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Antigone. Sophocles. ed. Francis Storr. London. 1912.

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Current edition Experimental

Ἀντιγόνη (Greek) (Sophocles, Volume 1. Storr, Francis, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann Ltd.; The Macmillan Company, 1912.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (11)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 407 focus
τοιοῦτον ἦν τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽. ὅπως γὰρ ἥκομεν,
πρὸς σοῦ τὰ δείν᾽ ἐκεῖν᾽ ἐπηπειλημένοι
405
πᾶσαν κόνιν σήραντες, ἣ κατεῖχε τὸν
νέκυν, μυδῶν τε σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ,
καθήμεθ᾽ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων ὑπήνεμοι 1
ὀσμὴν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ, μὴ βάλοι, πεφευγότες,
ἐγερτὶ κινῶν ἄνδρ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἐπιῤῥόθοις
410
κακοῖσιν, εἴ τις τοῦδ᾽ ἀφειδήσοι πόνου.
χρόνον τάδ᾽ ἦν τοσοῦτον, ἔς τ᾽ ἐν αἰθέρι
μέσῳ κατέστη λαμπρὸς ἡλίου κύκλος,
καὶ καῦμ᾽ ἔθαλπε. καὶ τότ᾽ ἐξαίφνης χθονὸς 2
τυφὼς ἀείρας σκηπτὸν, οὐράνιον ἄχος,
415
πίμπλησι πεδίον, πᾶσαν αἰκίζων φόβην
ὕλης πεδιάδος 3 · ἐν δ᾽ ἐμεστώθη μέγας
αἰθήρ· μύσαντες δ᾽ εἴχομεν θείαν νόσον.
καὶ τοῦδ᾽ ἀπαλλαγέντος ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ,
ἡ παῖς ὁρᾶται, κἀνακωκύει πικρᾶς
420
ὄρνιθος ὀξὺν φθόγγον, ὡς ὅταν κενῆς
εὐνῆς νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν βλέψῃ λέχος 4 .
οὕτω δὲ χαὔτη, ψιλὸν ὡς ὁρᾷ νέκυν,
γόοισιν ἐξῴμωξεν, ἐκ δ᾽ ἀρὰς κακὰς
ἠρᾶτο τοῖσι τοὔργον ἐξειργασμένοις.
425
καὶ χερσὶν εὐθὺς διψίαν φέρει κόνιν,
ἔκ τ᾽ εὐκροτήτου χαλκέας ἄρδην πρόχου
χοαῖσι 5 τρισπόνδοισι τὸν νέκυν στέφει.
χἠμεῖς δ᾽ ἰδόντες ἱέμεσθα, σὺν δέ νιν
θηρώμεθ᾽ εὐθὺς οὐδὲν ἐκπεπληγμένην.
430
καὶ τάς τε πρόσθεν, τάς τε νῦν, ἠλέγχομεν
πράξεις· ἄπαρνος δ᾽ οὐδενὸς καθίστατο,
ἀλλ᾽ ἡδέως ἔμοιγε κἀλγεινῶς ἅμα.
τὸ μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐκ κακῶν πεφευγέναι,
ἥδιστον· ἐς κακὸν δὲ τοὺς φίλους ἄγειν,
435
ἀλγεινόν. ἀλλὰ πάντα ταῦθ᾽ ἥσσω λαβεῖν
ἐμοὶ πέφυκε τῆς ἐμῆς σωτηρίας.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 407 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 407 focus
τοιοῦτον ἦν τὸ πρᾶγμ'. ὅπως γὰρ ἥκομεν,
400
πρὸς σοῦ τὰ δείν᾽ ἐκεῖν᾽ ἐπηπειλημένοι,
πᾶσαν κόνιν σήραντες, ᾗ κατείχετο
νέκυς, μυδῶν τε σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ,
καθήμεθ' ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων ὑπήνεμοι,
ὀσμὴν ἀφ᾽ αὑτοῦ μὴ βάλοι, πεφευγότες,
405
ἐγερτὶ κινῶν ἄνδρ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἐπιῤῥόθοις
κακοῖσιν, εἴ τις τοῦδ᾽ ἀφειδήσοι πόνου.
χρόνον τάδ᾽ ἦν τοσοῦτον, ἔς τ᾽ ἐν αἰθέρι
μέσῳ κατέστη λαμπρὸς ἡλίου κύκλος,
καὶ καῦμ᾽ ἔθαλπε· καὶ τότ᾽ ἐξαίφνης χθονὸς
410
τυφὼς ἀείρας σκηπτὸν, οὐράνιον ἄχος,
πίμπλησι πεδίον, πᾶσαν αἰκίζων φόβην
ὕλης πεδιάδος · ἐν δ᾽ ἐμεστώθη μέγας
αἰθήρ· μύσαντες δ᾽ εἴχομεν θείαν νόσον.
καὶ τοῦδ᾽ ἀπαλλαγέντος ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ,
415
ἡ παῖς ὁρᾶται, κᾀνακωκύει πικρῶς,
ὄρνιθος ὀξύφθογγον ὡς, ὅταν κενῆς
εὐνῆς νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν βλέψῃ λέχος·
οὕτω δὲ χ᾽ αὕτη, ψιλὸν ὡς ὁρᾷ νέκυν,
γόοισιν ἐξῴμωξεν, ἐκ δ᾽ ἀρὰς κακὰς
420
ἠρᾶτο τοῖσι τοὔργον ἐξειργασμένοις·
καὶ χερσὶν εὐθὺς διψίαν φέρει κόνιν,
ἔκ τ᾽ εὐκροτήτου χαλκέας ἄρδην πρόχου
χοαῖσι τρισπόνδοισι τὸν νέκυν στέφει.
χ᾽ ἡμεῖς ἰδόντες ἱέμεσθα, ξὺν δέ νιν
425
θηρώμεθ᾽ εὐθὺς, οὐδὲν ἐκπεπληγμένην,
καὶ τὰς τε πρόσθεν, τάς τε νῦν, ἠλέγχομεν
πράξεις· ἄπαρνος δ᾽ οὐδενὸς καθίστατο.
ἀλλ᾽ ἡδέως ἔμοιγε κἀλγεινῶς ἅμα·
τὸ μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐκ κακῶν πεφευγέναι,
430
ἥδιστον, ἐς κακὸν δὲ τοὺς φίλους ἄγειν,
ἀλγεινόν· ἀλλὰ ταῦτα πάνθ᾽ ἥσσω λαβεῖν
ἐμοὶ πέφυκε τῆς ἐμῆς σωτηρίας.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 407 focus
τοιοῦτον ἦν τὸ πρᾶγμʼ. ὅπως γὰρ ἥκομεν,
πρὸς σοῦ τὰ δείν᾽ ἐκεῖν᾽ ἐπηπειλημένοι,
πᾶσαν κόνιν σήραντες ἣ κατεῖχε τὸν
νέκυν, μυδῶν τε σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ,
410
καθήμεθ᾽ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων ὑπήνεμοι,
ὀσμὴν ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ μὴ βάλῃ πεφευγότες,
ἐγερτὶ κινῶν ἄνδρ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἐπιρρόθοις
54v
κακοῖσιν, εἴ τις τοῦδ᾽ ἀφειδήσοι πόνου.
χρόνον τάδ᾽ ἦν τοσοῦτον, ἔς τ᾽ ἐν αἰθέρι
415
μέσῳ κατέστη λαμπρὸς ἡλίου κύκλος
καὶ καῦμ᾽ ἔθαλπε· καὶ τότ᾽ ἐξαίφνης χθονὸς
τυφὼς ἀείρας σκηπτόν, οὐράνιον ἄχος,
πίμπλησι πεδίον, πᾶσαν αἰκίζων φόβην
ὕλης πεδιάδος, ἐν δ᾽ ἐμεστώθη μέγας
420
αἰθήρ· μύσαντες δ' εἴχομεν θείαν νόσον.
καὶ τοῦδ᾽ ἀπαλλαγέντος ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ,
ἡ παῖς ὁρᾶται, κἀνακωκύει πικρᾶς
ὄρνιθος ὀξὺν φθόγγον, ὡς ὅταν κενῆς
εὐνῆς νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν βλέψῃ λέχος·
425
οὕτω δὲ χαὔτη, ψιλὸν ὡς ὁρᾷ νέκυν,
