πευκάενθ᾽ Ἥφαιστον ἑλεῖν.
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Antigone. Sophocles. Cambridge, UK. 1906.
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Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 123 focus
πευκάενθ᾽ ἥφαιστον ἑλεῖν.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 123 focus
πάταγος Ἄρεος ἀντιπάλῳ
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 123 focus
πευκάενθ᾽ Ἥφαιστον ἑλεῖν·
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 123 focus
πευκάενθ' Ἥφαιστον ἑλεῖν. τοῖος ἀμφὶ νῶτ᾽ ἐτάθη
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 123 focus
πευκάενθ᾽ Ἥφαιστον ἑλεῖν.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 123.mvp-line-123 focus
πευκάενθ’ Ἥφαιστον ἑλεῖν.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 123 focus
πευκάενθ᾽ Ἥφαιστον ἑλεῖν.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 123 focus
πευκάενθ᾽ Ἥφαιστον ἑλεῖν.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 123.mvp-line-123 focus
πευκάενθ᾽ Ἥφαιστον ἑλεῖν.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 121 focus
πευκάενθʼ Ἥφαιστον ἑλεῖν. τοῖος ἀμφὶ νῶτʼ ἐτάθη
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 123 focus
πευκάενθ᾽ Ἥφαιστον ἑλεῖν·
Translations (11)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 123 focus
ANTIGONE
Du hattest dir das Leben, ich den Tod erwählt.
Du hattest dir das Leben, ich den Tod erwählt.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 123 focus
ISMENA
Y yo sola, sin ésta, ¿cómo he de poder vivir?
Y yo sola, sin ésta, ¿cómo he de poder vivir?
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 123 focus
Ismene
Quid enim mihi soli sine hac vivere volupe sit?
Quid enim mihi soli sine hac vivere volupe sit?
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 123 focus
ISM
What can life profit me without my sister?
What can life profit me without my sister?
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 127 focus
Denn schwer haßt Zeus der vermessenen Zung'
Hochfahrenden Stolz; und als er ihr Heer,
Den heranwogenden Strom, schimmernd in Gold,
Im Geräusch unbändigen Trozes ersah,
130
Da traf er den Mann mit geschwungenem Strahl,
1
Der schon an die Höh'n,
Siegsruf anstimmend, empordrang.
Zweite Strophe.
Denn schwer haßt Zeus der vermessenen Zung'
Hochfahrenden Stolz; und als er ihr Heer,
Den heranwogenden Strom, schimmernd in Gold,
Im Geräusch unbändigen Trozes ersah,
130
Da traf er den Mann mit geschwungenem Strahl,
1
Der schon an die Höh'n,
Siegsruf anstimmend, empordrang.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 123 focus
Creon
Oh ! we shall find a fitter bride.
Oh ! we shall find a fitter bride.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 123 focus
ANTÍGONA
Ciertamente: pero así como á tí te parecieron los tuyos prudentes, yo juzgué los míos más en razón.
Ciertamente: pero así como á tí te parecieron los tuyos prudentes, yo juzgué los míos más en razón.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 123 focus
KREON
Die Red’ ist nicht von dieser. Die ist nimmer.
Die Red’ ist nicht von dieser. Die ist nimmer.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 123 focus
Ismene
What life could I endure, without ther presenc ce?
What life could I endure, without ther presenc ce?
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 123 focus
Haemon
HEM. Not in my presence: no; before my face.
She shall not die; admit not such a thought;
Nor shalt thou ever see my face again.
Associate with thy friends, and spend thy rage
'Mongst those, who tamely will thy frenzy bear.
765
HEM. Not in my presence: no; before my face.
She shall not die; admit not such a thought;
Nor shalt thou ever see my face again.
Associate with thy friends, and spend thy rage
'Mongst those, who tamely will thy frenzy bear.
765
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 100-160 focus
Enter the Chorus on the right.
110
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
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
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
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
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.
125
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.
125
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
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
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.
140
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.
140
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.
145
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.
