Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους
Antigone. Sophocles. Cambridge, UK. 1906.
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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)) — 127 focus
Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 127 focus
πολλῷ ῥεύματι προσνισσομένους
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 127 focus
Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 127 focus
Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 127 focus
Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 127.mvp-line-127 focus
Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 127 focus
Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 127 focus
Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 127.mvp-line-126 focus
δυσχείρωμα δράκοντος.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 127 focus
Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 127 focus
Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους
Translations (11)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 127 focus
ANTIGONE
Getrost! du lebst ja: meine Seel' ist lange schon
gestorben, um der Todten Hülfe sich zu weihn.
Getrost! du lebst ja: meine Seel' ist lange schon
gestorben, um der Todten Hülfe sich zu weihn.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 127 focus
ISMENA
Pero no como se había concertado entre él y ésta.
Pero no como se había concertado entre él y ésta.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 127 focus
Ismene
Non enim sic de illo et hacce decretum erat!
Non enim sic de illo et hacce decretum erat!
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 127 focus
ISM
Not so as love was plighted ’twixt them twain.
570
Not so as love was plighted ’twixt them twain.
570
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)) — 127 focus
Creon
Such an alliance were as hateful to me
As is thyself. .
Such an alliance were as hateful to me
As is thyself. .
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 127 focus
ISMENA
¿Y cómo ha de poder ¡oh Rey! resistir la razón con que la naturaleza nos ha dotado, el exceso de la desgracia?
¿Y cómo ha de poder ¡oh Rey! resistir la razón con que la naturaleza nos ha dotado, el exceso de la desgracia?
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 127 focus
ANTIGONAE
O liebster Hämon ! wie entehrt er dich!
O liebster Hämon ! wie entehrt er dich!
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 127 focus
Ismene
But there can never be such love as bound him to her.
But there can never be such love as bound him to her.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 127 focus
Creon
No; not the guiltless. I approve thy words
No; not the guiltless. I approve thy words
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 100-160 focus
Enter the Chorus on the right.
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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