50.
mvp-comment-34-1
vῷν Ethical dative.
51.
mvp-comment-35-1
αὐτοφώρων
Self-detected; i. e. Brought to light by his own act. πρός = In consequence of,' connects the phrase with the preceding rather than the following words. Although the action of O. T. is not presupposed, this part of the fable had been already developed by Aeschylus. See S. c. T. 778 ff. Others take αὐτοφώρων to mean
clearly proved,
manifest to all men: cp. Od. 11.247, ἄφαρ δ᾽ ἀνάπυστα θεοὶ θέσαν ἀνθρώποισιν. But the emphatic repetition of αὐτὸς αὐτουργῷ in the next line agrees better with the more pregnant meaning. αὐτουργῷ = εἰς ἑαυτὸν ταῦτα ἐρξάσῃ.
53.
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διπλοῦν ἔπος
A two-fold name, suggesting the horror of the double relationship. Cp. Ο. Τ. 928, γυνὴ δὲ μήτηρ ἥδε τῶν κείνου τέκνων.
54.
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λωβᾶται βίον
Destroys her own life. Cp. Tr. 887, τάνδ᾽ ὕβριν.
56.
mvp-comment-38-1
αὐτοκτονούντε
By mutual fratricidal slaughter. αὐτός in composition here is partly reciprocal and partly, as in αὐτόχειρ, suggestive of the murder of kindred: cp. 1. 172. The same is true of κοινόν: cp. 1. 147.
57.
mvp-comment-39-1
ἐπαλλήλοιν
Mutual. The read. ing of L and Hermann is justified by the awkwardness of the double genitive dual and the doubtful use of ἐπί in the other reading.
58.
mvp-comment-40-1
δή emphasizes μόνα with reference to what precedes.
Thus left alone.
60.
mvp-comment-41-1
ψῆφον τυράννων ἢ κράτη
The will or authority of the ruler. 64. For the epexegesis, see Essay on Language § 33. p. 57. And for the accusative,
to obey in this, cp. infr. 666-667.
66.
mvp-comment-42-1
βιάζομαι τάδε This passive use of βιάζομαι occurs again in l. 1073, ἀλλ᾿ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
67.
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τοῖς .. βεβῶσι
Those whose position is supreme; i.e. the present ruling power.
68.
mvp-comment-44-1
περισσὰ πράσσειν ‘Το act beyond one's sphere.' Cp. Tr. 617, τὸ μὴ πιθυμεῖν πομπὸς ὢν περισσὰ δρᾶν.
70.
mvp-comment-45-1
ἐμοῦ.. μέτα
Would your acting with me be any pleasure to me. For the adverb ἡδέως, implying a predicate, see Essay on Language § 24. p. 40.
71.
mvp-comment-46-1
ἴσθ᾽ ὁποία This reading is acknowledged by the Scholiast equally with ἴσθ' ὁποῖα, the reading of LA. Be such as you choose to be' (i. e. base, cp. supr. 38) is more forcible than
Hold what principles you please, even if εἰδέναι can have this meaning. Cp Phil. 1049, τοιοῦτός εἰμ' ἐγώ: Eur. Or. 1680, κἀγὼ τοιοῦτος. ὁποία is nominative by attraction to the antecedent. Hermann thought the dative ὁποίᾳ was required.
72.
mvp-comment-47-1
Antigone knows clearly from the beginning, with the heightened consciousness of passion, the consequences of her act. There is no
irony of fortune, so far as she is concerned.
74.
mvp-comment-48-1
ὅσια πανουργ. Cp. infr. 924.
75.
mvp-comment-49-1
τῶν ἐνθάδε See Essay on Language § 10. p.15. The form of expression resembles Hdt. 3. 124, βούλεσθαι οὖν παρθενεύεσθαι πλείω χρόνον ἢ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐστερῆσθαι. For the thought, cp. Plat. Legg. 9.881 Α, θάνατος μὲν οὐκ ἔστιν ἔσχατον, οἱ δὲ ἐν ῞Αιδου . πόνοι .. εἰσὶ μᾶλλον ἐν ἐσχάτοις : Sim. Am. 3, πολλὸς γὰρ ἡμῖν ἐστι τεθνάναι χρόνος, κ.τ.λ.
76.
mvp-comment-50-1
σοὶ δ᾽ εἰ δοκεῖ The emphasis really rests on the subject (σύ), but is transferred to the dative, as in Phil. 1395, ὡς ῥᾷστ᾽ ἐμοὶ μὲν τῶν λόγων λῆξαι, σὲ δὲ | κ.τ.λ. Essay on Language § 41. pp. 78-79. The change to σύ (see v. rr.) is slight, but rather weakens the expression.
77.
mvp-comment-51-1
τὰ τῶν θεῶν ἔντιμα
What is held honourable amongst the Gods. Cp. θεῶν νόμιμα, infr. 454-455: 1.ε. τὰ τῶν θεῶν ὄντα καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν θεῶν ἀγόμενα ἐν τιμῇ. Hh ἀτιμάσασ᾽ ἔχε]
Persist in slighting. 78. ἐγὼ ποιοῦμαι
I do not mean to show disrespect. She shrinks from saying distinctly τὰ τῶν θεῶν.
79.
mvp-comment-52-1
ἔφυν By nature and position.
82.
mvp-comment-53-1
ταλαίνης after οἴμοι: σου after ὑπερδέδοικα. But this distinction is hardly felt in the Greek.
83.
mvp-comment-54-1
ἐξόρθου
Continue to direct safely, as if steering a vessel.