Sophocles Antigone 72

Friedrich Hölderlin (Translator)

KREON
Du also, die zur Erde neigt das Haupt,
Sagst oder läugnest du, dass dus gethan habst?

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

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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)) — 72 focus
θάψω. καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσῃ θανεῖν.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 72 focus
θάψω. καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσῃ θανεῖν.
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 72 focus
θάψω. καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσῃ θανεῖν·
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 72 focus
θάψω. καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσῃ θανεῖν.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 72 focus
θάψω· καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσῃ θανεῖν.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 72.mvp-line-72 focus
θάψω· καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσῃ θανεῖν.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 72 focus
θάψω. καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσηι θανεῖν.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 72 focus
θάψω. καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσῃ θανεῖν.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 72 focus
θάψω· καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσῃ θανεῖν.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 72.mvp-line-72 focus
θάψω. καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσῃ θανεῖν.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 72 focus
θάψω· καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσῃ θανεῖν.
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 72 focus
θάψω. καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσηι θανεῖν.
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 72 focus
WÄCHTER
Sie hat den Mann begraben. Alles weifst du nun.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 72 focus
CREONTE
441 Tú, tú que inclinas la cara hacia el suelo, ¿afirmas o niegas haber hecho eso?
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 72 focus
Creon
441 Heus tu, quae in terram jdemittis caput, te rogo: faterisne an denegas haec fecisse?
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 72 focus
CR
441
Thou, with thine eyes down-fastened to the earth!
Dost thou confess to have done this, or deny it?
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.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 72 focus
Antigone
Deny it ? No !
'Twas I.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 72 focus
CREONTE
¿Cómo y en qué lugar has encontrado esta joven que me traes presa?
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 72 focus
Creon
441 Thou—thou whose face is bent to earth—dost thou avow, or disavow, this deed ?
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 72 focus
Ismene
556
Why dost thou give me grief,
Bringing no good?
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 100-160 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-258-1 τούτων 1 τὴν δίκην 2 τούτων 3

mvp-comment-258-2 shows that, like

ταῦτα
just before, it refers to the
νόμιμα
: we cannot, therefore, render, ‘the penalty of such an act’ ( sc.
τοῦ ὑπερδραμεῖν
).

mvp-comment-258-3 ἐν θεοῖσι 4

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

458-459. mvp-comment-266-1 τούτων.. τὴν δίκην The penalty to be exacted in vindication of these. The Gods might be said δίκην ἐπιτιθέναι τῶν παραβαθέντων νόμων, although the word in the genitive after δίκη more frequently signifies the offence for which punishment is awarded. Cp. infr. 1074, τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι, κ.τ.λ.

458-459. mvp-comment-266-2 ἀνδρός Of a mere man. Cp. O. C. 567, ἔξοιδ᾽ ἀνὴρ ὤν. 461 ff. Shak. Julius Caesar, 3. 1, 'Bru. That we shall die, we know; 'tis but the time | And drawing days out, that men stand upon. | Cass. Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life | Cuts off so many years of fearing death. | Bru. Grant that, and then is death a benefit: | So are we Caesar's friends, that have abridged His time of fearing death.'

458-459. mvp-comment-266-3 τοῦ χρόνου, sc. ἐν ᾧ μ᾿ ἐχρῆν θανεῖν.