κελαιναὶ νᾶες ἐκφύγοιεν.
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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)) — 953 focus
πετρώδει κατάφρακτος ἐν δεσμῷ.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 953 focus
ἐς γὰρ παλαιὸν θᾶκον ὀρνιθοσκόπον
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 953 focus
εἶδεν ἀρατὸν ἕλκος
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 953 focus
κελαιναὶ νᾶες ἐκφύγοιεν.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 953 focus
οὐ πύργος, οὐχ ἁλίκτυποι
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 953.mvp-line-943 focus
οὐ πύργος, οὐχ ἁλίκτυποι
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 953 focus
οὐ πύργος, οὐχ ἁλίκτυποι
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 953 focus
γυναῖκας, εὔϊον τε πῦρ,
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 953.mvp-line-945 focus
οὐ πύργος, οὐχ ἁλίκτυποι
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 953 focus
κελαιναὶ νᾶες ἐκφύγοιεν.
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 953 focus
οὐ πύργος, οὐχ ἁλίκτυποι
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 955 focus
Dryas' zornigen Sohn, Herrn der Edonen,
1
Als er wider den Gott frevelte voll Hohnlust,
935
Band Dionysos,
In felsstarrende Kluft ihn einzwängend.
So verbrauste des wahnwizigen Grimm's arge
Wildaufschäumende Kraft. Sener empfand's, daß er den Gott
Mit Hohnworten in wahnsinnigem Muth anfiel.
940
Denn gottentzückter Frauen Schwarm,
Des Bacchos Flammen wehrt' er keck,
Und reizt' euch, flötenfrohe Musen.
2
Zweite Strophe.
Dryas' zornigen Sohn, Herrn der Edonen,
1
Als er wider den Gott frevelte voll Hohnlust,
935
Band Dionysos,
In felsstarrende Kluft ihn einzwängend.
So verbrauste des wahnwizigen Grimm's arge
Wildaufschäumende Kraft. Sener empfand's, daß er den Gott
Mit Hohnworten in wahnsinnigem Muth anfiel.
940
Denn gottentzückter Frauen Schwarm,
Des Bacchos Flammen wehrt' er keck,
Und reizt' euch, flötenfrohe Musen.
2
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 944-985 focus
Chorus
So too endured Danae in her beauty to change
the light of the sky for brass-bound walls, and in that chamber, both burial and bridal, she was held in strict confinement. And yet was she of esteemed lineage, my daughter,
945
and guarded a deposit of the seed of Zeus that had fallen in a golden rain. But dreadful is the mysterious power of fate—there is no deliverance from it by wealth or by war, by towered city, or dark, sea-beaten ships.
950
So too endured Danae in her beauty to change
the light of the sky for brass-bound walls, and in that chamber, both burial and bridal, she was held in strict confinement. And yet was she of esteemed lineage, my daughter,
945
and guarded a deposit of the seed of Zeus that had fallen in a golden rain. But dreadful is the mysterious power of fate—there is no deliverance from it by wealth or by war, by towered city, or dark, sea-beaten ships.
950
Chorus
And Dryas’s son, the Edonian king swift to rage, was tamed in recompense for his frenzied insults, when, by the will of Dionysus, he was shut in a rocky prison. There the fierce and swelling force of his madness trickled away.
955
That man came to know the god whom in his frenzy he had provoked with mockeries. For he had sought to quell the god-inspired women and the Bacchanalian fire,
960
and he angered the Muses who love the flute.
965
And Dryas’s son, the Edonian king swift to rage, was tamed in recompense for his frenzied insults, when, by the will of Dionysus, he was shut in a rocky prison. There the fierce and swelling force of his madness trickled away.
955
That man came to know the god whom in his frenzy he had provoked with mockeries. For he had sought to quell the god-inspired women and the Bacchanalian fire,
960
and he angered the Muses who love the flute.
965
Chorus
And by the waters of the Dark Rocks, the waters of the twofold sea, are the shores of
Bosporus
and the Thracian city Salmydessus,
where Ares, neighbor of that city, saw the accursed, blinding wound inflicted on the two sons of Phineus by his savage wife. It was a wound that brought darkness to the hollows, making them crave vengeance
970
for the eyes she crushed with her bloody hands and with her shuttle for a dagger.
975
And by the waters of the Dark Rocks, the waters of the twofold sea, are the shores of
Bosporus
and the Thracian city Salmydessus,
where Ares, neighbor of that city, saw the accursed, blinding wound inflicted on the two sons of Phineus by his savage wife. It was a wound that brought darkness to the hollows, making them crave vengeance
970
for the eyes she crushed with her bloody hands and with her shuttle for a dagger.
975
Chorus
Wasting away in their misery, they bewailed their miserable suffering
and their birth from their mother stripped of her marriage. But she traced her descent from the ancient line of the Erechtheids, and in far-distant caves she was raised amidst her father’s gusts. She was the child of Boreas,
980
running swift as horses over the steep hills, a daughter of gods. Yet she, too, was assailed by the long-lived Fates, my child.
985
Wasting away in their misery, they bewailed their miserable suffering
and their birth from their mother stripped of her marriage. But she traced her descent from the ancient line of the Erechtheids, and in far-distant caves she was raised amidst her father’s gusts. She was the child of Boreas,
980
running swift as horses over the steep hills, a daughter of gods. Yet she, too, was assailed by the long-lived Fates, my child.
985
Commentary
Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))
Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus
1-17. mvp-comment-1-1 The opening speeches reveal the contrast between the sisters, while the affectionate address of Antigone in l. 1 gives greater emphasis to her violent outbreak in l. 69. Cp. О. Т. 85, and note.
7-8. mvp-comment-7-1 πανδήμῳ.. στρατηγόν The Thebans had gone forth πανδημεί under Creon's generalship, and he had made the proclamation as στρατηγός, before assuming the civil power. Cp. Thuc. 5. 60, § 5, τὰς ἀπὸ στρατείας δίκας πρὶν ἐσιέναι κρίνουσιν. The publicity of the edict makes it more painful. Antigone knows what she is doing. Infr. 44, 907.