ἀνδρῶν,
πολλοῖς δ᾽ ἀπάτα κουφονόων ἐρώτων·
εἰδότι δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἕρπει,
πρὶν πυρὶ θερμῷ πόδα τις προσαύσῃ.
σοφίᾳ γὰρ ἔκ του
620
κλεινὸν ἔπος πέφανται,
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ᾽ ἐσθλὸν
τῷδ᾽ ἔμμεν ὅτῳ φρένας
θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν·
πράσσει δ᾽ ὀλίγιστον χρόνον ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
625
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 615 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 615 focus
ἁ γὰρ δὴ πολύπλαγκτος ἐλ-
615
πὶς πολλοῖς μὲν ὄνασις ἀνδρῶν,
πολλοῖς δ᾽ ἀπάτα κουφονόων ἐρώτων·
εἰδότι δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἕρπει,
πρὶν πυρὶ θερμῶι πόδα τις προσαύσηι.
σοφίαι γὰρ ἔκ του
620
κλεινὸν ἔπος πέφανται,
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ᾽ ἐσθλὸν
τῶιδ᾽ ἔμμεν ὅτωι φρένας
θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν·
πράσσει δ᾽ ὀλίγιστον χρόνον ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
625
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 615 focus
Denn die schweifende Hoffnung beut oft wohl vielen der Männer Segen,
doch vielen der leichtsinnigen Wünsche Täuschung;
595
Nimmer-bewuſstem kommt sie,
bis er den Fuſs senget an heifser Flamme.
Das gepries'ne Wort drum scholl von des Weisen Munde,
es bedünke Böses gut oft
dem, welchem den irren Sinn
600
der Gott lenkt zum Unheil.
Nur mindeste Zeit wandelt er sonder Unheil.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 615 focus
Pues, en verdad, la vagarosa esperanza que para muchos hombres es una ayuda, es para otros engaño de fútiles anhelos; pues se insinúa sin que uno lo advierta hasta que ponga el pie en el ardiente fuego. De la sabiduria sabiduría de alguien procede esta célebre máxima: El mal a veces parece bien a aquel cuya mente lleva un dios a la perdición; y pasa muy poco tiempo sin que caiga en la ruina.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 615 focus
Now and eternally,
615
Not here or there, but everywhere,
A law of misery that shall not spare.
For Hope, that wandereth wide, comforting many a head,
Entangleth many more with glamour of desire:
Unknowing they have trode the fire.
620
Wise was the famous word of one who said,
‘Evil oft seemeth goodness to the mind
An angry God doth blind.’
Few are the days that such as he
May live untroubled of calamity.
625
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 615 focus
Hoffnung, die in der Irr' umherschweift,
So Vielen ein süßes Labsal,
610
Wird Vielen ein Trug flatternder eitler Wünsche:
Dieser beschleicht sie
Arglos, bis sie den Fuß sezen auf glühend Feuer.
Ein gepries'ner Ausspruch
Scholl von dem Mund der Weisheit:
615
Es erscheine gut das Böse
Dem, welchem ein Gott das Herz
In das Verderben lenke;
Nur flüchtige Zeit wandelt er frei von Leide.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 605 focus
The noble Hsemon. Lost in grief he seems.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 615 focus
A muchos les colma con frecuencia sus deseos la inconstante esperanza ; pero también muchas veces desvanece en otros sus imprudentes ilusiones, pues se viene á introducir en el corazón secretamente, cuando está el pie próximo á pisar el ardiente fuego. Máxima célebre de un sabio es: que el mal se presenta bajo la apariencia del bien á todo aquel cuyos pensamientos quiere un dios que se encaminen hácia la perdición, y que no goce un momento de la vida, exento de pesar.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 615 focus
Die Hoffnung lebet, ruhlos irrend,
Und vielen Männern hilft sie,
Täuscht vieler leichte Sinne.
640
Bleibt, bis dem, der an nichts denkt,
Die Sohle brennet von heilsem Feuer.
Aus eines Mannes Weisheit ist
Ein rühmlich Wort gekommen;
Das Schlimme schein’ oft treflich
645
Vor einem, so bald ein Gott
Zu Wahn den Sinn hintreibet.
Er treibet’s aber die wenigste Zeit
Gescheuet, ohne Wahnsinn.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 615 focus
For that hope whose wanderings are so wide is to many men a comfort, but to many a false lure of giddy 620 desires; and the disappointment comes on one who knoweth nought till he burn his foot against the hot fire. For with wisdom hath some one given forth the famous saying, that evil seems good, soon or late, to him whose mind the god draws to mischief; and but for the briefest space doth he fare free of woe.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 615 focus
Some god adds fury to its force,
And urges its resistless course;
No dams, no mounds the raging torrent stay,
Race after race it sweeps away.
O the last branch of this imperial line
A brighter sun now seem'd to shine;
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 631-780 focus

