Antigone. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.
Search the Perseus Catalog for:
Search the Perseus Catalog for:
Current edition Experimental
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879))
Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.
Editions (11)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 85 focus
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 85 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 85 focus
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 85 focus
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 85.mvp-line-85 focus
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 85 focus
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 85 focus
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 85 focus
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 85.mvp-line-85 focus
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 85 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 85 focus
Translations (11)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 85 focus
ANTIGONE
Denn wer in mannigfacher Noth, der meinen gleich,
450
lebt, wie verschaffte diesem nicht Gewinn der Tod?
So bringet, daſs mich dieses Loos betroffen hat,
mir keine Schmerzen; doch vermöcht' ich ohne Grab
zu sehn den Bruder, meiner eignen Mutter Sohn,
das wäre Schmerz mir, aber jenes schmerzt mich nicht.
455
Und scheine dir ich thöricht jetzt mit meinem Thun,
mag wohl der Thorheit mich ein Thor bezüchtigen.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 85 focus
CREONTE
¿Y tú no te avergüenzas de disentir de los demás?
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 85 focus
Creon
Te autem non pudet, alia ab his sentire?
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 85 focus
CR
And art thou not ashamed, acting alone?
510
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 100 focus
Strahl des Helios, schönstes Licht,
1
100
Das der siebenthorigen Stadt
Thebe's nimmer zuvor erschien!
Du strahlst endlich, des gold'nen Tags
Aufblick, herrlich herauf,
Ueber Dirke's Fluten herüberwandelnd;
2
105
Und Ihn, der mit leuchtendem Schild
Kam von Argos in voller Wehr,
Triebest du flüchtig in eilendem Lauf
Fort mit hastigem Zügel:
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 85 focus
Creon
But, Eteocles !
Say, was not he thy brother too?
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 85 focus
CREONTE
Pues sabe que estas almas tan fieras con facilidad se rinden, como se rompe el acero más fuerte y bien templado: y yo sé bien que con débil freno se sujetan los corceles más fogosos. Pensar con tal soberbia no es tolerable en quien se halla sometido á los demás. No le ha bastado á esta insensata haberme ultrajado, violando mis decretos, sino que, después de haberlo hecho, añade un segundo ultraje, glorificándose y regocijándose de su acción. ¡Por los cielos! dejaría yo de ser hombre, y entonces el hombre sería ella, si tamaña audacia quedara sin castigo. Aunque sea la hija de mi hermana, aunque se hallara unida á mí por vínculo más estrecho que todos los que adoran á Júpiter en el hogar... ella y la hermana suya, no se han de escapar de una muerte terrible, porque sin duda la otra ha de haber sido su cómplice. Que la hagan venir inmediatamente. No ha mucho la vi dentro de palacio, irritada y fuera de sí: ¡ah! el que medita un crimen á la sombra, con frecuencia se hace traición á sí mismo, antes de ejecutarlo. Pero sobre todo, detesto á los que sorprendidos en el negro crimen, pretenden con palabras darle colorido.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 85 focus
ANTIGONAE
Man ehrt doch wohldie Menschen eines Fleisches.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 85 focus
Creon
And art thou not ashamed to act apart from them?
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 85 focus
Creon
631
Be left to range at large; for e'en the bold
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 100-160 focus
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Commentary
Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus
85. mvp-comment-55-1 σὺν δ' See Essay on Language § 18. p. 26.