Sophocles Antigone 1064

ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι

Antigone. Sophocles. Cambridge, UK. 1906.

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Current edition Experimental

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (11)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 1064 focus
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν·
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1064 focus
οἵ τ’ ὄντες οἵ τ’ ἀπόντες, ἀξίνας χεροῖν
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1064 focus
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνὸς, φέρων
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1064.mvp-line-1050 focus
ἀλλ’ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 1064 focus
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1064.mvp-line-1053 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1064 focus
ἀλλʼ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1064 focus
So wisse denn auch sicher, daß nicht viele mehr
Der raschen Sonnenkreise du vollenden wirst,
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Bis aus dem eignen Blute du den Leichnamen
Selbst einen Leichnam als Ersaz darbringen mußt,
Weil du, in Nacht verstoßend, was dem Licht gehört,
Ein Leben schmachvoll banntest in des Grabes Haus,
Hier oben aber, unbestattet, ungeweiht,
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Den Todesgöttern vorenthältst den todten Leib,
An dem ein Theil dir weder, noch den oberen
Gottheiten zukommt; ihnen zwingst du diesen auf.
Drum lauern unheilsinnend und verderbenschwer
Des Hades und der Götter Straferinnyen,
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Verstricken bald in gleiches Ungemach dich selbst.
Nun magst du sehen, ob ich als Bestochener 1
So spreche: zeigen wird es dir nach kurzer Frist
Der Frau'n, der Männer Klageruf in deinem Haus.
Und alle Städte raffen sich feindselig auf,
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Worin zeriss'ne Leichen hier ein Hund entweiht,
Raubthiere dort, ein raschbeschwingter Vogel hier,
Der nach der Heimat Herde trägt den Graungeruch.
Sieh, solche Pfeile sandt' ich (denn tief kränkst du mich!)
Im Zorne dir, dem Bogenschüzen gleich, in's Herz:
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Sie treffen tödtlich, ihrem Brand entrinnst du nicht!
Du, Knabe, führ' uns wiederum nach Haus zurück,
Daß der entlade seinen Zorn auf Jüngere,
Und seine Zunge zähmen lern' in klugem Rath,
Und weiser denken lerne, denn er jezo denkt.
1065
Kreon. Der Chor. (ab mit dem Knaben.)
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 1115-1150 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-343-1 κακῶν ἄγευστος 1

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

582. mvp-comment-342-1 The fate of Antigone is sealed, and the chorus moralize over the power of fate and of Zeus, as shown in the continued calamities of the race of Labdacus, and the infatuation ('quem Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ') of Antigone. The spectator is left free to apply the same reflections to the case of Creon.

582. mvp-comment-342-2 'Calamity is like a storm that stirs the lowest depths and sounds afar. The race once touched is never free. Each generation as it rises is struck down.

582. mvp-comment-342-3 'The house of Labdacus has sorrow upon sorrow. Amidst the ruined grove one root was springing, only to be swept under by the cruel dues of Hades in a frenzy of infatuation.

582. mvp-comment-342-4 Who can restrain the power of Zeus? Unchecked by sleep or age he ever dwells in the light of Olympus. This was and shall be now and evermore, a truth that spareth not the lives of men, whom hope deceives, giving comfort indeed, but also inspiring passionate folly, till disappointment comes, before the man hath seen that he is treading on fire. Wise was he who said that evil seemeth good to one whom God is drawing to perdition. Few are the days of his exemption from that dark lot.

582. mvp-comment-342-5 The 1st strophe opens solemnly with three dactylo-epitritic or Doric lines, which are followed by iambic and trochaic rhythms. The 2nd strophe is logaoedic, with syncope of thesis in ll. 3, 5, 7, 11 a'. β'. ILCCICcl alcl- LullLCClcclcla 10101010 51-1 CLL下​CICLI ト​CICICI CCICCICLI 1101007ID トトー CCCII 100II

582. mvp-comment-342-6 οἶσι .. αἰών Whose life is free from taste of misery. Blessed, because of the rarity of their lot, and because of the unsparing persistence of calamity when it comes to any. For κακῶν ἄγευστος, cp. Ο. Τ. 969, ἄψαυστος ἔγχους.