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Richard Jebb (Translator)

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Antigone. Sophocles. Richard Jebb (Translator). Cambridge. 1891.

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Antigone (English) (Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 3: The Antigone. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (12)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ’ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τροχοὺς 1 ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσει,
1060
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
ψυχήν τ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κατῴκισας·
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν·
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
1065
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε 2 .
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν ᾍδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύες,
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
1070
λέγω. φανεῖ γὰρ οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβὴ
ἀνδρῶν, γυναικῶν, σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἐχθραὶ δὲ πᾶσαι ξυνταράσσονται πόλεις,
ὅσων σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγισαν 3 ,
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνὸς, φέρων
1075
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν 4 ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
τοιαῦτά 5 σου (λυπεῖς γάρ) ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμεῖ.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
1080
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν,
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν, ἢ νῦν φέρει.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1064 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τροχοὺς ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσει,
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω
1050
ψυχήν γ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κατοικίσας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον, νέκυν ·
ὧν οὔτε σοι μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
1055
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐριννύες,
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω· φανεῖ γὰρ οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβὴ
1060
ἀνδρῶν, γυναικῶν, σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα,
ἔχθρᾳ δὲ πᾶσαι ξυνταράσσονται πόλεις,
ὅσῳ σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγισαν,
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνὸς, φέρων
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
1065
τοιαῦτά σου (λυπεῖς γὰρ), ὥστε τοξότης,
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμεῖ.
ὦ, παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
1070
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν,
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν, ὧν νῦν φέρει.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
1065
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσει,
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
ψυχήν τ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κακῴκισας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
1070
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν.
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύες,
1075
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω. φανεῖ γάρ, οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβή,
ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἐχθραὶ δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις
1080
ὅσων σπαράγματ' ἢ κύνες καθήγισαν
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνός, φέρων
61v
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
1085
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμεῖ.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν ἢ νῦν φέρει.
1090
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
1065
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσῃ,
ἀνθ’ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
ψυχήν τ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κατῴκισας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
1070
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν.
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύες,
1075
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω φανεῖ γὰρ οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβὴ
ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἔχθρᾳ δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις.
1080
ὅσων σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγισαν,
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνὸς φέρων
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
1085
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμῇ.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν ἢ νῦν φέρει.
1090
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ’ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
1065
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσῃ,
ἀνθ’ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
ψυχήν τ’ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κατῴκισας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ’ αὖ θεῶν
1070
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν.
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ’ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύες,
1075
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ’ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω· φανεῖ γὰρ οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβὴ
ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἔχθρᾳ δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις,
1080
ὅσων σπαράγματ’ ἢ κύνες καθήγνισαν,
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνὸς φέρων
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
1085
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμῇ.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ’ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν
τὸν νοῦν τ’ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν ἢ νῦν φέρει.
1090
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἥλιον τελεῖν,
1065
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσηι,
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
ψυχήν γ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφωι κατοικίσας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θυῶν
1070
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν·
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζεται τάδε.
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ φθιτῶν Ἐρινύες,
1075
