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Der Opferrauch, der wohlgestalt ist über

Des Felses Schultern, hat dich gesehen; am
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Cocytus, wo die Wasser

Bacchantisch fallen, und

Kastalias Wald auch.

Und unter Nyssäischen Bergen regen

Fernhorchend Brunnen dich auf,
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Und grün Gestad,

Voll Trauben hängend,

Nach Thebes

Unsterblichen Worten zu gehn, |

In die Gassen, da sie frohlokten.
1185

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.

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Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 1126 focus

σε δ᾽ ὑπὲρ ¹ διλόφου πέτρας

στέροψ ὄπωπε λιγνὺς, ἔν-
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θα ² Κωρύκιαι Νύμφαι

στείχουσι Βακχίδες,

Κασταλίας τε νᾶμα· καὶ

σὲ Νυσαίων ὀρέων

κισσήρεις ὄχθαι,
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χλωρά τ᾽ ἀκτὰ πολυστάφυλος πέμπει,

ἀβρότων ἐπέων εὐαζόν-

των, Θηβαΐας

ἐπισκοποῦντ᾽ ἀγυιάς·

b

Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1126 focus

σὲ δ᾽ ὑπὲρ διλόφοιο πέτρας στέροψ ὄπωπε

λιγνύς, ἔνθα Κωρύκιαι νύμφαι στείχουσι Βακχίδες,

Κασταλίας τε νᾶμα·
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καί σε Νυσαίων ὀρέων

κισσήρεις ὄχθαι

χλωρά τ' ἀκτὰ πολυστάφυλος πέμπει,

ἀμβρότων ἐπέων εὐαζόντων,

Θηβαίας ἐπισκοποῦντ᾽ ἀγυιάς·
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2

Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1126 focus

σὲ δ᾽ ὑπὲρ διλόφου πέτρας

στέροψ ὄπωπε λιγνὺς, ἔνθα

Κωρυκίαις Νύμφαις

στείχουσι Βακχίδες,
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Κασταλίας τε νᾶμα,

καί σε Νυσαίων ὀρέων

κισσήρεις ὄχθαι, χλωρά τ᾽ ἀ-

κτὰ πουλυστάφυλος πέμπει,

ἁβρότων ἐπέων εὐαζόντων,
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Θηβαίας ἐπισκοποῦντ᾽ ἀγυιάς·

2

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1126 focus

σὲ δ᾽ ὑπὲρ διλόφου πέτρας στέροψ ὄπωπε

λιγνύς, ἔνθα Κωρύκιαι Νύμφαι στείχουσι Βακχίδες,

Κασταλίας τε νᾶμα.
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62r

καί σε Νυσαίων ὀρέων

κισσήρεις ὄχθαι

χλωρά τ᾿ ἀκτὰ πολυστάφυλος πέμπει

τῶν ἀμβρότων ἐπέων εὐαζόντων

Θηβαίας ἐπισκοποῦντ᾽ ἀγυιάς·
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β

Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 1126 focus

σὲ δ᾽ ὑπὲρ διλόφου πέτρας στέροψ ὄπωπε

λιγνύς, ἔνθα Κωρύκιαι

στείχουσι Νύμφαι Βακχίδες

Κασταλίας τε νᾶμα.
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καί σε Νυσαίων ὀρέων

κισσήρεις ὄχθαι χλωρά τ᾽ ἀκ-

τὰ πολυστάφυλος πέμπει,

ἀμβρότων ἐπέων

εὐαζόντων, Θηβαΐας
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ἐπισκοποῦντ᾽ ἀγυιάς·

2

Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1126 focus

σὲ δ’ ὑπὲρ διλόφου πέτρας στέροψ ὄπωπε

λιγνύς, ἔνθα Κωρύκιαι

νύμφαι στίχουσι Βακχίδες

Κασταλίας τε νᾶμα.
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καί σε Νυσαίων ὀρέων

κισσήρεις ὄχθαι χλωρά τ’ ἀκ-

τὰ πολυστάφυλος πέμπει,

ἀμβρότων ἐπέων

εὐαζόντων, Θηβαΐας
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ἐπισκοποῦντ’ ἀγυιάς·

