Sophocles Antigone 531

ed. Lewis Campbell

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σὺ δ᾽, ἣ κατ' οἴκους ὡς ἔχιδν᾽ ὑφειμένη
λήθουσά μ᾽ ἐξέπινες, οὐδ᾽ ἐμάνθανον
τρέφων δύʼ ἄτα κἀπαναστάσεις θρόνων,
φέρ᾽, εἰπὲ δή μοι, καὶ σὺ τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου
φήσεις μετασχεῖν, ἢ ʼξομεῖ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι;
535

Antigone. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.

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Editions (11)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 531 focus
σὺ δ᾽, ἣ κατ᾽ οἴκους, ὡς ἔχιδν᾽, ὑφειμένη
λήθουσά μ᾽ ἐξέπινες, οὐδ᾽ ἐμάνθανον
τρέφων δύ᾽ ἄτα, κἀπαναστάσεις θρόνων,
530
φέρ᾽, εἰπὲ δή μοι, καί σὺ τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου
φήσεις μετασχεῖν, ἢ ’ξομεῖ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι;
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 531 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 531 focus
σὺ δ᾽, ἣ, κατ᾽ οἴκους, ὡς ἔχιδν᾽, ὑφειμένη,
λήθουσά μ᾽ ἐξέπινες, οὐδ᾽ ἐμάνθανον
525
τρέφων δύ᾽ ἄτα, κἀπαναστάσεις θρόνων,
φέρ᾽, εἰπὲ δή μοι· καὶ σὺ τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου
φήσεις μετασχεῖν, ἢ ᾿ξομεῖ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι;
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 531 focus
σὺ δ᾽, ἣ κατ᾽ οἴκους ὡς ἔχιδν᾽ ὑφειμένη
λήθουσά μ᾽ ἐξέπινες, οὐδ᾽ ἐμάνθανον
τρέφων δύ᾽ ἄτα κἀπαναστάσεις θρόνων,
φέρ᾽, εἰπὲ δή μοι, καὶ σὺ τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου
φήσεις μετασχεῖν, ἢ ᾿ξομῇ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι;
535
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 531 focus
σὺ δ’, ἣ κατ’ οἴκους ὡς ἔχιδν’ ὑφειμένη
λήθουσά μ’ ἐξέπινες, οὐδ’ ἐμάνθανον
τρέφων δύ’ ἄτα κἀπαναστάσεις θρόνων,
φέρ’, εἰπὲ δή μοι, καὶ σὺ τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου
φήσεις μετασχεῖν, ἢ ’ξομῇ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι;
535
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 531 focus
σὺ δ᾽, ἣ κατ᾽ οἴκους ὡς ἔχιδν᾽ ὑφειμένη
λήθουσά μ᾽ ἐξέπινες, οὐδ᾽ ἐμάνθανον
τρέφων δύ᾽ ἄτα κἀπαναστάσεις θρόνων,
φέρ᾽ εἰπὲ δή μοι, καὶ σὺ τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου
φήσεις μετασχεῖν, ἢ ᾿ξομῆι τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι;
535
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 531 focus
σὺ δ᾽, ἣ κατ᾽ οἴκους, ὡς ἔχιδν᾽ , ὑφειμένη
λήθουσά μ᾽ ἐξέπινες, οὐδ᾽ ἐμάνθανον
τρέφων δύ᾽ ἄτα κἀπαναστάσεις θρόνων,
φέρ᾽, εἰπὲ δή μοι, καὶ σὺ τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου
530
φήσεις μετασχεῖν, ἢ ᾿ξομεῖ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι;
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 531 focus
σὺ δ᾽, ἣ κατ᾽ οἴκους ὡς ἔχιδν᾽ ὑφειμένη
λήθουσά μ᾽ ἐξέπινες, οὐδ᾽ ἐμάνθανον
τρέφων δύ᾽ ἄτα κἀπαναστάσεις θρόνων,
φέρ᾽, εἰπὲ δή μοι, καὶ σὺ τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου
φήσεις μετασχεῖν, ἢ ᾿ξομεῖ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι;
535
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 531 focus
σὺ δ᾽, ἣ κατ᾽ οἴκους ὡς ἔχιδν᾽ ὑφειμένη
λήθουσά μ᾽ ἐξέπινες, οὐδ᾽ ἐμάνθανον
τρέφων δύ᾽ ἄτα κἀπαναστάσεις θρόνων,
φέρ᾽, εἰπὲ δή μοι, καὶ σὺ τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου
