Sophocles Antigone 834

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Yet she was a goddess, thou knowest, and born of gods; we are mortals, and of mortal race. But ’tis great renown for a woman who hath perished that she should have shared the doom of the godlike, in her life, and afterward in death.

Antigone. Sophocles. Cambridge, UK. 1904.

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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)) — 834 focus
ἀλλὰ θεός τοι καὶ θεογεννής·
ἡμεῖς δὲ βροτοὶ καὶ θνητογενεῖς.
καίτοι φθιμένᾳ μέγ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι,
τοῖσιν 1 ἰσοθέοις ἔγκληρα λαχεῖν.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 834 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 834 focus
ἀλλὰ θεός τοι καὶ θεογεννὴς,
ἡμεῖς δὲ βροτοὶ καὶ θνητογενεῖς ·
καί σοι φθιμένᾳ μέγ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι,
τοῖς ἰσοθέοις ἔγκληρα λαχεῖν.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 834 focus
ἀλλὰ θεός τοι καὶ θεογεννής,
ἡμεῖς δὲ βροτοὶ καὶ θνητογενεῖς.
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†καίτοι φθιμένῳ μέγ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι
τοῖς ἰσοθέοις ἔγκληρα λαχεῖν
[ζῶσαν καὶ ἔπειτα θανοῦσαν.]
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 834 focus
ἀλλὰ θεός τοι καὶ θεογεννής,
ἡμεῖς δὲ βροτοὶ καὶ θνητογενεῖς.
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καίτοι φθιμένᾳ μέγα κἀκοῦσαι
τοῖς ἰσοθέοις σύγκληρα λαχεῖν
ζῶσαν καὶ ἔπειτα θανοῦσαν.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 834 focus
ἀλλὰ θεός τοι καὶ θεογεννής,
ἡμεῖς δὲ βροτοὶ καὶ θνητογενεῖς.
835
καίτοι φθιμένῃ μέγ α κἀκοῦσαι
τοῖς ἰσοθέοις σύγκληρα λαχεῖν
ζῶσαν καὶ ἔπειτα θανοῦσαν.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 834 focus
ἀλλὰ θεός τοι καὶ θεογεννής,
ἡμεῖς δὲ βροτοὶ καὶ θνητογενεῖς·
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καίτοι φθιμένηι μέγα κἀκοῦσαι
τοῖς ἰσοθέοις σύγκληρα λαχεῖν
ζῶσαν καὶ ἔπειτα θανοῦσαν.
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Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 834 focus
ἀλλὰ θεός τοι καὶ θεογεννής·
ἡμεῖς δὲ βροτοὶ καὶ θνητογενεῖς.
καίτοι φθιμένῳ τοῖς ἰσοθέοις
830
ἔγκληρα λαχεῖν μέγ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 834 focus
ἀλλὰ θεός τοι καὶ θεογεννής,
ἡμεῖς δὲ βροτοὶ καὶ θνητογενεῖς.
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καίτοι φθιμένῃ μέγα κἀκοῦσαι
τοῖς ἰσοθέοις σύγκληρα λαχεῖν
ζῶσαν καὶ ἔπειτα θανοῦσαν.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 834 focus
ἀλλὰ θεός τοι καὶ θεογεννής,
ἡμεῖς δὲ βροτοὶ καὶ θνατογενεῖς,
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καίτοι φθιμένᾳ μέγα κἀκοῦσαι
τοῖς ἰσοθέοις σύγκληρα λαχεῖν
ζῶσαν καὶ ἔπειτα θανοῦσαν.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 834 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 834 focus
ἀλλὰ θεός τοι καὶ θεογεννής,
ἡμεῖς δὲ βροτοὶ καὶ θνητογενεῖς.
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καίτοι φθιμέναι μέγα κἀκοῦσαι
τοῖς ἰσοθέοις σύγκληρα λαχεῖν
ζῶσαν καὶ ἔπειτα θανοῦσαν.
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 834 focus
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 834 focus
Pero ella, en verdad, es diosa, y de un dios había nacido; mas nosotros somos mortales, y de hombres procedemos; y para un mortal, el obtener suerte semejante a la de los dioses es grande gloria.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 834 focus
At illa dea erat et divino satu genita;
nos vero homines et mortali sanguine creti; et tibi mortuae praeclarum erit, si dicaris aequalium diis sortem experta fuisse.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 834 focus
Ah! now myself am carried past the bound
Of law, nor can I check the rising tear,
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When I behold Antigone even here
Touching the quiet bourne where all must rest.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 834 focus
Ja, sie war Göttin, göttlichen Stamms, 1
Wir Sterbliche nur und von Menschen gezeugt:
Doch groß ist der Ruhm, mit Göttergeschlecht
Das Geschick im Tode zu theilen.
Dritte Strophe.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 834 focus
A goddess she, and from a goddess sprung ;
We are but mortal, and of mortals born :
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To meet the fate of gods thus in thy life,
A.nd in thy death, oh ! 'tis a glorious doom !
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 834 focus
Empero ella cra una deidad y de dioses des- ccndiente; nosotros somos humanos y nacidos de mortales. Así, pues, será más gloriosa tu muerte; pues que tu destino es semejante al de los dioses.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 834 focus
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 834 focus
She was divine, and sprung from race divine;
But we are mortal, and of mortals born.
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For thee how glorious then to share like fate
With those of heav'nly race, and as the gods
Revered, like them to live, like them to die!
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 806-880 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-3-1 ἆρ’ οἶσθ’ … τελεῖ 1 ὅ τι 2 ὅτι 3 ὅ τι 4 ὅτι 5

mvp-comment-3-2 τῶν ἀπ’ Οἰδ. κακῶν 6 ἔτι ζώσαιν 7 ἔτι 8

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

1-17. mvp-comment-1-1 The opening speeches reveal the contrast between the sisters, while the affectionate address of Antigone in l. 1 gives greater emphasis to her violent outbreak in l. 69. Cp. О. Т. 85, and note.

2-3. mvp-comment-3-1 (1) Do you know, that of the ills derived from Oedipus there is not one which Zeus will not bring upon us two before we die? ὁποῖον οὐχί is the indirect form of ποῖον οὐχί ; = all without exception. So Böckh: and this agrees better with what follows in ll. 7, 9, 10, 11 ff. than (2) reading ὅ, τι with the Schol. and rendering, 'Know'st thou which of the evils is such that Zeus will not accomplish it?' or (3) (ὁποῖον α resumption of ὅ, τι), 'Know'st thou what of all the evil Zeus will not accomplish?' or (4) supposing ὅτι pleonastic: 'Know'st thou what' etc.

2-3. mvp-comment-3-2 τῶν ἀπ᾿ Οἰδίπου Oedipus in the Antigone is simply the author of misery to his race: infr. 49 ff., 864 ff., although the misery has an earlier source in the Doom of the Labdacidae. The action of the O. T. and O. C. must not be presupposed. See Introd. p. 452.