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ἀρχαῖα τὰ Λαβδακιδᾶν οἴκων ὁρῶμαι
πήματα φθιμένων ἐπὶ πήμασι πίπτοντ᾽,
595
οὐδ᾽ ἀπαλλάσσει γενεὰν γένος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρείπει
θεῶν τις, οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν.
νῦν γὰρ ἐσχάτας ὑπὲρ
ῥίζας ἐτέτατο φάος ἐν Οἰδίπου δόμοις·
600
κατ᾽ αὖ νιν φοινία θεῶν τῶν
νερτέρων ἀμᾷ κοπίς,
λόγου τ᾽ ἄνοια καὶ φρενῶν Ἐρινύς.

Antigone. Sophocles. Oxford. 1924.

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Editions (11)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 593 focus
ἀρχαῖα τὰ Λαβδακιδᾶν
590
οἴκων ὁρῶμαι πήματα
φθιμένων ἐπὶ πήμασι πίπτοντ᾽·
οὐδ᾽ ἀπαλλάσσει γενεὰν
γένος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρείπει
θεῶν τις, οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν.
595
νῦν γὰρ ἐσχάτας ὑπὲρ
ῥίζας 1 ὃ τέτατο φάος ἐν Οἰδίπου δόμοις,
κατ᾽ αὖ νιν θεῶν φοινία τῶν
νερτέρων ἀμᾷ κόνις 2 ,
λόγου τ᾽ ἄνοια, καὶ φρενῶν Ἐρινύς 3 .
600
b
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 593 focus
ἀρχαῖα τὰ Λαβδακιδᾶν οἴκων ὁρῶμαι
πήματα φθιτῶν ἐπὶ πήμασι πίπτοντ᾽·
οὐδ᾽ ἀπαλλάσσει γενεὰν γένος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρείπει
θεῶν τις, οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν.
580
νῦν γὰρ ἐσχάτας ὑπὲρ
ῥίζας ἐτέτατο φάος ἐν Οἰδίπου δόμοις·
κατ᾽ αὖ νιν φοινία θεῶν τῶν νερτέρων ἀμᾷ κόνις,
λόγου τ’ ἄνοια καὶ φρενῶν Ἐρινύς.
2
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 593 focus
ἀρχαῖα τὰ Λαβδακιδᾶν
585
οἴκων ὁρῶμαι πήματα
φθιμένων ἐπὶ πήμασι πίπτον-
τ᾿ οὐδ᾽ ἀπαλλάσσει γενεὰν
γένος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρείπει θεῶν τις, οὐδ' ἔχει λύσιν.
νῦν γὰρ ἐσχάτας ὑπὲρ
590
ῥίζας ἐτέτατο φάος ἐν Οἰδίπου δόμοις·
κᾆτ᾽ αὖ νιν φοινία
θεῶν τῶν νερτέρων ἀμᾷ κοπὶς,
λόγου τ᾽ ἄνοια, καὶ φρενῶν Ἐριννύς.
2
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 593 focus
ἀρχαῖα τὰ Λαβδακιδᾶν οἴκων ὁρῶμαι
πήματα †φθιμένων ἐπὶ πήμασι πίπτοντ',
595
οὐδ᾽ ἀπαλλάσσει γενεὰν γένος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρείπει
θεῶν τις, οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν.
νῦν γὰρ ἐσχάτας ὑπὲρ
ῥίζας *ἐτέτατο φάος ἐν Οἰδίπου δόμοις.
600
κατ᾿ αὖ νιν φοινία θεῶν τῶν
νερτέρων ἀμᾷ κόνις
λόγου τ᾽ ἄνοια καὶ φρενῶν Ἐρινύς.
β
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 593 focus
ἀρχαῖα τὰ Λαβδακιδᾶν οἴκων ὁρῶμαι
πήματα φθιμένων ἐπὶ πήμασι πίπτοντ᾽,
595
οὐδ᾽ ἀπαλλάσσει γενεὰν γένος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρείπει
θεῶν τις.
οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν.
νῦν γὰρ ἐσχάτας ὑπὲρ
ῥίζας ἐτέτατο φάος ἐν Οἰδίπου δόμοις· 600
600
κατ᾽ αὖ νιν φοινία
θεῶν τῶν νερτέρων ἀμᾷ κόνις,
λόγου τ᾽ ἄνοια καὶ φρενῶν Ἐρινύς.
2
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 593 focus
ἀρχαῖα τὰ Λαβδακιδᾶν οἴκων ὁρῶμαι
πήματα φθιμένων ἐπὶ πήμασι πίπτοντ’,
595
οὐδ’ ἀπαλλάσσει γενεὰν γένος, ἀλλ’ ἐρείπει
θεῶν τις, οὐδ’ ἔχει λύσιν.
νῦν γὰρ ἐσχάτας ὅπερ
ῥίζας ἐτέτατο φάος ἐν Οἰδίπου δόμοις,
600
κατ’ αὖ νιν φοινία
θεῶν τῶν νερτέρων ἀμᾷ κόνις,
λόγου τ’ ἄνοια καὶ φρενῶν Ἐρινύς.
2
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 593 focus
ἀρχαῖα τὰ Λαβδακιδᾶν οἴκων ὁρῶμαι
πήματα † φθιμένων † ἐπὶ πήμασι πίπτοντ᾽,
595
οὐδ᾽ ἀπαλλάσσει γενεὰν γένος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρείπει
θεῶν τις, οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν.
νῦν γὰρ ἐσχάτας ὕπερ
ῥίζας ὃ τέτατο φάος ἐν Οἰδίπου δόμοις,
600
κατ᾽ αὖ νιν φοινία
θεῶν τῶν νερτέρων ἀμᾶι κοπίς,
λόγου τ᾽ ἄνοια καὶ φρενῶν Ἐρινύς.
2
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 593 focus
ἀρχαῖα τὰ Λαβδακιδᾶν οἴκων ὁρῶμαι
πήματα φθιτῶν. ἐπὶ πήμασι πίπτοντ᾽·
590
οὐδ᾽ ἀπαλλάσσει γενεὰν
γένος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρείπει
θεῶν τις, οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν.
νῦν γὰρ ἐσχάτας ὅπερ
595
ῥίζας ἐτέτατο φάος ἐν Οἰδίπου δόμοις,
κατ᾽ αὖ νιν φοινία θεῶν τῶν
νερτέρων ἀμᾷ κόνις,
λόγου τ᾽ ἄνοια, καὶ φρενῶν Ἐριννύς,
2
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 593 focus
ἀρχαῖα τὰ Λαβδακιδᾶν οἴκων ὁρῶμαι 1
πήματα φθιτῶν ἐπὶ πήμασι πίπτοντ᾽, 2
595
οὐδ᾽ ἀπαλλάσσει γενεὰν γένος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρείπει 3
θεῶν τις, οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν. νῦν γὰρ ἐσχάτας ὑπὲρ 4
ῥίζας ὃ τέτατο φάος ἐν Οἰδίπου δόμοις, 5
600
κατ᾽ αὖ νιν φοινία θεῶν τῶν νερτέρων 6
ἀμᾷ κόνις, λόγου τ’ ἄνοια καὶ φρενῶν ἐρινύς. 7
2
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 593 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 593 focus