2

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 1126 focus

σὲ δ᾽ ὑπὲρ διλόφου πέτρας στέροψ ὄπωπε

λιγνύς, ἔνθα Κωρύκιαι

στείχουσι νύμφαι Βακχίδες,

Κασταλίας τε νᾶμα
1130

καί σε Νυσαίων ὀρέων

κισσήρεις ὄχθαι χλωρά τ᾽ ἀ-

κτὰ πολυστάφυλος πέμπει,

ἀμβρότων ἑπετᾶν

εὐαζόντων Θηβαΐας
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ἐπισκοποῦντ᾽ ἀγυιάς·

2

Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 1126 focus

σὲ δ᾽ ὑπὲρ διλόφου πέτρας

στέροψ ὄπωπε λιγνύς, ἔν-

θα Κωρύκιαι νύμφαι
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στείχουσι Βακχίδες,

Κασταλίας τε νᾶμα· καί

σε Νυσαίων ὀρέων

κισσήρεις ὄχθαι,

χλωρά τ᾽ ἀκτὰ πολυστάφυλος πέμπει
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ἀμβρότων ἐπέων

εὐαζόντων, Θηβαΐας

ἐπισκοποῦντ᾽ ἀγυιάς·

2

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 1126 focus

σὲ δ᾽ ὑπὲρ διλόφου πέτρας στέροψ· ὄπωπε 1
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λιγνύς, ἔνθα Κωρύκιαι 2

στείχουσι Νύμφαι Βακχίδες, 3

Κασταλίας τε νᾶμα. 4
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καί σε Νυσαίων ὀρέων 5

κισσήρεις ὄχθαι χλωρά τ᾽ ἀκτὰ 6

πολυστάφυλος πέμπει, 7

ἀμβρότων ἐπέων 8

εὐαζόντων, Θηβαΐας ἐπισκοποῦντ᾽ ἀγυιάς. 9
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2

Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1126 focus

σὲ δ᾽ ὑπὲρ διλόφου πέτρας στέροψ ὄπωπε

λιγνύς, ἔνθα Κωρύκιαι

στείχουσι Νύμφαι Βακχίδες,

Κασταλίας τε νᾶμα.
1130

καί σε Νυσαίων ὀρέων

κισσήρεις ὄχθαι χλωρά τ᾽ ἀ-

κτὰ πολυστάφυλος πέμπει

ἀβρότων ἑπετᾶν εὐ-

αζόντων Θηβαΐας
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ἐπισκοποῦντ᾽ ἀγυιάς·

Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1126 focus

Χορός

σὲ δʼ ὑπὲρ διλόφου πέτρας στέροψ ὄπωπε

λιγνύς, ἔνθα Κωρύκιαι

στείχουσι νύμφαι Βακχίδες,

Κασταλίας τε νᾶμα.
1130

καί σε Νυσαίων ὀρέων

κισσήρεις ὄχθαι χλωρά τʼ ἀκτὰ

πολυστάφυλος πέμπει,

ἀμβρότων ἐπέων

εὐαζόντων Θηβαΐας ἐπισκοποῦντʼ ἀγυιάς·
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Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1126 focus

σὲ δ᾽ ὑπὲρ διλόφου πέτρας στέροψ ὄπωπε

λιγνύς, ἔνθα Κωρύκιαι

στείχουσι Νύμφαι Βακχίδες,

Κασταλίας τε νᾶμα·
1130

καὶ σε Νυσαίων ὀρέων

κισσήρεις ὄχθαι χλωρά τ᾽ ἀκτὰ

πολυστάφυλος πέμπει,

ἀμβρότων ἑπετᾶν

εὐαζόντων Θηβαΐας
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ἐπισκοποῦντ᾽ ἀγυιάς·

Translations (10)

German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1126 focus

Dich schauet vom Doppelgeklipp' auflodernd helle

Dampfglut, wo Korykische Nymphen schreiten froh im Bacchoschor,

schauet der Born Kastalia's!
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Dich entsendet Nysa's Gebirg

und Epheuwaldhöh'n,

wo grünumlaubtem Ufer entlang Wein prangt!