145
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
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
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
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 (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))
mvp-comment-6-1 αἰσχρόν 1 ἄτιμον 2
mvp-comment-6-2 ὁποῖον οὐ … οὐκ ὄπωπα 3
mvp-comment-6-3 τῶν … κακῶν 4 ὄπωπα 5
mvp-comment-7-1 αὖ 6
mvp-comment-7-2 πανδήμῳ πόλει 7
mvp-comment-8-1 θεῖναι 8
mvp-comment-8-2 τὸν στρατηγόν 9
mvp-comment-9-1 ἔχεις 10
mvp-comment-9-2 κεἰσήκουσας 11
mvp-comment-10-1 τῶν ἐχθρῶν κακά 12
mvp-comment-11-1 μέν 13 ἐμοί 14
mvp-comment-11-2 Ἀντιγόνη 15
mvp-comment-11-3 φίλων 16 μῦθος 17
mvp-comment-11-4 ἐξ ὅτου 18
mvp-comment-12-1 δυοῖν … δύο 19 δύο 20
mvp-comment-13-1 θανόντοιν 21
mvp-comment-13-2 διπλῇ χερί 22
mvp-comment-14-1 ἐπεί 23
mvp-comment-14-2 ἐν νυκτὶ τῇ νῦν 24
mvp-comment-14-3 ὑπέρτερον 25
mvp-comment-14-4
As
οἶδ’ εὐτυχοῦσα = οἶδ’ ὅτι εὐτυχῶ, so the participles
εὐτυχοῦσα
26
ἀτωμένη
27
mvp-comment-15-1 ᾔδη 28 καλῶς 29
mvp-comment-15-2 αὐλείων πυλῶν 30
mvp-comment-15-3 ἐξέπεμπον 31
mvp-comment-16-1 τί δ’ ἔστι 32 δηλοῖς 33
mvp-comment-16-2 καλχαίνουσ’ ἔπος τι 34
mvp-comment-16-3
is figuratively used like the Homeric
πορφύρω. In
πορφύρω the idea of trouble precedes that of colour: in
καλχαίνω,
vice versa.
mvp-comment-17-1 οὐ γάρ 35
mvp-comment-17-2 τὼ κασιγνήτω … τὸν μὲν … τὸν δέ 36
mvp-comment-17-3 The place of τάφου 37 προτίσας 38 τάφου 39 ἀτιμάσας 40
mvp-comment-17-4 ἀτιμάσας ἔχει 41
mvp-comment-18-1 σὺν δίκῃ | χρησθεὶς δικαίᾳ καὶ νόμῳ 42 χρησθεὶς 43 σὺν δίκης | χρήσει δικαίᾳ καὶ νόμου 45 δίκης 46 σύν 47 δίκῃ 48 χρήσει 49 χρησθείς 50 χρῆσθαι δικαιῶν 51
mvp-comment-18-2 νόμου 52
mvp-comment-19-1 τοῖς ἔνερθεν ἔντιμον νεκροῖς 53 πᾶσι κλεινός 54
mvp-comment-20-1 θανόντα … Πολυνείκους νέκυν 55
mvp-comment-21-1 ἐκκεκηρῦχθαι 56
mvp-comment-21-2 τὸ μὴ … καλύψαι 57
mvp-comment-22-1 ἐᾶν δ’ 58 ἄταφον ἄκλαυτον 59
mvp-comment-23-1 θησαυρόν 60
mvp-comment-23-2 εἰσορῶσι 61 εἰσορμῶσι 62
mvp-comment-23-3 Take πρὸς χάριν βορᾶς 63
mvp-comment-23-4 πρὸς χάριν 64
mvp-comment-24-1 σοί 65 κἀμοί 66 κηρύξαντ’ ἔχειν 67
mvp-comment-24-2 τὸν ἀγαθόν 68
mvp-comment-24-3 λέγω γὰρ κἀμέ 69
mvp-comment-24-4 Two other explanations may be noticed. Both make σοι 70 σοι 71 τοιαῦτα 72 κἀμοί 73 σοι 74 σοι 75 ἀγαθόν 76
mvp-comment-25-1 νεῖσθαι 77
mvp-comment-25-2 τοῖσι μὴ εἰδόσιν 78
mvp-comment-26-1 παρ’ οὐδέν 79 ὡς 80
mvp-comment-26-2 ὃς ἂν … δρᾷ 81
mvp-comment-27-1 προκεῖσθαι 82
mvp-comment-27-2 δημόλευστον 83
mvp-comment-28-1 σοι 84
mvp-comment-28-2 ἐσθλῶν 85
mvp-comment-29-1 ὦ ταλαῖφρον 86
mvp-comment-29-2 εἰ τάδ’ ἐν τούτοις 87 ἐν τούτοις 88
mvp-comment-30-1 λύουσ’ … ἢ ’φάπτουσα 89 εἵθ’ ἅπτουσα 90
mvp-comment-30-2 προσθείμην 91
mvp-comment-30-3 πλέον 92
mvp-comment-31-1 ξυμπονήσεις 93 ξυνεργάσει 94
mvp-comment-31-2 ποῖόν τι κινδύνευμα 95
mvp-comment-31-3
Read
ποῦ γνώμης...εἶ (from
εἶναι): cp.
