Sophocles Antigone 872

Friedrich Hölderlin (Translator)

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Antigone. Sophocles. Friedrich Hölderlin (Translator). Frankfurt am Main. 1804.

Funding provided by National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current edition Experimental

German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) (German) (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (12)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 872 focus
σέβειν 1 μὲν, εὐσέβειά τις·
κράτος δ᾽, ὅτῳ κράτος μέλει,
παραβατὸν οὐδαμῇ πέλει·
σὲ δ᾽ αὐτόγνωτος ὥλεσ᾽ ὀργά.
870
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 872 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 872 focus
σέβειν νὶν, εὐσέβειά τις·
κράτος δ᾽, ὅτῳ κράτος μέλει,
παραβατὸν οὐδαμῇ πέλει.
σὲ δ᾽ αὐτόγνωτος ὤλεσ᾽ ὀργά.
860
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 872 focus
σέβειν μὲν εὐσέβειά τις,
κράτος δ᾽ ὅτῳ κράτος μέλει
παραβατὸν οὐδαμῆ πέλει·
σὲ δ᾽ αὐτόγνωτος ὤλεσ᾽ ὀργά.
875
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 872 focus
σέβειν μὲν εὐσέβειά τις,
κράτος δ᾽ ὅτῳ κράτος μέλει
παραβατὸν οὐδαμᾷ πέλει,
σὲ δ᾽ αὐτόγνωτος ὤλεσ᾽ ὀργά.
875
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 872 focus
σέβειν μὲν εὐσέβειά τις,
κράτος δ’ ὅτῳ κράτος μέλει
παραβατὸν οὐδαμᾷ πέλει,
σὲ δ’ αὐτόγνωτος ὤλεσ’ ὀργά.
875
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 872 focus
σέβειν μὲν εὐσέβειά τις,
κράτος δ᾽, ὅτωι κράτος μέλει,
παραβατὸν οὐδαμᾶι πέλει·
σὲ δ᾽ αὐτόγνωτος ὤλεσ᾽ ὀργά.
875
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 872 focus
σέβειν μὲν εὐσέβειά τις·
κράτος δ᾽, ὅτῳ κράτος μέλει,
865
παραβατὸν οὐδαμῇ πέλει,
σὲ δ᾽ αὐτόγνωτος ὤλεσ᾽ ὀργά.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 872 focus
σέβειν μὲν εὐσέβειά τις, 1
κράτος δ᾽, ὅτῳ κράτος μέλει, 2
παραβατὸν οὐδαμᾷ πέλει· 3
σὲ δ᾽ αὐτόγνωτος ὤλεσ᾽ ὀργά. 4
875
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 872 focus
σέβειν μὲν εὐσέβειά τις,
κράτος δ᾽, ὅτῳ κράτος μέλει,
παραβατὸν οὐδαμᾷ πέλει,
σὲ δ᾽ αὐτόγνωτος ὤλεσ᾽ ὀργά.
875
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 872 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 872 focus
σέβειν μὲν εὐσέβειά τις,
κράτος δ᾽ ὅτωι κράτος μέλει
παραβατὸν οὐδαμᾶι πέλει·
σὲ δ᾽ αὐτόγνωτος ὤλεσ᾽ ὀργά.
875
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 872 focus
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 872 focus
Respetar a los muertos, es piedad; y el imperio, sea cualquiera en quien resida, nunca debe conculcarse. Tu independiente carácter te ha perdido.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 872 focus
Illum colere, pium est;
sed nequaquam iussa transgredi licet eorum, penes quos est imperium. Te vero, quod se ipso monitore utebatur , perdidit ingenium.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 872 focus
’Twas pious, we confess,
Thy fervent deed. But he, who power would show,
Must let no soul of all he rules transgress.
A self-willed passion was thine overthrow.
875
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 872 focus
Fromm handelt, wer die Todten ehrt;
Doch dessen Macht, dem Macht gebührt,
Zu verachten, ziemt sich nimmermehr :
Ja, dich stürzt' eigner Troz in's Unheil!
865
Schlußgesang.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 872 focus
Thy piety demands our praise ; but know,
Authority is not to be despised ;
'Twas thy own rashness brought destruction on thee.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 872 focus
Honrar á los difuntos es ciertamente un acto de piedad; pero la autoridad de los que mandan debe también ser acatada. La fiereza de tu carácter te ha perdido.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 872 focus
Reverent action claims a certain praise for reverence; but an offence against power cannot be brooked by him who hath power in his keeping. Thy self-willed temper hath wrought thy ruin,
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 872 focus
To act with piety denotes a soul
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 872 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-538-1 Few problems of Greek Tragedy have been more discussed than the question whether these vv., or some of them, are spurious. Arist. ( Arist. Rhet. 3. 16 § 9) quotes vv. 911, 912 , and certainly had the whole passage in his text of The Soph. interpolation, then, if such it be, must have been made soon after the poet's death; and has been imputed to his son Iophon (

ὁ ψυχρός
), or some other sorry poet; or to the actors. I confess that, after long thought, I cannot bring myself to believe that Soph. wrote 905—912: with which 904 and 913—920 are in organic unity, and must now stand or fall. Some remarks will be found in the Appendix.

mvp-comment-538-2 The main points (to my mind) are briefly these. (1) The general validity of the divine law, as asserted in 450— 460, cannot be intelligibly reconciled with the limitation in vv. 905—907. (2) A still further limitation is involved in 911 f. She has buried her brother, not simply as such, but because, while he lived, he was an irreplaceable relative. Could she have hoped for the birth of another brother, she would not, then, have felt the duty to be so binding. (3) The composition of vv. 909—912 is unworthy of Sophocles.

mvp-comment-538-3 ’τίμησα 1 εὖ 2 τοῖς φρονοῦσιν 3

mvp-comment-539-1 ἐτήκετο 4

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

903. mvp-comment-511-1 περιστέλλουσα Decking for burial,' and SO also protecting from insult. 904. And certainly those who consider rightly will say I did honour thee. For the dative, see Essay on Language § 13. p. 19. Others take e with ἐτίμησα, but for the stress, it was a real honour,'-cp. the emphatic use of ἄνηρ, Ο. C. 393, and of ὕβρις, ib. 882.

905. mvp-comment-512-1 Feeling the incongruity of saying, If I had lost a child, she says, If I had had children, leaving the further supposition to be implied. Mm2

906. mvp-comment-513-1 κατθανὼν ἐτήκετο Had been wasting in death. Cp. 1. 410, μυδῶν τε σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ.