Sophocles Antigone 605

Friedrich Hölderlin (Translator)

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Unter der Erde, deine Macht
Von Männern , wer mag die mit Uebertreiben erreichen?
Die nimmt der Schlaf, dem alles versinket, nicht
Und die stürmischen, die Monde der Geister
In alterloser Zeit, ein Reicher,
630
Behältst des Olympos
Marmornen Glanz du,
Und das Nächste und Künftige
Und Vergangne besorgst du.
Doch wohl auch Wahnsinn kostet
635
Bei Sterblichen im Leben
Solch ein geseztes Denken.

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)) — 605 focus
τεὰν, Ζεῦ, δύνασιν τίς ἀνδρῶν
ὑπερβασία κατάσχοι 1 ,
τὰν οὔθ᾽ ὕπνος αἱρεῖ ποθ᾽ ὁ παντογήρως,
οὔτ᾽ ἀκάμαντοι
θεῶν νιν μῆνες· ἀγήρῳ δὲ χρόνῳ 2 δυνάστας
605
κατέχεις Ὀλύμπου
μαρμαρόεσσαν αἴγλαν.
τό 3 τ' ἔπειτα, καὶ τὸ μέλλον,
καὶ τὸ πρὶν, ἐπαρκέσει
νόμος ὅδ᾽· οὐδὲν ἕρπει
610
θνατῶν βιότῳ πάμπολύ γ᾽ ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
b
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 605 focus
τεάν, Ζεῦ, δύνασιν τίς ἀνδρῶν ὑπερβασίᾳ κατάσχοι,
585
τὰν οὔθ' ὕπνος αἱρεῖ ποθ’ ὁ παντογήρως,
ἀκάματοι θεῶν οὐ
μῆνες· ἀγήρῳ δὲ χρόνῳ δυνάστας
κατέχεις Ὀλύμπου μαρμαρόεσσαν αἴγλαν.
τό τ᾽ ἔπειτα καὶ τὸ μέλλον
590
καὶ τὸ πρὶν ἐπαρκέσει
νόμος ὅδ᾽, οὐδὲν ἕρπων
θνατῶν βιότῳ πάμπολις ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
2
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 605 focus
τεὰν, Ζεῦ, δύνασιν τίς ἀνδρῶν
595
ὑπερβασία κατάσχῃ,
τὰν οὔθ᾽ ὕπνος αἱρεῖ ποθ᾽, ὁ πάντα γ᾽ αἱρῶν,
οὔτε θέειν ἄμκματοι
μῆνες; ἀγήρως χρόνῳ δυνάστας
κατέχεις Ὀλύμπου
600
μαρμαρόεσσαν αἴγλαν·
τό τ' ἔπειτα καὶ τὸ μέλλον,
καὶ τὸ πρὶν ἐπαρκέσει
νόμος ὅδ᾽· οὐδὲν ἕρπειν
θνατῶν βιότῳ πάμπολύ γ᾽ ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
605
2
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 605 focus
τεάν, Ζεῦ, δύνασιν τίς ἀνδρῶν
ὑπερβασία κατάσχοι,
605
τὰν οὔθ᾽ ὕπνος αἱρεῖ ποθ᾽ ὁ παντογήρως
οὔτ᾽ *ἀκάμαντες
56v
θεῶν μῆνες, ἀγήρῳ δὲ χρόνῳ δυνάστας
κατέχεις Ὀλύμπου
μαρμαρόεσσαν αἴγλαν.
610
τό τ᾿ ἔπειτα καὶ τὸ μέλλον
καὶ τὸ πρὶν ἐπαρκέσει
νόμος ὅδ᾽, οὐδὲν *ἕρπων
θνατῶν βιότῳ πάμπολις ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
β
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 605 focus
τεάν, Ζεῦ, δύνασιν τίς ἀν-
δρῶν ὑπερβασία κατάσχοι;
605
τὰν οὔθ᾽ ὕπνος αἱρεῖ ποθ᾽ ὁ παντογήρως,
οὔτ᾽ ἀκάματοι θεῶν
μῆνες, ἀγήρως δὲ χρόνῳ δυνάστας
κατέχεις Ὀλύμπου
μαρμαρόεσσαν αἴγλαν. 610
610
τό τ᾽ ἔπειτα καὶ τὸ μέλλον
καὶ τὸ πρὶν ἐπαρκέσει
νόμος ὅδ᾽· οὐδὲν ἕρπει
θνατῶν βιότῳ πάμπολύ γ᾽ ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
2
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 605 focus
τεάν, Ζεῦ, δύναμιν τίς ἀν-
δρῶν ὑπερβασία κατάσχοι,
605
τὰν οὔθ’ ὕπνος αἱρεῖ ποθ’ ὁ πάντα κηλῶν,
οὔτ’ ἀκάματοι θεῶν
μῆνες, ἀγήρως δὲ χρόνῳ δυνάστας
κατέχεις Ὀλύμπου
μαρμαρόεσσαν αἴγλαν.
610
τό τ’ ἔπειτα καὶ τὸ μέλλον
καὶ τὸ πρὶν ἐπαρκέσει
