ἀλλ᾽ ἐννοεῖν χρὴ τοῦτο μέν, γυναῖχ᾽ ὅτι
Antigone. Sophocles. Fleischer. 1830.
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ἀλλ᾽ ἐννοεῖν χρὴ τοῦτο μὲν, γυναῖχ᾽ ὅτι
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 61 focus
ἀλλ᾽ ἐννοεῖν χρὴ τοῦτο μὲν, γυναῖχ᾽ ὅτι
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 61 focus
ἀλλ᾽ ἐννοεῖν χρὴ τοῦτο μέν, γυναῖχ᾽ ὅτι
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ἀλλ᾽ ἐννοεῖν χρὴ τοῦτο μὲν γυναῖχ᾽ ὅτι
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ἀλλ᾽ ἐννοεῖν χρὴ τοῦτο μὲν γυναῖχ᾽ ὅτι
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ἀλλ’ ἐννοεῖν χρὴ τοῦτο μὲν γυναῖχ’ ὅτι
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ἀλλ᾽ ἐννοεῖν χρὴ τοῦτο μὲν γυναῖχ᾽ ὅτι
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ἀλλ᾽ ἐννοεῖν χρὴ τοῦτο μὲν γυναῖχ᾽ ὅτι
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ἀλλ᾽ ἐννοεῖν χρὴ τοῦτο μὲν γυναῖχ' ὅτι
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 61 focus
ἀλλʼ ἐννοεῖν χρὴ τοῦτο μὲν γυναῖχʼ ὅτι
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ἀλλ᾽ ἐννοεῖν χρὴ τοῦτο μὲν γυναῖχ᾽ ὅτι
Translations (11)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 61 focus
KREON
Ja du verriethest deine Seel' um Silbers Preis!
Ja du verriethest deine Seel' um Silbers Preis!
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 61 focus
Coro
Muchas cosas hay admirables, pero ninguna es más admirable que el hombre. Él es quien al otro lado del espumante mar se traslada llevado del impetuoso viento a través de las olas que braman en derredor; y a la más excelsa de las diosas, a la Tierra, incorruptible e incansable, esquilma con el arado, que dando vueltas sobre ella año tras año, la revuelve con ayuda de la raza caballar.
343
Y de la raza ligera de las aves, tendiendo redes, se apodera; y también de las bestias salvajes y de los peces del mar, con cuerdas tejidas en malla, la habilidad del hombre. Domeña con su ingenio a la fiera salvaje que en el monte vive; y al crinado caballo y al indómito toro montaraz, les hace amar el yugo al que sujetan su cerviz.
354
Y en el arte de la palabra, y en el pensamiento sutil como el viento, y en las asambleas que dan leyes a la ciudad se amaestró; y también en evitar las molestias de la lluvia, de la intemperie y del inhabitable invierno. Teniendo recursos para todo, no queda sin ellos ante lo que ha de ve- nir. Solamente contra la muerte no encuentra remedio; pero sabe precaverse de las molestas enfermedades, procurando evitarlas.
365
Y poseyendo la industriosa habilidad del arte más de lo que
podia
podía esperarse, procede unas veces bien o se arrastra hacia el mal, conculcando las leyes de la patria y el sagrado juramento de los dioses. Quien, ocupando un elevado cargo en la ciudad, se habitúa al mal por osadía, es indigno de vivir en ella : que nunca sea mi huésped, y menos amigo mío, el que tales cosas haga.
376
Ante el admirable prodigio que se me presenta a la vista, estoy dudando. ¿Cómo, si la estoy viendo, podré negar que no sea ésta la niña Antígona? ¡Oh hija infeliz de Edipo, infeliz padre! ¿Qué es esto? ¿Es que, por desobedecer los mandatos del rey, te traen éstos habiéndote sorprendido en tal imprudencia?
Muchas cosas hay admirables, pero ninguna es más admirable que el hombre. Él es quien al otro lado del espumante mar se traslada llevado del impetuoso viento a través de las olas que braman en derredor; y a la más excelsa de las diosas, a la Tierra, incorruptible e incansable, esquilma con el arado, que dando vueltas sobre ella año tras año, la revuelve con ayuda de la raza caballar.
343
Y de la raza ligera de las aves, tendiendo redes, se apodera; y también de las bestias salvajes y de los peces del mar, con cuerdas tejidas en malla, la habilidad del hombre. Domeña con su ingenio a la fiera salvaje que en el monte vive; y al crinado caballo y al indómito toro montaraz, les hace amar el yugo al que sujetan su cerviz.
