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Ismene

But what is life without thee ?

Antigone. Sophocles. Thomas Francklin (Translator). London. 1758–1759.

Current edition Experimental

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (12)

Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 105 focus

Διρκαίων ¹ ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,

105

Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 105 focus

τὸν λεύκασπιν Ἀργέϊον

105

Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 105 focus

Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,

105

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 105 focus

Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,

105

Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 105 focus

ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,

105

Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 105.mvp-line-105 focus

ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,

105

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 105 focus

ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,

105

Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 105 focus

Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα, 105

105

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 106 focus

τὸν λεύκασπιν Ἀργόθεν ἐκβάντα φῶτα πανσαγίᾳ 5

Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 105.mvp-line-105 focus

ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,

105

Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 105 focus

Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,

105

Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 105 focus

ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,

105

Translations (10)

German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 105 focus

KREON

Nicht wird der Feind ja, selbst wenn er gestorben, Freund.

Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 105 focus

ANTIGONA

De quién sea el hecho, Plutón y los dioses infernales lo saben. Yo, à a la que ama de palabra, no la estimo por amiga.

Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 105 focus

Antigone

Quorum sit hoc opus, Orcus et inferi conscii sunt: at ego verbis amantem mon amo amicam.

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 105 focus

ANT

Who did the deed, the powers beneath can tell.

I care not for lip-kindness from my kin.

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:

Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 105 focus

CREONTE

Anda á los infiernos: y puesto que tan amorosa eres, puedes ir á amar á los profundos. Mientras yo viva, no consentiré que una mujer nos dicte la ley.

German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 105 focus

ISMENE

Bring so mich in Verdacht nicht, Schwester, wie als könnt’

Ich sterben nie, mit dir; des Grabs Unschik vergüten.

English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 105 focus

Antigone

Whose was the deed, Hades and the dead are witnesses: a friend in words is not the friend that I love.

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 105 focus

Creon

Assured that he with honour will command,

Or be commanded; in the storm of war.

English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 100-160 focus

Enter the Chorus on the right.

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

110

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

117

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

127

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

134

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

141

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

148

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!
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155

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

mvp-comment-315-1 σοῦ λελειμμένῃ ¹

mvp-comment-315-2 φίλος ²

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

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

Sophocles Antigone 105

Thomas Francklin (Translator)

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Ismene

But what is life without thee ?

Current edition Experimental

KREON

Nicht wird der Feind ja, selbst wenn er gestorben, Freund.

ANTIGONA

De quién sea el hecho, Plutón y los dioses infernales lo saben. Yo, à a la que ama de palabra, no la estimo por amiga.

Antigone

Quorum sit hoc opus, Orcus et inferi conscii sunt: at ego verbis amantem mon amo amicam.

ANT

Who did the deed, the powers beneath can tell.

I care not for lip-kindness from my kin.

CREONTE

Anda á los infiernos: y puesto que tan amorosa eres, puedes ir á amar á los profundos. Mientras yo viva, no consentiré que una mujer nos dicte la ley.

ISMENE

Bring so mich in Verdacht nicht, Schwester, wie als könnt’

Ich sterben nie, mit dir; des Grabs Unschik vergüten.

Antigone

Whose was the deed, Hades and the dead are witnesses: a friend in words is not the friend that I love.

Creon

Assured that he with honour will command,

Or be commanded; in the storm of war.

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

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

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

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Ismene But what is life without thee ?

Current edition Experimental

KREON Nicht wird der Feind ja, selbst wenn er gestorben, Freund.

ANTIGONA De quién sea el hecho, Plutón y los dioses infernales lo saben. Yo, à a la que ama de palabra, no la estimo por amiga.

Antigone Quorum sit hoc opus, Orcus et inferi conscii sunt: at ego verbis amantem mon amo amicam.

ANT Who did the deed, the powers beneath can tell. I care not for lip-kindness from my kin.

CREONTE Anda á los infiernos: y puesto que tan amorosa eres, puedes ir á amar á los profundos. Mientras yo viva, no consentiré que una mujer nos dicte la ley.

ISMENE Bring so mich in Verdacht nicht, Schwester, wie als könnt’ Ich sterben nie, mit dir; des Grabs Unschik vergüten.

Antigone Whose was the deed, Hades and the dead are witnesses: a friend in words is not the friend that I love.

Creon Assured that he with honour will command, Or be commanded; in the storm of war.

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 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 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

Stable identifiers

Ismene

But what is life without thee ?

KREON

Nicht wird der Feind ja, selbst wenn er gestorben, Freund.

ANTIGONA

De quién sea el hecho, Plutón y los dioses infernales lo saben. Yo, à a la que ama de palabra, no la estimo por amiga.

Antigone

Quorum sit hoc opus, Orcus et inferi conscii sunt: at ego verbis amantem mon amo amicam.

ANT

Who did the deed, the powers beneath can tell.

I care not for lip-kindness from my kin.

CREONTE

Anda á los infiernos: y puesto que tan amorosa eres, puedes ir á amar á los profundos. Mientras yo viva, no consentiré que una mujer nos dicte la ley.

ISMENE

Bring so mich in Verdacht nicht, Schwester, wie als könnt’

Ich sterben nie, mit dir; des Grabs Unschik vergüten.

Antigone

Whose was the deed, Hades and the dead are witnesses: a friend in words is not the friend that I love.

Creon

Assured that he with honour will command,

Or be commanded; in the storm of war.

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

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

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