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Ismene

540 556 But, now that ills beset thee, I am not ashamed to sail the sea of trouble at thy side.

Antigone. Sophocles. Cambridge, UK. 1904.

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Current edition Experimental

English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (12)

Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 104 focus

ἁμέρας βλέφαρον,

Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 104 focus

Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,

Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 104 focus

ἁμέρας βλέφαρον,

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 103 focus

ἁμέρας βλέφαρον,

Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 104 focus

ἁμέρας βλέφαρον, Διρκαί-

Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 104.mvp-line-104 focus

ἁμέρας βλέφαρον, Διρκαί-

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 104 focus

ἁμέρας βλέφαρον, Διρκαί-

Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 104 focus

ἁμέρας βλέφαρον,

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 103 focus

ἁμέρας βλέφαρον, Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα, 4

Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 104.mvp-line-104 focus

ἁμέρας βλέφαρον, Διρκαί-

Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 103 focus

ἁμέρας βλέφαρον,

Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 104 focus

ἁμέρας βλέφαρον, Διρκαί-

Translations (10)

German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 104 focus

ANTIGONE

Wer weifs, ob drunten dieses nicht verworfen wird?

Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 104 focus

ISMENA

Pero en la desgracia en que te hallas no me avergüenzo de hacerme copartícipe de tu sufrimiento.

Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 104 focus

Ismene

At me in malis tuis non pudet eosdem tecum periculi adire casus.

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 104 focus

ISM

But now in thy misfortune I would fain
540

Embark with thee in thy calamity.

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 100 focus

Strahl des Helios, schönstes Licht,¹
100

Das der siebenthorigen Stadt

Thebe's nimmer zuvor erschien!

Du strahlst endlich, des gold'nen Tags

Aufblick, herrlich herauf,

Ueber Dirke's Fluten herüberwandelnd;²
105

Und Ihn, der mit leuchtendem Schild

Kam von Argos in voller Wehr,

Triebest du flüchtig in eilendem Lauf

Fort mit hastigem Zügel:

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 104 focus

Antigone

Pretend not to a merit which thou hast not.

Live thou ; it is enough for me to perish.

Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 104 focus

ANTÍGONA

YO HE NACIDO PARA COMPARTIR EL AMOR; PERO NO EL ODIO.

German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 104 focus

ANTIGONAE

Bei denen, die durchgängiger Weise sind,

Und die Gespräche halten miteinander, drunten,

Die mit den Worten liebt, die mag ich nicht,
565

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 104 focus

Haemon

Obedience to his Chief, would I confide, id

English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 100-160 focus

Enter the Chorus on the right.

Chorus

Shaft of the sun, fairest light of all that have dawned on Thebes of the seven gates, you have shone forth at last, eye of golden day, advancing over Dirce’s streams!
100

You have goaded with a sharper bit the warrior of the white shield, who came from Argos in full armor, driving him to headlong retreat.
105

110

Chorus

He set out against our land because of the strife-filled claims of Polyneices, and like a screaming eagle he flew over into our land, covered by his snow-white wing,
110

with a mass of weapons and crested helmets.
115

117

Chorus

He paused above our dwellings; he gaped around our sevenfold portals with spears thirsting for blood; but he left

before his jaws were ever glutted with our gore, or before the Fire-god’s pine-fed flame had seized our crown of towers.
120

So fierce was the crash of battle swelling about his back, a match too hard to win for the rival of the dragon.
125

127

Chorus

For Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. And when he saw them advancing in a swollen flood,

arrogant their clanging gold, he dashed with brandished fire one who was already starting to shout victory when he had reached our ramparts.
130

134

Chorus

Staggered, he fell to the earth with a crash,

torch in hand, a man possessed by the frenzy of the mad attack, who just now was raging against us with the blasts of his tempestuous hate. But his threats did not fare as he had hoped, and to the other enemies mighty Ares dispensed each their own dooms with hard blows,
135

Ares, our mighty ally at the turning-point.
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141

Chorus

For the seven captains, stationed against an equal number at the seven gates, left behind their brazen arms in tribute to Zeus the turner of battle—all but the accursed pair who, born of one father and one

mother, set against each other their spears, both victorious, and who now share in a common death.
145

148

Chorus

But since Victory whose name is glory has come to us, smiling in joy equal to the joy of chariot-rich Thebes ,

let us make for ourselves forgetfulness after the recent wars, and visit all the temples of the gods with night-long dance and song. And may Bacchus, who shakes the earth of Thebes , rule our dancing!
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155