γόοισιν ἐξῴμωξεν, ἐκ δ᾽ ἀρὰς κακὰς
ἠρᾶτο τοῖσι τοὔργον ἐξειργασμένοις.
καὶ χερσὶν εὐθὺς διψίαν φέρει κόνιν,
ἔκ τ᾿ εὐκροτήτου χαλκέας ἄρδην πρόχου
430
χοαῖσι τρισπόνδοισι τὸν νέκυν στέφει.
χἠμεῖς ἰδόντες ἱέμεσθα, σὺν δέ νιν
θηρώμεθ᾽ εὐθὺς οὐδὲν ἐκπεπληγμένην,
καὶ τάς τε πρόσθεν τάς τε νῦν ἠλέγχομεν
πράξεις· ἄπαρνος δ᾽ οὐδενὸς καθίστατο,
435
ἀλλ᾽ ἡδέως ἔμοιγε κάλγεινῶς ἅμα.
τὸ μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐκ κακῶν πεφευγέναι
ἥδιστον, ἐς κακὸν δὲ τοὺς φίλους ἄγειν
ἀλγεινόν. ἀλλὰ πάντα ταῦθ᾽ ἥσσω λαβεῖν
ἐμοὶ πέφυκε τῆς ἐμῆς σωτηρίας.
440
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 407 focus
τοιοῦτον ἦν τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽· ὅπως γὰρ ἥκομεν
πρὸς σοῦ τὰ δείν᾽ ἐκεῖν᾽ ἐπηπειλημένοι,
πᾶσαν κόνιν σήραντες ἣ κατεῖχε τὸν
νέκυν, μυδῶν τε σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ, 410
410
καθήμεθ᾽ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων ὑπήνεμοι,
ὀσμὴν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ μὴ βάλῃ πεφευγότες,
ἐγερτὶ κινῶν ἄνδρ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἐπιρρόθοις
κακοῖσιν, εἴ τις τοῦδ᾽ ἀφειδήσοι πόνου.
χρόνον τάδ᾽ ἦν τοσοῦτον, ἔστ᾽ ἐν αἰθέρι
415
μέσῳ κατέστη λαμπρὸς ἡλίου κύκλος
καὶ καῦμ᾽ ἔθαλπε· καὶ τότ᾽ ἐξαίφνης χθονὸς
τυφὼς ἀείρας σκηπτόν, οὐράνιον ἄχος,
πίμπλησι πεδίον πᾶσαν αἰκίζων φόβην
ὕλης πεδιάδος, ἐν δ᾽ ἐμεστώθη μέγας
420
αἰθήρ· μύσαντες δ᾽ εἴχομεν θείαν νόσον.
καὶ τοῦδ᾽ ἀπαλλαγέντος ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ,
ἡ παῖς ὁρᾶται κἀνακωκύει πικρᾶς
ὄρνιθος ὀξὺν φθόγγον, ὡς ὅταν κενῆς
εὐνῆς νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν βλέψῃ λέχος· 425
425
οὕτω δὲ χαὔτη, ψιλὸν ὡς ὁρᾷ νέκυν,
γόοισιν ἐξῴμωξεν, ἐκ δ᾽ ἀρὰς κακὰς
ἠρᾶτο τοῖσι τοὔργον ἐξειργασμένοις.
καὶ χερσὶν εὐθὺς διψίαν φέρει κόνιν,
ἔκ τ᾽ εὐκροτήτου χαλκέας ἄρδην πρόχου
430
χοαῖσι τρισπόνδοισι τὸν νέκυν στέφει.
χἠμεῖς ἰδόντες ἱέμεσθα, σὺν δέ νιν
θηρώμεθ᾽ εὐθὺς οὐδὲν ἐκπεπληγμένην,
καὶ τάς τε πρόσθεν τάς τε νῦν ἠλέγχομεν
πράξεις· ἄπαρνος δ᾽ οὐδενὸς καθίστατο,
435
ἅμ᾽ ἡδέως ἔμοιγε κἀλγεινῶς ἅμα.
τὸ μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐκ κακῶν πεφευγέναι
ἥδιστον, ἐς κακὸν δὲ τοὺς φίλους ἄγειν
ἀλγεινόν· ἀλλὰ πάντα ταῦθ᾽ ἥσσω λαβεῖν
ἐμοὶ πέφυκεν τῆς ἐμῆς σωτηρίας.
440
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 407 focus
τοιοῦτον ἦν τὸ πρᾶγμ’· ὅπως γὰρ ἥκομεν
πρὸς σοῦ τὰ δείν’ ἐκεῖν’ ἐπηπειλημένοι,
πᾶσαν κόνιν σήραντες ἣ κατεῖχε τὸν
νέκυν, μυδῶν τε σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ,
410
καθήμεθ’ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων ὑπήνεμοι,
ὀσμὴν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ μὴ βάλῃ πεφευγότες,
ἐγερτὶ κινῶν ἄνδρ’ ἀνὴρ ἐπιρρόθοις
κακοῖσιν, εἴ τις τοῦδ’ ἀφειδήσοι πόνου.
χρόνον τάδ’ ἦν τοσοῦτον, ἔστ’ ἐν αἰθέρι
415
μέσῳ κατέστη λαμπρὸς ἡλίου κύκλος
καὶ καῦμ’ ἔθαλπε· καὶ τότ’ ἐξαίφνης χθονὸς
τυφὼς ἀείρας σκηπτόν, οὐράνιον ἄχος,
πίμπλησι πεδίον πᾶσαν αἰκίζων φόβην
ὕλης πεδιάδος, ἐν δ’ ἐμεστώθη μέγας
420
αἰθήρ· μύσαντες δ’ εἴχομεν θείαν νόσον.
καὶ τοῦδ’ ἀπαλλαγέντος ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ,
ἡ παῖς ὁρᾶται κἀνακωκύει πικρᾶς
ὄρνιθος ὀξὺν φθόγγον, ὡς ὅταν κενῆς
εὐνῆς νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν βλέψῃ λέχος·
425
οὕτω δὲ χαὔτη, ψιλὸν ὡς ὁρᾷ νέκυν,
γόοισιν ἐξῴμωξεν, ἐκ δ’ ἀρὰς κακὰς
ἠρᾶτο τοῖσι τοὔργον ἐξειργασμένοις.
καὶ χερσὶν εὐθὺς διψίαν φέρει κόνιν,
ἔκ τ’ εὐκροτήτου χαλκέας ἄρδην πρόχου
430
χοαῖσι τρισπόνδοισι τὸν νέκυν στέφει.
χἠμεῖς ἰδόντες ἱέμεσθα, σὺν δέ νιν
θηρώμεθ’ εὐθὺς οὐδὲν ἐκπεπληγμένην,
καὶ τάς τε πρόσθεν τάς τε νῦν ἠλέγχομεν
πράξεις· ἄπαρνος δ’ οὐδενὸς καθίστατο,
435
ἅμ’ ἡδέως ἔμοιγε κἀλγεινῶς ἅμα.
τὸ μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐκ κακῶν πεφευγέναι
ἥδιστον, ἐς κακὸν δὲ τοὺς φίλους ἄγειν
ἀλγεινόν· ἀλλὰ πάντα ταῦθ’ ἥσσω λαβεῖν
ἐμοὶ πέφυκεν τῆς ἐμῆς σωτηρίας.
440
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 407 focus
τοιοῦτον ἦν τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽· ὅπως γὰρ ἥκομεν
πρὸς σοῦ τὰ δείν᾽ ἐκεῖν᾽ ἐπηπειλημένοι,
πᾶσαν κόνιν σήραντες ἣ κατεῖχε τὸν
νέκυν, μυδῶν τε σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ,
410
καθήμεθ᾽ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων ὑπήνεμοι,
ὀσμὴν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ μὴ βάληι πεφευγότες.
ἐγερτὶ κινῶν ἄνδρ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἐπιρρόθοις
κακοῖσιν, εἴ τις τοῦδ᾽ ἀκηδήσοι πόνου.
χρόνον τάδ᾽ ἦν τοσοῦτον, ἔστ᾽ ἐν αἰθέρι
415
μέσωι κατέστη λαμπρὸς ἡλίου κύκλος
καὶ καῦμ᾽ ἔθαλπε· καὶ τότ᾽ ἐξαίφνης χθονὸς
τυφὼς ἀείρας σκηπτόν, οὐράνιον ἄχος,
πίμπλησι πεδίον, πᾶσαν αἰκίζων φόβην
ὕλης πεδιάδος, ἐν δ᾽ ἐμεστώθη μέγας
420
αἰθήρ· μύσαντες δ᾽ εἴργομεν θείαν νόσον.
καὶ τοῦδ᾽ ἀπαλλαγέντος ἐν χρόνωι μακρῶι,
ἡ παῖς ὁρᾶται, κἀνακωκύει πικρά,
ὄρνιθος ὀξὺν φθόγγον, ὡς ὅταν κενῆς
