Sophocles Antigone 252

τροχοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἄσημος οὑργάτης τις ἦν.

Antigone. Sophocles. Cambridge, UK. 1906.

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Editions (11)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 252 focus
ὅπως δ᾽ ὁ πρῶτος ἡμὶν ἡμεροσκόπος
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 252 focus
λεπτὴ δ᾽, ἄγος φεύγοντος ὥς, ἐπῆν κόνις.
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 252 focus
δείκνυσι, πᾶσι θαῦμα δυσχερὲς παρῆν·
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 252 focus
τροχοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἄσημος οὑργάτης τις ἦν.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 252 focus
τροχοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἄσημος οὑργάτης τις ἦν.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 252.mvp-line-252 focus
τροχοῖσιν, ἀλλ’ ἄσημος οὑργάτης τις ἦν.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 252 focus
τροχοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἄσημος οὑργάτης τις ἦν.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 252 focus
τροχοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἄσημος οὑργάτης τις ἦν.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 252.mvp-line-252 focus
τροχοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἄσημος οὑργάτης τις ἦν.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 252 focus
τροχοῖσιν, ἀλλʼ ἄσημος οὑργάτης τις ἦν.
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 252 focus
τροχοῖσιν, ἀλλ' ἄσημος ἡμὶν οὑργάτης τις ἦν.
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 252 focus
CHOR.
O Seher, welch ein richtig Wort doch sprachest du!
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 252 focus
EL MENSAJERO
Pues vamos a verlo yéndonos a palacio; no sea que algo reprimido oculte secretamente en su irritado corazón; porque bien dices que el demasiado silencio es cosa grave.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 252 focus
Chorus
1257 Atqui eccum advenit rex ipse, monumentum insigne manibus gestans, haud alienae, si fas est dicere, crimen, sed suae ipsius noxae.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 252 focus
CR
Alas!
I have learnt it now. But then upon my head
Some God had smitten with dire weight of doom;
And plunged me in a furious course, woe is me!
Discomforting and trampling on my joy.
1275
Woe! for the bitterness of mortal pain!
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 237 focus
Was ist's, warum befiel dich solche Bangigkeit?
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 252 focus
Chorus
1270
O king ! thy justice comes too late.
1270
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 252 focus
EL CORO
¿Qué nueva desgracia ocurrida á nuestros reyos vienes á anunciarnos?
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 252 focus
KREON
Was ist denn schlimmer noch, als das, was schlimm ist?
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 252 focus
Creon
1261 Woe for the sins of a darkened soul, stubborn sins, fraught with death! Ah, ye behold us, the sire who hath slain, the son who hath perished! Woe is me, for the wretched blindness of my counsels! Alas, my son, thou hast died in thy youth, by a timeless doom, woe_is_me!—thy spirit hath fled,—not by thy folly, but by mine own!
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 332-380 focus

Commentary

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

124. mvp-comment-76-1 τοῖος .. δράκοντι (1) Such din of war was spread about his rear by the reluctant snake, no easy matter to subdue. So the Scholiast, who wrote τὸ δὲ ἀντιπάλῳ δράκοντι ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀντιπάλου δράκοντος, ὡς Ἀχιλῆϊ δαμασθείς (Il. 22. 55). Or (2) δυσχείρωμα may be taken to mean the act rather than the object of victory (cp. O. Τ. 560, θανασίμῳ χειρώματι), and the sense may be, Such din of war encompassed him, issuing in a hard-won victory for the serpent matching his foe. In this case it will make little difference to read the genitive. Or, (3) if the genitive is read (Wecklein), the words may be taken in yet another way: Such din of war harassed him from behind, the hard-to-be-subdued might of the serpent, who was a match for his foe. The genitive is given as an alternative reading by the 1st hand of L, and is supported by V (Ven. 468). But the dative is alone recognised by the Scholiast.

124. mvp-comment-76-2 The δράκων is certainly the emblem of Thebes, and the eagle and snake are in conflict, as in Il. 12. 201, foll., where also the serpent struggles and escapes : ὁ δ᾽ οὔπω λήθετο χάρμης, | κόψε γὰρ αὐτὸν ἔχοντα κατὰ στήθος παρὰ δειρὴν | ἰδνωθεὶς ὀπίσω· ὁ δ᾽ ἀπὸ ἕθεν ἧκε χαμάζε, κ.τ.λ. Hor. Carm. 4. 4, 11, Nunc in reluctantes dracones | Egit amor dapis atque pugnae.