Sophocles Antigone 747

οὔ τἂν ἕλοις ἥσσω γε τῶν αἰσχρῶν ἐμέ.

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)) — 747 focus
ταύτην ποτ᾽ οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὡς ἔτι ζῶσαν γαμεῖς.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 747 focus
ἄμφω γὰρ αὐτὰ καὶ κατακτεῖναι νοεῖς;
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 747 focus
γυναικὸς ὢν δούλευμα, μὴ κώτιλλέ με.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 747 focus
οὔ *τἂν ἕλοις ἥσσω γε τῶν αἰσχρῶν ἐμέ.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 747 focus
οὔ τἂν ἕλοις ἥσσω γε τῶν αἰσχρῶν ἐμέ.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 747.mvp-line-740 focus
οὔ τἂν ἕλοις ἥσσω γε τῶν αἰσχρῶν ἐμέ.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 747 focus
οὔ τἂν ἕλοις ἥσσω γε τῶν αἰσχρῶν ἐμέ.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 747 focus
ἥδ᾽ οὖν θανεῖται, καὶ θανοῦσ᾽ ὀλεῖ τινά.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 747.mvp-line-740 focus
οὔ τἂν ἕλοις ἥσσω γε τῶν αἰσχρῶν ἐμέ.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 747 focus
οὔ τἂν ἕλοις ἥσσω γε τῶν αἰσχρῶν ἐμέ.
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 747 focus
οὔ τἂν ἕλοις ἥσσω γε τῶν αἰσχρῶν ἐμέ.
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 758 focus
Wahrhaftig? Bei'm Olympos, nicht zur Freude dir,
Das sei versichert, höhnst du mich mit frechem Wort.
(zu den Begleitern:)
Führt her das Scheusal, daß sie gleich im Angesicht
Des Bräutigams an seiner Seite sterbe hier!.
755
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 781-805 focus

Commentary

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

422. mvp-comment-243-1 ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ After lasting a long while: giving time for Antigone to come out of her concealment, with the libation ready. 423, foll. κἀνακωκύει] ‘And raises a shrill wailing cry, like the voice of the despairing bird. For the descriptive genitive, see Essay on Language § 9. p. 12.

422. mvp-comment-243-2 πικρᾶς Embittered, 'Full of bitterness: the quality of the object is transferred to the subject: i.e. πικρᾶς, ἅτε πασχούσης πικρά. Also the bitterness of anger is joined to that of grief. Cp. the Latin dolor. For the genitive, cp. Trach. 768, ὥστε τέκτονοs. And for the omission of ὡs, which is supplied in the following clause, cp. supr. 114, λευκῆς χιόνος πτέρυγι στεγανός. G. Wolff reads ὅ. δ. φθόγγον ὥς, ὅταν κ. But this yields a less probable rhythm.