Commentary

Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))

mvp-comment-179-1 ἰλλομένων ἀρότρων, 1 ἀρότων 2

mvp-comment-179-2 ἔτος εἰς ἔτος 3 εἰς 4

mvp-comment-180-1 ἱππείῳ γένει 5

mvp-comment-180-2 πολεύων 6 τοῦτο 7

mvp-comment-181-1 Man's conquests over the animal world are here taken in two groups. First, those of which the primary aim is to kill or to capture. Here the means is netting (

ἀμφιβαλὼν σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις
), in its threefold sporting use, as applied to fowling (
ὀρνίθων
), hunting (
θηρῶν
), and fishing (
πόντου φύσιν
). Secondly, those conquests which aim at reducing wild animals to man's service. These are effected by
μηχαναί
(349),— arts of taming and training. And their result is aptly expressed by the word

mvp-comment-181-2

κρατεῖ
: here, man is not merely the slayer or captor; he becomes the master of docile toilers. The horse and the bull are types.

mvp-comment-181-3 Thus, in this ode, the scale of achievement ever ascends: man (1) conquers inanimate nature: (2) makes animals his captives: (3) trains them to be his servants: (4) develops his own social and intellectual life.

mvp-comment-181-4 κουφονόων 8

mvp-comment-181-5 ἀμφιβαλὼν 9

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

332-383. mvp-comment-190-1 Most wonderful of wondrous things is man, Who traverses the surging brine, And wearies mighty earth with yearly furrow. His craft ensnares the finny produce of the seas And taketh captive beast and bird. He compasseth a way to master the monster of the wilds, And brings under his yoke the horse with flowing mane And the never-wearied mountain bull. Selftaught in speech and thought and civil ways, And in providing shelter from the cold and rain, There is no end to his devices. Nothing but death ever finds him unprepared. Even diseases, not to be avoided, are escaped by him. Inventive beyond hope, he moveth now to evil, and again to good. When weaving with his wit the law of justice and piety He is exalted in the city, but outcast when he harbours wickedness for deeds of crime. May I never live with such an one, and may he never share my counsels. 332. Aesch. Cho. 585, πολλὰ μὲν γὰ τρέφει δεινὰ δειμάτων ἄχη,.. ἀλλ᾽ ὑπέρτολμον ἀνδρὸς φρόνημα τίς λέγοι; Troch. Iamb. Troch.

332-383. mvp-comment-190-2 δεινά = ' wonderful,' or mighty, is in transition from the earlier sense of fearful to the later sense of clever. Cp.

332-383. mvp-comment-190-3 ὀλοόφρων.

340. mvp-comment-196-1 ἰλλομένων ἀρότρων As the ploughs keep turning year after year. The force of ἴλλω is limited motion. Thus the shuttle might be said ἴλλεσθαι, because when it reaches either end of the loom it is driven back again. Precisely in the same way the ploughs are said ἴλλεσθαι, “To keep moving to and fro within certain bounds.' ἔτος εἰς ἔτος] i. e. δι' ἔτους εἰς ἔτος, "Through one year into the next,' the first ἔτος being the accusative of duration.

340. mvp-comment-196-2 ἱππείῳ γένει πολεύων Breaking the glebe by the strength of mules. πολεύειν = πολεῖν in Hes. Op. 460, ἔαρι πολεῖν· θέρεος δὲ νεωμένη οὔ σ᾽ ἀπατή- The masc. is more probable than the neuter, both because τοῦτο is re- σει. mote, and because ἀνήρ follows in the antistrophe.

340. mvp-comment-196-3 ἱππείῳ γένει i. e. Prole equarum. Schol. ταῖς ἡμιόνοις.

αἱ γάρ τε βοῶν προφερέστεραί εἰσιν ἐλκέμεναι νείοιο βαθείης πηκτὸν ἄροτρον.
Hom. Il. 10.352. Donaldson also compares Simon. Fr. 13 (Bergk.), χαίρετ' ἀελλοπόδων θύγατρες ἵππων.

343. mvp-comment-197-1 *κουφονόων Light-thoughted. This is Brunck's certain emendation, anticipated by the corrector of R. (Cp. v. rr. on l. 617.) Donaldson well says that as wings express the light-mindedness of light-mindedness is here made an epithet of the winged birds. But the word may further suggest the unsuspicious nature ('Despising the earth where cares abound') which makes them an easy prey. Cp. Plat. Tim. 91 D, τὸ δὲ τῶν ὀρνέων φῦλον . . ἐκ τῶν ἀκάκων ἀνδρῶν, κούφων δέ, κ.τ.λ.