El. 390
ποῦ ποτ’ εἶ φρενῶν. The question between
ποῦ
96
ποῖ
97
mvp-comment-32-1 εἰ 98 ξὺν τῇδε χερί 99
mvp-comment-32-2 κουφιεῖς 100
mvp-comment-32-3 ἦ γὰρ 101
mvp-comment-32-4 σφε 102
mvp-comment-32-5 ἀπόρρητον 103
mvp-comment-32-6 πόλει 104
mvp-comment-33-1 τὸν γοῦν ἐμὸν 105 ἐμόν 106 καὶ τὸν σόν, ἢν σὺ μὴ θέλῃς 107 τὸν ἐμόν 108 τὸν σόν 109 ἀδελφόν 110 γοῦν 111 τὸν … ἐμὸν καὶ τὸν σόν 112 καὶ 113 ἤν 114
mvp-comment-34-1 ἀδελφὸν … ἁλώσομαι 115 ἀδελφόν 116 οὐ γὰρ δή 117
mvp-comment-35-1 ὦ σχετλία 118
mvp-comment-35-2
σχετλία τόλμης. (
b) ‘Suffering,’=
τλήμων, as
Aesch.
PV 644
(of Io),
Eur.
Hec. 783
. Neither Homer nor Soph. has this use. (2) Of
things, ‘cruel,’ ‘wretched,’—a use common to all the poets: so
Ai. 887
σχέτλια γάρ (‘'tis cruel’),
Tr. 879
.
mvp-comment-36-1 οὐδέν 119 μέτα 120 τῶν ἐμῶν 121 εἴργειν 122
mvp-comment-37-1 νῷν 123 ἀπώλετο 124 ἀπεχθής 125 ἀπώλετο 126 ἔπειτα 127
mvp-comment-38-1 πρὸς … ἀμπλακημάτων … ἀράξας 128
mvp-comment-38-2 αὐτοφώρων 129
mvp-comment-38-3 ἀράξας 130
mvp-comment-38-4 αὐτὸς αὐτουργῷ χερί 131 αὐτός 132 αὐτ. χερί 133
mvp-comment-39-1 διπλοῦν ἔπος 134 πάθος 135
mvp-comment-39-2 ἀρτάναισι 136
mvp-comment-40-1 δύο … μίαν 137
mvp-comment-40-2 αὐτοκτονοῦντε 138
mvp-comment-41-1 κατειργάσαντ’ 139
mvp-comment-41-2 ἐπαλλήλοιν χεροῖν 140 ἐπ’ ἀλλήλοιν 141 χεροῖν 142 οιν 143 ἐπαλλήλοιν 144 χεροῖν 145
mvp-comment-42-1 νῦν δ’ αὖ 146 δ’ 147 νῦν αὖ 148 αὖ 149
mvp-comment-42-2 μόνα δή 150
mvp-comment-43-1 ψῆφον 151
mvp-comment-43-2 τυράννων 152
mvp-comment-43-3 κράτη 153 ἢ 154 καὶ 155
mvp-comment-44-1 τοῦτο μὲν 156 ἐννοεῖν 157 ἔπειτα δ’ 158
mvp-comment-44-2 ὡς 159 οὐ μαχουμένα 160
mvp-comment-45-1 οὕνεκ’ 161
mvp-comment-45-2 ἐκ 162
mvp-comment-45-3 ἀκούειν 163 ταῦτα 164 ἀλγίονα 165
mvp-comment-46-1 ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν 166
mvp-comment-46-2 τοὺς ὑπὸ χθονός 167
mvp-comment-46-3 βιάζομαι τάδε 168
mvp-comment-47-1 τοῖς ἐν τέλει βεβῶσι 169 βεβῶσι 170
mvp-comment-47-2 τὸ γὰρ | ...πράσσειν 171
mvp-comment-47-3 περισσὰ πρ 172
mvp-comment-47-4 οὐκ ἔχει νοῦν οὐδ. 173
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.
6. mvp-comment-6-1 τῶν.. κακῶν, partitive genitive, as supplementary predicate. See Essay on Language § 10. p. 15.