Gottvoll schallet dann jauchzend Festlied,

weil du freundlich Thebens Gassen heimsuchst,
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Str. 2.

Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 1126 focus

Hacia ti se dirige la llama que brilla sobre este monte de dos cimas, por donde corren las Coricias ninfas bacantes y la fuente de Castalia. Y a ti, las escarpadas alturas de los montes de Nisa, cubiertos de hiedra, y la verde falda en que abunda la vid, envian envían, resonando los inmortales himnos evohé, evohé, a visitar las calles de Tebas, a la cual

Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1126 focus

Te super bicipitem collem coruscans conspicit flamma, ubi Coryciis una cum Nymphis ambulant Bacchides , Castaliaeque fons, te et Nysaeorum montium hedera densa iuga, viridisque ora vitibus consita te mittit, immortali bacchante cantu, Thebana invisere compita :

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1126 focus

The pinewood flame beholds, where Bacchai rove,

Nymphs of Corycian grove,

Hard by the flowing of Castalia’s rill.
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To visit Theban ways,
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By bloomy wine-cliffs flushing tender bright

’Neath far Nyseian height

Thou movest o’er the ivy-mantled mound,

While myriad voices sound

Loud strains of ‘Evoe!’ to thy deathless praise.

For Thebè thou dost still uphold,
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German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1126 focus

Thebä, wohnend am hellen Strom Ismenos,

Wo die Saat aussproß des wilden Drachen!¹

Erste Gegenstrophe.

Dich sieht von dem doppelten Felshaupt hell erblizend²

Feuer, wo korykische Nymphen sich³
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In Jubelreih'n ergeh'n,

Dich der Kastalia Quellborn;

Dich geleiten nysischer Berg'⁴

Anhöh'n voll Epheu's;

Ihr grünes Ufer, traubenumkränzt, feiert,
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Und gottvolle Gesänge schallen festlich,

Wenn du Thebä's Gassen fröhlich heimsuchst,

Zweite Strophe.

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1155 focus

Chorus.

Messenger

Ye race of Cadmus, sons of ancient

Thebes,

Henceforth no state of human life by me

Shall be or valued or despised : for all

Depends on fortune ; she exalts the low.

And casts the mighty down. The fate of men

Can never be foretold. There was a time

When Creon lived in envied happiness,

Ruled o'er renowned Thebes, which from her foes

He had delivered, with successful power;

Blest in his kingdom, in his children blest,

He stretched o'er all his universal sway.

Now all is gone : when pleasure is no more,

Man is but an animated corse,

Nor can be said to live ; he may be rich.

Or decked with regal honours, but if joy

Be absent from him, if he tastes them not, I

'Tis useless grandeur all, and empty shade. \

Chorus

Touching our royal master, bringst thou news

Of sorrow to us?

Messenger

They are dead ; and those
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Who live the dreadful cause.
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Choe. Quick, tell us who —
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The slayer and the slain !
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Messenger

Hsemon is dead.

Cttor. Dead ! by what hand, his father's or his own ?

Mets. Enraged and grieving for liis murdered love,

He slew himself.

Chorus

O proijhet ! thy predictions

Were bnt too true !

Messenger

Since thus it be, 'tis fit

We should consult ; our present state demands it,

Chorus

But see ! Eurydice, the wretched wife
1180

Of Creon, comes this way ; or chance hath brought her.

Or Haemon's hapless fate hath reached her ear.

Eurydice
Scene II.

Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 1126 focus

En tu honor se cleva la brillante llama de los sacrificios en la montaña de doble cumbre que recorren las Bacantes, ninfas Corycias, y á la que riegan las aguas de la fuente Castalia, Tú atraviesas las colinas de la montaña de Nysa cubiertas de espesa yedra y sus verdes faldas de numerosos viñedos, y cantos de alegría saludan ta presencia, cuando visitas los muros de Thebas...

