Sophocles Antigone 739

καλῶς ἐρήμης γ᾽ ἂν σὺ γῆς ἄρχοις μόνος.

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)) — 739 focus
ὦ παγκάκιστε, διὰ δίκης ἰὼν πατρί.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 739 focus
οὐ δῆτ᾽ ἔμοιγε, τοῦτο μὴ δόξῃς ποτέ,
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 739 focus
ὁ γοῦν λόγος σοι πᾶς ὑπὲρ κείνης ὅδε.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 739 focus
καλῶς ἐρήμης γ᾽ ἂν σὺ γῆς ἄρχοις μόνος.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 739 focus
καλῶς ἐρήμης γ᾽ ἂν σὺ γῆς ἄρχοις μόνος.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 739.mvp-line-732 focus
καλῶς ἐρήμης γ’ ἂν σὺ γῆς ἄρχοις μόνος.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 739 focus
καλῶς ἐρήμης γ᾽ ἂν σὺ γῆς ἄρχοις μόνος.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 739 focus
οὐ γὰρ δίκαιά σ᾽ ἐξαμαρτάνονθ᾽ ὁρῶ.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 739.mvp-line-732 focus
καλῶς ἐρήμης γ᾽ ἂν σὺ γῆς ἄρχοις μόνος.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 739 focus
καλῶς γʼ ἐρήμης ἂν σὺ γῆς ἄρχοις μόνος.
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 739 focus
καλῶς ἐρήμης γ᾽ ἂν σὺ γῆς ἄρχοις μόνος.
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 724 focus
Ihn hörst du billig, wenn er treffend spricht, o Herr,
Und du den Vater; sprachet ihr doch beide gut.
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 781-805 focus

Commentary

Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))

mvp-comment-227-1 ἐγερτί 1

mvp-comment-227-2 κινῶν 2

mvp-comment-227-3 ἐπιρρόθοις κακοῖσιν 3

mvp-comment-227-4 the adj. expressing the loud, continuous noise of tongues. The

ἐπι
- does not mean ‘bandied to and fro’: see Tr. 263
πολλὰ μὲν λόγοις | ἐπερρόθησε
. In fr. 521
ἐπίρροθα δώματα
=‘open to reproach.’ Elsewhere (as with Aesch.)
ἐπίρροθος
= ‘helper’ (
ἐπιρροθέω
, to come with shouts to the rescue). Cp.
ἐρρόθουν
259 n., Aesch. 290.

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

413-414. mvp-comment-237-1 Rousing each his fellow with noisy altercation, reviling him who should take this labour easily. εἴ τις, κ.τ.λ. depends on the verbal notion implied in κακοῖσιν = κακῶς λέγοντες.

413-414. mvp-comment-237-2 ἀφειδεῖν, ‘Το be unsparing, and so To be negligent, To treat lightly, To act without circumspection. For an approach to this meaning, cp. Thuc. 4.26 § 7. Bonitz conj. ἀκηδήσοι.