φήσεις μετασχεῖν, ἢ ᾿ξομῇ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι;
535
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 531 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 531 focus
σὺ δ᾽, ἣ κατ᾽ οἴκους ὡς ἔχιδν᾽ ὑφειμένη
λήθουσά μ᾽ ἐξέπινες, οὐδ᾽ ἐμάνθανον
τρέφων δύ᾽ ἄτα κἀπαναστάσεις θρόνων,
φέρ᾽ εἰπὲ δή μοι, καὶ σὺ τοῦδε τοῦ τάφου
φήσεις μετασχεῖν, ἢ 'ξομῆι τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι;
535
Translations (11)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 531 focus
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 531 focus
¡Tú, la que deslizándote por palacio como una vibora víbora, sin advertirlo yo, me chupabas la sangre! No sabia sabía yo que alimentara a dos furias que se revolvian contra mi trono. ¡Ea!, dime ya: tú en este sepelio, ¿confiesas haber tenido parte, o juras que no lo sabias?
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 531 focus
Heus tu, quae, domi furtim subrepens, ceu vipera, clam me exsugis;
atque adeo inscius geminas pascebam furias, regnique mei pestes; age, dic mihi tandem , ecqui fateberis huius humationis sociam te quoque esse, an iurabis te huius rei ignaram esse?
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 531 focus
And thou, that like a serpent coiled i’ the house
Hast secretly been draining my life-blood,—
Little aware that I was cherishing
Two curses and subverters of my throne,—
Tell us, wilt thou avouch thy share in this
Entombment, or forswear all knowledge of it?
535
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 531 focus
Du, die im Hause, gleich der Natter angeschmiegt,
Mich heimlich ausgesogen, der ich unbewußt
530
Zwei Gräuel mir zum Sturze meines Throns erzog:
Auf, sage mir, bekennst du, Theil an dieser That
Zu haben, oder schwörst du dich der Sünde rein?
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 531 focus
No woman rules in Thebes whilst Creon lives.
Antigone, Creon, Chorus.
Creon Come forth, thou serpent ! Little did I think
That I had nourished two such deadly foes
To suck my blood, and cast me from my throne.
"What sayst thou? Wert thou accomplice in the deed,
Or wilt thou swear that thou ait innocent ?
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 531 focus
¡Oh! la que oculta en la sombra de ese palacio, te proponías, á la manera de una víbora, saciarte en secreto de mi sangre: no sabía yo que estaba alimentando estas dos furias, calamidad de mi reino; habla, respóndeme al punto, si has tomado parte en esa inhumación; ó dí, bajo juramento, si lo ignorabas todo.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 531 focus
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 531 focus
And thou, who, lurking like a viper in my house, wast secretly draining my life-blood, while I knew not that I was nurturing two pests, to rise against my throne—come, tell me now, wilt thou also confess thy part in this burial, or wilt thou forswear all knowledge of it?
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 531 focus
Thou, like a viper creeping through my house
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 583-630 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-288-1 ἀλλ’ ἡ τυραννίς 1