Estrofa 2.a

CORO

English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 1126 focus

Thou hast been seen where torch-flames glare through smoke, above the crests of the twin peaks, where move 1130 the Corycian nymphs, thy votaries, hard by Castalia’s stream. Thou comest from the ivy-mantled slopes of Nysa’s hills, and from the shore green with many-clustered vines, while thy name is lifted up on strains of more than mortal power, as thou visitest the ways of Thebè: 2

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 1126 focus

God of the shouting Thyad train,

Pleased o'er the walls, which thy loved Thebes enclose,

A present guardian to preside,

Where deep Ismenus rolls his tide,

'Midst the fierce race that from the dragon rose !
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Thee saw the wild and rocky steep,
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Whose forked summits proudly rise,

And stretch their rude brows to the skies,

Where the Corycian Nymphs their orgies keep:

Thee, the flames blazing on the mount:

• Thee, pure Castalia's sacred fount:

Thee, the Nysæan mountain's craggy sides,

O'er which the mantling ivy twines:

The swelling hillocks green with vines,

Whose purple fruit their foliage hides;
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And waking harmony's enchanting pow'rs,
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English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 1115-1150 focus

Chorus

God of many names, glory of the Cadmeian bride and offspring of loud-thundering Zeus, you who watch over far-famed Italy and reign
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in the valleys of Eleusinian Deo where all find welcome! O Bacchus, denizen of Thebes , the mother-city of your Bacchants, dweller by the wet stream of Ismenus on the soil
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of the sowing of the savage dragon’s teeth!
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Chorus

The smoky glare of torches sees you above the cliffs of the twin peaks, where the Corycian nymphs move inspired by your godhead,

and Castalia’s stream sees you, too. The ivy-mantled slopes of Nysa ’s hills and the shore green with many-clustered vines send you, when accompanied by the cries of your divine words,
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you visit the avenues of Thebes .
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1137

Chorus

Thebes of all cities you hold foremost in honor, together with your lightning-struck mother.

And now when the whole city is held subject to a violent plague, come, we ask, with purifying feet over steep Parnassus ,
1140

or over the groaning straits!
1145

1146

Chorus

O Leader of the chorus of the stars whose breath is fire, overseer of the chants in the night, son begotten of Zeus,

appear, my king, with your attendant Thyiads, who in night-long frenzy dance and sing you as Iacchus the Giver!
1150

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-709-1 φονεύει ¹ ὁ κείμενος ²

mvp-comment-710-1 αὐτόχειρ ³

mvp-comment-711-1 φόνου ⁴

mvp-comment-711-2 ὀρθὸν ἤνυσας ⁵

mvp-comment-712-1 ὡς ⁶ πάρεστι βουλ. τὰ ἄλλα ⁷ βουλεύειν ⁸ τὰ ἄλλα ⁹

mvp-comment-712-2 ὧδ’ ἐχόντων ¹⁰

mvp-comment-713-1 καὶ μήν ¹¹

mvp-comment-713-2 Εὐρυδίκην ¹²

mvp-comment-714-1 κλύουσα παιδός ¹³

mvp-comment-715-1 ὦ πάντες ἀστοί ¹⁴

mvp-comment-716-1 Παλλάδος προσήγορος εὐγμάτων ¹⁵

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

1175. mvp-comment-668-1 αὐτόχειρ On the indefiniteness of the compounds of αὐτός, see Essay on Language p. 101. This word, as here used, is extended from meaning By his own hand, to mean By unnatural violence. See above, l. 172 , and cp. the Latin parricida.

1177. mvp-comment-669-1 φόνου For the death of Antigone. This is better than φόνῳ, which, however, might mean In a murderous way, i.e. ξὺν φόνῳ. Cp. 1. 1233.