εὐνῆς νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν βλέψηι λέχος·
425
οὕτω δὲ χαὔτη, ψιλὸν ὡς ὁρᾶι νέκυν,
γόοισιν ἐξώιμωξεν, ἐκ δ᾽ ἀρὰς κακὰς
ἠρᾶτο τοῖσι τοὖργον ἐξειργασμένοις.
καὶ χερσὶν εὐθὺς διψίαν φέρει κόνιν,
ἔκ τ᾽ εὐκροτήτου χαλκέας ἄρδην πρόχου
430
χοαῖσι τρισπόνδοισι τὸν νέκυν στέφει.
χἠμεῖς ἰδόντες ἱέμεσθα, σὺν δέ νιν
θηρώμεθ᾽ εὐθὺς οὐδὲν ἐκπεπληγμένην,
καὶ τάς τε πρόσθεν τάς τε νῦν ἠλέγχομεν
πράξεις· ἄπαρνος δ᾽ οὐδενὸς καθίστατο,
435
ἅμ᾽ ἡδέως ἔμοιγε κἀλγεινῶς ἅμα.
τὸ μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐκ κακῶν πεφευγέναι
ἥδιστον· ἐς κακὸν δὲ τοὺς φίλους ἄγειν
ἀλγεινόν. ἀλλὰ πάντα ταῦθ᾽ ἥσσω λαβεῖν
ἐμοὶ πέφυκε τῆς ἐμῆς σωτηρίας.
440
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 407 focus
τοιοῦτον ἦν τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽. ὅπως γὰρ ἥκομεν,
πρὸς σοῦ τὰ δείν᾽ ἐκεῖν᾽ ἐπηπειλημένοι,
πᾶσαν κόνιν σήραντες, ἣ κατεῖχε τὸν
405
νέκυν, μυδῶν τε σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ,
καθήμεθ᾽ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων ὑπήνεμοι,
ὀσμὴν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ μὴ βάλῃ πεφευγότες,
ἐγερτὶ κινῶν ἄνδρ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἐπιῤῥόθοις
κακοῖσιν, εἴ τις τοῦδ᾽ ἀφειδήσοι πόνου.
410
χρόνον τάδ᾽ ἦν τοσοῦτον, ἔς τ᾽ ἐν αἰθέρι
μέσῳ κατέστη λαμπρὸς ἡλίου κύκλος,
καὶ καῦμ' ἔθαλπε· καὶ τότ᾽ ἐξαίφνης χθονὸς
τυφὼς ἀείρας σκηπτόν, οὐράνιον ἄχος,
πίμπλησι πεδίον, πᾶσαν αἰκίζων φόβην
415
ὕλης πεδιάδος· ἒν δ᾽ ἐμεστώθη μέγας
αἰθήρ· μύσαντες δ᾽ εἴχομεν θείαν νόσον.
καὶ τοῦδ᾽ ἀπαλλαγέντος ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ,
ἡ παῖς ὁρᾶται, κἀνακωκύει πικρᾶς
ὄρνιθος ὀξὺν φθόγγον, ὡς ὅταν κενῆς
420
εὐνῆς νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν βλέψῃ λέχος·
οὕτω δὲ χαὔτη, ψιλὸν ὡς ὁρᾷ νέκυν,
γόοισιν ἐξῴμωξεν, ἐκ δ᾽ ἀρὰς κακὰς
ἠρᾶτο τοῖσι τοὔργον ἐξειργασμένοις.
καὶ χερσὶν εὐθὺς διψίαν φέρει κόνιν,
425
ἔκ τ' εὐκροτήτου χαλκέας ἄρδην πρόχου
χοαῖσι τρισπόνδοισι τὸν νέκυν στέφει.
χἠμεῖς ἰδόντες ἱέμεσθα, σὺν δέ νιν
θηρώμεθ᾽ εὐθὺς οὐδὲν ἐκπεπληγμένην·
καὶ τάς τε πρόσθεν τάς τε νῦν ἠλέγχομεν
430
πράξεις· ἄπαρνος δ᾽ οὐδενὸς καθίστατο,
ἀλλ᾽ ἡδέως ἔμοιγε κἀλγεινῶς ἅμα.
τὸ μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐκ κακῶν πεφευγέναι,
ἥδιστον· ἐς κακὸν δὲ τοὺς φίλους ἄγειν,
ἀλγεινόν. ἀλλὰ πάντα ταῦθ᾽ ἥσσω λαβεῖν
435
ἐμοὶ πέφυκε τῆς ἐμῆς σωτηρίας.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 407 focus
τοιοῦτον ἦν τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽. ὅπως γὰρ ἥκομεν,
πρὸς σοῦ τὰ δείν᾽ ἐκεῖν᾽ ἐπηπειλημένοι,
πᾶσαν κόνιν σήραντες ἣ κατεῖχε τὸν
νέκυν, μυδῶν τε σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ,
410
καθήμεθ᾽ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων ὑπήνεμοι,
ὀσμὴν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ μὴ βάλῃ πεφευγότες,
ἐγερτὶ κινῶν ἄνδρ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἐπιρρόθοις
κακοῖσιν, εἴ τις τοῦδ᾽ ἀκηδήσοι πόνου.
χρόνον τάδ᾽ ἦν τοσοῦτον, ἔστ᾽ ἐν αἰθέρι
415
μέσῳ κατέστη λαμπρὸς ἡλίου κύκλος
καὶ καῦμ᾽ ἔθαλπε· καὶ τότ᾽ ἐξαίφνης χθονὸς
τυφὼς ἀείρας σκηπτόν, οὐράνιον ἄχος,
πίμπλησι πεδίον, πᾶσαν αἰκίζων φόβην
ὕλης πεδιάδος, ἐν δ᾽ ἐμεστώθη μέγας
420
αἰθήρ· μύσαντες δ᾽ εἴχομεν θείαν νόσον.
καὶ τοῦδ᾽ ἀπαλλαγέντος ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ,
ἡ παῖς ὁρᾶται, κἀνακωκύει πικρᾶς
ὄρνιθος ὀξὺν φθόγγον, ὡς ὅταν κενῆς
εὐνῆς νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν βλέψῃ λέχος·
425
οὕτω δὲ χαὕτη, ψιλὸν ὡς ὁρᾷ νέκυν,
γόοισιν ἐξῴμωξεν, ἐκ δ᾽ ἀρὰς κακὰς
ἠρᾶτο τοῖσι τοὔργον ἐξειργασμένοις.
καὶ χερσὶν εὐθὺς διψίαν φέρει κόνιν,
ἔκ τ᾽ εὐκροτήτου χαλκέας ἄρδην πρόχου
430
χοαῖσι τρισπόνδοισι τὸν νέκυν στέφει.
χἡμεῖς ἰδόντες ἱέμεσθα, σὺν δέ νιν
θηρώμεθ᾽ εὐθὺς οὐδὲν ἐκπεπληγμένην·
καὶ τάς τε πρόσθεν τάς τε νῦν ἠλέγχομεν
πράξεις· ἄπαρνος δ᾽ οὐδενὸς καθίστατο,
435
ἅμ᾽ ἡδέως ἔμοιγε κἀλγεινῶς ἅμα.
τὸ μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐκ κακῶν πεφευγέναι
ἥδιστον· ἐς κακὸν δὲ τοὺς φίλους ἄγειν
ἀλγεινόν. ἀλλὰ πάντα ταῦθ᾽ ἥσσω λαβεῖν
ἐμοὶ πέφυκε τῆς ἐμῆς σωτηρίας.
440
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 407 focus
τοιοῦτον ἦν τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽. ὅπως γὰρ ἥκομεν,
πρὸς σοῦ τὰ δείν᾽ ἐκεῖν᾽ ἐπηπειλημένοι,
πᾶσαν κόνιν σήραντες ἣ κατεῖχε τὸν
νέκυν, μυδῶν τε σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ,
410
καθήμεθ᾽ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων ὑπήνεμοι,
ὀσμὴν ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ μὴ βάλῃ πεφευγότες,
ἐγερτὶ κινῶν ἄνδρ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἐπιρρόθοις
κακοῖσιν, εἴ τις τοῦδ᾽ ἀκηδήσοι πόνου.
χρόνον τάδ᾽ ἦν τοσοῦτον, ἔστ᾽ ἐν αἰθέρι
415
μέσῳ κατέστη λαμπρὸς ἡλίου κύκλος
καὶ καῦμ᾽ ἔθαλπε· καὶ τότ᾽ ἐξαίφνης χθονὸς
τυφὼς ἀείρας σκηπτόν, οὐράνιον ἄχος,
πίμπλησι πεδίον, πᾶσαν αἰκίζων φόβην