mvp-comment-289-1 μούνη 2

mvp-comment-289-2 τοῦτο … ὁρᾷς 3

mvp-comment-289-3 ὑπίλλουσιν 4

mvp-comment-290-1 σὺ δ’ οὐκ ἐπαιδεῖ 6

mvp-comment-291-1 ὅμαιμος 7

mvp-comment-291-2 ἐκ μιᾶς τε 8 τε 9

mvp-comment-292-1 πῶς δῆτ’ 10

mvp-comment-292-2 ἐκείνῳ 11

mvp-comment-292-3 χάριν 12 τιμᾷς 13 ὁ κατθανὼν νέκυς 14

mvp-comment-293-1 εἴ τοι 15 σφε 16

mvp-comment-293-2 ἐξ ἴσου 17

mvp-comment-294-1 οὐ γάρ τι δοῦλος 18

mvp-comment-294-2 cannot complain, for Polyneices was not his slave—his natural inferior—but his brother, and had the same claim on me that he had. Creon insists on the difference between the loyal man and the disloyal. Antigone dwells on the fact that both men had the same claim on her natural piety, and (519) on her sense of religious duty.

mvp-comment-295-1 πορθῶν δέ 19

mvp-comment-295-2 ὁ δ’ 20 ὕπερ 21

mvp-comment-296-1 τούτους 22 ἴσους 23 ἴσους 24 ὅμως 25 ἴσους 26 τούτους 27 ἴσους 28

mvp-comment-297-1 The MS. λαχεῖν ἴσος 29 ἴσους 30

mvp-comment-298-1 κάτωθεν 31 κάτω ’στὶν 32

mvp-comment-298-2 εὐαγῆ 33

mvp-comment-299-1 οὔτοι συνέχθειν 34

mvp-comment-300-1 νυ^ν 35

mvp-comment-301-1 καὶ μὴν 36

mvp-comment-301-2 εἰβομένη 37 κάτω 38

mvp-comment-301-3 with

εἴβειν
, for Homer never says
κατὰ δάκρυα λείβειν
. Nothing is more natural than that
εἰβομένη
should have become
λειβομένη
in the MSS., the latter word being much the commoner.

mvp-comment-301-4 κάτω 39

mvp-comment-302-1 νεφέλη δ’ ὀφρύων ὕπερ 40

mvp-comment-302-2 αἱματόεν 41

mvp-comment-302-3 ῥέθος 42

mvp-comment-302-4 αἰσχύνει 43

mvp-comment-303-1 σὺ δ’ 44 ὑφειμένη 45

mvp-comment-303-2 ἔχιδνα 46

mvp-comment-303-3

ἡ ἔχιδνα ἐν τῇ συνουσίᾳ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποκόπτει. διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τὰ τέκνα, ὥσπερ τὸν θάνατον τοῦ πατρὸς μετερχόμενα, τὴν γαστέρα τῆς μητρὸς διαρρήγνυσιν
. (Cp. Shaksp. Per. 1. 1. 64
I am no viper, yet I feed On mother's flesh.
)

mvp-comment-304-1 λήθουσά μ’ ἐξέπινες 47

mvp-comment-305-1 ἄτα κἀπαναστάσεις 48

mvp-comment-305-2 ἐπαναστάσεις 49 θρόνων 50

mvp-comment-306-1 τὸ μὴ 51

mvp-comment-307-1 ὁμορροθεῖ 52

mvp-comment-308-1 τῆς αἰτίας 53 ξυμμετίσχω 54 φέρω 55

mvp-comment-309-1 ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐάσει σ’ 56

mvp-comment-309-2 ’κοινωσάμην 57

mvp-comment-310-1 ξύμπλουν 58

mvp-comment-311-1 Cp. Ph. 1293

ὡς θεοὶ ξυνίστορες.