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω φανεῖ γὰρ οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβὴ
ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἔχθραι δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις
1080
ὅσων σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγισαν
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνός, φέρων
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς † πόλιν †.
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῶι καρδίας τοξεύματα
1085
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμῆι.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῆι,
καὶ γνῶι τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχαιτέραν
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν ὧν νῦν φέρει.
1090
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τροχοὺς ἁμιλλητῆρας Ἡλίου τελῶν,
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσει,
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
1055
ψυχήν τ' ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κατῴκισας·
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν.
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
1060
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐριννύες,
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς·
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω. φανεῖ γάρ, οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβή,
1065
ἀνδρῶν, γυναικῶν, σοῖς, δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἐχθραὶ δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις,
ὅσων σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγισαν,
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνός, φέρων·
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
1070
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμεῖ.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
1075
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν,
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν, ἢ νῦν φέρει.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
1065
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσει,
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
ψυχήν τ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κατῴκισας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
1070
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν.
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύες,
1075
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω· φανεῖ γὰρ οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβὴ
ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἐχθραὶ δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις,
1080
ὅσων σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγνισαν
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνός, φέρων
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
1085
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμεῖ.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν ἢ νῦν φέρει.
1090
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
1065
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσῃ,
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω,
ψυχήν τ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφῳ κατῴκισας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
1070
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν.
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύες,
1075
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ' ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω· φανεῖ γάρ, οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβή,
ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἔχθρᾳ δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις
1080
ὅσων σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγνισαν
ἢ θῆρες, ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνός, φέρων
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν,
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῷ καρδίας τοξεύματα
1085
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμῇ.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῇ,
καὶ γνῷ τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχαιτέραν
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν ὧν νῦν φέρει.
1090
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1064 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1064 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γέ τοι κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι
τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου τελῶν,
1065
ἐν οἷσι τῶν σῶν αὐτὸς ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα
νέκυν νεκρῶν ἀμοιβὸν ἀντιδοὺς ἔσηι,
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἔχεις μὲν τῶν ἄνω βαλὼν κάτω
ψυχήν τ᾽ ἀτίμως ἐν τάφωι κατώικισας,
ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν
1070
ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν.
ὧν οὔτε σοὶ μέτεστιν οὔτε τοῖς ἄνω
θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ σοῦ βιάζονται τάδε.
τούτων σε λωβητῆρες ὑστεροφθόροι
λοχῶσιν Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν Ἐρινύες,
1075
ἐν τοῖσιν αὐτοῖς τοῖσδε ληφθῆναι κακοῖς.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄθρησον εἰ κατηργυρωμένος
λέγω· φανεῖ γάρ, οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβή,
ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν σοῖς δόμοις κωκύματα.
ἐχθραὶ δὲ πᾶσαι συνταράσσονται πόλεις,
1080
ὅσων σπαράγματ᾽ ἢ κύνες καθήγνισαν
ἢ θῆρες ἤ τις πτηνὸς οἰωνός, φέρων
ἀνόσιον ὀσμὴν ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν.
τοιαῦτά σου, λυπεῖς γάρ, ὥστε τοξότης
ἀφῆκα θυμῶι καρδίας τοξεύματα
1085
βέβαια, τῶν σὺ θάλπος οὐχ ὑπεκδραμῆι.
ὦ παῖ, σὺ δ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἄπαγε πρὸς δόμους, ἵνα
τὸν θυμὸν οὗτος ἐς νεωτέρους ἀφῆι
καὶ γνῶι τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν
τὸν νοῦν τ᾽ ἀμείνω τῶν φρενῶν ἢ νῦν φέρει.
1090
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1064 focus
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 1064 focus