ὕλης πεδιάδος, ἐν δ᾽ ἐμεστώθη μέγας
420
αἰθήρ· μύσαντες δ᾽ εἴχομεν θείαν νόσον.
καὶ τοῦδ᾽ ἀπαλλαγέντος ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ,
ἡ παῖς ὁρᾶται κἀνακωκύει πικρᾶς
ὄρνιθος ὀξὺν φθόγγον, ὡς ὅταν κενῆς
εὐνῆς νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν βλέψῃ λέχος·
425
οὕτω δὲ χαὕτη, ψιλὸν ὡς ὁρᾷ νέκυν,
γόοισιν ἐξῴμωξεν, ἐκ δ᾽ ἀρὰς κακὰς
ἠρᾶτο τοῖσι τοὔργον ἐξειργασμένοις.
καὶ χερσὶν εὐθὺς διψίαν φέρει κόνιν,
ἔκ τ᾽ εὐκροτήτου χαλκέας ἄρδην πρόχου
430
χοαῖσι τρισπόνδοισι τὸν νέκυν στέφει.
χἡμεῖς ἰδόντες ἱέμεσθα, σὺν δέ νιν
θηρώμεθ᾽ εὐθὺς οὐδὲν ἐκπεπληγμένην,
καὶ τάς τε πρόσθεν τάς τε νῦν ἠλέγχομεν
πράξεις· ἄπαρνος δ᾽ οὐδενὸς καθίστατο,
435
ἅμ᾽ ἡδέως ἔμοιγε κἀλγεινῶς ἅμα.
τὸ μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐκ κακῶν πεφευγέναι
ἥδιστον, ἐς κακὸν δὲ τοὺς φίλους ἄγειν
ἀλγεινόν. ἀλλὰ τἄλλα πάνθ᾽ ἥσσω λαβεῖν
ἐμοὶ πέφυκε τῆς ἐμῆς σωτηρίας.
440
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 407 focus
τοιοῦτον ἦν τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽. ὅπως γὰρ ἥκομεν,
πρὸς σοῦ τὰ δείν᾽ ἐκεῖν᾽ ἐπηπειλημένοι,
πᾶσαν κόνιν σήραντες ἣ κατεῖχε τὸν
νέκυν, μυδῶν τε σῶμα γυμνώσαντες εὖ,
410
καθήμεθ᾽ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων ὑπήνεμοι,
ὀσμὴν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ μὴ βάληι πεφευγότες,
ἐγερτὶ κινῶν ἄνδρ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἐπιρρόθοις
κακοῖσιν, εἴ τις τοῦδ᾽ ἀφειδήσοι πόνου.
χρόνον τάδ᾽ ἦν τοσοῦτον, ἔστ᾽ ἐν αἰθέρι
415
μέσωι κατέστη λαμπρὸς ἡλίου κύκλος
καὶ καῦμ᾽ ἔθαλπε· καὶ τότ᾽ ἐξαίφνης χθονὸς
τυφὼς ἀείρας σκηπτόν, οὐράνιον ἄχος,
πίμπλησι πεδίον, πᾶσαν αἰκίζων φόβην
ὕλης πεδιάδος, ἐν δ᾽ ἐμεστώθη μέγας
420
αἰθήρ· μύσαντες δ᾽ εἴχομεν θείαν νόσον.
καὶ τοῦδ᾽ ἀπαλλαγέντος ἐν χρόνωι μακρῶι
ἡ παῖς ὁρᾶται κἀνακωκύει πικρᾶς
ὄρνιθος ὀξὺν φθόγγον, ὡς ὅταν κενῆς
εὐνῆς νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν βλέψηι λέχος·
425
οὕτω δὲ χαὔτη, ψιλὸν ὡς ὁρᾶι νέκυν,
γόοισιν ἐξώιμωξεν, ἐκ δ᾽ ἀρὰς κακὰς
ἠρᾶτο τοῖσι τοὔργον ἐξειργασμένοις.
καὶ χερσὶν εὐθὺς διψίαν φέρει κόνιν,
ἔκ τ᾽ εὐκροτήτου χαλκέας ἄρδην πρόχου
430
χοαῖσι τρισπόνδοισι τὸν νέκυν στέφει.
χἠμεῖς ἰδόντες ἱέμεσθα, σὺν δέ νιν
θηρώμεθ᾽ εὐθὺς οὐδὲν ἐκπεπληγμένην,
καὶ τάς τε πρόσθεν τάς τε νῦν ἠλέγχομεν
πράξεις· ἄπαρνος δ᾽ οὐδενὸς καθίστατο,
435
ἅμ᾽ ἡδέως ἔμοιγε κἀλγεινῶς ἅμα.
τὸ μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐκ κακῶν πεφευγέναι
ἥδιστον, ἐς κακὸν δὲ τοὺς φίλους ἄγειν
ἀλγεινόν. ἀλλὰ πάντα ταῦθ᾽ ἥσσω λαβεῖν
ἐμοὶ πέφυκε τῆς ἐμῆς σωτηρίας.
440
Translations (11)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 407 focus
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 407 focus
La cosa ocurrió de esta manera: cuando yo llegué asustado por las terribles amenazas tuyas, después de quitar todo el polvo que cubría al cadáver y dejar bien al desnudo el cuerpo, que estaba ya en putrefacción, nos apostamos en lo alto de un otero, resguardados del aire y bastante lejos para que no nos diera el mal olor de aquél, excitando a la vigilancia cada uno a su compañero con eficaces reproches, si es que alguien se descuidaba de su tarea. Esto duró hasta la hora en que en medio del cielo se coloca el brillante astro del día y abrasa el calor. Entonces, de repente, un tifón levantando de tierra terrible tempestad con un rayo que parecia parecía grito del cielo, invadió la campiña, devastando el follaje de la campestre selva. Se llenó de polvo todo el aire; y nosotros, con los ojos cerrados, aguantábamos el castigo que el cielo nos enviaba. Cuando se apaciguó la tempestad, después de mucho tiempo, vimos a la muchacha que se quejaba dando agudos lamentos, como el ave dolorida cuando advierte vacío el lecho de su nido por haberle arrebatado los . polluelos. Así también ésta, cuando vió vio el cadáver al desnudo, rompió en amargo llanto y lanzó horribles maldiciones contra los que le habian habían inferido el ultraje. Recogió en seguida con las manos polvo seco; y vertiendo de un vaso de bronce bien forjado tres libaciones sobre el cadáver, lo cubrió. Nosotros que la vimos, nos abalanzamos y la cogimos en seguida, sin que ella se asustara de nada: la acusamos del hecho anterior y del presente, y no negó nada, con gusto mio y con pena a la vez; porque el quedar uno libre del castigo es muy dulce; pero implicar a un amigo en la desgracia, es doloroso. No obstante, natural es que esto último tenga para mi menos importancia que mi propia salvación.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 407 focus
Sic acta res est.