Chorus

But look, the king of the land is coming here, Creon, the son of Menoeceus, our new ruler in accordance with the new circumstances fated by the gods. What policy is he setting in motion,
155

that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate?
160

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-310-1 ξύμπλουν ¹

mvp-comment-311-1 Cp. Ph. 1293

ὡς θεοὶ ξυνίστορες.

mvp-comment-311-2 λόγοις ²

mvp-comment-312-1 μή μ’ ἀτιμάσῃς ³ τὸ μὴ οὐ ⁴ ἁγνίσαι τὸν θ ⁵

mvp-comment-313-1 μή μοι ⁶ κοινά ⁷

mvp-comment-313-2 μηδ’ ἃ μὴ ’θιγες ⁸ ἅ ⁹ ἅ ¹⁰

mvp-comment-314-1 ποιοῦ σεαυτῆς ¹¹

mvp-comment-314-2 ἀρκέσω ¹³

mvp-comment-315-1 σοῦ λελειμμένῃ ¹⁴

mvp-comment-315-2 φίλος ¹⁵

mvp-comment-316-1 κηδεμών ¹⁶

mvp-comment-317-1 ἀλγοῦσα μὲν δῆτ’ ¹⁷ δῆτα ¹⁸

mvp-comment-317-2 ἐν σοί ¹⁹

mvp-comment-317-3 Heath's εἰ γελῶ γ’ ²⁰

mvp-comment-318-1 ἀλλὰ νῦν ²¹

mvp-comment-319-1 κἀμπλάκω ²²

mvp-comment-319-2 fate? i.e. to be dissociated from it: delib. aor. subj., which can be used, not only in asking what one is to do, but also in expressions of despair as to what one must suffer ( Tr. 973

τί πάθω

;). For

ἀμπλακεῖν

cp. 910 , 1234.

mvp-comment-320-1 εἵλου ²³

mvp-comment-320-2 ζῆν ²⁴

mvp-comment-321-1 ἐπ’ ἀρρήτοις … τοῖς ἐμ. λ. ²⁵

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

541. mvp-comment-317-1 ξύμπλουν Essay on Language p. 94.

542. mvp-comment-318-1 Antigone's offering to the dead was made in solitude, and without the presence of the sun.

545. mvp-comment-319-1 ἁγνίσαι τιμῆσαι Schol. Ismene means, Though I shrank from the deed, let me share the glory of it by accepting the consequences.

546. mvp-comment-320-1 ἅ = ταῦτα ὧν. Essay on Language § 35. P. 59. μή, ibid. § 29. p. 48.

548. mvp-comment-321-1 τίς βίος i. e. πῶς ὁ βίος; See Essay on Language § 22. p. 36.

549. mvp-comment-322-1 'Ask Creon. He has your care and duty;' i.e. Creon is more to you than your brother is.

551. mvp-comment-323-1 εἰ γέλωτ᾽ ἔν σοι γελῶ Schneidewin's explanation of this line, It is painful to me to be mocking you, my sister, is out of harmony with the tone of Antigone, although it is true that in this line her bitterness is somewhat softened. Either δή, κεἰ must be read, or εἰ explained as = κεἰ. I have grief enough, I assure you, though I laugh a bitter laugh at thee. Cp. 728, εἰ δ' ἐγὼ νέος = Though I am young: Eur. Or. 484, εἰ δὲ δυστυχεῖ, τιμητέος. See Essay on Language § 28. p. 47.

552. mvp-comment-324-1 ἀλλὰ νῦν Essay on Language § 26. p. 43. Par. E suggests ἐπωφελοῖμ᾽.

554. mvp-comment-325-1 κἀμπλάκω i. e. ἢ σώσω ἐμαυτὴν καὶ ἀμπλάκω.

556. mvp-comment-326-1 ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ . . λόγοις But not without my saying what I said, was this choice made. Ismene would clear herself from the imputation of merely shrinking from the attempt through cowardice, or without laying before her sister the grounds of her own conduct, as she had done supr. 49 ff. She also wishes to remind Antigone of ll. 78, 99, which acquit her of indifference towards the dead. But Antigone only recalls the argument against opposing those in power. Wolff compares Eur. Ion 228, ἐπὶ δ' ἀσφάκτοις μήλοις μὴ πάριτε.

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Ismene

540 556 But, now that ills beset thee, I am not ashamed to sail the sea of trouble at thy side.

