Sophocles Antigone 780

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νεάνιδος ἐννυχεύεις·

780

Antigone. Sophocles. Fleischer. 1830.

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Current edition Experimental

Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (11)

Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 780 focus

ὃς ἐν μαλακαῖς παρειαῖς

780

Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 780 focus

κοίτας Ἅιδας ζῶσαν ἄγει

780

Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 780 focus

ὁ δ' ἔχων, μέμῃνε.

780

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 780 focus

πόνος περισσός ἐστι τἀν Ἅιδου σέβειν.

780

Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 780 focus

πόνος περισσός ἐστι τἀν Ἅιδου σέβειν.

780

Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 780.mvp-line-773 focus

πόνος περισσός ἐστι τἀν Ἅιδου σέβειν.

780

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 780 focus

πόνος περισσός ἐστι τἀν Ἅιδου σέβειν.

780

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 780 focus

πόνος περισσός ἐστι τἀν Ἅιδου σέβειν.

780

Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 780.mvp-line-773 focus

πόνος περισσός ἐστι τἀν Ἅιδου σέβειν.

780

Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 780 focus

πόνος περισσός ἐστι τἀν Ἅιδου σέβειν.

780

Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 780 focus

πόνος περισσός ἐστι τἀν Ἅιδου σέβειν.

780

Translations (2)

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 781 focus

Eros, Allsieger im Kampf!
775

Du, der bestürmt, wen er bezwungen,

Der Nachts auf schlummernder Jungfrau'n

Zartblühenden Wangen webet:

Hin über's Meer schweisst du, besuchst

Hirtliche Wohnstätten;
780

Und kein ewiger Gott kann dir entrinnen,

Kein sterblicher Mensch, des Tages Sohn;

Und ergriffen rast er.

Erste Gegenstrophe.

English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 781-805 focus

Chorus

Love, the unconquered in battle, Love, you who descend upon riches, and watch the night through on a girl’s soft cheek,

you roam over the sea and among the homes of men in the wilds. Neither can any immortal escape you,
785

nor any man whose life lasts for a day. He who has known you is driven to madness.
790

791

Chorus

You seize the minds of just men and drag them to injustice, to their ruin. You it is who have incited this conflict of men whose flesh and blood are one.

But victory belongs to radiant Desire swelling from the eyes of the sweet-bedded bride. Desire sits enthroned in power beside the mighty laws.
795

For in all this divine Aphrodite plays her irresistible game.
800

801

Enter Antigone under guard from the palace.

Chorus

But now, witnessing this, I too am carried beyond the bounds of loyalty. The power fails me to keep back my streaming tears any longer, when I see Antigone making her way to the chamber where all are laid to rest,

now her bridal chamber.
805

Commentary

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

780. mvp-comment-454-1 περισσός Bootless. Cp. Aesch. Prom. 383, μόχθον περισσόν. It is characteristic of the time (cp. Thucydides) that the political energy of Creon is combined with scepticism.