mvp-comment-311-2 λόγοις 59

mvp-comment-312-1 μή μ’ ἀτιμάσῃς 60 τὸ μὴ οὐ 61 ἁγνίσαι τὸν θ 62

mvp-comment-313-1 μή μοι 63 κοινά 64

mvp-comment-313-2 μηδ’ ἃ μὴ ’θιγες 65 ἅ 66 ἅ 67

mvp-comment-314-1 ποιοῦ σεαυτῆς 68

mvp-comment-314-2 ἀρκέσω 70

mvp-comment-315-1 σοῦ λελειμμένῃ 71

mvp-comment-315-2 φίλος 72

mvp-comment-316-1 κηδεμών 73

mvp-comment-317-1 ἀλγοῦσα μὲν δῆτ’ 74 δῆτα 75

mvp-comment-317-2 ἐν σοί 76

mvp-comment-317-3 Heath's εἰ γελῶ γ’ 77

mvp-comment-318-1 ἀλλὰ νῦν 78

mvp-comment-319-1 κἀμπλάκω 79

mvp-comment-319-2 fate? i.e. to be dissociated from it: delib. aor. subj., which can be used, not only in asking what one is to do, but also in expressions of despair as to what one must suffer ( Tr. 973

τί πάθω
;). For
ἀμπλακεῖν
cp. 910 , 1234.

mvp-comment-320-1 εἵλου 80

mvp-comment-320-2 ζῆν 81

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

505. mvp-comment-294-1 λέγοιτ' ἄν For the passive, see Essay on Language § 31. P. 54 *ἐγκλείσαι] Cp. supr. 1. 180. Dindorf's correction (with εί for ῄ) is retained in preference to ἐγκλείοι. The future optative is clearly wrong.

506-507. mvp-comment-295-1 These two lines have been considered spurious. But their scornful tone may be compared with supr. 469-470.

509. mvp-comment-296-1 ὑπίλλουσι ἴλλειν (cp. supr. 340) is To move within bounds, or To limit motion. So here, 'They move their lips under your restraint; i. e. They curb their speech under your will.

510. mvp-comment-297-1 τῶνδε .. φρονεῖς; If you hold a course divergent from theirs. Cp. supr. 375, μήτ᾽ ἴσον φρονῶν.

512. mvp-comment-298-1 καταντίον In opposition to him.

514. mvp-comment-299-1 Why then do you honour a service which involves impiety to him? Honour, i. e. By zealously performing it.

515. mvp-comment-300-1 ὁ κατθανών νέκυς Eteocles.

516. mvp-comment-301-1 i. e. If you honour the impious one equally with him.

517. mvp-comment-302-1 For the omission of the participle, see Essay on Language § 23. p. 38.

519. mvp-comment-303-1 τοὺς νόμους τούτους Cp. supr. 452.

519. mvp-comment-303-2 ἴσους, the reading of the corrector of L, rather injures the line by dividing the emphasis, which rests entirely on ὅμως. Essay on Language § 41. p. 76 (4).

520. mvp-comment-304-1 ἴσος Of equal right. ἴσos has the construction of ἄξιος or δίκαιος. Essay on Language § 36. p. 64.

521. mvp-comment-305-1 Who can tell if this be not esteemed pious in the under-world? τάδε, this, which you count impious, the burial of Polynices. Schol., τίς οἶδεν εἰ καθ' Ἅιδου ἀλλήλοις διαλλάσσοντες ἡγοῦνται εὐσεβῆ τάδε. τίς οἶδεν εἰ, like Haud scio an in Latin, suggests an affirmative as possible, as in the lines τίς οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μὲν ἐστι κατθανεῖν | τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν; κάτωθεν, see v. rr., is possibly right.

522-523. mvp-comment-306-1 Creon means that Eteocles must still hate Polynices after death. To which Antigone rejoins, in the line which expresses what is deepest in her, If it be so, his hatred is no rule for me. Creon sees that further argument is useless, and breaks off impatiently with an abrupt sentence of death.

524-525. mvp-comment-307-1 Go, then, to your grave, and there, if you must love them, love the dead below! κείνους, sc. τοὺς κάτω, with particular reference to Polynices.

526-530. mvp-comment-308-1 Here comes Ismene forth, shedding sisterly tears; from clouds above her brow, that moisten her fair cheek, doing disgrace unto her flushed countenance. Cp. Sh Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, 1. 1, Lys. Why is your cheek so pale? | How chance the roses there do fade so fast? | Herm. Belike, for want of rain, which I could well | Beteem them from the tempest of mine eyes. Ant. and Cleo. 3. 2. 52. Il. 17. 591, ἄχεος νεφέλη: Eur. Hipp. 173, ὀφρύων νέφος: Aesch. Prom. 144-145, ὀμίχλα .. πλήρης δακρύων.