354
Y en el arte de la palabra, y en el pensamiento sutil como el viento, y en las asambleas que dan leyes a la ciudad se amaestró; y también en evitar las molestias de la lluvia, de la intemperie y del inhabitable invierno. Teniendo recursos para todo, no queda sin ellos ante lo que ha de ve- nir. Solamente contra la muerte no encuentra remedio; pero sabe precaverse de las molestas enfermedades, procurando evitarlas.
365
Y poseyendo la industriosa habilidad del arte más de lo que
podia
podía esperarse, procede unas veces bien o se arrastra hacia el mal, conculcando las leyes de la patria y el sagrado juramento de los dioses. Quien, ocupando un elevado cargo en la ciudad, se habitúa al mal por osadía, es indigno de vivir en ella : que nunca sea mi huésped, y menos amigo mío, el que tales cosas haga.
376
Ante el admirable prodigio que se me presenta a la vista, estoy dudando. ¿Cómo, si la estoy viendo, podré negar que no sea ésta la niña Antígona? ¡Oh hija infeliz de Edipo, infeliz padre! ¿Qué es esto? ¿Es que, por desobedecer los mandatos del rey, te traen éstos habiéndote sorprendido en tal imprudencia?
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 61 focus
Chorus
333
Multa quidem sunt mirabilia; nihil vero homine mirabilius est.
Itaque tum canum ultra pontum procelloso flante noto fertur, circumfrementes transmittens fluctus; tum supremam deam, Tellurem immortalem, indefessam, exercet circumactis aratris per singulos annos, equino genere versans.
343
Levium etiam genus avium cassibus circumdatum abducit, agrestiumque ferarum secla, pontique marinam naturam nexis retium laqueis, vir solers:
edomatque artibus agrestem beluam montivagam, iubatumque equum et montanum indomitum taurum iugo admovet, cervicibus imponendo.
354
Quin dicendi artem, sublimiumque rerum scientiam et civiles mores didicit, tum etiam inhabitabilis frigoris subdialia imbriumque tela fugere.
Ad omnia ingeniosus, nullorumque, futura quaesunt, improvidus, est:
solius Orci effugium invenire non valet:
difficilium tamen morborum remedia excogitavit.
365
Callidus ultra quam.
sperari possit, quodvis opus ingens artificio perficere, modo bonum, modo pravum sectatur.
Leges contemnens patriae, vindicesque iurisiurandi patrios deos, princeps, civitate eiicitur, qui pravum, audaciae plenus, sectatur:
neque idem mecum tectum subeat, nec mecum conferat:
consilia, qui talia patrat. —
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At dubito, an hoc esse dicam deorum ostentum. — Quanquam infitias ire qui potero, hanc, quam video puellam, esse Antigonam ?
O misera, et misero patre Oedipode mata, quidnam istud est?
Anne te isti adducunt regis imperio immorigeram, et in amenti deprehensam auso?
333
Multa quidem sunt mirabilia; nihil vero homine mirabilius est.
Itaque tum canum ultra pontum procelloso flante noto fertur, circumfrementes transmittens fluctus; tum supremam deam, Tellurem immortalem, indefessam, exercet circumactis aratris per singulos annos, equino genere versans.
343
Levium etiam genus avium cassibus circumdatum abducit, agrestiumque ferarum secla, pontique marinam naturam nexis retium laqueis, vir solers:
edomatque artibus agrestem beluam montivagam, iubatumque equum et montanum indomitum taurum iugo admovet, cervicibus imponendo.
354
Quin dicendi artem, sublimiumque rerum scientiam et civiles mores didicit, tum etiam inhabitabilis frigoris subdialia imbriumque tela fugere.
Ad omnia ingeniosus, nullorumque, futura quaesunt, improvidus, est:
solius Orci effugium invenire non valet:
difficilium tamen morborum remedia excogitavit.
365
Callidus ultra quam.
sperari possit, quodvis opus ingens artificio perficere, modo bonum, modo pravum sectatur.
Leges contemnens patriae, vindicesque iurisiurandi patrios deos, princeps, civitate eiicitur, qui pravum, audaciae plenus, sectatur:
neque idem mecum tectum subeat, nec mecum conferat:
consilia, qui talia patrat. —
376
At dubito, an hoc esse dicam deorum ostentum. — Quanquam infitias ire qui potero, hanc, quam video puellam, esse Antigonam ?
