Sophocles Antigone 853

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)) — 853 focus
προβᾶσ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἔσχατον θράσους,
ὑψηλὸν 1 ἐς Δίκας βάθρον
850
προσέπεσες, ὦ τέκνον, πάλιν.
πατρῷον ἐκτίνεις τιν᾽ ἆθλον.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 853 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 853 focus
προβᾶσ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἔσχατον θράσους,
ὑψηλὸν ἐς Δίκας βάθρον
840
προσέπαισας, ὦ τέκνον, πολύ.
πατρῷον ἐκτίνεις τιν᾽ ἆθλον.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 853 focus
προβᾶσʼ ἐπ᾿ ἔσχατον θράσους
ὑψηλὸν ἐς Δίκας βάθρον
προσέπεσες, ὦ τέκνον, πολύ.
855
πατρῷον δ᾽ ἐκτίνεις τινʼ ἆθλον.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 853 focus
προβᾶσ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἔσχατον θράσους
ὑψηλὸν ἐς Δίκας βάθρον
προσέπεσες, ὦ τέκνον, πολύ·
855
πατρῷον δ᾽ ἐκτίνεις τιν’ ἆθλον.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 853 focus
προβᾶσ’ ἐπ’ ἔσχατον θράσους
ὑψηλὸν ἐς Δίκας βάθρον
προσέπεσες, ὦ τέκνον, πολύ·
855
πατρῷον δ’ ἐκτίνεις τιν’ ἆθλον.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 853 focus
προβᾶσ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἔσχατον θράσους,
ὑψηλὸν ἐς Δίκας βάθρον
προσέπεσες, ὦ τέκνον, ποδοῖν·
855
πατρῶιον δ᾽ ἐκτίνεις τιν᾽ ἆθλον.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 853 focus
προβᾶσ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἔσχατον, θράσους,
ὑψηλὸν ἐς Δίκας βάθρον
προσέπεσες, ὦ τέκνον, πολύ.
πατρῷον δ᾽ ἐκτίνεις τίν᾽ ἆθλον.
2
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 853 focus
προβᾶσ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἔσχατον θράσους 1
ὑψηλὸν ἐς Δίκας βάθρον 2
προσέπεσες, ὦ τέκνον, πολύ. 3
855
πατρῷον δ᾽ ἐκτίνεις τιν᾽ ἆθλον. 4
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 853 focus
προβᾶσ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἔσχατον θράσους
ὑψηλὸν ἐς Δίκας βάθρον
πολὺ προσέπαισας, ὦ τέκνον.
855
πατρῷον δ᾽ ἐκτίνεις τιν᾽ ἆθλον.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 853 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 853 focus
προβᾶσ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἔσχατον θράσους
ὑψηλὸν ἐς Δίκας βάθρον
προσέπεσες, ὦ τέκνον, ποδοῖν·
855
πατρῶιον δ᾽ ἐκτίνεις τιν᾽ ἆθλον.
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 853 focus
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 853 focus
Por haber querido traspasar los limites límites del atrevimiento, chocaste, ¡oh hija!, en el altisimo altísimo trono de la Justicia, que es muy excelso. Algún delito de tu padre expías.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 853 focus
Progressa ad extremum audaciae, in altum Iustitiae solium impegisti , Onata, graviter.
Paternam noxam aliquam luis.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 853 focus
Thy boldness mounted high,
And thou, my child, ’gainst the great pedestal
Of Justice with unmeasured force didst fall.
855
Thy father’s lot still presseth hard on thee.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 853 focus
Vorschreitend bis zu des Trozes Ziel,
Stießest du an Dike's hohem Thron 1
845
Gewaltig an, verwegnes Kind!
Du kämpfst wohl aus den Kampf der Ahnen.
Dritte Gegenstrophe.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 853 focus
Rashness like thine must meet with such
reward ;
A father's crimes, I fear, lie heavy on thee.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 853 focus
Elevada, por un extremo de temeridad, al alto sólio de la Justicia, has caidonuevamente. Sin duda, hija ria, tú expías algún crimen de tus antepasados.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 853 focus
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 853 focus
Thou hast rushed forward to the utmost verge of daring; and against that throne where Justice sits on high thou hast fallen, my daughter, with a grievous fall. But in this ordeal thou art paying, haply, for thy fathcr’s sin, 2
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 853 focus
Thy daring was extreme, and thy offence
'Gainst the high throne of justice. O my child,
O'er thee some trespass of thy father hangs!***

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-511-1 προβᾶσ’ … πολύ 1 προσέπεσες 2

mvp-comment-511-2 πολύ 3 ἐσχάτου 4 προσέπεσες 5

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

852. mvp-comment-490-1 Advancing to the utmost verge of daring thou didst fall violently, my daughter, against the lofty throne of Right. ἐκτίνεισ Α.

854. mvp-comment-491-1 βάθρον is here the pedestal on which the image of justice is imagined to rest. Cp. Plat. Phaedr. 254 B, ἰδόντος δὲ τοῦ ἡνιόχου ἡ μνήμη πρὸς τὴν τοῦ κάλλους φύσιν ἠνέχθη. καὶ πάλιν εἶδεν αὐτὴν μετὰ σωφροσύνης ἐν ἁγνῷ βάθρῳ βεβῶσαν, Ο. Τ. 865, νόμοι. . ὑψίποδες.

855. mvp-comment-492-1 πολύ is allowed to pass by Hermann without comment, but has been more recently called in question, partly on the metrical ground that the line should end with a long syllable.

855. mvp-comment-492-2 πολύς is certainly no improvement. On the attempt to give special force to such a general word, see Essay on Language § 51. p. 97.