φανήτω μόρων ὁ κάλλιστ᾽ ἐμῶν
Antigone. Sophocles. Torino, Italy. 1978.
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Current edition Experimental
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978))
Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.
Editions (9)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 1329 focus
ἄγοιτ᾽ ἂν μάταιον ἄνδρ᾽ ἐκποδὼν,
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1329 focus
φανήτω μόρων ὁ κάλλιστ᾽ ἐμῶν
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1329.mvp-line-1303 focus
φανήτω μόρων ὁ κάλλιστ’ ἔχων,
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 1328 focus
ἴτω ἴτω,
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 1329 focus
μηδέν' ἀσεπτεῖν· μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 1329 focus
φανήτω μόρων ὁ κάλλιστ᾽ ἔχων
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Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1329.mvp-line-1306 focus
φανήτω μόρων ὁ κάλλιστ᾽ ἐμῶν
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1329 focus
φανήτω μόρων ὁ κάλλιστʼ ἔχων
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1329 focus
φανήτω μόρων ὁ κάλλιστ᾽ ἐμῶν
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1328 focus
komm, o komm,
komm, o komm,
Kreon.
Erschein' endlich mir, mein glorreichstes Loos,
1290
Und führe mir herauf den endigenden Tag!
Nahe nur, gewünschtes Ziel,
Und laß keinen andern Tag mehr mich schau'n!
Erschein' endlich mir, mein glorreichstes Loos,
1290
Und führe mir herauf den endigenden Tag!
Nahe nur, gewünschtes Ziel,
Und laß keinen andern Tag mehr mich schau'n!
Der Chor.
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 1347-1347 focus
As Creon is being conducted into the house, the Chorus Leader speaks the closing verses.
Chorus
Wisdom is provided as the chief part of happiness, and our dealings with the gods must be in no way unholy. The great words of arrogant men have to make repayment with great blows, and in old age teach wisdom.
Wisdom is provided as the chief part of happiness, and our dealings with the gods must be in no way unholy. The great words of arrogant men have to make repayment with great blows, and in old age teach wisdom.
Commentary
Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))
mvp-comment-797-1 μόρων ὁ κάλλιστ’ ἔχων 1
mvp-comment-797-2
Both these difficulties (which to me seem insuperable) are removed by reading
μόρων ὁ κάλλιστ’
ἔχων, the best of fates. That
ἔχων could have been changed to
ἐμῶν, either by conjecture or by accident, is shown by v. 575, where at the end of the verse L has the probably true
ἐμοί, while other MSS. have
ἔφυ. (If
κύνες is right in 467, and
ξίφει in 1301, these, too, are instances of final words corrupted.) A question of punctuation remains. The comma might follow either
ἔχων or
ἐμοί. I prefer the latter. Cp.
Ai. 394
ἰὼ σκότος, ἐμὸν φάος, | ἔρεβος ὦ φαεννότατον, ὡς ἐμοί.
Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus
1329. mvp-comment-737-1 κάλλιστα The adverb is emphatic, and has the force of a predicate. Let that last doom appear, which of all coming upon me has the highest glory of bringing me the end of days. Not one doom but many have fallen upon Creon. But of all that can come upon him, death is the lightest and the best.
1329. mvp-comment-737-2 ἆμαρ ἀλλ᾿ L.
1329. mvp-comment-737-3 εἰσίδω ἐσίδω Vat. α ἐξ Vat.