Postquam enim eo venimus, tuis illis minis atrocibus perterriti, primum terram omnem, qua contectum erat cadaver, everrimus, putreque corpus nudavimus plane, tum editis in tumulis consedimus aversi ab aura, ne nobis teter odor ex illo adflaret, caventes; ubi vigilantes nos excitabamus conviciis, si quis vellet huic labori parcere. Tantisper in eo res fuit; donec aethere in medio constitit lucidus Solis orbis, aestusque flagravit : atque tum derepente vehemens flatus e terra coortus, turbinem in altum tollens, aeream pestem, implet campum, omnem deturpans comam campestris silvae : immensusque repletur aër: nos vero clausis oculis divinitus missum tolerabamus malum. Quo post longum tempus tandem sedato, puella conspicitur, et acerbe quidem lamentans, in modum acuta voce questaeaviculae, cum vacuum midi cubile pullis orbatum videt. Sic et illa; nudum ut cernit cadaver, lamentis eiulavit , dirasque [acti auctoribus poenas imprecata est. Nec mora, collectum manibus aridum affert pulverem , et ex aereo affabre facto gutto, triplici fuso libamine, mortuo inferias facit. Nos vero conspicati irruimus, eamque comprehendimus illico nullo perculsam metu, et utriusque facti, tum illius prioris, tum huius recentis , convincimus: nihil enim negavit. Quod quidem mihi gratum et friste simul auditu fuit: ipsum enim me ex malis evasisse, gratissimum: sed in malum amicos ducere, id triste est; at omnia ista prae mea salute parvi me pendere par est.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 407 focus
It fell in this wise. We were come to the spot,
Bearing the dreadful burden of thy threats;
And first with care we swept the dust away
From round the corse, and laid the dank limbs bare:
410
Then sate below the hill-top, out o’ the wind,
Where no bad odour from the dead might strike us,
Stirring each other on with interchange
Of loud revilings on the negligent
In ’tendance on this duty. So we stayed
415
Till in mid heaven the sun’s resplendent orb
Stood high, and the heat strengthened. Suddenly,
The Storm-god raised a whirlwind from the ground,
Vexing heaven’s concave, and filled all the plain,
Rending the locks of all the orchard groves,
420
Till the great sky was choked withal. We closed
Our lips and eyes, and bore the God-sent evil.
When after a long while this ceased, the maid
Was seen, and wailed in high and bitter key,
Like some despairing bird that hath espied
425
Her nest all desolate, the nestlings gone.
So, when she saw the body bare, she mourned
Loudly, and cursed the authors of this deed.
Then nimbly with her hands she brought dry dust,
And holding high a shapely brazen cruse,
430
Poured three libations, honouring the dead.
We, when we saw, ran in, and straightway seized
Our quarry, nought dismayed, and charged her with
The former crime and this. And she denied
Nothing;—to my delight, and to my grief.
435
One’s self to escape disaster is great joy;
Yet to have drawn a friend into distress
Is painful. But mine own security
To me is of more value than aught else.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 407 focus
Dies war der Hergang. Als ich hingekommen war,
405
Von deinen harten Reden hier so schwer bedroht,
Und wir vom Leichnam allen Staub hinweggekehrt,
Bis ganz in seiner Blöße lag der modernde:
Da sezten wir am Hügel uns, dem Winde fern,
Daß uns der Dunst nicht treffe, der vom Todten kam,
410
Und wachsam regte Mann den Mann mit drohenden
Scheltworten auf, wenn Einer lässig war im Dienst.
Das währte fort so lange, bis im Mittelraum
Des Aethers hoch die lichte Sonnenscheibe stand
Und glühend brannte: plözlich hebt sich da vom Grund
415
Sturmwirbelwind mit Sausen, ungeheures Grau'n,
Und füllt das Blachfeld, und zerstiebt weitum das Laub
Vom Wald der Ebne; Staubgewölk erfüllt die Luft;
Wir trugen blinzend diese gottverhängte Noth.
Doch als die Windsbraut endlich schwieg nach langer Zeit,
420
Erscheint die Jungfrau: bitter scholl ihr Jammerruf,
Wie banger Laut des Vogels, wann er, heimgekehrt,
Die leere Lagerstätte sieht der Brut beraubt.
So klagt die Jungfrau, da sie nackt den Todten sieht,
In lautem Wehruf, und verflucht mit gräßlicher
425
Verwünschung jene, welche dieses Werk verübt.
Schnell auf den Händen trägt sie trocknen Staub herbei,
Und krönt mit dreifach heil'gem Guß aus ehernem, 1
Kunstreich getrieb'nem Kruge dann den todten Leib.
Und wir, gewahrend Alles, eilten flugs heran,
430
Alsbald der nicht Erschrocknen uns bemächtigend,
Und klagten jener ersten, wie der lezten That,
Sie an, und nichts abläugnend, stand sie ruhig da;
Das ist für mich erfreulich und schmerzhaft zugleich.
Denn selber glücklich aus der Noth entronnen sein,
435
Ist höchst erfreulich; doch in Noth die Freunde zieh'n,
Das schmerzt. Indeß dies Alles acht' ich weniger,
As meine Wohlfahrt, also liegt's in meiner Art.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 407 focus
But say, how discovered ?
Than, mindful of thy wrath, with careful hands
From off the putrid carcase we removed
The scattered dust ; then, to avoid the stench,
ExhaHng noisome, to a hill retired ;
There watched at distance, till the mid-day sun