ἀρχαῖα τὰ Λαβδακιδᾶν οἴκων ὁρῶμαι
πήματα φθιμένων ἐπὶ πήμασι πίπτοντ᾽,
595
οὐδ᾽ ἀπαλλάσσει γενεὰν γένος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρείπει
θεῶν τις, οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν.
νῦν γὰρ ἐσχάτας ὑπὲρ
ῥίζας ὃ τέτατο φάος ἐν Οἰδίπου δόμοις,
600
κατ᾽ αὖ νιν φοινία
θεῶν τῶν νερτέρων.
ἀμᾶι κοπὶς λόγου τ᾽ ἄνοια καὶ φρενῶν ἐρινύς.
Translations (11)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 593 focus
Im Hause des Labdakos seh' uraltes Leid ich
stets erneut aufs Leid der Geschiedenen stürzen;
nimmerdar befreit ein Geschlecht das Geschlecht, hinab wirft
ein Gott sie, löset nie den Fluch.
580
Noch erglänzte sonst ein Strahl
des Lichtes der letzten Wurzel im Haus des Oedipus;
nun rafft selbst diese noch hinweg der Untergötter blutig Grab,
des Rathes Unsinn und der Seel' Erinys.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 593 focus
Sobre las antiguas calamidades de la familia de los Labdácidas veo que caen otras que con nuevas desgracias se suceden sin cesar de una en otra generación. Algún dios aniquila esta raza, no hay remedio. Porque la esperanza que en el palacio de Edipo se fundaba ahora en su último vástago, la acaba de segar la cruenta hoz de los dioses infernales, a la vez que la demencia de la razón y la furia del ánimo.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 593 focus
Veteres Labdacidarum domus calamitates video, defunctorum immissas calamitatibus;
neque aetas aetatem liberat, sed hanc quoque subvertit deorum quispiam, neque est ab acrumnis requies, Modo enim Oedipi in domo ultimae stirpi effulserat salus; tamen illam rursus demetit inferorum deüm cruenta falx, consiliique amentia, et animi furor.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 593 focus
And with far-searching sweep
Uprolls the storm-heap’d tangle on the shore,
595
While cliff to beaten cliff resounds with sullen roar.
The stock of Cadmus from old time, I know,
Hath woe on woe,
Age following age, the living on the dead,
600
Fresh sorrow falling on each new-ris’n head,
None freed by God from ruthless overthrow.
E’en now a smiling light
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 593 focus
So seh' ich in Labdakos' Haus uraltes Leid sich
Fort und fort auf's Leid der Geschiedenen stürzen: 1
590
Nicht Befreiung schafft ein Geschlecht dem Geschlecht; hinab stößt
Ein Gott es, löst niemals den Fluch.
Denn die lezte Wurzel, die 2
Das Licht umleuchtet in dem Haus des Dedipus,
Auch die mäht nun der Todesgötter
595
Blutigrothe Sichel ab,
Der Rede Thorheit und des Geistes Wahnsinn. 3
Zweite Strophe.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 583 focus
Behold, O king ! thy youngest hope appear
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 593 focus
Así en la familia de los Labdácidas, á las desgracias de los que ya sucumbieron, veo acumularse nuevos infortunios, que de generación en generación se perpetúan, sin dejarla en libertad, un momento, la saña implacable del Destino. Un rayo de esperanza parecia vislumbrarse al fin para los últimos vástagos de la familia de Edipo; y hé aquí que lo extinguieron esa tierra fatal tributada á los manes, y la imprudencia del discurso y la furia vengadora del corazón.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 593 focus
Alternd von Labdakos Häufsern ,
615
Den untergegangenen, sch’ ich Ruin fallen
Auf Ruin; noch löset ab ein Geschlecht
Das andre, sondern es schlägt
Ein Gott es nieder. Und nicht Erlösung hat ex.
Denn jezt ist über die lezte
620
Wurzel gerichtet das Licht
In Oedipus Häufsern.
Und der tödtliche, der Staub
Der Todesgötter zehret sie aus,
Und ungehaltnes Wort und der Sinne Wüthen.
625
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 593 focus
I see that from olden time the sorrows in the house of the Labdacidae are heaped upon the sorrows of the dead; and generation is not freed by generation, but some god strikes them down, and the race hath no deliverance.
For now that hope of which the light had been 600 spread above the last root of the house of Oedipus— that hope, in turn, is brought low—by the blood-stained dust due to the gods infernal, and by folly in speech, and frenzy at the heart.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 593 focus
As when from Thrace the winds tempestuous sweep
With dark'ning horror o'er the deep,
The boiling sands are from the bottom torn,
And high the surging billows borne;
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 583-630 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-347-1 ἀρχαῖα 1

