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Antigone

Be of good cheer; thou livest; but my life 560 hath long been given to death, that so I might serve the dead.

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)) — 119 focus

λόγχαις ἑπτάπυλον στόμα ¹,

Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 119 focus

ἔβα, πρίν ποθ’ ἁμετέρων αἱμάτων γένυσιν

Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 119 focus

λόγχαις ἑπτάπυλον στόμα,

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 118 focus

λόγχαις ἑπτάπυλον στόμα,

Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 119 focus

λόγχαις ἑπτάπυλον στόμα,

Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 119.mvp-line-119 focus

λόγχαις ἑπτάπυλον στόμα,

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 119 focus

λόγχαις ἑπτάπυλον στόμα,

Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 119 focus

λόγχαις ἑπτάπυλον στόμα,

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 118 focus

λόγχαις ἑπτάπυλον στόμα, 2

Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 119.mvp-line-119 focus

λόγχαις ἑπτάπυλον στόμα

Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 119 focus

ἔβα, πρίν ποθʼ ἁμετέρων

Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 119 focus

λόγχαις ἑπτάπυλον στόμα

Translations (10)

German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 119 focus

ANTIGONE

Weil mich es tief schmerzt, wenn ich deiner lachen muſs.

Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 119 focus

ANTIGONA

Ten ánimo; tú vives aún, pero mi corazón hace ya tiempo que ha muerto; de modo que sólo puede servir a los muertos.

Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 119 focus

Antigone

Bono animo es: tu quidem vivis; at mihi iampridem abrupta vita, ut opem mortuis ferrem.

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 119 focus

ANT

Fear not; you live. My life hath long been given

To death, to be of service to the dead.
560

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 117 focus

Ueber den Dächern stehend, umgähnt'

Er den siebenthorigen Mund

Mit blutlechzenden Speeren rings,

Und floh, eh' in unserem Blut
120

Sich sein gieriger Schlund

Schwelgend füllt und ehe den Kranz der Thürme

Flammenglut des Hephästos fraß.

Also braust' im Rücken umher

Donner des Kriegs; schwer wurde der Kampf
125

Dem anstürmenden Drachen.¹

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 119 focus

Creon

Sunk indeed
565

Thou wert in wretchedness to join with her.
565

Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 119 focus

ANTÍGONA

Salva tú la vida tuya. Yo no te envidio tu salvación.

German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 119 focus

KREON

Von diesem Weibe da, sag’ ich, wird eben da

Sinnlos die ein’, einheimisch ist’s die andre.

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 119 focus

Haemon

Shall then the state
755

Prescribe to me my laws?
755

These are the words
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Of inexperienced youth.
755

Who then, but I,
755

Hath right to rule the state?
755

That is no state,
755

Where one man lords it with despotic sway.
755

Is not the king lord of the state?
755

Alone
755

Thus o'er a desert kingdom might'st thou reign.
755

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.
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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.
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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!
150

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

559-560. mvp-comment-329-1 ἡ δ᾽ ἐμὴ.. ὠφελεῖν My soul has long been with the dead, to do them service. In these words Antigone may be supposed to say, either (1) From the moment when my resolution was taken, my life has been with the dead, devoted in sacrifice to their aid; cp. supr. 72 and note: or (2) I have long been dead to all the joys of life, and am therefore a fit sacrifice to the service of the dead. So Wecklein. Cp. Shak. Merch. of V. 4. 1, I am a tainted wether of the flock, etc. But the former meaning (1) is alone consistent with the betrothal of Antigone to Haemon.

Sophocles Antigone 119

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Antigone

Be of good cheer; thou livest; but my life 560 hath long been given to death, that so I might serve the dead.

Current edition Experimental

ANTIGONE

Weil mich es tief schmerzt, wenn ich deiner lachen muſs.

ANTIGONA

Ten ánimo; tú vives aún, pero mi corazón hace ya tiempo que ha muerto; de modo que sólo puede servir a los muertos.

Antigone

Bono animo es: tu quidem vivis; at mihi iampridem abrupta vita, ut opem mortuis ferrem.

ANT

Fear not; you live. My life hath long been given

To death, to be of service to the dead.
560

Creon

Sunk indeed
565

Thou wert in wretchedness to join with her.
565

ANTÍGONA

Salva tú la vida tuya. Yo no te envidio tu salvación.

KREON

Von diesem Weibe da, sag’ ich, wird eben da

Sinnlos die ein’, einheimisch ist’s die andre.

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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Antigone Be of good cheer; thou livest; but my life 560 hath long been given to death, that so I might serve the dead.

Current edition Experimental

ANTIGONE Weil mich es tief schmerzt, wenn ich deiner lachen muſs.

ANTIGONA Ten ánimo; tú vives aún, pero mi corazón hace ya tiempo que ha muerto; de modo que sólo puede servir a los muertos.

Antigone Bono animo es: tu quidem vivis; at mihi iampridem abrupta vita, ut opem mortuis ferrem.

ANT Fear not; you live. My life hath long been given To death, to be of service to the dead. 560

Creon Sunk indeed 565 Thou wert in wretchedness to join with her. 565

ANTÍGONA Salva tú la vida tuya. Yo no te envidio tu salvación.

KREON Von diesem Weibe da, sag’ ich, wird eben da Sinnlos die ein’, einheimisch ist’s die andre.

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

Antigone

Be of good cheer; thou livest; but my life 560 hath long been given to death, that so I might serve the dead.

ANTIGONE

Weil mich es tief schmerzt, wenn ich deiner lachen muſs.

ANTIGONA

Ten ánimo; tú vives aún, pero mi corazón hace ya tiempo que ha muerto; de modo que sólo puede servir a los muertos.

Antigone

Bono animo es: tu quidem vivis; at mihi iampridem abrupta vita, ut opem mortuis ferrem.

ANT

Fear not; you live. My life hath long been given

To death, to be of service to the dead.
560

Creon

Sunk indeed
565

Thou wert in wretchedness to join with her.
565

ANTÍGONA

Salva tú la vida tuya. Yo no te envidio tu salvación.

KREON

Von diesem Weibe da, sag’ ich, wird eben da

Sinnlos die ein’, einheimisch ist’s die andre.

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