Scorched o'er our heads. Sudden a storm arose,
vShook every leaf, and rattled through the grove,
Filling the troubled element. We closed
Our eyes, and patient bore the wrath of heaven.
At length the tempest ceased, when we beheld
This virgin issuing forth, and heard her cries
Distressful, like the plaintive bird who views
The plundered nest, and mourns her ravished young.
E'en thus the maid, when on the naked corse
She cast her eyes, loud shrieked, and cursed the hand
That did the impious deed, then sprinkled o'er
The crumbled earth, and from a brazen urn,
Of lichest work, to the levied relics thrice
Her due libations poured. We saw, and straight
Pursued her. XJnappalled she seemed, and still
As we did question her, confessed it all.
It pleased, and yet methought it grieved me too.
To find ourselves released from woe is bliss
Supreme, but thus to see our friends unhappy
Embitters all. I must be thankful still
For my own safety, which I hold most dear.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 407 focus
El hecho ha ocurrido así. Bajo el terror de tus tremendas conminaciones, llegamos allá y barrimos la tierra que cubría el cadáver. Después que dejamos enteramente descubierto aquel cuerpo ya en corrupción, subimos á sentarnos en lo alto de las colinas, al abrigo del viento, y huyendo de los fétidos miasmas. Excitámonos unos á otros á la vigilancia, conminando á todo el que pudiera descuidar la faena. En tal estado permanecimos hasta el momento en que el disco brillante del Sol llegaba al promedio de su carrera, despidiendo fuego abrasador. Súbitamente un furioso huracán levanta en remolino una polvareda que llegaba hasta las nubes, é invadiendo la llanura, arrancaba las hojas á los árboles, extendiéndose la tormenta por el anchuroso Cielo. Nosotros, con los ojos cerrados, soportábamos aquel divino castigo. Pasado el temporal, al cabo de largas horas, percibimos á esa joven, dando gritos agudos y lamentables, cual pájaro que no encuentra á su tierna cría en el desierto nido. De tal modo, al mirar al difunto despojado de la tierra que le cubriera, prorrumpió en gemidos y lanzaba imprecaciones contra los autores de tamaño ultraje. Seguidamente coge con sus propias manos árida tierra con la que cubre el cadáver, honrándole hasta tres veces con fúnebres libaciones, que vierte del fondo de una preciosa copa de bronce. Tan luego como vimos esto, nos arrojamos sobre ella y la prendimos. Y en verdad, ella permaneció impávida. Interrogámosla sobre sus actos anteriores y por el que acababa de consumar, y nada negó absolutamente: confesión que fué para mí grata y dolorosa á la par; gratísima, porque me libertaba del castigo; dolorosa, porque siempre causa tormento exponer á los amigos. Pero ante todo, es lo natural que miremos cada cual por nuestra salvación.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 407 focus
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 407 focus
It befell on this wise. When we had come to the place,—with those dread menaces of thine upon 410 us,—we swept away all the dust that covered the corpse, and bared the dank body well; and then sat us down on the brow of the hill, to windward, heedful that the smell from him should not strike us; every man was wide awake, and kept his neighbour alert with torrents of threats, if any one should be careless of this task, So went it, until the sun’s bright orb stood in mid heaven, and the heat began to burn: and then suddenly a whirlwind lifted from the earth a storm of dust, a trouble in the sky, and filled the plain, marring all the 420 leafage of its woods; and the wide air was choked therewith: we closed our eyes, and bore the plague from the gods. And when, after a long while, this storm had passed, the maid was seen; and she cried aloud with the sharp cry of a bird in its bitterness,—even as when, within the empty nest, it sees the bed stripped of its nestlings. So she also, when she saw the corpse bare, lifted up a voice of wailing, and called down curses on the doers of that deed. And straightway she brought thirsty 430 dust in her hands; and from a shapely ewer of bronze, held high, with thrice-poured drink-offering she crowned the dead. We rushed forward when we saw it, and at once closed upon our quarry, who was in no wise dismayed. Then we taxed her with her past and present doings; and she stood not on denial of aught,—at once to my joy and to my pain. To have escaped from ills one’s self is a great joy; but ‘tis painful to bring friends to 440 ill. Howbeit, all such things are of less account to me than mine own safety.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 407 focus
Her hands interr'd the dead. Thou hast the whole,
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 407 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-223-1 ἥκομεν 1