νόμος ὅδ’· οὐδὲν ἕρπει
θνατῶν βιότῳ πάμπολύ γ’ ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
2
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 605 focus
τεάν, Ζεῦ, δύνασιν τίς ἀν-
δρῶν ὑπερβασία κατάσχοι,
605
τὰν οὔθ᾽ ὕπνος αἱρεῖ ποθ᾽ † παντογήρως †
οὔτ᾽ ἐτέων ἄκματοι
μῆνες, ἀγήρως δὲ χρόνωι
δυνάστας κατέχεις Ὀλύμπου
μαρμαρόεσσαν αἴγλαν.
610
τό τ᾽ ἔπειτα καὶ τὸ μέλλον
καὶ τὸ πρὶν ἐπαρκέσει
νόμος ὅδ᾽· οὐδὲν ἕρπει
θνατῶν βιότωι πάμπολύ γ᾽ ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
2
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 605 focus
τεάν, Ζεῦ, δύνασιν τίς ἀνδρῶν
600
ὑπερβασία κατάσχοι,
τὸν οὔθ᾽ ὕπνος αἱρεῖ πόθ᾽ ὁ παντογήρως,
οὔτ᾽ ἀκάματον θεῶν
μῆνες; ἀγήρῳ δὲ χρόνῳ δυνάστας
κατέχεις Ὀλύμπου
605
μαρμαρόεσσαν αἴγλαν.
τό τ᾽ ἔπειτα, καὶ τὸ μέλλον,
καὶ τὸ πρὶν ἐπαρκέσει
νόμος ὅδ᾽, οὐδὲν ἕρπειν
θνατῶν βιότῳ πάμπολύ γ᾽ ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
610
2
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 605 focus
τεάν, Ζεῦ, δύνασιν τίς ἀνδρῶν ὑπερβασία κατάσχοι; 1
605
τὰν οὔθ᾽ ὕπνος αἱρεῖ ποθ᾽ ὁ πάντ᾽ ἀγρεύων, 2
οὔτε θεῶν ἄκματοι μῆνες, ἀγήρως δὲ χρόνῳ 3
δυνάστας κατέχεις Ὀλύμπου μαρμαρόεσσαν αἴγλαν. 4
610
τό τ᾽ ἔπειτα καὶ τὸ μέλλον 5
καὶ τὸ πρὶν ἐπαρκέσει 6
νόμος ὅδ᾽· οὐδὲν ἕρπει 7
θνατῶν βιότῳ πάμπολύ γ᾽ ἐκτὸς ἄτας. 8
2
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 605 focus
τεάν, Ζεῦ, δύνασιν τίς ἀν-
δρῶν ὑπερβασία κατάσχοι;
605
τὰν οὔθ᾽ ὕπνος αἱρεῖ ποθ᾽ ὁ παντογήρως
οὔτ᾽ ἀκάματοι θεῶν
μῆνες, ἀγήρως δὲ χρόνῳ δυνάστας
κατέχεις Ὀλύμπου
μαρμαρόεσσαν αἴγλαν.
610
τό τ᾽ ἔπειτα καὶ τὸ μέλλον
καὶ τὸ πρὶν ἐπαρκέσει
νόμος ὅδ᾽· οὐδὲν ἕρπει
θνατῶν βιότῳ πάμπολύ γ᾽ ἐκτὸς ἄτας.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 605 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 605 focus
τεάν, Ζεῦ, δύνασιν τίς ἀν-
δρῶν ὑπερβασία κατάσχοι;
605
τὰν οὔθ᾽ ὕπνος αἱρεῖ ποθ᾽ ὁ παντογήρως
οὔτ᾽ ἀκάματοι θεῶν
μῆνες, ἀγήρως δὲ χρόνωι δυνάστας
κατέχεις Ὀλύμπου
μαρμαρόεσσαν αἴγλαν.
610
τό τ᾽ ἔπειτα καὶ τὸ μέλλον
καὶ τὸ πρὶν ἐπαρκέσει
νόμος ὅδ᾽· οὐδὲν ἕρπει
θνατῶν βιότωι † πάμπολις ἐκτὸς ἄτας,
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 605 focus
Wer mag deine Gewalt, o Zeus, kühn aufhalten in frevlem Hochmuth,
585
die nimmer der Schlaf fahet, der Allentkräfter,
nimmer der Götter rasche
Monden! In nie alternder Zeit bewohnst du
des Olympos lichten, strahlenden Gipfel, Herrscher!
In Vergangenheit und Zukunft
590
und jetzo bestehet dies
Gesetz, welches niemals
ob Sterblicher Loos waltete sonder Unheil.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 605 focus
Tu poder, ¡oh Júpiter!, ¿qué hombre en su arrogancia lo podrá resistir, cuando ni lo domina jamás el sueño que a todo el mundo subyuga, ni lo disipan los años que sin cesar se suceden, y siempre joven en el tiempo mantienes el reverberante esplendor del Olimpo? Al presente, en el porvenir y en el pasado regirá siempre esta ley común a todos los pueblos: «Nada ocurre en la vida humana exento de dolor.»