O misera, et misero patre Oedipode mata, quidnam istud est?
Anne te isti adducunt regis imperio immorigeram, et in amenti deprehensam auso?
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 61 focus
CHORUS
CHORUS.
LEADER OF CHORUS.
Many a wonder lives and moves, but the wonder of all is man,
That courseth over the grey ocean, carried of Southern gale,
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Faring amidst high-swelling seas that rudely surge around,
And Earth, supreme of mighty Gods, eldest, imperishable,
Eternal, he with patient furrow wears and wears away
As year by year the plough-shares turn and turn,—
Subduing her unwearied strength with children of the steed.
343
And wound in woven coils of nets he seizeth for his prey
The aëry tribe of birds and wilding armies of the chase,
345
And sea-born millions of the deep—man is so crafty-wise.
And now with engine of his wit he tameth to his will
The mountain-ranging beast whose lair is in the country wild;
And now his yoke hath passed upon the mane
Of horse with proudly crested neck and tireless mountain bull.
354
Wise utterance and wind-swift thought, and city-moulding mind,
And shelter from the clear-eyed power of biting frost,
355
He hath taught him, and to shun the sharp, roof-penetrating rain,—
Full of resource, without device he meets no coming time;
From Death alone he shall not find reprieve;
No league may gain him that relief; but even for fell disease,
That long hath baffled wisest leech, he hath contrived a cure.
Inventive beyond wildest hope, endowed with boundless skill,
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One while he moves toward evil, and one while toward good,
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According as he loves his land and fears the Gods above.
Weaving the laws into his life and steadfast oath of Heaven,
High in the State he moves but outcast he,
370
Who hugs dishonour to his heart and follows paths of crime
Ne’er may he come beneath my roof, nor think like thoughts with me.
What portent from the Gods is here?
My mind is mazed with doubt and fear.
376
How can I gainsay what I see?
I know the girl Antigone,
O hapless child of hapless sire!
Didst thou, then, recklessly aspire
380
To brave kings’ laws, and now art brought
In madness of transgression caught?
Many a wonder lives and moves, but the wonder of all is man,
That courseth over the grey ocean, carried of Southern gale,
335
Faring amidst high-swelling seas that rudely surge around,
And Earth, supreme of mighty Gods, eldest, imperishable,
Eternal, he with patient furrow wears and wears away
As year by year the plough-shares turn and turn,—
Subduing her unwearied strength with children of the steed.
And wound in woven coils of nets he seizeth for his prey
The aëry tribe of birds and wilding armies of the chase,
345
And sea-born millions of the deep—man is so crafty-wise.
And now with engine of his wit he tameth to his will
The mountain-ranging beast whose lair is in the country wild;
And now his yoke hath passed upon the mane
Of horse with proudly crested neck and tireless mountain bull.
Wise utterance and wind-swift thought, and city-moulding mind,
And shelter from the clear-eyed power of biting frost,
355
He hath taught him, and to shun the sharp, roof-penetrating rain,—
Full of resource, without device he meets no coming time;
From Death alone he shall not find reprieve;
No league may gain him that relief; but even for fell disease,
That long hath baffled wisest leech, he hath contrived a cure.
Inventive beyond wildest hope, endowed with boundless skill,
One while he moves toward evil, and one while toward good,
365
According as he loves his land and fears the Gods above.
Weaving the laws into his life and steadfast oath of Heaven,
High in the State he moves but outcast he,
370
Who hugs dishonour to his heart and follows paths of crime
Ne’er may he come beneath my roof, nor think like thoughts with me.
What portent from the Gods is here?
My mind is mazed with doubt and fear.
How can I gainsay what I see?
I know the girl Antigone,
O hapless child of hapless sire!
Didst thou, then, recklessly aspire
380
To brave kings’ laws, and now art brought
In madness of transgression caught?
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 69 focus
Nicht mehr verlang' ich's, möchte dich zur Helferin
Nicht mehr, erklärtest du dich auch bereit dazu.
70
Nein, wähle deinem Sinne nach: ihn werd' ich selbst
Bestatten; ruhmvoll ist der Tod für diese That.
Bei ihm, dem Lieben, werd' ich ruh'n, die Liebende,
Die frommen Frevel übte; muß ich länger doch
Den Todten dort gefallen, als den Lebenden.
