Sophocles Antigone 741

εἴπερ γυνὴ σύ· σοῦ γὰρ οὖν προκήδομαι.

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)) — 741 focus
ἁμαρτάνω γὰρ τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς σέβων;
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 741 focus
τοὐμὸν προσόψει κρᾶτ᾽ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ὁρῶν,
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 741 focus
ταύτην ποτ᾽ οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὡς ἔτι ζῶσαν γαμεῖς.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 741 focus
εἴπερ γυνὴ σύ· σοῦ γὰρ οὖν προκήδομαι.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 741 focus
εἴπερ γυνὴ σύ· σοῦ γὰρ οὖν προκήσομαι.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 741.mvp-line-734 focus
εἴπερ γυνὴ σύ· σοῦ γὰρ οὖν προκήδομαι.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 741 focus
εἴπερ γυνὴ σύ· σοῦ γὰρ οὖν προκήδομαι.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 741 focus
οὐ γὰρ σέβεις, τιμάς γε τὰς θεῶν πατῶν.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 741.mvp-line-734 focus
εἴπερ γυνὴ σύ· σοῦ γὰρ οὖν προκήδομαι.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 741 focus
εἴπερ γυνὴ σύ. σοῦ γὰρ οὖν προκήδομαι.
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 741 focus
εἴπερ γυνὴ σύ σοῦ γὰρ οὖν προκήδομαι.
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-229-1 The incident of the storm was a dramatic necessity, to account for Antigone reaching the corpse unobserved. A powerful picture is compressed into seven lines. (Cp. O. C. 1315 ff. for a like instance of self-restraint in description.)

mvp-comment-230-1 κατέστη 1

mvp-comment-230-2 χθονὸς 2

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

415-417. mvp-comment-238-1 This lasted till the sun had reached his station in mid-sky with unclouded splendour, and the heat was glowing.' Cp. the Homeric ὄφρα μὲν ἠέλιος μέσον οὐρανὸν ἀμφιβεβήκει.