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 605 focus
Vim tuam, lupiter, quis hominum fastus cohibere possit, quam neque somnus , omnia domanms, domat umquam, nec cursu indefesso menses?
Senii expers fulgeniis regis Olympi. splendorem ;' atque et futuro tempore; ct olim, haec lex obtinebit: nihil accidere hominibus, quod nimium iuvet, aegritudine haud permixtum.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 605 focus
Was spreading to our sight
O’er one last fibre of a blasted tree,—
605
When, lo! the dust of cruel death,
Tribute of Gods beneath,
And wildering thoughts, and fate-born ecstasy,
Quench the brief gleam in dark Nonentity.
What froward will of man, O Zeus! can check thy might?
610
Not all-enfeebling sleep, nor tireless months divine,
Can touch thee, who through ageless time
Rulest mightily Olympus’ dazzling height.
This was in the beginning, and shall be
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 605 focus
Wie mag Einer in frevlem Stolze,
Zeus, deine Gewalt bezwingen,
Die nimmer der Schlaf bändigt, der ewig junge, 1
600
Nimmer die raschen
Göttermonden? In nie alternder Jugend wohnst du
In Olympos' lichtem,
Strahlendem Glanz, o König!
Und hinfort in alle Zeiten,
605
Wie für das Vergang'ne, gilt
Dies Gesez: nie waltet
Im Leben das Glück lauter und frei von Leide.
Zweite Gegenstrophe.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 605 focus
The noble Hsemon. Lost in grief he seems.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 605 focus
El orgullo del hombre jamás podrá triunfar ¡oh Júpiter! de tu fuerza. Tú desafías al Sueño irresistible y al Tiempo que en su curso todo lo extermina; y eternamente exento de vejez riges, como soberano, el brillante esplendor del Olimpo. Pero ¡ay! el hombre no puede gozar pura felicidad: el pasado, el presente y el porvenir se hallan sujetos á esta inmutable ley.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 605 focus
Thy power, O Zeus, what human trespass can limit? That power which neither Sleep, the all-ensnaring, nor the untiring months of the gods can master; but thou, a ruler to whom time brings not old age, dwellest in the 610 dazzling splendour of Olympus.
And through the future, near and far, as through the past, shall this law hold good: Nothing that is vast enters into the life of mortals without a curse.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 605 focus
Furious they lash the solid shore,
The promontories round rebellow to the roar.
The house of Labdacus of old
In all the pomp of regal splendor stood;
Till rough misfortune's swelling flood
Ruin on former ruin deep'ning rolfd.,
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 583-630 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-366-1 μήν 1