mvp-comment-224-1 τὰ δείν’ ἐκεῖν’ 2

mvp-comment-224-2 τὸν | νέκυν 3

mvp-comment-225-1 καθήμεθ’ 4

mvp-comment-225-2 ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων 5

mvp-comment-225-3

ἐξ Οὐλύμποιο ἀπὸ ῥίου
. Here,
ἀπὸ ῥίου
goes with
εἰσεῖδε
: but
ἐξ Οὐλύμποιο
, however much
εἰσεῖδε
may have influenced it, at least cannot be disjoined from
στᾶσ’
. (2) Eur. Phoen. 1009
ἀλλ’ εἶμι καὶ στὰς ἐξ ἐπάλξεων ἄκρων | σφάξας ἐμαυτὸν σηκὸν εἰς μελαμβαθῆ | δράκοντος, ἔνθ’ ὁ μάντις ἐξηγήσατο, | ἐλευθερώσω γαῖαν
. It is impossible to sever
στάς
from
ἐξ ἐπ.
, even if we partly explain
ἐξ
by
σφάξας
. (3) ib. 1224
Ἐτεοκλέης δ’ ὑπῆρξ’ ἀπ’ ὀρθίου σταθεὶς | πύργου κελεύσας σῖγα κηρῦξαι στρατῷ
. The position of
σταθείς
forbids us to sever it from
ἀπ’ ὀρθ. π.
, even though
ὑπῆρξε
or
κελεύσας
is used to explain
ἀπό
. (4) Eur. Tro. 522
ἀνὰ δ’ ἐβόασεν λεὼς | Τρῳάδος ἀπὸ πέτρας σταθείς
. A similar case. In all these passages, a picture is presented, and we have to glance from a remoter to a nearer object. The mental eye is required to measure the space between Hera on the peak of Olympus, and Poseidon on the plain of Troy; between Megareus on the walls of Thebes, and the cavern into which his corpse is to fall. And, in each case,
ἐκ
or
ἀπό
denotes the quarter in which the remoter object is to be looked for. This, which might be called the ‘surveying’ use, is distinct from that in which the prep. has a pregnant force, as being directly suggestive of motion (
οἱ ἐκ Σικελίας ἥξουσι
); but it springs from the same mental tendency,—viz., to take a rapid glance over the dividing interval. Cp.
ἵστασθαι πρός τινος
(‘on his side’). So here: in the foreground of the picture is the corpse, which they have just laid bare. Now look to the hillocks behind it; in that quarter you will see the guards at their post.—I have not cited Od. 21.419
τόν ῥ’ ἐπὶ πήχει ἑλὼν ἕλκεν νευρὴν γλυφίδας τε | αὐτόθεν ἐκ δίφροιο καθήμενος
, because there
ἐκ δίφροιο
goes with
ἕλκεν
, not with
καθήμενος
(he drew the bow, just from the chair, where he sat).

mvp-comment-225-4 ὑπήνεμοι 6

mvp-comment-226-1 βάλῃ 7

mvp-comment-227-1 ἐγερτί 8

mvp-comment-227-2 κινῶν 9

mvp-comment-227-3 ἐπιρρόθοις κακοῖσιν 10

mvp-comment-227-4 the adj. expressing the loud, continuous noise of tongues. The

ἐπι
- does not mean ‘bandied to and fro’: see Tr. 263
πολλὰ μὲν λόγοις | ἐπερρόθησε
. In fr. 521
ἐπίρροθα δώματα
=‘open to reproach.’ Elsewhere (as with Aesch.)
ἐπίρροθος
= ‘helper’ (
ἐπιρροθέω
, to come with shouts to the rescue). Cp.
ἐρρόθουν
259 n., Aesch. 290.