Pero tú también has de saber que ya no verificará el Sol muchas revoluciones en su lucha con la tiniebla, sin que en ellas tú mismo tengas que dar un muerto de tus propias entrañas a cambio de esos dos cadáveres, de los cuales has echado uno de la luz a las tinieblas, encerrando inicuamente a una alma viviente en la sepultura; y retienes aquí arriba al otro, privando de él a los dioses infernales por tenerlo insepulto y sin los debidos honores, en lo cual no tienes tú poder, ni tampoco los dioses de aquí arriba; procedes, pues, violentamente en todo esto. Por lo cual, las vengativas Furias de Plutón y de los dioses, que tras sí llevan la ruina, te están acechando para envolverte en males iguales à a éstos. Y considera si digo esto por amor al dinero. No pasará mucho tiempo sin que oigas en tu palacio los lamentos de los hombres y de las mujeres: ya se concitan contra ti, como enemigas, todas las ciudades en las que los perros o las fieras o algún ave voladora hayan depositado en sus aras algunos trozos del cadáver, llevando el impuro olor a los altares de la ciu- dad. Ahí tienes, aunque lo sientas, las certeras flechas que, cual si fuera arquero enfurecido, lanzo contra tu corazón, de las cuales no evitarás el dolor. ¡Oh niño!, guiame guíame a casa para que éste descargue su cólera en gente más joven, y aprenda a tener la lengua más sosegada y sentimientos mejores que los que ahora tiene.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1064 focus
Nam scito, prudentiam tibi meam quaestui non fore.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1064 focus
Not many courses of the racing sun
Shalt thou fulfil, ere of thine own true blood
Thou shalt have given a corpse in recompense
1065
For one on earth whom thou hast cast beneath,
Entombing shamefully a living soul,
And one whom thou hast kept above the ground
And disappointed of all obsequies,
Unsanctified and godlessly forlorn.
1070
Such violence the powers beneath will bear
Not even from the Olympian gods. For thee
The avengers wait. Hidden but near at hand,
Lagging but sure, the Furies of the grave
Are watching for thee to thy ruinous harm,
With thine own evil to entangle thee.
1075
Look well to it now whether I speak for gold!
A little while, and thine own palace-halls
Shall flash the truth upon thee with loud noise
Of men and women, shrieking o’er the dead.
And all the cities whose unburied sons,
1080
Mangled and torn, have found a sepulchre
In dogs or jackals or some ravenous bird
That stains their incense with polluted breath,
Are forming leagues in troublous enmity.
Such shafts, since thou hast stung me to the quick,
I like an archer at thee in my wrath
1085
Have loosed unerringly—carrying their pang,
Inevitable, to thy very heart.
Now, sirrah! lead me home, that his hot mood
Be spent on younger objects, till he learn
To keep a safer mind and calmer tongue.
1090
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1064 focus
So wisse denn auch sicher, daß nicht viele mehr
Der raschen Sonnenkreise du vollenden wirst,
1040
Bis aus dem eignen Blute du den Leichnamen
Selbst einen Leichnam als Ersaz darbringen mußt,
Weil du, in Nacht verstoßend, was dem Licht gehört,
Ein Leben schmachvoll banntest in des Grabes Haus,
Hier oben aber, unbestattet, ungeweiht,
1045
Den Todesgöttern vorenthältst den todten Leib,
An dem ein Theil dir weder, noch den oberen
Gottheiten zukommt; ihnen zwingst du diesen auf.
Drum lauern unheilsinnend und verderbenschwer
Des Hades und der Götter Straferinnyen,
1050
Verstricken bald in gleiches Ungemach dich selbst.
Nun magst du sehen, ob ich als Bestochener 1
So spreche: zeigen wird es dir nach kurzer Frist
Der Frau'n, der Männer Klageruf in deinem Haus.
Und alle Städte raffen sich feindselig auf,
1055
Worin zeriss'ne Leichen hier ein Hund entweiht,
Raubthiere dort, ein raschbeschwingter Vogel hier,
Der nach der Heimat Herde trägt den Graungeruch.
Sieh, solche Pfeile sandt' ich (denn tief kränkst du mich!)
Im Zorne dir, dem Bogenschüzen gleich, in's Herz:
1060
Sie treffen tödtlich, ihrem Brand entrinnst du nicht!
Du, Knabe, führ' uns wiederum nach Haus zurück,
Daß der entlade seinen Zorn auf Jüngere,
Und seine Zunge zähmen lern' in klugem Rath,
Und weiser denken lerne, denn er jezo denkt.
1065
Kreon. Der Chor. (ab mit dem Knaben.)
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1064 focus
E«member this :
Not many days shall the bright sun perform
His stated course, ere, sprung from thy own loins,
1065
Thyself shall yield a victim. In thy turn
Thou too shalt weep, for that thy cruel sentence
Decreed a guiltless virgin to the tomb,
And kept on earth, unmindful of the gods,
Ungraced, unburied, an unhallowed corse.
1070
Which not to thee, nor to the gods above
Of right belonged. 'Twas arbitrary power :
But the avenging furies lie concealed.
The minister of death have spread the snare,
And with like woes await to punish thee.
1075
Do I say this from hopes of promised gold ?
Pass but a little time, and thou shalt hear
The shrieks of men, the women's loud laments
O'er all thy palace ; see th' offended people
Together rage ; thy cities all by dogs
1080
And beasts and birds polluted, and the stench
Of filth obscene on every altar laid.
Thus from my angry soul have I sent forth
Its keenest arrows — for thou hast provoked me—
Nor shall they fly in vain, or thou escape
1085
The destined blow. Now, boy, conduct me home,
On younger heads the tempest of his rage
Shall fall ; but, henceforth let him learn to speak
In humbler terms, and bear a better mind.
Oreon, Chorus.
1090
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 1064 focus
Pues bien. Sábete que no terminará muchas veees el sol su earrera sin que un fruto de tu sangre haya pagado con su vida la muerte de la quo tú has aprisionado bárbaramente bajo tierra, de la que has encerrado viva en la tumba. Tú has arrebatado á los dioses infernales el cadáver de aquel á quien has privado de la sepultura y de los fúnebres honores: para lo que no tienes tú poder; para lo que no le tienen ni aun los númenes eclestes: que solo te lo ha otorgado la violencia. Las furias vengadoras, esas terribles divinidades del Ayerno, que persiguen el erimen para castigaxlo, se aprestan á enviarte la tremenda des gracia. Ve ahora si es la codicia quien ha dietado mi lenguaje. Bien pronto oirás en tu palacio los lamentos de los hombres y de las mujeres; bien pronto se levantarán contra ti las ciudades enemigas, las ciudades, en que los perros, los monstruos salvajes y los buitres han celebrado los funerales con los pedazos del difunto, llevando la impura fetidez á los hogares. Ahí tienes, ya que has eneendido mi cólera, el dardo que, como hábil ballestero, te clavo en el corazón, y euyo golpe flamante en vano tratarás de evitar. Tú, muehaeho, condúceme nuevamente 4 mi morada, y que en adelante desahogue éste su furor con otros más jóvenes, y aprenda á mantener su lengua en silencio, y á sentir en su alma con más moderación.— Márchase con el muchacho.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 1064 focus
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 1064 focus
But thou dost, in saying that I prophesy falsely.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 1064 focus
That she die not; or rather learn at length:
How little reverence to the dead avails. o. TON