7-8. mvp-comment-7-1 πανδήμῳ.. στρατηγόν The Thebans had gone forth πανδημεί under Creon's generalship, and he had made the proclamation as στρατηγός, before assuming the civil power. Cp. Thuc. 5. 60, § 5, τὰς ἀπὸ στρατείας δίκας πρὶν ἐσιέναι κρίνουσιν. The publicity of the edict makes it more painful. Antigone knows what she is doing. Infr. 44, 907.
9. mvp-comment-8-1 τι is adverbial.
10. mvp-comment-9-1 τῶν ἐχθρῶν When evils devised by enemies are threatening those we love. In the vehemence of her resentment she already speaks of Creon as an enemy. Cp. infr. 62. τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν κακά, Schol. According to others τῶν ἐχθρῶν is abl. gen. passing from enemies, i.e. no longer directed towards them, or descriptive, evils which belong to enemies, i. e. which should be confined to them.
11. mvp-comment-10-1 οὐδεὶς μῦθος.. φίλων Νo word concerning any of our friends. Essay on Language § 9. p. 13.
12. mvp-comment-11-1 ἐξ ὅτου Sophocles has not been careful to mark the exact sequence of the events preceding the action of the Play. (See Introduction.) But the death of the brothers is supposed to have taken place some little time before the rout of the Argive host. Infr. 144-148.
14. mvp-comment-12-1 μιᾷ.. διπλῇ Essay on Language p. 69.
17. mvp-comment-13-1 μᾶλλον is redundant, the whole expression being epexegetic of οὐδὲν ὑπέρτερον, and in construction with οἶδα.
18-19. mvp-comment-14-1 καί σ'.. ἐξέπεμπον And it is for this that I have been leading thee forth. Thus a probable reason is given for the appearance of the two maidens before the gate. Their usual seclusion has been somewhat relaxed during the absence of Creon and Eteocles with the army. Infr. 578-579. Cp. El. 517.
20. mvp-comment-15-1 δηλοῖς γάρ τι καλχαίνουσ᾽ ἔπος It is plain that your thoughts are darkening with some troublous word.
20. mvp-comment-15-2 καλχαίνω is formed on a fancied analogy to πορφύρω, as this is used in Homer of the agitation of the sea, and, metaphorically, of the mind. According to others the first notion of καλχαίνω is to stir from the depths, as in dredging for the murex (κάλχη).
21. mvp-comment-16-1 τάφου is genitive of respect with both participles, but chiefly privative genitive ve ἀτιμάσας. See Essay on Language p. 66, 1, 68. She implies that both brothers had been dishonoured by the decree. Cp. infr. 515-517, οὐ μαρτυρήσει ταῦθ᾽ ὁ κατθανὼν νέκυς.. οὐ γάρ τι δοῦλος, ἀλλ᾽ ἀδελφὸς ὤλετο.
23. mvp-comment-17-1 ὡς λέγουσι, resumed in φασιν l. 27, φασι l. 31, points to the fact that the maidens in their seclusion could only know of the edict from hearsay.
23. mvp-comment-17-2 σὺν δίκῃ | †χρησθεὶς δικαίᾳ καὶ νόμῳ χρησθείς has been generally condemned, and ἐχρήσθην only occurs elsewhere in a strictly passive sense. Yet, as Shilleto observes (Journ. of Phil. No. 13, p. 149), ᾐδεσάμην and ᾐδέσθην, the former in lyric verse, the latter in senarii, are found within a few lines of each other in O. T. 647, 651; and χρησάμενος does not occur in Sophocles.
23. mvp-comment-17-3 Ἐτεοκλέα ἔκρυψε, χρησθεὶς (αὐτῷ) σὺν δίκῃ, is not impossible in point of syntax. On the other hand neither χρησθεὶς δίκαια, nor χρηστοῖς δικαίᾳ, nor προσθεὶς δίκαια, can be approved. In 1871 I suggested προθείς. After laying him out in state, with the righteous meed of honour and all customary observance, he has covered him in earth. Cp. Hdt. 1.112-115. 8, τρεῖς μὲν ἡμέρας προτιθέασι τὸν νεκρόν: inf. 196, καὶ τὰ πάντ᾽ ἐφαγνίσαι. This part of the treatment of Eteocles would contrast with the prohibition even to mourn for Polynices. Cp. Thuc. 2. 34, where the words καὶ ἐπιφέρει τῷ αὑτοῦ ἕκαστος ἤν τι βούληται throw some light on the custom implied in σὺν δίκῃ δικαίᾳ καὶ νόμῳ. For the emphatic δικαίᾳ, cp. Αj. 1100, ἐς ταφὰς ἐγὼ θήσω δικαίως: Hdt. 8. 106, νόμῳ δικαίῳ χρεώμενοι. προθείς may have been changed to προσθείς (which Donaldson conjectured), and to this may have been added an interlinear gloss ἃ χρή. Cp. 1. 243. κάφαγιστεύσας ἃ χρή. Another guess is χρῆσθαι δικαιῶν (sc. αὐτῷ). For similar fullness of expression on a solemn occasion, cp. O. T. 219, 259.