75
Denn dort ja ruh' ich ewig; du, wenn dir's gefällt,
Entehre, was in Ehre selbst bei Göttern steht.
Ich acht' es auch der Ehre werth; indeß der Stadt
Zum Troz zu handeln, fühl ich mich nicht stark genug.
Nicht mehr verlang' ich's, möchte dich zur Helferin
Nicht mehr, erklärtest du dich auch bereit dazu.
70
Nein, wähle deinem Sinne nach: ihn werd' ich selbst
Bestatten; ruhmvoll ist der Tod für diese That.
Bei ihm, dem Lieben, werd' ich ruh'n, die Liebende,
Die frommen Frevel übte; muß ich länger doch
Den Todten dort gefallen, als den Lebenden.
75
Denn dort ja ruh' ich ewig; du, wenn dir's gefällt,
Entehre, was in Ehre selbst bei Göttern steht.
Ich acht' es auch der Ehre werth; indeß der Stadt
Zum Troz zu handeln, fühl ich mich nicht stark genug.
Antigone.
So wende du das vor; doch ich geh' unverweilt,
80
Und schütt' ein Grab dem heißgeliebten Bruder auf.
So wende du das vor; doch ich geh' unverweilt,
80
Und schütt' ein Grab dem heißgeliebten Bruder auf.
Ismene.
Tollkühne, weh mir! Ha, wie fürcht' ich deinethalb!
Tollkühne, weh mir! Ha, wie fürcht' ich deinethalb!
Antigone.
Sei nicht um mich bang; sich're du nur dein Geschick!
Sei nicht um mich bang; sich're du nur dein Geschick!
Ismene.
Doch offenbare ja zuvor Niemand die That;
Im Dunkel birg' sie; gerne schweig' auch ich davon.
85
Doch offenbare ja zuvor Niemand die That;
Im Dunkel birg' sie; gerne schweig' auch ich davon.
85
Antigone.
Ha, laut verkünd' es! Viel verhaßter wirst du mir
Durch Schweigen, offenbarst du's nicht vor aller Welt.
Ha, laut verkünd' es! Viel verhaßter wirst du mir
Durch Schweigen, offenbarst du's nicht vor aller Welt.
Ismene.
Dir wallt der Busen glühend, wo mich Schauder faßt.
Dir wallt der Busen glühend, wo mich Schauder faßt.
Antigone.
Doch weiß ich hold mir, deren Huld mein Höchstes iſt.
Doch weiß ich hold mir, deren Huld mein Höchstes iſt.
Ismene.
Wenn du's vermöchtest; doch du willst Unmögliches.
90
Nun freilich, wenn ich's nicht vermag, so lass' ich ab.
Auch nicht von Anfang jage nach Unmöglichem.
Wenn du's vermöchtest; doch du willst Unmögliches.
90
Nun freilich, wenn ich's nicht vermag, so lass' ich ab.
Auch nicht von Anfang jage nach Unmöglichem.
Antigone.
Durch solche Reden wirst du billig mir verhaßt,
Und billig hassen wird dich auch der Todte dort.
Nein, laß du mich und meines Sinnes Unverstand
95
Dies Grauenvolle dulden. Was ich Schweres auch
1
Erleiden möge, bleibt mir doch ein schöner Tod.
Durch solche Reden wirst du billig mir verhaßt,
Und billig hassen wird dich auch der Todte dort.
Nein, laß du mich und meines Sinnes Unverstand
95
Dies Grauenvolle dulden. Was ich Schweres auch
1
Erleiden möge, bleibt mir doch ein schöner Tod.
Ismene.
Nun, wenn dir's gut dünkt, ziehe hin: ächt schwesterlich
Als Schwester fühlend gehst du, wenn als Thörin auch.
(Sie gehen nach verschiedenen Seiten ab. Der Chor tritt auf.)
Erste Strophe.
Nun, wenn dir's gut dünkt, ziehe hin: ächt schwesterlich
Als Schwester fühlend gehst du, wenn als Thörin auch.
Der Chor.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 61 focus
Guard
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Behold tho woman who hath done the deed !
I' th' very act of burial we surprised her.
Where is the king ?
385
Behold tho woman who hath done the deed !
I' th' very act of burial we surprised her.
Where is the king ?
