ψαύων τὸν θεὸν ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις.
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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))
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Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 961 focus
παρὰ δὲ
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Κυανέων πελαγέων διδύμας ἁλὸς
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 961 focus
Ἥφαιστος οὐκ ἔλαμπεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ σποδῷ
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 961 focus
τες ἀνύμφευτον γονὰν,
ἃ
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 961 focus
ψαύων τὸν θεὸν ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 961 focus
ψαύων τὸν θεὸν ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 961.mvp-line-951 focus
ψαύων τὸν θεὸν ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 961 focus
ψαύων τὸν θεὸν ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 961 focus
τυφλωθὲν ἐξ ἀγρίας δάμαρτος,
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 961.mvp-line-953 focus
ἀνθηρόν τε μένος. κεῖνος ἐπέγνω μανίαις
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 961 focus
ψαύων τὸν θεὸν ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις.
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 961 focus
ψαύων τὸν θεὸν ἐν κερτομίοις γλώσσαις.
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 966 focus
An der kyanischen Flut des verschwisterten Meeres hin
1
Dehnt sich Bosporos' Strand und der Thrakier Salmydessos,
945
Wo Ares, im Land waltend als Gott,
An Phineus' zwei Söhnen
Schaute die grause Wunde,
Nachdem die ruchlose Gattin blendend
Der Augen Sterne beiden nicht mit dem Speere, nein,
950
Ergrimmt ausstach mit blut'gen Händen,
Mit ihrer Webschiffe scharfen Spizen.
Zweite Gegenstrophe.
Und es vergingen die Armen im Leid und beweinten ihr
An der kyanischen Flut des verschwisterten Meeres hin
1
Dehnt sich Bosporos' Strand und der Thrakier Salmydessos,
945
Wo Ares, im Land waltend als Gott,
An Phineus' zwei Söhnen
Schaute die grause Wunde,
Nachdem die ruchlose Gattin blendend
Der Augen Sterne beiden nicht mit dem Speere, nein,
950
Ergrimmt ausstach mit blut'gen Händen,
Mit ihrer Webschiffe scharfen Spizen.
Und es vergingen die Armen im Leid und beweinten ihr
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 (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.
6. mvp-comment-6-1 τῶν.. κακῶν, partitive genitive, as supplementary predicate. See Essay on Language § 10. p. 15.