25. mvp-comment-18-1 τοῖς .. νεκροῖς Holding his honours amongst the dead; i.e. not ἄτιμος, or deprived of common rights.
26. mvp-comment-19-1 θανόντα .. νέκυν Cp. infr. 515, ὁ κατθανὼν νέκυς.
27. mvp-comment-20-1 ἐκκεκηρύχθαι Passive. That proclamation has been made. Cp. προκεῖσθαι, l. 36 .
29. mvp-comment-21-1 ἐἂν. Sc. πάντας. The affirmative subject is supplied from the negative Cp. the language of the proclamation in O. T. 241, and see Essay on Language p. 59.
29. mvp-comment-21-2 ἄκλαυτον, ἄταφον Cp. Od. 11. 72; Il. 22. 386; Eur. Hec. 30.
29-30. mvp-comment-22-1 οἰωνοῖς .. βορᾶς (1) To the vultures a sweet treasure as they eye him with a view to the gratification of food. Cp. infr. 371 τόλμας χάριν : 908, τίνος νόμου δὴ ταῦτα πρὸς χάριν λέγω; Or, perhaps. (2) To the vultures, eyeing him, a glad store of food to gratify their desire. For πρὸς χάριν in the latter rendering, cp. Phil. 1156, ἀντίφονον κορέσαι στόμα πρὸς χάριν, and for the combination of adverbial phrase and noun, El. 1336, σὺν χαρᾷ βοῆς.
31. mvp-comment-23-1 τὸν ἀγαθὸν Κρέοντα Cp. Phil. 873, ἁγαθοὶ στρατηλάται.
31-32. mvp-comment-24-1 σοι | κάμοί, λέγω γὰρ κἀμέ] Antigone first says, There is Creon's proclamation for you! (σοι unemphatic as in l. 37:) then, going off upon the word, For you, did I say? ay, and for me too, for I count myself also amongst those forbidden. This is said with bitter emphasis, showing that she has fully counted the cost of the act she meditates. The proclamation extends to me-I accept the consequences. For λέγω in this sense, cp. Aesch. Prom. 973, καὶ σὲ δ᾽ ἐν τούτοις λέγω: Cho. 989, Αἰγίσθου γὰρ οὐ λέγω μόρον. Others take κἀμέ as κάμοί, Το me, I say! (whose spirit he little knows).
35. mvp-comment-25-1 ὃς ἄν Essay on Language § 22. p. 35, 2. §39. p. 72.
35. mvp-comment-25-2 τούτων τι For this idiomatic use of τι, cp. Thuc. 5. 13, δρᾶν τι ὧν ἐκεῖνος ἐπενόει.
36. mvp-comment-26-1 δημόλευστον By stoning of the people. Essay on Language p. 98, a, line 15.
38. mvp-comment-27-1 For εὐγενής in the ethical sense, cp. Eur. El. 363, οὔτοι τό γ' ἦθος δυσγενές παρέξομαι. And for the genitive ἐσθλῶν, cp. Αj. 763, ἄνους καλῶς λέγοντος εὑρέθη πατρός.
39-40. mvp-comment-28-1 Alas for thy rash spirit! What help, if things be at this pass, can I afford, either to undo what is done, or to confirm it?' ταλαῖφρον points to the daring spirit of Antigone and to the tone of her last words. For λύουσα, cp. Aesch. S. c. Т. 270, λύουσα πολεμίων φόβον. The choice lies between ἢ 'φάπτουσα and εἴθ' ἅπτουσα. The implied negative is in favour of εἴθ' ἅπτουσα, which comes near the first hand of L. Cp. О. Т. 517, λόγοισιν εἴτ᾿ ἔργοισιν, where, however, ei precedes. But εἴτε is slightly too emphatic, and ἢ ᾿φάπτουσα is an early reading. The expression is proverbial. Cp. Aj. 1317.
