Sophocles Antigone 1306

Richard Jebb (Translator)

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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)) — 1306 focus
αἰαῖ, αἰαῖ.
ἀνέπταν φόβῳ. τί μ᾽ οὐκ ἀνταίαν
1300
ἔπαισέν τις ἀμφιθήκτῳ ξίφει;
δείλαιος ἐγὼ, αἰαῖ·
δειλαίᾳ δὲ συγκέκραμαι δύᾳ.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1306 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1306 focus
αἶ, αἶ,
ἀνέπταν φόβῳ! Τί μ᾽ οὐκ ἀνταίαν
ἔπαισέν τις ἀμφιθήκτῳ ξίφει;
δείλαιος δ᾽ ἐγὼ, φεῦ, φεῦ, δειλαίᾳ
1280
ξυγκέκραμαι δύᾳ!
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1306 focus
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,
ἀνέπταν φόβῳ. τί μ' οὐκ ἀνταίαν
ἔπαισέν τις ἀμφιθήκτῳ ξίφει;
δείλαιος ἐγώ, *αἰαῖ,
1310
δειλαίᾳ δὲ συγκέκραμαι δύᾳ.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 1306 focus
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,
ἀνέπταν φόβῳ. τί μ᾽ οὐκ ἀνταίαν
ἔπαισέν τις ἀμφιθήκτῳ ξίφει;
δείλαιος ἐγώ, αἰαῖ,
1310
δειλαίᾳ δὲ συγκέκραμαι δύᾳ.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1306 focus
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,
ἀνέπταν φόβῳ. τί μ’ οὐκ ἀνταίαν
ἔπαισέν τις ἀμφιθήκτῳ ξίφει;
δείλαιος ἐγώ, αἰαῖ,
1310
δειλαίᾳ δὲ συγκέκραμαι δύᾳ.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 1306 focus
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,
ἀνέπταν φόβωι. τί μ᾽ οὐκ ἀνταίαν
ἔπαισέν τις ἀμφιθήκτωι ξίφει;
δείλαιος ἐγώ, αἰαῖ,
1310
δειλαίαι δὲ συγκέκραμαι δύαι.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 1306 focus
αἰαῖ, αἰαῖ,
ἀνέπταν φόβῳ. τί μ᾽ οὐκ ἀνταίαν
ἔπαισέν τις ἀμφιθήκτῳ ξίφει;
δείλαιος ἐγώ, φεῦ, φεῦ,
δειλαίᾳ δὲ συγκέκραμαι δύᾳ.
1295
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 1306 focus
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ, 1
ἀνέπταν φόβῳ. τί μ᾽ οὐκ ἀνταίαν 2
ἔπαισέν τις ἀμφιθήκτῳ ξίφει; 3
δείλαιος ἐγώ, αἰαῖ, 4
1310
δειλαίᾳ δὲ συγκέκραμαι δύᾳ. 5
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1306 focus
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,
ἀνέπταν φόβῳ. τί μ᾽ οὐκ ἀνταίαν
ἔπαισέν τις ἀμφιθήκτῳ ξίφει;
δείλαιος ἐγώ, αἰαῖ,
1310
δειλαίᾳ δὲ συγκέκραμαι δύᾳ.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1306 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1306 focus
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,
ἀνέπταν φόβωι. τί μ᾽ οὐκ ἀνταίαν
ἔπαισέν τις ἀμφιθήκτωι ξίφει;
δείλαιος ἐγώ, αἰαῖ,
1310
δειλαίαι δὲ συγκέκραμαι δύαι.
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1306 focus
Vor Angst schaudr' ich auf! Warum stöfst nicht wer
mir vorn durch die Brust ein zweischneidig Schwert?
Weh, weh mir Elendem!
In Elend und Leid versenkt komm' ich um.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 1306 focus
¡Ayay, ayay! Estoy pasmado de horror. ¿Por qué no me matáis matais con espada de dos filos? ¡Qué miserable soy! ¡Ayay! ¡Estoy envuelto en fatal calamidad!
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1306 focus
Heu, heu! metu refugit animus. Curnon mihi adversum aliquis infligit vulnus ancipiti gladio? At miser ego, heu, heu! miseris sum immersus casibus!
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1306 focus
Ay me! Ay me!
I am rapt with terror. Is there none to strike me
With doubly sharpened blade a mortal blow?
Ah! I am plunged in fathomless distress.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1306 focus
Weh, weh, weh, weh!
Mich schreckt Angst empor! Warum bohrt kein Freund
Mir vorn durch die Brust ein zweischneidig Schwert?
Ach, ich Unglückseliger!
In qualvolles Leid versenkt, schwind' ich hin.
1275
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1306 focus
O me ! another blow !
What now remains ? What can I suffer more.
Thus bearing in these arms my breathless son ?
My wife too dead ! O most unhappy mother !
1310
And oh ! thou wretched child !
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 1306 focus
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 1306 focus
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 1306 focus
Woe, woe! I thrill with dread. Is there none to strike me to the heart with two-edged sword ?—O 1310 miserable that I am, and steeped in miserable anguish!
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 1306 focus
The fatal rashness, all the guilt is mine.

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-787-1 ἀνέπταν 1 φόβῳ 2

mvp-comment-787-2 ἀνταίαν 3

mvp-comment-788-1 δείλαι^ος 4

mvp-comment-788-2

Ιτυ—ν ὀλοφύρεται
.—The following are a few among many instances of αι^ 5 ο 6

mvp-comment-788-3 συγκέκραμαι 7

mvp-comment-789-1 ὡς αἰτίαν … ἔχων 8

mvp-comment-789-2 τῶνδε … μόρων 9 κἀκείνων 10

mvp-comment-789-3 ἐπεσκήπτου 11

mvp-comment-790-1 κἀπελύσατ’ 12 καί 13 ἐν φοναῖς 14

mvp-comment-791-1 ὑφ’ ἦπαρ 15

mvp-comment-791-2 ὀξυκώκυτον 16

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

1307. mvp-comment-727-1 ἀνέπταν φόβῳ I am startled with dread. The metaphor is taken from a frightened bird.

1311. mvp-comment-728-1 συγκέκραμαι See Essay on Language pp. 102, 105.

1312-1313. mvp-comment-729-1 τῶνδε κἀκείνων.. μόρων The deaths of Haemon and Megareus.

1313. mvp-comment-730-1 ἐπεσκήπτου Thou wast accused. The active of ἐπισκήπτω in this sense, although rare, occurs in Plat. Theaet. 145 C, Aesch. c. Timarch. p. 142, and the passive appears again in Plat. Legg. 11. 937 Β, ἐὰν ἐπισκηφθῇ τὰ ψευδή μαρτυρῆσαι. vom. p. m. Vat. 1328. KP. om. Vat. 1329. μόρων L. μώρων C1. 1330.

1314. mvp-comment-731-1 κἀπελύσατο The aorist has a distinctly middle force, different from ἀπελύθης above, l. 1268 . 'How did she effect her own release in bloody death? This verse may possibly have been spoken by the chorus. It somewhat breaks the flow of Creon's passion.