Sophocles Antigone 376

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)) — 376 focus
ἐς 1 δαιμόνιον τέρας ἀμφινοῶ
τόδε πῶς εἰδὼς ἀντιλογήσω
τήνδ᾽ 2 οὐχ εἶναι παῖδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην.
375
ὦ δύστηνος, καὶ δυστήνου
πατρὸς Οἰδιπόδα, τί ποτ᾽ ; οὐ δή που
σέ γ᾽ ἀπιστοῦσαν
τοῖς βασιλείοισιν ἄγουσι νόμοις,
καὶ ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ καθελόντες.
380
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 376 focus
ἐς δαιμόνιον τέρας ἀμφινοῶ
τόδε, πῶς εἰδὼς ἀντιλογήσω
τήνδ᾽ οὐκ εἶναι παῖδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην.
365
ὦ δύστηνος,
καὶ δυστήνου πατρὸς Οἰδιπόδα,
τί ποτ᾽; οὐ δή που σέ γ᾽ ἀπιστοῦσαν
τοῖς βασιλείοις ἀπάγουσι νόμοις,
καὶ ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ καθελόντες;
370
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 376 focus
— εἰ δαιμόνιον τέρας, ἀμφινοῶ,
τόδε. — πῶς δ᾽, εἰδὼς, ἀντιλογήσω,
370
τήνδ᾽ οὐκ, εἶναι παῖδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ;
ὦ δύστηνος,
καὶ δυστήνου πατρὸς Οἰδιπόδα,
τί ποτ᾽; οὐ δή που σέ γ᾽ ἀπιστοῦσαν
τοῖς βασιλείοισιν ἄγουσι νόμοις,
375
καὶ ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ καθελόντες;
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 376 focus
ἐς δαιμόνιον τέρας ἀμφινοῶ
τόδε, πῶς εἰδὼς ἀντιλογήσω
τήνδ᾽ οὐκ εἶναι παῖδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην.
ὦ δύστηνος καὶ δυστήνου
πατρὸς Οἰδιπόδα, τί ποτ'; οὐ δή που
380
σέ γ᾽ ἀπιστοῦσαν
τοῖς βασιλείοις *ἀπάγουσι νόμοις
καὶ ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ καθελόντες;
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 376 focus
ἐς δαιμόνιον τέρας ἀμφινοῶ
τόδε· πῶς εἰδὼς ἀντιλογήσω
τήνδ᾽ οὐκ εἶναι παῖδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην ;
ὦ δύστηνος καὶ δυστήνου
πατρὸς Οἰδιπόδα,
380
τί ποτ᾽; οὐ δή που σέ γ᾽ ἀπιστοῦσαν
τοῖς βασιλείοισιν ἄγουσι νόμοις
καὶ ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ καθελόντες;
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 376 focus
ἐς δαιμόνιον τέρας ἀμφινοῶ
τόδε· πῶς εἰδὼς ἀντιλογήσω
τήνδ’ οὐκ εἶναι παῖδ’ Ἀντιγόνην;
ὦ δύστηνος καὶ δυστήνου
πατρὸς Οἰδιπόδα,
380
τί ποτ’; οὐ δή που σέ γ’ ἀπιστοῦσαν
τοῖς βασιλείοισ ιν ἄγουσι νόμοις
καὶ ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ καθελόντες;
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 376 focus
ἐς δαιμόνιον τέρας ἀμφινοῶ
375
τόδε· πῶς εἰδὼς ἀντιλογήσω
τήνδ᾽ οὐκ εἶναι παῖδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην;
ὦ δύστηνος καὶ δυστήνου
πατρὸς Οἰδιπόδα,
380
τί ποτ᾽; οὐ δή που σέ γ᾽ ἀπιστοῦσαν
τοῖς βασιλείοις ἄγουσι νόμοις
καὶ ἐν ἀφροσύνηι καθελόντες;
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 376 focus
ἐς δαιμόνιον τέρας ἀμφινοῶ
τόδε, πῶς εἰδὼς ἀντιλογήσω
τήνδ᾽ οὐκ εἶναι παῖδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην.
ὦ δύστηνος,
375
καὶ δυστήνου πατρὸς Οἰδιπόδα,
τί ποτ᾽; οὐ δή που σέ γ᾽ ἀπιστοῦσαν
τοῖς βασιλείοισιν ἄγουσι νόμοις,
καὶ ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ καθελόντες;
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 376 focus
ἐς δαιμόνιον τέρας ἀμφινοῶ
τόδε· πῶς εἰδὼς ἀντιλογήσω
τήνδ᾽ οὐκ εἶναι παῖδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην;
ὦ δύστηνος
καὶ δυστήνου πατρὸς Οἰδιπόδα,
380
τί ποτ᾽; οὐ δή που σέ γ᾽ ἀπιστοῦσαν
τοῖς βασιλείοισιν ἄγουσι νόμοις
καὶ ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ καθελόντες ;
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 376 focus
ἐς δαιμόνιον τέρας ἀμφινοῶ,
τὸ δὲ πῶς εἰδὼς ἀντιλογήσω
μὴ οὐ τήνδ εἶναι παῖδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην.
ὦ δύστηνος
καὶ δυστήνου πατρὸς Οἰδιπόδα,
380
τί ποτ᾽; οὐ δή που σέ γ᾽ ἀπιστοῦσαν
τοῖς βασιλείοισιν ἄγουσι νόμοις
καὶ ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ καθελόντες;
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 376 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 376 focus
ἐς δαιμόνιον τέρας ἀμφινοῶ
τόδε· πῶς εἰδὼς ἀντιλογήσω
τήνδ᾽ οὐκ εἶναι παῖδ᾽ Ἀντιγόνην;
ὦ δύστηνος
καὶ δυστήνου πατρὸς Οἰδιπόδα,
380
τί ποτ᾽; οὐ δή που σέ γ᾽ ἀπιστοῦσαν
τοῖς βασιλείοισιν ἄγουσι νόμοις
καὶ ἐν ἀφροσύνηι καθελόντες;
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 376 focus
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 376 focus
Ante el admirable prodigio que se me presenta a la vista, estoy dudando. ¿Cómo, si la estoy viendo, podré negar que no sea ésta la niña Antígona? ¡Oh hija infeliz de Edipo, infeliz padre! ¿Qué es esto? ¿Es que, por desobedecer los mandatos del rey, te traen éstos habiéndote sorprendido en tal imprudencia?
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 376 focus
At dubito, an hoc esse dicam deorum ostentum. — Quanquam infitias ire qui potero, hanc, quam video puellam, esse Antigonam ?
O misera, et misero patre Oedipode mata, quidnam istud est? Anne te isti adducunt regis imperio immorigeram, et in amenti deprehensam auso?
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 376 focus
How can I gainsay what I see?
I know the girl Antigone,
O hapless child of hapless sire!
Didst thou, then, recklessly aspire
380
To brave kings’ laws, and now art brought
In madness of transgression caught?
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 376 focus
Was seh' ich? Erscheint, von den Göttern gesandt,
Dies Wunder? Ich weiß, wie läugnet' ich's noch,
375
Daß die Jungfrau dort Antigone sei?
Unglückliches Kind
Von dem Unglücksvater, dem Dedipus, ach!
Was ahnt mir? Wie? Dich führen sie her,
Weil kühn du verlezt die Gebote des Herrn,
380
Und ergriffen dich über der Thorheit?
Der Wächter. Antigone. Der Chor. Bald darauf Kreon.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 384 focus
Behold tho woman who hath done the deed !
I' th' very act of burial we surprised her.
Where is the king ?
385
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 376 focus
Pero ¿qué es lo que veo? No me cabe duda: ¿Cómo he de decir que no es esta la joven Antígona, si la estoy mirando con mis propios ojos? ¡Hija infortunada del desdichado Edipo! ¿Qué es esto? A ti no te traerán aquí como infractora de la orden del Rey; en ti no cabe semejante locura...
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 376 focus
Wie Gottesversuchung aber stehet es vor mir,
Dafs ich sie seh’ und sagen doch soll,
Das Kind seys nicht, Antigonä.
O Unglükliche, vom unglüklichen
395
Vater Oedipus, was führt über dir und wohin,
Als ungehorsam dich
Den königlichen Gesezen,
In Unvernunft dich ergreifend?
Erste Scene DER BOTE. DER CHOR. KREON.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 376 focus
What portent from the gods is this?—my soul is amazed. I know her—how can I deny that yon maiden is Antigone? 380 O hapless, and child of hapless sire,—of Oedipus ! What means this? Thou brought a prisoner?—thou, disloyal to the king’s laws, and taken in folly?
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 376 focus
With high device and quick invention fraught:
And now to ill it downward leads;
Generous in virtue now delights,
And prompt to guard its country's rights
Glory d'er all the empire spreads;
380
To baseness when its wild design descends,
Destruction on the state it draws.