1178. mvp-comment-670-1 ἤνυσας Didst fulfil; i.e. How true it was, and how thou hast fulfilled it! Early language supposes a causal connection between the prophecy and the event. See on O. T. 156, 720. And for ὀρθόν, ibid. 853

1182. mvp-comment-671-1 κλύουσα παιδός Essay on Language § 9. p. 13. 1184-1185. Ср. О. T. 911 ff., El. 634 ff.

Sophocles Antigone 1126

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Chorus.

Chorus

Touching our royal master, bringst thou news

Of sorrow to us?

Messenger

They are dead ; and those
1175

Who live the dreadful cause.
1175

Choe. Quick, tell us who —
1175

The slayer and the slain !
1175

Messenger

Hsemon is dead.

Cttor. Dead ! by what hand, his father's or his own ?

Mets. Enraged and grieving for liis murdered love,

He slew himself.

Chorus

O proijhet ! thy predictions

Were bnt too true !

Messenger

Since thus it be, 'tis fit

We should consult ; our present state demands it,

Chorus

But see ! Eurydice, the wretched wife
1180

Of Creon, comes this way ; or chance hath brought her.

Or Haemon's hapless fate hath reached her ear.

Eurydice
Scene II.

Estrofa 2.a

CORO

Chorus

Thebes of all cities you hold foremost in honor, together with your lightning-struck mother.

And now when the whole city is held subject to a violent plague, come, we ask, with purifying feet over steep Parnassus ,
1140

or over the groaning straits!
1145

Chorus

O Leader of the chorus of the stars whose breath is fire, overseer of the chants in the night, son begotten of Zeus,

appear, my king, with your attendant Thyiads, who in night-long frenzy dance and sing you as Iacchus the Giver!
1150

Commentary

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Chorus.

Chorus Touching our royal master, bringst thou news Of sorrow to us?

Messenger They are dead ; and those 1175 Who live the dreadful cause. 1175 Choe. Quick, tell us who — 1175 The slayer and the slain ! 1175

Messenger Hsemon is dead. Cttor. Dead ! by what hand, his father's or his own ? Mets. Enraged and grieving for liis murdered love, He slew himself.

Chorus O proijhet ! thy predictions Were bnt too true !

Messenger Since thus it be, 'tis fit We should consult ; our present state demands it,

Chorus But see ! Eurydice, the wretched wife 1180 Of Creon, comes this way ; or chance hath brought her. Or Haemon's hapless fate hath reached her ear.

Eurydice Scene II.

Estrofa 2.a

CORO

Chorus Thebes of all cities you hold foremost in honor, together with your lightning-struck mother. And now when the whole city is held subject to a violent plague, come, we ask, with purifying feet over steep Parnassus , 1140 or over the groaning straits! 1145

Chorus O Leader of the chorus of the stars whose breath is fire, overseer of the chants in the night, son begotten of Zeus, appear, my king, with your attendant Thyiads, who in night-long frenzy dance and sing you as Iacchus the Giver! 1150

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Chorus

Touching our royal master, bringst thou news

Of sorrow to us?

Messenger

They are dead ; and those
1175

Who live the dreadful cause.
1175

Choe. Quick, tell us who —
1175

The slayer and the slain !
1175

Messenger

Hsemon is dead.

Cttor. Dead ! by what hand, his father's or his own ?

Mets. Enraged and grieving for liis murdered love,

He slew himself.

Chorus

O proijhet ! thy predictions

Were bnt too true !

Messenger

Since thus it be, 'tis fit

We should consult ; our present state demands it,

Chorus

But see ! Eurydice, the wretched wife
1180

Of Creon, comes this way ; or chance hath brought her.

Or Haemon's hapless fate hath reached her ear.

Eurydice
Scene II.

Chorus

Thebes of all cities you hold foremost in honor, together with your lightning-struck mother.

And now when the whole city is held subject to a violent plague, come, we ask, with purifying feet over steep Parnassus ,
1140

or over the groaning straits!
1145

Chorus

O Leader of the chorus of the stars whose breath is fire, overseer of the chants in the night, son begotten of Zeus,

appear, my king, with your attendant Thyiads, who in night-long frenzy dance and sing you as Iacchus the Giver!
1150