Sophocles, Antigone, Thomas Francklin (Translator), 268

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Creon
1328

Quick let my last, my happiest hour appear !

Would it were come, the period of my woes !

Oh ! that I might not see another day !
1330

CiioR. Time must determine that : the present hour

Demands our rare ; the rest 1:>e left to heaven.

Oreon. But I have wished and prayed for 't.

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)) — 268 focus

λέγει τις εἷς, ὃς πάντας ἐς πέδον κάρα

Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 268 focus

πράξαιμεν. ἦν δ᾽ ὁ μῦθος, ὡς ἀνοιστέον

Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 268 focus

νεῦσαι φόβῳ προὔτρεψεν· οὐ γὰρ εἴχομεν

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 268 focus

τέλος δ᾽, ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,

Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 268 focus

τέλος δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,

Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 268.mvp-line-268 focus

τέλος δ’ ὅτ’ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 268 focus

τέλος δ᾽, ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,

Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 268 focus

τέλος δ᾽, ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 268 focus

τέλος δ᾽, ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,

Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 268.mvp-line-268 focus

τέλος δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,

Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 268 focus

τέλος δʼ ὅτʼ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,

Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 268 focus

τέλος δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐρευνῶσιν πλέον,

Translations (9)

German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 268 focus

KREON.
Gegenstr. 1.

O weh!
1225
1284

O weh! nie versöhnlich Reich, Hades' Schlund,

Ha, du vernichtest mich! O des graunvollesten

Unheils Bote mir, welch Wort sprichst du aus?

Du giebst, ach! dem Todten noch Todesstofs!

O! was kündest du? welch neu Todesloos,
1230

ach ach, ach ach,

des Weibs sagst du mir, in Mord hingeschlachtet sie mein Gemahl!

Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 268 focus

CREONTE

1317 ¡Ay de mí! No se impute nada de esto a otro hombre, porque ha sucedido por mi culpa. Pues yo, yo te maté, desdichado, yo; lo digo verdaderamente. ¡Oh siervos!, echadme a toda prisa; echadme fuera de aquí, que ya no soy nada.

Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 268 focus

Chorus

Bene mones, si quid in malis est boni.

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 268 focus

CR

All my desire was gathered in my prayer.

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 278 focus

Schon lang, o König, überlegt mein Inneres,

Ob eine Gottheit diese That nicht angeregt.

Kreon.

Schweig', eh mich deine Rede gar mit Zorn erfüllt,
280

Daß du, der Alte, nicht zugleich als Thor erscheinst.

Denn unerträglich ist es, daß du sagen magst,

Die Götter trügen Sorge für den Todten dort.

Sie hätten, wie zu schöner That Verherrlichung,

Den Mann begraben, der mit Brand zu tilgen kam
285

Die säulumringten Tempel und der Gaben Schmuck,

Und ihre Fluren, ihr Gesez zu stürzen sann?

Wann sahst du Frevler je geehrt durch Götterhuld?

Nie wahrlich, nie! Doch lange murrten schon darum,

Ungern gehorsam, wider mich die Bürger hier,
290

Geheim die Häupter schüttelnd; ja, sie hielten nicht

Pflichttreu den Nacken unter'm Joch, wie's mir genügt.

Von ihnen wurden jene, sicher weiß ich das,

Durch Lohn verleitet und verübten diese That.

Denn wahrlich, nichts von Allem, was bei Menschen gilt,
295

Ist, wie das Geld, verderblich: dies mag Städte selbst

Zerstören, dies treibt Männer aus von Hof und Herd;

Dies unterweiset und verkehrt den edlen Sinn

Rechtschaff'ner Männer, nachzugeh'n ruchloser That,

Zeigt an die Wege böser List den Sterblichen,
300

Und bildet sie zu jedem gottverhaßten Werk.

Doch die für Lohn gedungen diese That vollbracht,

Erwirkten sich's nun endlich, daß sie Strafe trifft.

Ia, wenn noch irgend Ehre Zeus von mir empfängt,

So sei versichert, und mein Schwur betheur' es dir:
305

Wofern ihr nicht den Frevler, der den Todten dort

Bestattet, aufspürt und mir hier vor Augen stellt,

Genügt es nicht an eurem Tode nur, ihr sollt

Am Kreuze hängen, bis ihr offenbart die Schmach,

Auf daß ihr, wissend, wo Gewinn zu suchen sei,
310

Ihn künftig dort erhaschet und begreifen lernt,

Daß nicht in Allem nach Gewinn zu spähen frommt.

Denn mit dem Preis des Schlechten wirst du Mehrere

Unglücklich enden, als das Glück gewinnen seh'n.

Der Wächter.

Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 268 focus

CREONTE

1261 ¡Oh fatal error, cruel irreparable error de mis sentidos perturbados!... ¡Ah! vosotros los que contemplais á los miembros de una misma familia, los unos dando la muerte, cadáveres los otros... ¡Enfaustos consejos miosl... ¡hijo de mi corazón! has muerto en la flor de tu juventud... y yo, tu padre... ¡ay! ¡ay!... yo mismo he sido quien con su temeridad te ha asesinado.

German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 268 focus

KREON

Was ich gesaget, eben, das hab’ ich gewünschet.

English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 268 focus

Creon

1328 Oh, let it come, let it appear, that fairest of anv. 3. 1330 fates for me, that brings my last day,—aye, best fate of all! Oh, let it come, that I may never look upon to-morrow’s light.