42. mvp-comment-29-1 ποῦ γνώμης ποτ' εἶ; Although ποῖ with the verb of motion is not unlikely (cp. El. 922, ὅποι γνώμης φέρει), the future tense does not suit the passage. Hence the reading of Par. A. (with εἶ from εἰμί) is preferable. Cp. Ε1. 390, ποῦ ποτ' εἶ φρενῶν; but see Eurip. Iph. A. 480, for el from εἶμι with present meaning.
43. mvp-comment-30-1 Antigone's first intention is to lift the body with Ismene's help and give it proper burial. Being unable to do this unaided, she sprinkles the dust. Cp. El. 938-1057.
43. mvp-comment-30-2 ξὺν τῇδε .. χερί Aiding this hand, i. e. taking part in my labour. Cp. Ο. Τ. 811 ἐκ τῆσδε χειρός. Essay on Language § 22. p. 34.
44. mvp-comment-31-1 ἀπόρρητον πόλει A thing forbidden to the whole city. ἀπόρρητον is neuter accusative in apposition to the action of θάπτειν. Essay on Language § 17. p. 25.
45-46. mvp-comment-32-1 I will certainly bury my brother and yours, though you do not choose to do your part. The second of these lines has been needlessly suspected. The rejoinder of Ismene comes in more effectively when the στιχομυθία is broken. ἣν = κἄν, cp. Phil. 52, ἄλλ' ἤν τι καινὸν .. κλύῃς, ὑπουργεῖν.
48. mvp-comment-33-1 He has no right in what is mine, to part me from my own. τῶν ἐμῶν is partitive genitive with οὐδὲν μέτα: privative genitive with εἴργειν. Essay on Language p. 61.
50. mvp-comment-34-1 vῷν Ethical dative.
51. mvp-comment-35-1 αὐτοφώρων Self-detected; i. e. Brought to light by his own act. πρός = In consequence of,' connects the phrase with the preceding rather than the following words. Although the action of O. T. is not presupposed, this part of the fable had been already developed by Aeschylus. See S. c. T. 778 ff. Others take αὐτοφώρων to mean clearly proved, manifest to all men: cp. Od. 11.247, ἄφαρ δ᾽ ἀνάπυστα θεοὶ θέσαν ἀνθρώποισιν. But the emphatic repetition of αὐτὸς αὐτουργῷ in the next line agrees better with the more pregnant meaning. αὐτουργῷ = εἰς ἑαυτὸν ταῦτα ἐρξάσῃ.
53. mvp-comment-36-1 διπλοῦν ἔπος A two-fold name, suggesting the horror of the double relationship. Cp. Ο. Τ. 928, γυνὴ δὲ μήτηρ ἥδε τῶν κείνου τέκνων.
54. mvp-comment-37-1 λωβᾶται βίον Destroys her own life. Cp. Tr. 887, τάνδ᾽ ὕβριν.
56. mvp-comment-38-1 αὐτοκτονούντε By mutual fratricidal slaughter. αὐτός in composition here is partly reciprocal and partly, as in αὐτόχειρ, suggestive of the murder of kindred: cp. 1. 172. The same is true of κοινόν: cp. 1. 147.
57. mvp-comment-39-1 ἐπαλλήλοιν Mutual. The read. ing of L and Hermann is justified by the awkwardness of the double genitive dual and the doubtful use of ἐπί in the other reading.
58. mvp-comment-40-1 δή emphasizes μόνα with reference to what precedes. Thus left alone.
60. mvp-comment-41-1 ψῆφον τυράννων ἢ κράτη The will or authority of the ruler. 64. For the epexegesis, see Essay on Language § 33. p. 57. And for the accusative, to obey in this, cp. infr. 666-667.
66. mvp-comment-42-1 βιάζομαι τάδε This passive use of βιάζομαι occurs again in l. 1073, ἀλλ᾿ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
67. mvp-comment-43-1 τοῖς .. βεβῶσι Those whose position is supreme; i.e. the present ruling power.
68. mvp-comment-44-1 περισσὰ πράσσειν ‘Το act beyond one's sphere.' Cp. Tr. 617, τὸ μὴ πιθυμεῖν πομπὸς ὢν περισσὰ δρᾶν.