527. mvp-comment-309-1 δάκρυ᾽ εἰβομένη is the Triclinian reading for δάκρυα λειβόμενα. δάκρυ λειβομένη has been conjectured. But the construction, with φιλάδελφα adverbial, is less simple and therefore less pathetic. δάκρυα εἰβομένη is read in M³.

529. mvp-comment-310-1 ῥέθος Eur. Η. F. 1204, πάρες ἀπ᾿ ὀμμάτων | πέπλον . . ῥέθος ἀελίῳ δεῖξον.

531. mvp-comment-311-1 ὡς ἔχιδν᾽ ὑφειμένη Having slid in secretly like a snake; i.e. Like a serpent lurking. For the feeling associated with ὑφίημι, cp. Ο. Τ. 387, ὑφεὶς μάγον τοιόνδε μηχανορράφον.

532. mvp-comment-312-1 ἐξέπινες Cp. Tr. 1055-1056, ῥοφεῖ ξυνοικοῦν· ἐκ δὲ χλωρὸν αἷμά μου | πέπωκεν ἤδη.

533. mvp-comment-313-1 ἄτα κἀπαναστάσεις Abstract for concrete. See Essay on Language p. 94.

533. mvp-comment-313-2 θρόνων, obj. gen. Ib. § 9. p. 12.

536. mvp-comment-314-1 εἴπερ ἥδ᾽ ὁμορροθεῖ The Scholiast has noticed the apparent absurdity of Ismene's adding this condition to her avowal; and Schneidewin alters the line το δέδρακα τοὔργον, εἴπερ ἥδ᾽· ὁμορροθῶ. But the inconsistency is touchingly significant of the irresolute character of Ismene, and of the ascendancy of Antigone's stern nature over hers.

537. mvp-comment-315-1 τῆς αἰτίας is directly governed by ξυμμετίσχω, the notion of participation being silently continued in καὶ φέρω. Cp. Aesch. Prom. 331, πάντων μετασχὼν καὶ τετολμηκὼς ἐμοί.

539. mvp-comment-316-1 οὔτ᾽ ἐγὼ 'κοινωσάμην Supr. 69.

541. mvp-comment-317-1 ξύμπλουν Essay on Language p. 94.

542. mvp-comment-318-1 Antigone's offering to the dead was made in solitude, and without the presence of the sun.

545. mvp-comment-319-1 ἁγνίσαι τιμῆσαι Schol. Ismene means, Though I shrank from the deed, let me share the glory of it by accepting the consequences.

546. mvp-comment-320-1 ἅ = ταῦτα ὧν. Essay on Language § 35. P. 59. μή, ibid. § 29. p. 48.

548. mvp-comment-321-1 τίς βίος i. e. πῶς ὁ βίος; See Essay on Language § 22. p. 36.

549. mvp-comment-322-1 'Ask Creon. He has your care and duty;' i.e. Creon is more to you than your brother is.

551. mvp-comment-323-1 εἰ γέλωτ᾽ ἔν σοι γελῶ Schneidewin's explanation of this line, It is painful to me to be mocking you, my sister, is out of harmony with the tone of Antigone, although it is true that in this line her bitterness is somewhat softened. Either δή, κεἰ must be read, or εἰ explained as = κεἰ. I have grief enough, I assure you, though I laugh a bitter laugh at thee. Cp. 728, εἰ δ' ἐγὼ νέος = Though I am young: Eur. Or. 484, εἰ δὲ δυστυχεῖ, τιμητέος. See Essay on Language § 28. p. 47.

552. mvp-comment-324-1 ἀλλὰ νῦν Essay on Language § 26. p. 43. Par. E suggests ἐπωφελοῖμ᾽.

554. mvp-comment-325-1 κἀμπλάκω i. e. ἢ σώσω ἐμαυτὴν καὶ ἀμπλάκω.