Sophocles, Antigone, Richard Jebb (Translator), 1278

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Enter the Messenger from the house.

Messenger

My master, you have come, I think, like one whose hands are not empty, but who has a ready store: first, you carry that burden visible in your arms;

second, you will soon look upon further sufferings inside your house.
1280

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

Funding provided by The Annenberg CPB/Project.

Current edition Experimental

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)) — 1278 focus

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε ¹ φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.

Κρέων

Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1278 focus

Ἐξάγγελος

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις
1220

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.

Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1278 focus

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὅσσ᾽ ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος

ἔοικας ἥκων κ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά!

Κρέων

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1278 focus

ὦ δέσποθ', ὡς, ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾿ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

Κρέων

Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 1278 focus

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

Κρέων

Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1278 focus

ὦ δέσποθ’, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ’ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ’ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

Κρέων

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 1278 focus

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

Κρέων

Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 1278 focus

ὦ δέσποθ᾽ , ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1265

Κρέων

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 1278 focus

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

Κρέων

Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1278 focus

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρειν, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκων καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

Κρέων

Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1278 focus

Ἐξάγγελος

ὦ δέσποθʼ, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δʼ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχʼ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1278 focus

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

Κρέων

Translations (10)

German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1278 focus

HAUSDIENER.
(tritt auf)

O Herr, wie einer, der so recht im Erbbesitz

der Übel wäre, trägst du dieses hier im Arm,
1220

und kommst, im Hause gleich zu schaun das andere.

Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 1278 focus

¡Ah, señor! ¡Cómo teniendo y sintiendo la desgracia que llevas en tus manos, tienes otra en casa, que pronto verás!

CREONTE

Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1278 focus

O here, qualibus mactatum afflictumque malis, qualia etiam advenientem hic videre te oportet !

Creon

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1278 focus

My lord and master. Thou art master here

Of nought but sorrows. One within thine arms

Thou bear’st with thee, and in thy palace hall

Thou hast possession of another grief,

Which soon thou shalt behold.
1280

CR

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1278 focus

Als wärst du recht im Vollbesize jedes Leids,

Herr, trägst du dies im Arme: das im Hause weilt,

Das andre Leiden wirst du bald mit Augen sehn.
1245

Kreon.

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1278 focus

Thus oppressed, my lord,

With bitterest misfortune, more aliliction

Awaits thee still, which thou Avilt find within.
1280

Creon

Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 1278 focus

¡Señor! gran cúmulo de males caen sobre tí: tienes ante tus ojos este espectáculo doloroso, y te esperan además otras desgracias en tu Palacio.

CREONTE

German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 1278 focus

BOTE

O Herr! wie hast du schon und wie empfängst du.

Das in den Händen trägst du, das. Unddasim Haufs’
1335

Auch das Unglük znsehen musst du kommen.

English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 1278 focus

Sire, thou hast come, methinks, as one whose hands are not empty, but who hath store laid up besides; thou bearest yonder burden with thee; and thou 1280 art soon to look upon the woes within thy house.

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 1284 focus

These are my unblest counsels! Omy son,

My son! Untimely is thy fate, cut off

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-772-1 ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος ¹ ἔχων ² κεκτημένος ³

mvp-comment-773-1 πρὸ χειρῶν ⁴

mvp-comment-773-2 τάδε ⁵

mvp-comment-773-3 τὰ δ’ ἐν δόμοις ⁶ τὰ μὲν … φέρων ⁷ ἔοικας ἥκειν ⁸ καὶ τάχ’ ὄψεσθαι ⁹

mvp-comment-773-4 Since τὰ δ’ ἐν δόμοις ¹⁰ ἥκειν καὶ ¹¹

mvp-comment-773-5 (

καὶ στᾶθι καὶ

)

εἴσιδε

. Others, indeed, take καὶ τάχα ¹²

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

1280. mvp-comment-716-1 By an attraction from ἔοικας, ἥκειν ὀψόμενος, or ἥκων ὄψεσθαι, is changed to ἥκειν καὶ ὄψεσθαι. Cp. Ο. Τ. 413.