mvp-comment-347-2 ὁρῶμαι 2 οἴκων 3 φθι^τῶν 4

mvp-comment-348-1 ἀπαλλάσσει 5

mvp-comment-348-2 γενεὰν γένος 6 ἔχει 7

mvp-comment-348-3 λύσιν 8

mvp-comment-349-1 νῦν γὰρ ἐσχάτας 9 ὃ τέτατο 10 ἐτέτατο 11 κατ’ αὖ 12 ὑπέρ 13 ὅπερ 14 ὃ τέτατο 15 νιν 16 φάος 17 ἐσχάτη ῥίζα 18 φάος 19 νιν 20 φάος 21 θάλος 22 τέτατο 23 ῥίζας 24

mvp-comment-350-1 κατ’ αὖ … ἀμᾷ, 25 κοπίς 26 κόνις 27 κόνις 28

mvp-comment-350-2 (1) If κόνις 29 καταμᾷ 30

mvp-comment-350-3 (2) If we read κοπίς 31

mvp-comment-350-4 It has further been urged against

κοπίς
that the word is too homely. This may be so; but we lack proof.
κοπίς
seems to have been a large curved knife, known to the Greeks chiefly as ( a) a butcher's or cook's implement, ( b) an oriental military weapon. It does not follow, however, that the effect here would be like that of ‘chopper,’ or of ‘scimitar,’ in English. The dignity of a word may be protected by its simplicity; and
κοπίς
is merely ‘that which cuts.’ Pindar was not afraid of homeliness when he described a chorus-master as a
κρατήρ
, or an inspiring thought as an
ἀκόνα
(cp. O. C. 1052 n.). Nicander could say, of the scorpion,
τοίη οἱ κέντροιο κοπίς
( Ther. 780 ). If
κοπίς
be right, the change to
κόνις
may have been caused, not by a misreading of letters, but by mere inadvertence,—the copyist having the word
κόνις
in his thoughts at the moment: it has already occurred frequently ( 247 , 256 , 409 , 429 ).—See Appendix.

