τὸν λεύκασπιν Ἀργόθεν † φῶτα βάντα πανσαγίᾳ
Antigone. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.
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Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 106 focus
τὸν λεύκασπιν ἀπ᾽ Ἀργόθεν
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Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 106 focus
φῶτα βάντα πανσαγίᾳ
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 106 focus
τὸν λεύκασπιν Ἀργόθε πρὶν
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 106 focus
τὸν λεύκασπιν ἀπ᾽ Ἀργόθεν
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 106.mvp-line-106 focus
τὸν λεύκασπιν Ἀπιόθεν
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 106 focus
τὸν λεύκασπιν † Ἀργόθεν †
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 106 focus
τὸν λεύκασπιν Ἀργόθεν
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 106 focus
τὸν λεύκασπιν Ἀργόθεν ἐκβάντα φῶτα πανσαγίᾳ
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Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 106.mvp-line-106 focus
τὸν λεύκασπιν † Ἀργόθεν
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 106 focus
τὸν λεύκασπιν Ἀργόθεν ἐκβάντα φῶτα πανσαγίᾳ
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 106 focus
τὸν λεύκασπιν Ἀργόθεν
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Translations (11)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 106 focus
ANTIGONE
Nicht mitzuhassen, mitzulieben bin ich da.
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Nicht mitzuhassen, mitzulieben bin ich da.
510
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 106 focus
ISMENA
No, ¡oh hermana!, me consideres indigna de morir contigo ni de haber ofrecido el sacrificio por el difunto.
No, ¡oh hermana!, me consideres indigna de morir contigo ni de haber ofrecido el sacrificio por el difunto.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 106 focus
Ismene
Ne me, quaeso, soror , ita despicatui habeas, ut indignam me reputes, quae tecum moriar, unaque defuncto fratri iusta fecerim.
Ne me, quaeso, soror , ita despicatui habeas, ut indignam me reputes, quae tecum moriar, unaque defuncto fratri iusta fecerim.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 106 focus
ISM
Ah! scorn me not so far as to forbid me
To die with thee, and honour our lost brother.
545
Ah! scorn me not so far as to forbid me
To die with thee, and honour our lost brother.
545
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 110 focus
Ihn, den Polyneikes' feindlicher Zwist
110
Zu dem Kampfe geführt auf unsere Gau'n,
Der kühn, wie der Aar,
Hellkreischend herab flog über das Land,
Von der Schwinge gedeckt weißglänzenden Schnee's,
Mit der Rüstungen viel
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Und mähnenumflatterten Helmen.
Erste Gegenstrophe.
Ihn, den Polyneikes' feindlicher Zwist
110
Zu dem Kampfe geführt auf unsere Gau'n,
Der kühn, wie der Aar,
Hellkreischend herab flog über das Land,
Von der Schwinge gedeckt weißglänzenden Schnee's,
Mit der Rüstungen viel
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Und mähnenumflatterten Helmen.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 106 focus
Antigone
Ask thy friend
And patron there. \Pointing to Creon.
Ask thy friend
And patron there. \Pointing to Creon.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 106 focus
EL CORO
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Ved ahí á Ismena en el dintel del Palacio: viene llorando de compasión por su hermana; una nube cubre su frente y desfigura su rostro ruborizado, regando de lágrimas sus hermosas mejillas.
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Ved ahí á Ismena en el dintel del Palacio: viene llorando de compasión por su hermana; una nube cubre su frente y desfigura su rostro ruborizado, regando de lágrimas sus hermosas mejillas.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 106 focus
ANTIGONAE
Stirb du nicht allgemein. Was dich nicht angeht,
Das mache dein nicht. Mein Tod wird genugseyn.
Stirb du nicht allgemein. Was dich nicht angeht,
Das mache dein nicht. Mein Tod wird genugseyn.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 106 focus
Ismene
Nay, sister, reject me not, but let me die with thee, and_duly honour the dead.
Nay, sister, reject me not, but let me die with thee, and_duly honour the dead.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 106 focus
Haemon
Assured that he his station will maintain,
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Assured that he his station will maintain,
745
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 100-160 focus
Enter the Chorus on the right.
110
Chorus
Shaft of the sun, fairest light of all that have dawned on
Thebes
of the seven gates, you have shone forth at last, eye of golden day, advancing over Dirce’s streams!
100
You have goaded with a sharper bit the warrior of the white shield, who came from
Argos
in full armor, driving him to headlong retreat.
105
Shaft of the sun, fairest light of all that have dawned on
Thebes
of the seven gates, you have shone forth at last, eye of golden day, advancing over Dirce’s streams!
100
You have goaded with a sharper bit the warrior of the white shield, who came from
Argos
in full armor, driving him to headlong retreat.
105
Chorus
He set out against our land because of the strife-filled claims of Polyneices, and like a screaming eagle he flew over into our land, covered by his snow-white wing,
110
with a mass of weapons and crested helmets.
115
He set out against our land because of the strife-filled claims of Polyneices, and like a screaming eagle he flew over into our land, covered by his snow-white wing,
110
with a mass of weapons and crested helmets.