385
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 61 focus
EL CENTINELA
¡Ay! ¡Qué desgracia, cuando se forma una opinión, que se opine lo falso!
¡Ay! ¡Qué desgracia, cuando se forma una opinión, que se opine lo falso!
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 61 focus
CHOR der Thebanischen Alten
Ungeheuer ist viele. Doch nichts
Ungeheuerer, als der Mensch.
350
Denn der, über die Nacht
Des Meers, wenn gegen den Winter wehet
Der Südwind, fähret er aus
In geflügelten sausenden Häufsern.
Und der Hinmlischen erhabene Erde
355
Die unverderbliche, unermüdete
Reibet er auf; mit dem strebenden Pfluge,
Von Jahr zu Jahr,
Treibt sein Verkehr er, mit dem Rossegeschlecht’,
343
Und leichträumender Vögel Welt
360
Bestrikt er, und jagt sie;
Und wilder Thiere Zug,
Und des Pontos salzbelebte Natur
Mit gesponnenen Nezen,
Der kundige Mann.
365
Und fängt mit Künsten das Wild,
Das auf Bergen übernachtet und schweift.
Und dem rauhmähnigen Rosse wirft er um
Den Naken das Joch, und dem Berge
Bewandelnden unbezähmten Stier.
370
354
Und die Red’ und den luftigen
Gedanken und städtebeherrschenden Stolz
Hat erlernet er, und übelwohnender
Hügel feuchte Lüfte, und
Die unglüklichen zu fliehen, die Pfeile. Allbewandert,
375
Unbewandert. Zu nichts kommt er.
Der Todten künftigen Ort nur
Zu fliehen weiss er nicht,
Und die Flucht unbehaltener Seuchen
Zu überdenken.
380
365
Von Weisem etwas, und das Geschikte der Kunst
Mehr, als er hoffen kann, besizend,
Kommt einmal er auf Schlimmes, das andre zu Gutem.
Die Gesezze kränkt er, der Erd’und Naturgewalt’ger
Beschwornes Gewissen ;
385
Hochstädtisch kommt, unstädtisch
Zu nichts er, wo das Schöne
Mit ihm ist und mit Frechheit.
Nicht. sey am Heerde mit mir,
Noch gleichgesinnet,
390
Wer solches thut.
376
Wie Gottesversuchung aber stehet es vor mir,
Dafs ich sie seh’ und sagen doch soll,
Das Kind seys nicht, Antigonä.
O Unglükliche, vom unglüklichen
395
Vater Oedipus, was führt über dir und wohin,
Als ungehorsam dich
Den königlichen Gesezen,
In Unvernunft dich ergreifend?
Erste Scene
DER BOTE. DER CHOR. KREON.
Ungeheuer ist viele. Doch nichts
Ungeheuerer, als der Mensch.
350
Denn der, über die Nacht
Des Meers, wenn gegen den Winter wehet
Der Südwind, fähret er aus
In geflügelten sausenden Häufsern.
Und der Hinmlischen erhabene Erde
355
Die unverderbliche, unermüdete
Reibet er auf; mit dem strebenden Pfluge,
Von Jahr zu Jahr,
Treibt sein Verkehr er, mit dem Rossegeschlecht’,
Und leichträumender Vögel Welt
360
Bestrikt er, und jagt sie;
Und wilder Thiere Zug,
Und des Pontos salzbelebte Natur
Mit gesponnenen Nezen,
Der kundige Mann.
365
Und fängt mit Künsten das Wild,
Das auf Bergen übernachtet und schweift.
Und dem rauhmähnigen Rosse wirft er um
Den Naken das Joch, und dem Berge
Bewandelnden unbezähmten Stier.
370
Und die Red’ und den luftigen
Gedanken und städtebeherrschenden Stolz
Hat erlernet er, und übelwohnender
Hügel feuchte Lüfte, und
Die unglüklichen zu fliehen, die Pfeile. Allbewandert,
375
Unbewandert. Zu nichts kommt er.
Der Todten künftigen Ort nur
Zu fliehen weiss er nicht,
Und die Flucht unbehaltener Seuchen
Zu überdenken.
380
Von Weisem etwas, und das Geschikte der Kunst
Mehr, als er hoffen kann, besizend,
Kommt einmal er auf Schlimmes, das andre zu Gutem.