mvp-comment-366-2 νέατον 2

mvp-comment-366-3 to a person,

νέατος
could not be said of a sole survivor unless he was also the latest-born.
γέννημ’
: cp. 471 n.

mvp-comment-366-4 ἀχνύμενος 3 μόρον 4

mvp-comment-367-1 In the MS. reading (see cr. n.)

νύμφης
is a gloss on τάλιδος 5 τῆς μελλογάμου 6 τῆς μελλογάμου 7 τάλιδος 8

mvp-comment-368-1 ἀπάτας 9 λεχέων 10

mvp-comment-370-1 μάντεων ὑπέρτερον 11

mvp-comment-371-1 τελείαν 12

mvp-comment-371-2 ψῆφο<*> 13

mvp-comment-371-3 ἆρα μή 14

mvp-comment-371-4 τῆς μελλονύμφου 15

mvp-comment-371-5 λυσσαίνων 16 σοὶ μέν 17 θυμαίνων 18

mvp-comment-372-1 σοὶ μέν 19

mvp-comment-372-2 πανταχῇ δρῶντες 20

mvp-comment-373-1 σός 21

mvp-comment-373-2 γνώμας ἔχων χρηστάς 22 ἀπορθοῖς 23 μοι 24

mvp-comment-374-1 ἀξιώσεται 26 ἀξ. μείζων φέρεσθαι 27 ἀξίως ἔσται 28

mvp-comment-374-2 σοῦ καλῶς ἡγουμ. 29 μείζων 30

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

626-627. mvp-comment-367-1 See Essay on Language § 40. p. 75.

628. mvp-comment-368-1 νύμφης had probably been written over μελλογάμου or τάλιδος as a gloss. The words τῆς μελλογάμου νύμφης are omitted in VM¹. This whole expression may have been a gloss on τάλιδος, or on τῆς μελλονύμφου φου infr. 633.

629. mvp-comment-369-1 μόρον Ε. on L. § 16. p. 23.

630. mvp-comment-370-1 ἀπάτας (1) Gen. of cause; or (2) with ὑπερ. Cp. Eur. Hipp. 260.

631. mvp-comment-371-1 μαντέων ὑπέρτερον Better than a seer could tell us. Creon thus vents his impatience at the anticipation of the chorus, and also indicates his scorn of prophecy. Cp. infr. 1034 ff.

632. mvp-comment-372-1 τελείαν ψήφον The fixed, irreversible, decree. Creon means by his first words to exclude hope.

632. mvp-comment-372-2 ἆρα μή Can it be that.., expressing doubt mingled with surprise.

633. mvp-comment-373-1 τῆς μελλονύμφου Objective genitive. Essay on Language § 9. p. 12.

633. mvp-comment-373-2 λυσσαίνων · Madly raging; as if opposition to a father could only be accounted for by madness. The word is ἅπαξ λεγόμενον, and is for this reason preferable to the weaker θυμαίνων.

634. mvp-comment-374-1 σοὶ μέν i.e. Whatever we may be to others.

635-765. mvp-comment-375-1 Haemon professes obedience to his father, but with the implied condition that his father commands what is right. Not heeding this, Creon welcomes his general profession, and enlarges on the blessings that follow from obedience in public and private. He urges Haemon to renounce Antigone. Haemon replies by repeating the praise of her which he has heard in the city (Ar. Rhet. 3. 17, ἕτερον χρὴ λέγοντα ποιεῖν.. ὡς Σοφοκλῆς τὸν Αἴμονα ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἀντιγόνης πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, ὡς λεγόντων ἑτέρων), and begs his father not to be deaf to all opinions but his own. Creon is impatient at this, and, after an altercation, in which both speakers become exasperated, Creon orders Antigone to be brought for immediate execution, and Haemon breaks away in sullen anger. This episode interposes a necessary pause between the condemnation of Antigone and its results, i. e, between the two chief crises of the action, and assists the main impression by bringing the light of natural affection and common opinion to bear on the situation.

635-636. mvp-comment-376-1 σύ μοι γνώμας ἔχων | χρηστὰς ἀπορθοῖς Sc. ἐμέ. You, having good advice for me, direct me. μοι is in construction with the nearer word.

637. mvp-comment-377-1 No marriage can, if I think rightly, be a more valued prize to me. ἀξίως ἔσται has been changed to ἀξιώσεται. But ἀξιοῦσθαι μείζων φέρεσθαι, To be deemed of more importance to obtain, is an awkward and unauthorized expression and, for the position and emphatic use of the adverb, which is the only difficulty, see Essay on Language § 24. pp. 37, 38, and cp. the adverbial use of ἄξιος in El. 1260 ff., τίς .. ἀξίαν μεταβάλοιτ᾽ ἂν .. σιγὰν λόγων ;