115
Chorus
He paused above our dwellings; he gaped around our sevenfold portals with spears thirsting for blood; but he left
before his jaws were ever glutted with our gore, or before the Fire-god’s pine-fed flame had seized our crown of towers.
120
So fierce was the crash of battle swelling about his back, a match too hard to win for the rival of the dragon.
125
He paused above our dwellings; he gaped around our sevenfold portals with spears thirsting for blood; but he left
before his jaws were ever glutted with our gore, or before the Fire-god’s pine-fed flame had seized our crown of towers.
120
So fierce was the crash of battle swelling about his back, a match too hard to win for the rival of the dragon.
125
Chorus
For Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. And when he saw them advancing in a swollen flood,
arrogant their clanging gold, he dashed with brandished fire one who was already starting to shout victory when he had reached our ramparts.
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For Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. And when he saw them advancing in a swollen flood,
arrogant their clanging gold, he dashed with brandished fire one who was already starting to shout victory when he had reached our ramparts.
130
Chorus
Staggered, he fell to the earth with a crash,
torch in hand, a man possessed by the frenzy of the mad attack, who just now was raging against us with the blasts of his tempestuous hate. But his threats did not fare as he had hoped, and to the other enemies mighty Ares dispensed each their own dooms with hard blows,
135
Ares, our mighty ally at the turning-point.
140
Staggered, he fell to the earth with a crash,
torch in hand, a man possessed by the frenzy of the mad attack, who just now was raging against us with the blasts of his tempestuous hate. But his threats did not fare as he had hoped, and to the other enemies mighty Ares dispensed each their own dooms with hard blows,
135
Ares, our mighty ally at the turning-point.
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Chorus
For the seven captains, stationed against an equal number at the seven gates, left behind their brazen arms in tribute to Zeus the turner of battle—all but the accursed pair who, born of one father and one
mother, set against each other their spears, both victorious, and who now share in a common death.
145
For the seven captains, stationed against an equal number at the seven gates, left behind their brazen arms in tribute to Zeus the turner of battle—all but the accursed pair who, born of one father and one
mother, set against each other their spears, both victorious, and who now share in a common death.
145
Chorus
But since Victory whose name is glory has come to us, smiling in joy equal to the joy of chariot-rich
Thebes
,
let us make for ourselves forgetfulness after the recent wars, and visit all the temples of the gods with night-long dance and song. And may Bacchus, who shakes the earth of
Thebes
, rule our dancing!
150
But since Victory whose name is glory has come to us, smiling in joy equal to the joy of chariot-rich
Thebes
,
let us make for ourselves forgetfulness after the recent wars, and visit all the temples of the gods with night-long dance and song. And may Bacchus, who shakes the earth of
Thebes
, rule our dancing!
150
Chorus
But look, the king of the land is coming here, Creon, the son of Menoeceus, our new ruler in accordance with the new circumstances fated by the gods. What policy is he setting in motion,
155
that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate?
160
But look, the king of the land is coming here, Creon, the son of Menoeceus, our new ruler in accordance with the new circumstances fated by the gods. What policy is he setting in motion,
155
that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate?
160
Commentary
Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))
mvp-comment-70-1 τὸν λεύκασπιν...φῶτα 1
mvp-comment-70-2
The words
τὸν λεύκασπιν Ἀργόθεν answer metrically to 123
πευκάενθ’ Ἥφαιστον ἑλεῖν. Instead of
Ἀργόθεν (¯˘¯) we therefore require ¯˘˘¯. The short final of
λεύκασπιν is legitimate, the metre being Glyconic (see Analysis Metr.). In the antistrophic verse, the H of
Ἥφαιστον is ‘irrational,’ i.e. is a long syllable doing duty for a short: and Nauck is incorrect in saying that the metre ‘requires’ (though it admits) a choriambus beginning with a
consonant. The simplest remedy is to read
Ἀργόθεν ἐκ | βάντα φῶτα
2
Ἰναχόθεν
3
Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus
106. mvp-comment-64-1 The rivulet of Dircè was to the west of Thebes. The sun had risen just as the retreat of the Argives became a rout, and the army returning from pursuit would see the morning light reflected in the stream, which they would cross on their way back to the city. Cp. Eur. Phoen. 730. The ode is not chanted at sunrise, but celebrates the glorious morning which had seen the discomfiture of the enemy. The chorus of elders imagine themselves in the position of the victorious army.
106. mvp-comment-64-2 λεύκασπιν Cp. Aesch. S. c. Т. 96, λευκοπρεπή λέων: Eur. Phoen. 1099, λεύκασπιν εἰσορῶμεν Ἀργείων στράτον.
106. mvp-comment-64-3 Αργόθεν The correspondence of a dactyl in the antistrophe to the trochee Αργό- in this line justly leads to suspicion of the text, and Hermann conjectured Ἀργόθεν ἐκ. Qy. Ἀργόλεων ? or Ἀργογενή ?