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-640-1 ἀλλ’ εὺ= γέ τοι 1

mvp-comment-640-2 μη … τελῶν 2 ἥλιον τελεῖν 3 κάτισθι 4 τελῶν 5

mvp-comment-640-3 τρόχους 6 τροχους 7

mvp-comment-640-4 ἁμιλλητῆρας 8

mvp-comment-641-1 ἐν οἷσι 9

mvp-comment-641-2 τῶν σῶν … ἐκ σπλάγχνων ἕνα 10

mvp-comment-642-1 νέκυν νεκρῶν 11 ἀντιδοὺς ἔσει 12

mvp-comment-643-1 ἀνθ’ ὧν 13

mvp-comment-643-2 ἔχεις βαλὼν κάτω τῶν ἄνω 14

mvp-comment-644-1 Bothe, omitting τε 15 ψυχήν 16 τῶν ἄνω 17 τῶν ἄνω 18 τῶν ἄνω … ψυχήν 19 ψυχήν τ’ … κατῴκισας 20 ἀνθ’ ὧν 21 τῶν ἄνω 22

mvp-comment-644-2 ἀτίμως 23

mvp-comment-645-1 ἔχεις δέ 24 τῶν κάτωθεν θεῶν 25 νέκυν 26

mvp-comment-645-2 ἄμοιρον 27

mvp-comment-645-3

κ. θεῶν
with
ἄμοιρον
: ‘without a portion in the gods below,’ i.e., not admitted to communion with them. But the phrase is a strange one; and the leading thought here is that the
νέρτεροι
are robbed of one who belongs to them.

mvp-comment-645-4 ἀκτέριστον 28

mvp-comment-645-5 ἀνόσιον 29

mvp-comment-646-1 ὧν 30

mvp-comment-646-2 βιάζονται 31

mvp-comment-647-1 τούτων 32

mvp-comment-647-2 λωβητῆρες 33

mvp-comment-647-3 ὑστεροφθόροι 34

mvp-comment-648-1 λοχῶσιν 35

mvp-comment-648-2 Ἅιδου καὶ θεῶν 36

mvp-comment-648-3 ληφθῆναι 37

mvp-comment-649-1 κατηργ. 38 οὐ μακρ. χρόν. τριβή 39 φανεῖ 40

mvp-comment-650-1 The πόλεις 41 συνταράσσονται 42

mvp-comment-650-2 It has been objected that the play contains no hint of burial having been denied to any one except Polyneices. This is not exactly the case: the phrase

τῶν ἐχθρῶν κακά
in v. 10 is such a hint. But it was unnecessary for the poet to state a fact which all his hearers would assume. Every one knew how Creon had refused burial to the Argives, and how Theseus had recovered their corpses by force of arms. In the Supplices of Eur. the Chorus consists of widows and mothers of the unburied warriors. No Athenian exploit was more famous ( Her. 9.27 ; Isocr. Paneg. § 52 , Encom. Helen. § 31, Panath. § 168; Plat. Menex. 244 ; [Lys. ] or. 2 §§ 4 ff. : [Dem. ] or. 60 §§ 7 ff. ). The war of the Epigoni, which was included in the epic Thebais ( Paus. 9. 9 § 5), was dramatised both by Aesch. and by Soph. (
Ἐπίγονοι
).