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Messenger My master, you have come, I think, like one whose hands are not empty, but who has a ready store: first, you carry that burden visible in your arms; second, you will soon look upon further sufferings inside your house. 1280

Current edition Experimental

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος, τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε 1 φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.

Κρέων

Ἐξάγγελος ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος, τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις 1220 ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὅσσ᾽ ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος ἔοικας ἥκων κ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά!

Κρέων

ὦ δέσποθ', ὡς, ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος, τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾿ ὄψεσθαι κακά. 1280

Κρέων

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος, τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά. 1280

Κρέων

ὦ δέσποθ’, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος, τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ’ ἐν δόμοις ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ’ ὄψεσθαι κακά. 1280

Κρέων

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος, τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά. 1280

Κρέων

ὦ δέσποθ᾽ , ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος, τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά. 1265

Κρέων

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος, τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά. 1280

Κρέων

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος, τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρειν, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις ἔοικας ἥκων καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά. 1280

Κρέων

Ἐξάγγελος ὦ δέσποθʼ, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος, τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δʼ ἐν δόμοις ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχʼ ὄψεσθαι κακά. 1280

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος, τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά. 1280

Κρέων

HAUSDIENER. (tritt auf) O Herr, wie einer, der so recht im Erbbesitz der Übel wäre, trägst du dieses hier im Arm, 1220 und kommst, im Hause gleich zu schaun das andere.

CREONTE

Creon

My lord and master. Thou art master here Of nought but sorrows. One within thine arms Thou bear’st with thee, and in thy palace hall Thou hast possession of another grief, Which soon thou shalt behold. 1280

CR

Als wärst du recht im Vollbesize jedes Leids, Herr, trägst du dies im Arme: das im Hause weilt, Das andre Leiden wirst du bald mit Augen sehn. 1245

Kreon.

Thus oppressed, my lord, With bitterest misfortune, more aliliction Awaits thee still, which thou Avilt find within. 1280

Creon

CREONTE

BOTE O Herr! wie hast du schon und wie empfängst du. Das in den Händen trägst du, das. Unddasim Haufs’ 1335 Auch das Unglük znsehen musst du kommen.

These are my unblest counsels! Omy son, My son! Untimely is thy fate, cut off

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Messenger

My master, you have come, I think, like one whose hands are not empty, but who has a ready store: first, you carry that burden visible in your arms;

second, you will soon look upon further sufferings inside your house.
1280

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε ¹ φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.

Ἐξάγγελος

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις
1220

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὅσσ᾽ ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος

ἔοικας ἥκων κ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά!

ὦ δέσποθ', ὡς, ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾿ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

ὦ δέσποθ’, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ’ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ’ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

ὦ δέσποθ᾽ , ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1265

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρειν, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκων καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

Ἐξάγγελος

ὦ δέσποθʼ, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δʼ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχʼ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

ὦ δέσποθ᾽, ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος,

τὰ μὲν πρὸ χειρῶν τάδε φέρων, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν δόμοις

ἔοικας ἥκειν καὶ τάχ᾽ ὄψεσθαι κακά.
1280

HAUSDIENER.
(tritt auf)

O Herr, wie einer, der so recht im Erbbesitz

der Übel wäre, trägst du dieses hier im Arm,
1220

und kommst, im Hause gleich zu schaun das andere.

My lord and master. Thou art master here

Of nought but sorrows. One within thine arms

Thou bear’st with thee, and in thy palace hall

Thou hast possession of another grief,

Which soon thou shalt behold.
1280

Als wärst du recht im Vollbesize jedes Leids,

Herr, trägst du dies im Arme: das im Hause weilt,

Das andre Leiden wirst du bald mit Augen sehn.
1245

Thus oppressed, my lord,

With bitterest misfortune, more aliliction

Awaits thee still, which thou Avilt find within.
1280

BOTE

O Herr! wie hast du schon und wie empfängst du.

Das in den Händen trägst du, das. Unddasim Haufs’
1335

Auch das Unglük znsehen musst du kommen.

These are my unblest counsels! Omy son,

My son! Untimely is thy fate, cut off