mvp-comment-351-1 λόγου … ἄνοια 32 φρενῶν ἐρινύς 33

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

595. mvp-comment-347-1 The reading of this line has been much questioned, but the meaning is clear, although it is uncertain what word (whether φθιτῶν or some other) has been supplanted by the unmetrical φθιμένων: which may be due to a reminiscence of Aesch. Cho. 403. 4, παρὰ τῶν πρότερον φθιμένων ἄτην | ἑτέραν ἐπάγουσαν ἐπ᾿ ἄτῃ.

596. mvp-comment-348-1 γενεὰν γένος There is no distinction of meaning (such as One generation, .. 'The whole race'). Cp. O. C. 27, 28, ἐξοικήσιμος .. οἰκητός.

596. mvp-comment-348-2 ἐρείπει Sc. γενεὰν ἑκάστην. Cp. infra 601, κατ᾽ αὖ νιν, κ.τ.λ.

597. mvp-comment-349-1 οὐδ᾽ ἔχει Nor does the case admit of. Cp. Ο. C. 545, ἔχει δέ μοι ..

597. mvp-comment-349-2 πρὸς δίκας τι.

600. mvp-comment-350-1 ῥίζας Ἀντὶ τοῦ, ὅπερ ἔβλαστεν ἄνω τῆς ῥίζης, Schol. The root, for the plant.

600. mvp-comment-350-2 *ἐτέτατο The Scholiast notes the asyndeton (λείπει ἄρθρον τὸ ὅ): which is expressive and allows viv to be referred to ῥίζας, to which it naturally belongs. And in the reading ῥίζας δ τέτατο, the order of words is questionable. For ἐτέτατο φάος, cp. Phil. 831, αἴγλαν, ἃ τέταται τανῦν. The light is the grace and nobleness of Antigone, and her bright hopes. The conj. θάλος, for which, cp. Pind. Οl. 2. 45, Ἀδραστιδᾶν θάλος, is uncalled for.

601. mvp-comment-351-1 κατ' was rightly restored by Triclinius for κατ' (ⅰ.e. καὶ εἶτα), which had been introduced to avoid the asvndeton. (Schol. ἐάν στίξωμεν κᾷτ᾽ αὖ νιν, οὐδὲν λείπει τῷ λόγῳ.)

602-603. mvp-comment-352-1 ἀμᾷ θερίζει καὶ ἐκκόπτει. ἢ καλύπτει, Schol. The latter is right.

602-603. mvp-comment-352-2 Ας καταμᾶσθαι κόνιν is ‘Το cover oneself with dust,' so, by a poetical inversion, the dust may be said καταμᾶν, To cover, or Sweep out of sight. Essay on Language § 42. р. 80, β.

603. mvp-comment-353-1 λόγου τ᾽ ἄνοια καὶ φρενῶν Ἐριvús The reasoning of Antigone in 450 ff. seems wild to the chorus, and her conduct shows her to them as possessed with a fatal frenzy. It may be thought strange that κόνις should be retained against a reading which has been so generally ap- proved as κόπις, first suggested by Jortin. But see Essay on Language pp. 92, 93. The grotesque image of Death, or Hades, armed with a bloody chopper or cleaver, however agreeable to the manner of Euripides, or some other poets, has no parallel in the language of Sophocles. And the transition from this concrete imagery to the spirits of fury and madness is, to say the least, awkwardly abrupt. The words λόγου τ᾽ ἄνοια καὶ φρενῶν Ἐρινύς are most natural if they are added to expand an obscure allusion to the deed which had brought Antigone into danger. And the words φοινία θεῶν τῶν νερτέρων .. κόνις, The deadly dust sacred to the gods below, convey such an allusion not more obscurely than do the words in Tr. 836 ff., δεινοτάτῳ μὲν ὕδρας προστετακὼς φάσματι, κ.τ.λ., express the condition of Heracles in the poisoned robe. Triclinius was therefore not absurd in saying εἰκότως δὲ τὸ κόνις τέθειται. διότι γὰρ ἐκάλυψεν Ἀντιγόνη ἀδελφὸν Πολυνείκην κόνει, διὰ τοῦτο τεθνήξεσθαι ἔμελλε.

604. mvp-comment-354-1 This is suggested by the position of Antigone, whose offence brings swift retribution; but is felt by the spectator to be more applicable to that of Creon.