mvp-comment-650-3 Just as, in the O. C. (1410 n.), Soph. glances at the theme of his Antigone, so here he might naturally glance—however indirectly—at a later chapter of the Theban story,—whether his Epigoni already existed, or was still in the future. Dramatically, the reference is the more fitting, since the legend represented Teiresias as still living, and still zealous for Theban welfare, when the Epigoni came.—For other views of the passage, see Appendix.

mvp-comment-651-1 ὅσων 43 ὅσων 44

mvp-comment-651-2 L's καθήγνισαν 45 καθήγισαν 46 καθήγνισαν 47 καθήγισαν 48

mvp-comment-651-3 of

καθήγισαν
here. The Schol. read the latter (
μετὰ ἄγους ἐκόμισαν
). But the fact that L has
καθήγνισαν
must be set against these doubtful testimonies.—For the irony, cp. El. 1487
πρόθες | ταφεῦσιν, ὧν τόνδ’ εἰκός ἐστι τυγχάνειν
 (as Gorgias called vultures
ἔμψυχοι τάφοι
,
λονγιν. π. ὕψους
3 § 2): Aesch. Th. 1020
ὑπ’ οἰωνῶν ... | ταφέντ’ ἀτίμως
: Ennius Ann. 142
volturu' crudeli condebat membra sepulcro:
Lucr. 5. 993
viva videns vivo sepeliri viscera busto.

mvp-comment-652-1 ἑστιοῦχον … πόλιν 49

mvp-comment-653-1 σου 50 ἀφῆκα 51

mvp-comment-653-2 θυμῷ 52 καρδίας τοξεύματα 53

mvp-comment-654-1 ὦ παῖ 54

mvp-comment-655-1 τρέφειν 55

mvp-comment-655-2 ἡσυχωτέραν 56 ω 57 αι 58 αι 59 ω 60 ω 61 αι 62 αι 63

mvp-comment-656-1 τὸν νοῦν … τῶν φρενῶν ἀμείνω 64

mvp-comment-656-2 φέρει 65 τῶν φρενῶν 66 ἀμείνω 67 ἢ 68 ὧν 69

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

1064. mvp-comment-614-1 μή See Essay on Language § 29. p. 49, с.

1065. mvp-comment-615-1 τρόχους ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου Not many swift courses of the sun; i. e. The days will be short, and few. On the condensation of time in this play, see Introduction. Cp. Milton, Sonnet 7. My hasting days fly on with full career: Shakespeare, Sonnet 60, Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, | So do our minutes hasten to their end; | Each changing place with that which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend.

1065. mvp-comment-615-2 τροχούς would mean, 'Not many turns of the sun's chariot wheel.'

1066. mvp-comment-616-1 ἐν οἷσι The regular construction after the negative would be πρὶν ἀντιδοῦναι: but the sentence takes an affirmative turn, and is continued as if the beginning were ὀλίγαι ἡμέραι ἔσονται .. ἐν ais. Essay on Language § 36. p. 64. Ср. О. С. 617 ff. μυρίας μυρίος | χρόνος τεκνοῦται νύκτας ἡμέρας τ᾿ ἰὼν | ἐν αἷς, κ.τ.λ. δ

1067. mvp-comment-617-1 νεκρῶν ἀμοιβόν For a kindred fancy, cp. Aesch. Agam. 437, ὁ χρυσαμοιβὸς δ' Ἄρης σωμάτων | καὶ ταλαντοῦχος ἐν μάχῃ δορός, κ.τ.λ.

1068. mvp-comment-618-1 ἀνθ᾽ ὧν The antecedent is to be gathered from νεκρῶν in l. 1067.

1068. mvp-comment-618-2 τῶν ἄνω Sc. τινά: i. e. Antigone.

1069. mvp-comment-619-1 ἀτίμως i. e. εἰς ἀτιμίαν. See Essay on Language § 24. p. 40.

1070. mvp-comment-620-1 i.e. ἔχεις δὲ αὐ ἐνθάδε, ἄμοιρον τῶν κάτωθεν θεῶν. On the order of words, see Essay on Language pp. 66, 67.

1071. mvp-comment-621-1 ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον Without funeral rites, and unsanctified. Cp. Shakespeare, Hamlet, 1. 5,

Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled.

