Sophocles Antigone 254

Friedrich Hölderlin (Translator)

KREON
Io! Io! du schmuziger Hafen
1340
Der Unterwelt! was? mich nun? was? verderbest du mich?
Io! der übelberichtet mir
Hersandte das Unglük, führest solch Geschrei du?
Weh! Weh! du hast zu Grunde den Mann gerichtet.
Was sprichstdu, Kind ? was bringest dumir Neues?
1345
Weh! Weh! Weh!
Geschlachtet an dem Boden liege
Des Weibs Theil über allgemeinem Zerfalle.

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)) — 254 focus
ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἠφάνιστο, τυμβήρης μὲν οὔ·
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 254 focus
ἐλθόντος, οὐ σπάσαντος ἐξεφαίνετο.
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 254 focus
λεπτὴ δ᾽, ἄγος φεύγοντος ὥς, ἐπῆν κόνις·
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 254 focus
δείκνυσι, πᾶσι θαῦμα δυσχερὲς παρῆν.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 254 focus
δείκνυσι, πᾶσι θαῦμα δυσχερὲς παρῆν·
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 254.mvp-line-254 focus
δείκνυσι, πᾶσι θαῦμα δυσχερὲς παρῆν·
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 254 focus
δείκνυσι, πᾶσι θαῦμα δυσχερὲς παρῆν
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 254 focus
δείκνυσι, πᾶσι, θαῦμα δυσχερὲς παρῆν.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 254 focus
δείκνυσι, πᾶσι θαῦμα δυσχερὲς παρῆν.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 254.mvp-line-254 focus
δείκνυσι, πᾶσι θαῦμα δυσχερὲς παρῆν.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 254 focus
δείκνυσι, πᾶσι θαῦμα δυσχερὲς παρῆν.
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 254 focus
δείκνυσι, πᾶσι θαῦμα δυσχερὲς παρῆν.
Translations (9)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 254 focus
CHOR.
Dort seh' ich schon die Arme nahn, Eurydike,
Kreons Gemahlin: aus dem Hause trat sie vor,
sei's hörend von dem Sohne, sei's von Ohngefähr.
1125
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 254 focus
CREONTE
1261 ¡Oh crueles y mortales pecados de mis desatentados consejos! ¡Oh vosotros que veis al muerto y al matador en una misma familia! ¡Oh infaustas resoluciones mias mías! ¡Oh hijo! ¡Tan joven, y de prematura muerte, ayay, ayay, has muerto! Te has ido por mis funestas resoluciones, no por las tuyas.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 254 focus
Chorus
1270 Quanquam sero, videris tamen deüm iustitiam agnovisse!
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 254 focus
CR
1281
What more of woe,
Or what more woeful, sounds anew from thee?
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 237 focus
Was ist's, warum befiel dich solche Bangigkeit?
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 254 focus
Messenger
Scene V.
Creon, Chorus.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 254 focus
EL CORO
¿Quién es el asesino? ¿Cuál es la victima? Habla.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 254 focus
Creon
Ah me, I have learned the bitter lesson! But then, methinks, oh then, some god smote me from above with crushing weight, and hurled me into ways of cruelty, woe is me,—overthrowing and trampling on my joy! Woe, woe, for the troublous toils of men! Enter MESSENGER from the house.
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 332-380 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-803-1 κατέκανον 1

mvp-comment-803-2 σέ τ’ αὖ τάνδ’ 2

mvp-comment-804-1 πρὸς πότερον … πάντα γάρ 3

mvp-comment-804-2 (1) The MS. ὅπᾳ 4 πᾷ 5

mvp-comment-804-3 (2) L has πάντα γάρ 6

mvp-comment-804-4 (3) κλιθῶ 7 καὶ θῶ 8

mvp-comment-804-5 πρὸς πότερον 9

mvp-comment-804-6 ἴδω 10

mvp-comment-804-7 πᾷ κλιθῶ 11 πᾷ 12

mvp-comment-805-1 λέχρια τἀν χεροῖν 13 λέχρια 14

mvp-comment-805-2 τὰ δ’ ἐπὶ κρατί μοι 15 τὰ ἐν χεροῖν 16

mvp-comment-805-3 εἰσήλατο 17

mvp-comment-806-1 εὐδαιμονίας πρῶτον 18

mvp-comment-806-2 τά γ’ εἰς θεούς 19

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

1341. mvp-comment-741-1 σε τ᾿ αὐτάν It is unnecessary to change αὐτάν, which has a natural and pathetic emphasis. He has been the death even of the mother as well as of the son, αὐτήν τε κατέκτεινε καὶ τὸν παῖδα.

1342. mvp-comment-742-1 πρὸς πότερον ἴδω i. e. Whether at Haemon or Eurydice. The words that follow are suggested by the general notion of distraction which is here expressed. The words in L etc.

1342. mvp-comment-742-2 παῖ καὶ θῶ (= 'Which way also I shall order them'), are clearly a corruption of πᾷ κλιθῶ, which, however, was probably a gloss. For if πάντα γάρ is dropped instead, the asyndeton of λέχρια, κ.τ.λ., is very harsh.

1344-1346. mvp-comment-743-1 * πάντα γὰρ.. εἰσήλατο For all that I am engaged with is ready to fall, while from above a destiny hard to be borne has leapt upon my head. The opposition is not between Haemon and Eurydice (Dindorf), nor between present and future (Seyffert), but between the visible circumstances and the invisible hand of fate. λέχριος is used metaphorically. (See Essay on Language p. 105.) Creon cannot bear the misery that surrounds him, and he cannot look up because of the heavy weight of destiny impending over him.