Current edition Experimental

ANTIGONE

Wer weifs, ob drunten dieses nicht verworfen wird?

ISMENA

Pero en la desgracia en que te hallas no me avergüenzo de hacerme copartícipe de tu sufrimiento.

Ismene

At me in malis tuis non pudet eosdem tecum periculi adire casus.

ISM

But now in thy misfortune I would fain
540

Embark with thee in thy calamity.

Antigone

Pretend not to a merit which thou hast not.

Live thou ; it is enough for me to perish.

ANTÍGONA

YO HE NACIDO PARA COMPARTIR EL AMOR; PERO NO EL ODIO.

ANTIGONAE

Bei denen, die durchgängiger Weise sind,

Und die Gespräche halten miteinander, drunten,

Die mit den Worten liebt, die mag ich nicht,
565

Haemon

Obedience to his Chief, would I confide, id

Chorus

He set out against our land because of the strife-filled claims of Polyneices, and like a screaming eagle he flew over into our land, covered by his snow-white wing,
110

with a mass of weapons and crested helmets.
115

Chorus

For Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. And when he saw them advancing in a swollen flood,

arrogant their clanging gold, he dashed with brandished fire one who was already starting to shout victory when he had reached our ramparts.
130

Chorus

But look, the king of the land is coming here, Creon, the son of Menoeceus, our new ruler in accordance with the new circumstances fated by the gods. What policy is he setting in motion,
155

that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate?
160

Commentary

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Ismene 540 556 But, now that ills beset thee, I am not ashamed to sail the sea of trouble at thy side.

Current edition Experimental

ANTIGONE Wer weifs, ob drunten dieses nicht verworfen wird?

ISMENA Pero en la desgracia en que te hallas no me avergüenzo de hacerme copartícipe de tu sufrimiento.

Ismene At me in malis tuis non pudet eosdem tecum periculi adire casus.

ISM But now in thy misfortune I would fain 540 Embark with thee in thy calamity.

Antigone Pretend not to a merit which thou hast not. Live thou ; it is enough for me to perish.

ANTÍGONA YO HE NACIDO PARA COMPARTIR EL AMOR; PERO NO EL ODIO.

ANTIGONAE Bei denen, die durchgängiger Weise sind, Und die Gespräche halten miteinander, drunten, Die mit den Worten liebt, die mag ich nicht, 565

Haemon Obedience to his Chief, would I confide, id

Chorus He set out against our land because of the strife-filled claims of Polyneices, and like a screaming eagle he flew over into our land, covered by his snow-white wing, 110 with a mass of weapons and crested helmets. 115

Chorus For Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. And when he saw them advancing in a swollen flood, arrogant their clanging gold, he dashed with brandished fire one who was already starting to shout victory when he had reached our ramparts. 130

Chorus But look, the king of the land is coming here, Creon, the son of Menoeceus, our new ruler in accordance with the new circumstances fated by the gods. What policy is he setting in motion, 155 that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate? 160

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Ismene

540 556 But, now that ills beset thee, I am not ashamed to sail the sea of trouble at thy side.

ANTIGONE

Wer weifs, ob drunten dieses nicht verworfen wird?

ISMENA

Pero en la desgracia en que te hallas no me avergüenzo de hacerme copartícipe de tu sufrimiento.

Ismene

At me in malis tuis non pudet eosdem tecum periculi adire casus.

ISM

But now in thy misfortune I would fain
540

Embark with thee in thy calamity.

Antigone

Pretend not to a merit which thou hast not.

Live thou ; it is enough for me to perish.

ANTÍGONA

YO HE NACIDO PARA COMPARTIR EL AMOR; PERO NO EL ODIO.

ANTIGONAE

Bei denen, die durchgängiger Weise sind,

Und die Gespräche halten miteinander, drunten,

Die mit den Worten liebt, die mag ich nicht,
565

Haemon

Obedience to his Chief, would I confide, id

Chorus

He set out against our land because of the strife-filled claims of Polyneices, and like a screaming eagle he flew over into our land, covered by his snow-white wing,
110

with a mass of weapons and crested helmets.
115

Chorus

For Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. And when he saw them advancing in a swollen flood,

arrogant their clanging gold, he dashed with brandished fire one who was already starting to shout victory when he had reached our ramparts.
130

Chorus

But look, the king of the land is coming here, Creon, the son of Menoeceus, our new ruler in accordance with the new circumstances fated by the gods. What policy is he setting in motion,
155

that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate?
160