1073. mvp-comment-622-1 βιάζονται (1) Sc. οἱ ἄνω θεοί, to whom it was an offence to have a dead body intruded into their realm: or, (2) the gods generally, including θεῶν in 1070, as well as θεοῖσιν in 1072. In support of the former interpretation (1), Mr. Evelyn Abbott has adduced Lys. 2. 7, Ἀδράστου δὲ καὶ Πολυνείκους ἐπὶ Θήβας στρατευσάντων καὶ ἡττηθέντων μάχῃ, οὐκ ἐώντων Καδμείων θάπτειν τοὺς νέκρους, Ἀθηναῖοι ἡγησάμενοι ἐκείνους μέν, εἴ τι ἠδίκουν, ἀποθανόντας δίκην ἔχειν τὴν μεγίστην, τοὺς δὲ κάτω τὰ VOL. I. Nn αὑτῶν οὐ κομίζεσθαι, ἱερῶν δὲ μιαινομένων τοὺς ἄνω θεοὺς ἀσεβεῖσθαι, κ.τ.λ.

1078. mvp-comment-623-1 φανεῖ Sc. ταῦτα, i. e. the truth of 11. 1074-1076. The cry of men and women in thy halls shall declare it ere long. For φαίνω in this sense, cp. O. C. 721, φαίνειν ἔπη. For the ellipse, οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου τριβή, sc. ἐγγενήσεται πρὶν ἂν φήνῃ αὐτό, cp. supr. 1. 577. This is more probable than the other explanation, which is certainly possible, A little while will bring forth lamentations, etc. Some MSS. have τριβή, i.e. τριβῇ.

1079. mvp-comment-624-1 For ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν, cp. Aristoph. Ran. 157, θιάσους εὐδαίμονας | ἀνδρῶν γυναικῶν.

1080. mvp-comment-625-1 And all cities are (even now) being stirred up in leagued enmity (to Thebes), whose mangled citizens have found burial in being devoured by dogs, or by wild beasts, or by some winged bird, that bears an unholy savour into a city and its sacred hearths. This is probably intended by Sophocles as a prophecy of the war with the Epigoni, of which the seeds are said to be laid by the abomination of some bird carrying an inauspicious odour home. It is assumed, although not mentioned elsewhere in the play, that the bodies of the allies of Polynices had shared his fate, as there had been no truce for burying the dead. This is part of the legend as appears from the Supplices of Euripides. For the expression, cp. Aesch. S. c. T. 1020, οὕτω πετηνῶν τόνδ' ὑπ᾽ οἰωνῶν δοκεῖ | ταφέντ᾽ ἀτίμως τοὐπι· τίμιον λαβεῖν : Soph. El. 1487, καὶ κτανὼν πρόθες | ταφεῦσιν ὧν τόνδ' εἰκός ἐστι τυγχάνειν: Gorg. ap. Long. 3. 2, γῦπες ἔμψυχοι τάφοι: Shaksp. Macbeth, 3. 4,

Our monuments | Shall be the maws of kites.
The conceit is common with the Elizabethan dramatists. Seyffert's conjecture, ὅσαν τὰ πράγματ' ἢ κύνες καθήγνισαν, Whose business has been marred with pollution by dogs, etc., is rather pointless, and gives a very doubtful meaning to καθαγνίζειν = To affect with pollution. It is uncertain whether καθήγνισαν or καθήγισαν is the right word. The latter is somewhat more probable as the Ionic form. Cp. ἁγίζω.

1083. mvp-comment-626-1 ἑστιοῦχον ἐς πόλιν i. e. Not into the wastes, where such pollution can do no harm, but to a city, where it tends to injure the sacred fire on the public and private hearths, which are the pledge of safety to the citizens. Boeckh objects to the above interpretation of 11. 1080 ff., and supposes them to contain a general maxim pointed at the case of Thebes. Any state is sure to rise in enmity in which a mangled corse has been devoured, etc.

1084. mvp-comment-627-1 Such arrows like a bowman have I launched at you in wrath, for you provoke me, arrows that pierce the heart and fasten there, whose smart you will not escape.' He echoes ll. 1033, foll. καρδίας is objective genitive after the verbal notion in τοξεύματα.

1090. mvp-comment-628-1 τὸν νοῦν.. τῶν φρενῶν The spirit of his thoughts. Cp. γνώμη φρενῶν, Ο. Τ. 524: infr. 1228, τίνα | νοῦν ἔσχες;