English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 332-380 focus

Chorus

Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man.

This power spans the sea, even when it surges white before the gales of the south-wind, and makes a path under swells that threaten to engulf him. Earth, too, the eldest of the gods, the immortal, the unwearied,
335

he wears away to his own ends, turning the soil with the offspring of horses as the plows weave to and fro year after year.
340

343

Chorus

The light-hearted tribe of birds

and the clans of wild beasts and the sea-brood of the deep he snares in the meshes of his twisted nets, and he leads them captive, very-skilled man. He masters by his arts
345

the beast who dwells in the wilds and roams the hills. He tames the shaggy-maned horse, putting the yoke upon its neck, and tames the tireless mountain bull.
350

354

Chorus

Speech and thought fast as the wind and the moods that give order to a city he has taught himself, and how to flee the arrows of the inhospitable frost under clear skies and the arrows of the storming rain.

He has resource for everything. Lacking resource in nothing he strides towards what must come. From Death alone he shall procure no escape, but from baffling diseases he has devised flights.
360

365

Chorus

Possessing resourceful skill, a subtlety beyond expectation he moves now to evil, now to good. When he honors the laws of the land and the justice of the gods to which he is bound by oath,
365

his city prospers. But banned from his city is he who, thanks to his rashness, couples with disgrace. Never may he share my home,
370

never think my thoughts, who does these things!
375

376

Enter the Guard, on the spectators’ left, leading in Antigone.

Chorus

What marvel sent by the gods is this?—I am bewildered! I know her. How can I deny that this girl is Antigone? O unhappy child

of your unhappy father, of Oedipus! What can this mean? What! Surely they are not bringing you captive for disobeying the King’s laws and being caught in lunacy?
380

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

ἐμοί

. I prefer the latter. Cp. Ai. 394

ἰὼ σκότος, ἐμὸν φάος, | ἔρεβος ὦ φαεννότατον, ὡς ἐμοί

mvp-comment-798-1 ὕπατος ²

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.

Sophocles Antigone 268

Thomas Francklin (Translator)

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Creon
1328

Quick let my last, my happiest hour appear !

Would it were come, the period of my woes !

Oh ! that I might not see another day !
1330

CiioR. Time must determine that : the present hour

Demands our rare ; the rest 1:>e left to heaven.

Oreon. But I have wished and prayed for 't.

Current edition Experimental

CREONTE

1317 ¡Ay de mí! No se impute nada de esto a otro hombre, porque ha sucedido por mi culpa. Pues yo, yo te maté, desdichado, yo; lo digo verdaderamente. ¡Oh siervos!, echadme a toda prisa; echadme fuera de aquí, que ya no soy nada.

Chorus

Bene mones, si quid in malis est boni.

CR

All my desire was gathered in my prayer.

Schon lang, o König, überlegt mein Inneres,

Ob eine Gottheit diese That nicht angeregt.

Der Wächter.

KREON

Was ich gesaget, eben, das hab’ ich gewünschet.

Creon

1328 Oh, let it come, let it appear, that fairest of anv. 3. 1330 fates for me, that brings my last day,—aye, best fate of all! Oh, let it come, that I may never look upon to-morrow’s light.

Commentary

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Creon 1328 Quick let my last, my happiest hour appear ! Would it were come, the period of my woes ! Oh ! that I might not see another day ! 1330 CiioR. Time must determine that : the present hour Demands our rare ; the rest 1:>e left to heaven. Oreon. But I have wished and prayed for 't.

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CREONTE 1317 ¡Ay de mí! No se impute nada de esto a otro hombre, porque ha sucedido por mi culpa. Pues yo, yo te maté, desdichado, yo; lo digo verdaderamente. ¡Oh siervos!, echadme a toda prisa; echadme fuera de aquí, que ya no soy nada.

Chorus Bene mones, si quid in malis est boni.

CR All my desire was gathered in my prayer.

Schon lang, o König, überlegt mein Inneres, Ob eine Gottheit diese That nicht angeregt.

Der Wächter.

KREON Was ich gesaget, eben, das hab’ ich gewünschet.

Creon 1328 Oh, let it come, let it appear, that fairest of anv. 3. 1330 fates for me, that brings my last day,—aye, best fate of all! Oh, let it come, that I may never look upon to-morrow’s light.

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Creon
1328

Quick let my last, my happiest hour appear !

Would it were come, the period of my woes !

Oh ! that I might not see another day !
1330

CiioR. Time must determine that : the present hour

Demands our rare ; the rest 1:>e left to heaven.

Oreon. But I have wished and prayed for 't.

CREONTE

1317 ¡Ay de mí! No se impute nada de esto a otro hombre, porque ha sucedido por mi culpa. Pues yo, yo te maté, desdichado, yo; lo digo verdaderamente. ¡Oh siervos!, echadme a toda prisa; echadme fuera de aquí, que ya no soy nada.

Chorus

Bene mones, si quid in malis est boni.

CR

All my desire was gathered in my prayer.

Schon lang, o König, überlegt mein Inneres,

Ob eine Gottheit diese That nicht angeregt.

KREON

Was ich gesaget, eben, das hab’ ich gewünschet.

Creon

1328 Oh, let it come, let it appear, that fairest of anv. 3. 1330 fates for me, that brings my last day,—aye, best fate of all! Oh, let it come, that I may never look upon to-morrow’s light.