Sophocles Antigone 1353

γήραι τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν.

Antigone. Sophocles. Leipzig. 1979.

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Current edition Experimental

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (7)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1353 focus
γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 1353 focus
γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1353.mvp-line-1323 focus
γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 1353 focus
γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1353.mvp-line-1326 focus
γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1353 focus
γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν.
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1353 focus
γήραι τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν.

Commentary

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

1353. mvp-comment-745-1 γήρα In old age; i.e. To the aged. The word is emphatic. Teach men wisdom at last. Cp. Plat. Theaet. 186 C, τὰ δὲ περὶ τούτων ἀναλογίσματα πρός τε οὐσίαν καὶ ὠφέλειαν μόγις καὶ ἐν χρόνῳ διὰ πολλῶν πραγμά των καὶ παιδείας παραγίγνεται οἷς ἂν καὶ παραγίγνηται.

1353. mvp-comment-745-2 τὸ φρονεῖν Moderation' or Wisdom. See Essay on Lp 93.