ἐγὼ δ᾽, ἐπειδὴ δόξα τῇδ᾽ ἐπεστράφη,
Antigone. Sophocles. Cambridge, UK. 1906.
Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.
Funding provided by Tufts University.
Table of Contents
Search the Perseus Catalog for:
Search the Perseus Catalog for:
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)) — 1111 focus
κλυτὰν ὃς ἀμφέπεις
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1111 focus
πλούτει τε γὰρ κατ᾽ οἶκον, εἰ βούλει, μέγα,
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1111 focus
Κασταλίας τε νᾶμα,
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1111 focus
ἐγὼ δ᾽, ἐπειδὴ δόξα τῇδ᾽ ἐπεστράφη,
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 1111 focus
ἐγὼ δ᾽, ἐπειδὴ δόξα τῇδ᾽ ἐπεστράφη,
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1111.mvp-line-1097 focus
ἐγὼ δ’, ἐπειδὴ δόξα τῇδ’ ἐπεστράφη,
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 1111 focus
ἐγὼ δ᾽, ἐπειδὴ δόξα τῆιδ᾽ ἐπεστράφη,
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 1111 focus
Ἰσμηνοῦ ῥείθρων, ἀγρίου τ᾽
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1111.mvp-line-1100 focus
ἐγὼ δ᾽, ἐπειδὴ δόξα τῇδ᾽ ἐπεστράφη,
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1111 focus
ἐγὼ δʼ, ἐπειδὴ δόξα τῇδʼ ἐπεστράφη,
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1111 focus
ἐγὼ δ᾽, ἐπειδὴ δόξα τῆιδ᾽ ἐπεστράφη,
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1115 focus
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 1115-1150 focus
Chorus
God of many names, glory of the Cadmeian bride and offspring of loud-thundering Zeus, you who watch over far-famed
Italy
and reign
1115
in the valleys of Eleusinian Deo where all find welcome! O Bacchus, denizen of
Thebes
, the mother-city of your Bacchants, dweller by the wet stream of Ismenus on the soil
1120
of the sowing of the savage dragon’s teeth!
1125
God of many names, glory of the Cadmeian bride and offspring of loud-thundering Zeus, you who watch over far-famed
Italy
and reign
1115
in the valleys of Eleusinian Deo where all find welcome! O Bacchus, denizen of
Thebes
, the mother-city of your Bacchants, dweller by the wet stream of Ismenus on the soil
1120
of the sowing of the savage dragon’s teeth!
1125
Chorus
The smoky glare of torches sees you above the cliffs of the twin peaks, where the Corycian nymphs move inspired by your godhead,
and Castalia’s stream sees you, too. The ivy-mantled slopes of
Nysa
’s hills and the shore green with many-clustered vines send you, when accompanied by the cries of your divine words,
1130
you visit the avenues of
Thebes
.
1135
The smoky glare of torches sees you above the cliffs of the twin peaks, where the Corycian nymphs move inspired by your godhead,
and Castalia’s stream sees you, too. The ivy-mantled slopes of
Nysa
’s hills and the shore green with many-clustered vines send you, when accompanied by the cries of your divine words,
1130
you visit the avenues of
Thebes
.
1135
Chorus
Thebes
of all cities you hold foremost in honor, together with your lightning-struck mother.
And now when the whole city is held subject to a violent plague, come, we ask, with purifying feet over steep
Parnassus
,
1140
or over the groaning straits!
1145
Thebes
of all cities you hold foremost in honor, together with your lightning-struck mother.
And now when the whole city is held subject to a violent plague, come, we ask, with purifying feet over steep
Parnassus
,
1140
or over the groaning straits!
1145
Chorus
O Leader of the chorus of the stars whose breath is fire, overseer of the chants in the night, son begotten of Zeus,
appear, my king, with your attendant Thyiads, who in night-long frenzy dance and sing you as Iacchus the Giver!
1150
O Leader of the chorus of the stars whose breath is fire, overseer of the chants in the night, son begotten of Zeus,
appear, my king, with your attendant Thyiads, who in night-long frenzy dance and sing you as Iacchus the Giver!
1150
Commentary
Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))
Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus
607-608. mvp-comment-357-1 The reading adopted involves the simplest change which avoids a breach of metrical rules. Others suppose, the loss of a syllable after θεῶν, reading ἄκοποι for ἀκάματοι, with ἕρπει in the fourth line of the antistrophe. For θεῶν added as a sort of epithet = Divine, cp. supra 454, 369: Ο. Τ. 647 : Αj. 711, θεῶν.. πάνθυτα θέσμια : Phil. 198: also Tr. 1191, Ζηνός. The indefiniteness of this use obviates the objection of Schneidewin, that the months of the Gods are opposed to Zeus, who is generally the orderer of time, as in Hom. Il. 2. 134, Διὸς μεγάλου ἐνιαυτοί. There is possibly, however, in θεῶν some allusion to the heavenly bodies, who, as Plato says, are the ὄργανα χρόνου.
608. mvp-comment-358-1 ἀγήρῳ δὲ χρόνῳ δυνάστας With power whose duration is untouched by age. For the personification of χρόνος, see Essay on Language pp. 81, 82. The reading ἀγήρως seems to be of some antiquity, and is embodied in one of the Scholia.