Sophocles Antigone 1103

ὅσον γ᾽, ἄναξ, τάχιστα· συντέμνουσι γὰρ

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)) — 1103 focus
ὁρμᾶσθ᾽ ἑλόντες εἰς ἐπόψιον τόπον. 1
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1103 focus
καὶ μάντις οὐδεὶς τῶν καθεστώτων βροτοῖς.
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1103 focus
Δηοῦς ἐν κόλποις, ὦ Βακχεῦ,
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1103 focus
ὅσον γ᾽, ἄναξ, τάχιστα· συντέμνουσι γὰρ
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 1103 focus
ὅσον γ᾽, ἄναξ, τάχιστα· συντέμνουσι γὰρ
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1103.mvp-line-1089 focus
ὅσον γ’, ἄναξ, τάχιστα· συντέμνουσι γὰρ
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 1103 focus
ὅσον γ᾽, ἄναξ, τάχιστα συντέμνουσι γὰρ
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 1103 focus
νύμφας ἄγαλμα, καὶ Διὸς
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1103.mvp-line-1092 focus
ὅσον γ᾽, ἄναξ, τάχιστα· συντέμνουσι γὰρ
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1103 focus
ὅσον γʼ, ἄναξ, τάχιστα· συντέμνουσι γὰρ
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1103 focus
ὅσον γ᾽, ἄναξ, τάχιστα· συντέμνουσι γὰρ
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1091 focus
Der Mann, o König, eilte Graun verkündend fort.
Ich aber weiß, so lange dieses weiße Haar
Anstatt der schwarzen Locken mir das Haupt umwallt,
Sprach der noch niemals Lügen aus vor dieser Stadt.
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-350-1 κατ’ αὖ … ἀμᾷ, 1 κοπίς 2 κόνις 3 κόνις 4

mvp-comment-350-2 (1) If κόνις 5 καταμᾷ 6

mvp-comment-350-3 (2) If we read κοπίς 7

mvp-comment-350-4 It has further been urged against

κοπίς
that the word is too homely. This may be so; but we lack proof.
κοπίς
seems to have been a large curved knife, known to the Greeks chiefly as ( a) a butcher's or cook's implement, ( b) an oriental military weapon. It does not follow, however, that the effect here would be like that of ‘chopper,’ or of ‘scimitar,’ in English. The dignity of a word may be protected by its simplicity; and
κοπίς
is merely ‘that which cuts.’ Pindar was not afraid of homeliness when he described a chorus-master as a
κρατήρ
, or an inspiring thought as an
ἀκόνα
(cp. O. C. 1052 n.). Nicander could say, of the scorpion,
τοίη οἱ κέντροιο κοπίς
( Ther. 780 ). If
κοπίς
be right, the change to
κόνις
may have been caused, not by a misreading of letters, but by mere inadvertence,—the copyist having the word
κόνις
in his thoughts at the moment: it has already occurred frequently ( 247 , 256 , 409 , 429 ).—See Appendix.

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

600. mvp-comment-350-1 ῥίζας Ἀντὶ τοῦ, ὅπερ ἔβλαστεν ἄνω τῆς ῥίζης, Schol. The root, for the plant.

600. mvp-comment-350-2 *ἐτέτατο The Scholiast notes the asyndeton (λείπει ἄρθρον τὸ ὅ): which is expressive and allows viv to be referred to ῥίζας, to which it naturally belongs. And in the reading ῥίζας δ τέτατο, the order of words is questionable. For ἐτέτατο φάος, cp. Phil. 831, αἴγλαν, ἃ τέταται τανῦν. The light is the grace and nobleness of Antigone, and her bright hopes. The conj. θάλος, for which, cp. Pind. Οl. 2. 45, Ἀδραστιδᾶν θάλος, is uncalled for.

601. mvp-comment-351-1 κατ' was rightly restored by Triclinius for κατ' (ⅰ.e. καὶ εἶτα), which had been introduced to avoid the asvndeton. (Schol. ἐάν στίξωμεν κᾷτ᾽ αὖ νιν, οὐδὲν λείπει τῷ λόγῳ.)