Sophocles Antigone 250

Lewis Campbell (Translator)

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Enter CREON with the body of HAEMON . 1261
O error of my insensate soul,
Stubborn, and deadly in the fateful end!
O ye who now behold
Slayer and slain of the same kindred blood!
O bitter consequence of seeming-wise decree!
1265
Alas, my son!
Strange to the world wert thou, and strange the fate
That took thee off, that slew thee; woe is me!
Not for thy rashness, but my folly. Ah me!

Antigone. Sophocles. Lewis Campbell (Translator). London, New York and Toronto. 1906.

Current edition Experimental

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (12)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 250 focus
καὶ χέρσος ἀῤῥὼξ, οὐδ᾽ ἐπημαξευμένη
250
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 250 focus
δείκνυσι, πᾶσι θαῦμα δυσχερὲς παρῆν.
250
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 250 focus
τροχοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἄσημος οὑργάτης τις ἦν.
250
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 250 focus
πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή· στύφλος δὲ γῆ
250
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 250 focus
πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή στύφλος δὲ γῆ
250
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 250.mvp-line-250 focus
πλῆγμ’, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή· στύφλος δὲ γῆ
250
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 250 focus
πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐμβολή. στύφλος δὲ γῆ
250
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 250 focus
πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή· στύφλος δὲ γῆ
250
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 250 focus
πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή· στύφλος δὲ γῆ
250
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 250.mvp-line-250 focus
πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή· στύφλος δὲ γῆ
250
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 250 focus
πλῆγμʼ, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή. στύφλος δὲ γῆ
250
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 250 focus
πλῆγμ᾽, οὐ δικέλλης ἐκβολή· στύφλος δὲ γῆ
250
Translations (9)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 250 focus
CHOR.
Durch Vaters Hand, wie? oder durch die eigne Hand?
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 250 focus
EL MENSAJERO
Yo mismo estoy asombrado; pero abrigo la esperanza de que, enterada ella de la muerte del hijo, no creerá que deba llorarlo por las calles de la ciudad; sino que, yéndose a casa, anunciará a las esclavas la desgracia de la familia para que lo lloren; porque no está tan falta de juicio que cometa una atrocidad.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 250 focus
Chorus
Nescio: quanquam mihi et silens stupor grave quid portendere videtur, et temeraria eiulatio.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 237 focus
Was ist's, warum befiel dich solche Bangigkeit?
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 250 focus
Creon
Scene IV.
Messenger, Chorus.
Creun enters, hearing the body of HiEMON.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 250 focus
CORO
1146 ¡Oh, tú, mancebo, que conduces el coro de los astros; tú que presides los cantos nocturnos, hijo de Júpiter, comparece ante nosotros acompañado de las hijas de Naxos, de las Thyadas que celebran en danzas delirantes 4 Baco su soberano.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 250 focus
KREON
Ich hab’s gelernet in Furcht. An meinem Haupt aber
Ein Gott dort, dort mich
Mit grolser Schwere gefalst
1330
Und geschlagen hat, und geschüttelt auf wilden Wegen.
Ach! ach!
Io! ihr Mühen der Menschen! ihr Mühsamen !
Dritte Scene DER BOTE. KREON. DER CHOR.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 250 focus
Messenger
1257 Well, I will enter the house, and learn whether indeed she is not hiding some repressed purpose in the depths of a passionate heart. Yea, thou sayest well: excess of silence, too, may have a perilous meaning. Exit MESSENGER. Enter CREON, on the spectators’ left, with attendants, carrying the shrouded body of HAEMON on a bier.
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-763-1 This

κομμός
is composed of four strophes and four antistrophes, which correspond as follows. (1) 1st strophe 1261—1269=1st antistr. 1284—1292. (2) 2nd str. 1271—1277 =2nd ant. 1294—1300. (3) 3rd str. 1306—1311=3rd ant. 1328—1333. (4) 4th str. 1317—1325=4th ant. 1339— 1347.

mvp-comment-763-2 The lyric strophes and antistrophes are divided from each other by iambic trimeters, spoken by the Chorus or by the Messenger.—See Metrical Analysis.

mvp-comment-763-3 φρενῶν δυσφρόνων 1

mvp-comment-763-4 στερεά 2

mvp-comment-764-1 ὦ … βλέποντες 3

mvp-comment-764-2 κτανόντας 4 θανόντας 5

mvp-comment-764-3 ἐμφυλίους 6

mvp-comment-765-1 ἐμῶν ἄνολβα βουλευμάτων 7 ἄνολβα 8

mvp-comment-766-1 νέος νέῳ ξυν μόρῳ 9 νέῳ 10

mvp-comment-767-1 ἀπελύθης 11

mvp-comment-768-1 ἐμαῖς οὐδὲ σαῖσι 12

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

1262. mvp-comment-709-1 στερεά may be explained, either with Dindorf, (1) Propter duram et inexorabilem Creontis mentem, = Stubborn, by hypallage for στερεῶν φρενῶν ἁμαρτήματα, or more simply (2) as Pindar speaks of στερεαὶ ὀδυναί, = * Hard to endure.' The first (1) is best.

1265. mvp-comment-710-1 A confusion of ὤμοι ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων, ὡς ἄνολβα, and ὤμοι ἐγὼ ἄνολβος τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων. Ε. on L. pp. 17, 67.

1266. mvp-comment-711-1 νέῳ ξὺν μόρῳ By a strange doom.

1268. mvp-comment-712-1 ἀπελύθης Thou wast cut off. The word has some something of the notion of Shuffling off this mortal coil. Cp. 559.