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-202-1 The choral ode has closed with an allusion to the unknown man ( ὅς 1 ἀμφινοῶ 2 ἐς 3

mvp-comment-202-2 δαιμόνιον τέρας 4

mvp-comment-203-1 πῶς εἰδὼς 5

mvp-comment-203-2 ἀντιλογήσω 6

mvp-comment-204-1 ὦ δύστηνος 7

mvp-comment-204-2 δ. πατρός 8

mvp-comment-204-3 Οἰδιπόδα— 9

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

332-383. mvp-comment-190-1 Most wonderful of wondrous things is man, Who traverses the surging brine, And wearies mighty earth with yearly furrow. His craft ensnares the finny produce of the seas And taketh captive beast and bird. He compasseth a way to master the monster of the wilds, And brings under his yoke the horse with flowing mane And the never-wearied mountain bull. Selftaught in speech and thought and civil ways, And in providing shelter from the cold and rain, There is no end to his devices. Nothing but death ever finds him unprepared. Even diseases, not to be avoided, are escaped by him. Inventive beyond hope, he moveth now to evil, and again to good. When weaving with his wit the law of justice and piety He is exalted in the city, but outcast when he harbours wickedness for deeds of crime. May I never live with such an one, and may he never share my counsels. 332. Aesch. Cho. 585, πολλὰ μὲν γὰ τρέφει δεινὰ δειμάτων ἄχη,.. ἀλλ᾽ ὑπέρτολμον ἀνδρὸς φρόνημα τίς λέγοι; Troch. Iamb. Troch.

332-383. mvp-comment-190-2 δεινά = ' wonderful,' or mighty, is in transition from the earlier sense of fearful to the later sense of clever. Cp.

332-383. mvp-comment-190-3 ὀλοόφρων.

376-378. mvp-comment-215-1 ἐς δαιμόνιον τέρας .. Ἀντιγόνην] I stand in doubt at this strange marvel, how to gainsay what I know, and say that this is not the maid Antigone. The resumption is suitable to the chorus' perturbed state of feeling. Seyffert's ἐς δαιμόνιον τέρας ἀμφινοῶν τότε, referring to the previous scene (1. 278), is without the directness and simplicity of these short anapaestic passages, in which the chorus announce the entrance of a new person on the stage. Cp. 526 ff., 626 ff.

378. mvp-comment-216-1 οὐκ εἶναι, not μὴ εἶναι, because the entrance of Antigone is a patent fact.