Die Gesezze kränkt er, der Erd’und Naturgewalt’ger
Beschwornes Gewissen ;
385
Hochstädtisch kommt, unstädtisch
Zu nichts er, wo das Schöne
Mit ihm ist und mit Frechheit.
Nicht. sey am Heerde mit mir,
Noch gleichgesinnet,
390
Wer solches thut.
Wie Gottesversuchung aber stehet es vor mir,
Dafs ich sie seh’ und sagen doch soll,
Das Kind seys nicht, Antigonä.
O Unglükliche, vom unglüklichen
395
Vater Oedipus, was führt über dir und wohin,
Als ungehorsam dich
Den königlichen Gesezen,
In Unvernunft dich ergreifend?
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 61 focus
Chorus
1
333
Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man; the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy south-wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him; and Earth, the eldest of the gods, the immortal, the unwearied, doth he wear, turning
340
the soil with the offspring of horses, as the ploughs go to and fro from year to year.
1
343
And the light-hearted race of birds, and the tribes of savage beasts, and the sea-brood of the deep, he snares in the meshes of his woven toils, he leads captive, man excellent in wit. And he masters by his arts the beast whose lair is in the wilds, who roams the hills;
350
he tames the horse of shaggy mane, he puts the yoke upon its neck, he tames the tireless mountain bull,
2
354
And speech, and wind-swift thought, and all the moods that mould a state, hath he taught himself; and how to flee the arrows of the frost, when ’tis hard lodging under the clear sky, and the arrows of the rushing rain ;
360
yea, he hath resource for all; without resource he meets nothing that must come: only against Death shall he call for aid in vain; but from baffling maladies he hath devised escapes.
2
365
Cunning beyond fancy’s dream is the fertile skill which brings him, now to evil, now to good. When he honours the laws of the land, and that justice which he hath sworn by the gods to uphold, proudly stands
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his city: no city hath he who, for his rashness, dwells with sin. Never may he share my hearth, never think my thoughts, who doth these things!
Enter the Guard on the spectators’ left, leading in ANTIGONE.
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What portent from the gods is this?—my soul is amazed. I know her—how can I deny that yon maiden is Antigone?
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O hapless, and child of hapless sire,—of Oedipus ! What means this? Thou brought a prisoner?—thou, disloyal to the king’s laws, and taken in folly?
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Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man; the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy south-wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him; and Earth, the eldest of the gods, the immortal, the unwearied, doth he wear, turning
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the soil with the offspring of horses, as the ploughs go to and fro from year to year.
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And the light-hearted race of birds, and the tribes of savage beasts, and the sea-brood of the deep, he snares in the meshes of his woven toils, he leads captive, man excellent in wit. And he masters by his arts the beast whose lair is in the wilds, who roams the hills;
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he tames the horse of shaggy mane, he puts the yoke upon its neck, he tames the tireless mountain bull,
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And speech, and wind-swift thought, and all the moods that mould a state, hath he taught himself; and how to flee the arrows of the frost, when ’tis hard lodging under the clear sky, and the arrows of the rushing rain ;
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yea, he hath resource for all; without resource he meets nothing that must come: only against Death shall he call for aid in vain; but from baffling maladies he hath devised escapes.
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Cunning beyond fancy’s dream is the fertile skill which brings him, now to evil, now to good. When he honours the laws of the land, and that justice which he hath sworn by the gods to uphold, proudly stands
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his city: no city hath he who, for his rashness, dwells with sin. Never may he share my hearth, never think my thoughts, who doth these things!
Enter the Guard on the spectators’ left, leading in ANTIGONE.
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What portent from the gods is this?—my soul is amazed. I know her—how can I deny that yon maiden is Antigone?
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O hapless, and child of hapless sire,—of Oedipus ! What means this? Thou brought a prisoner?—thou, disloyal to the king’s laws, and taken in folly?
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 61 focus
Antigone
He was not a slave who died,
He was a brother.
He was not a slave who died,
He was a brother.
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 100-160 focus
Enter the Chorus on the right.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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,
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with a mass of weapons and crested helmets.
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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,
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with a mass of weapons and crested helmets.
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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.
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So fierce was the crash of battle swelling about his back, a match too hard to win for the rival of the dragon.
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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.
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So fierce was the crash of battle swelling about his back, a match too hard to win for the rival of the dragon.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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Ares, our mighty ally at the turning-point.
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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,
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Ares, our mighty ally at the turning-point.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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,
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that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate?
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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,
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that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate?
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