mvp-comment-228-1 ἀκηδήσοι 11 ἀφειδήσοι 12

mvp-comment-229-1 The incident of the storm was a dramatic necessity, to account for Antigone reaching the corpse unobserved. A powerful picture is compressed into seven lines. (Cp. O. C. 1315 ff. for a like instance of self-restraint in description.)

mvp-comment-230-1 κατέστη 13

mvp-comment-230-2 χθονὸς 14

mvp-comment-231-1 τυφώς 15 σκηπτός 16

mvp-comment-231-2 οὐράνιον ἄχος 17

mvp-comment-232-1 πίμπλησι 18 αἰκίζων 19

mvp-comment-232-2 ἐν δ’ ἐμεστ 20

mvp-comment-233-1 μύσαντες 21

mvp-comment-233-2 νόσον 22

mvp-comment-233-3 ἐν χρ. μακρ 23

mvp-comment-234-1 πικρᾶς 24

mvp-comment-235-1 εὐνῆς...λέχος 25

mvp-comment-236-1 οὕτω δέ 26

mvp-comment-236-2 ψιλόν 27

mvp-comment-237-1 γόοισιν ἐξῴμωξεν 28

mvp-comment-237-2 ἐκ δ’ … ἠρᾶτο 29

mvp-comment-237-3 διψίαν 30

mvp-comment-238-1 φέρει κόνιν 31

mvp-comment-239-1 The πρόχους 32

mvp-comment-239-2 εὐκρότητος 33

mvp-comment-239-3 ἄρδην 34

mvp-comment-240-1 χοαῖσι 35

mvp-comment-240-2 τρισπόνδ. 36 στέφει 37

mvp-comment-241-1 ἱέμεσθα 38

mvp-comment-241-2 σὺν δὲ … θηρώμεθ’ 39

mvp-comment-242-1 ἠλέγχομεν 40

mvp-comment-242-2 ἄπαρνος … οὐδενός 41

mvp-comment-242-3 καθίστατο 42

mvp-comment-243-1 ἅμ’ 43

mvp-comment-244-1 φίλους 44

mvp-comment-245-1 πάντα ταῦθ’ 45 λαβεῖν 46

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

407. mvp-comment-232-1 τοιοῦτον (1) As you say: she was seen (1. 423), surprised (1.432), and caught (1.433). Or (2) As follows,' = τοιόνδε.

409-410. mvp-comment-233-1 τὸν | νέκυν Α remarkable instance of synapheia. Cp. 1. 238. Essay on Language § 21. p. 33. Supr. 238.

410. mvp-comment-234-1 μυδῶν Dank: referring rather to the state of the corpse (cp. 412) than to the remains of the libation, which would be soon dried by the sun.

410. mvp-comment-234-2 εὐ Carefully. For the order, see Essay on Language p. 78, and cp. О. Т. 308, μαθόντες εὖ.

411. mvp-comment-235-1 We sat just below the top of the rising ground, in the lee of the wind, so escaping the incidence of the odour from the dead. Supposing the corpse to be exposed on a slope of the high ground, surrounded by hillocks, they would select a point of observation on the lee-side of one of these hillocks, and to the windward of the corpse, which they would have full in view.

411. mvp-comment-235-2 ἐκ = On this side of and looking from. Essay on Language § 19. p. 27. Infr. 1110, εἰς ἐπόψιον τόπον : 1197, πεδίον ἐπ᾿ ἄκρον. πικρᾶς] ι in erasure of v? by recent hand Vat.

412. mvp-comment-236-1 This line is not necessarily connected with the preceding: i.e. They may be supposed to select a spot, (1) out of the wind, (2) out of the way of the smell. But the explanation above given (411 note) is more probable. In either case the point is that in attending to their watch they were mightily careful of their own comfort.

412. mvp-comment-236-2 βάλῃ Changed by Stephanusto βάλοι, because of the past time and the optative following. But the subj. is more vivid.

413-414. mvp-comment-237-1 Rousing each his fellow with noisy altercation, reviling him who should take this labour easily. εἴ τις, κ.τ.λ. depends on the verbal notion implied in κακοῖσιν = κακῶς λέγοντες.

413-414. mvp-comment-237-2 ἀφειδεῖν, ‘Το be unsparing, and so To be negligent, To treat lightly, To act without circumspection. For an approach to this meaning, cp. Thuc. 4.26 § 7. Bonitz conj. ἀκηδήσοι.

415-417. mvp-comment-238-1 This lasted till the sun had reached his station in mid-sky with unclouded splendour, and the heat was glowing.' Cp. the Homeric ὄφρα μὲν ἠέλιος μέσον οὐρανὸν ἀμφιβεβήκει.

417. mvp-comment-239-1 When suddenly from the earth the Storm-god raised a squall, that saddened all the sky, and filled the plain, tearing the tresses of the orchard groves, and the wide heaven was choked withal.' The chief discomfort of such a visitation would be the cloud of dust, forcing men to close their eyes, and wrapping even near objects from sight. The watchman is explaining why they lost sight of the corpse. The poet also provides a motive for the act by which Antigone is betrayed. She fears that the corpse, lying in an exposed situation, may have been disturbed by the violence of the wind.

418. mvp-comment-240-1 οὐράνιον ἄχος may mean either (1) A trouble from the sky, or (2) A trouble reaching to the sky. The latter is best, as the word χθονός indicates that the whirlwind seemed to rise out of the ground.

420. mvp-comment-241-1 ἐν δ' See Essay on Language p. 26. § 18, a.

421. mvp-comment-242-1 μύσαντες .. νόσον Closing lips and eyes, we endured the Divine visitation.

422. mvp-comment-243-1 ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ After lasting a long while: giving time for Antigone to come out of her concealment, with the libation ready. 423, foll. κἀνακωκύει] ‘And raises a shrill wailing cry, like the voice of the despairing bird. For the descriptive genitive, see Essay on Language § 9. p. 12.

422. mvp-comment-243-2 πικρᾶς Embittered, 'Full of bitterness: the quality of the object is transferred to the subject: i.e. πικρᾶς, ἅτε πασχούσης πικρά. Also the bitterness of anger is joined to that of grief. Cp. the Latin dolor. For the genitive, cp. Trach. 768, ὥστε τέκτονοs. And for the omission of ὡs, which is supplied in the following clause, cp. supr. 114, λευκῆς χιόνος πτέρυγι στεγανός. G. Wolff reads ὅ. δ. φθόγγον ὥς, ὅταν κ. But this yields a less probable rhythm.

424-425. mvp-comment-244-1 As when it sees robbed of its young ones the desolated couch of its nest. For the pleonasm, see Essay on Language § 40. p. 75.

426. mvp-comment-245-1 οὕτω δέ The apodosis is resumed, as so often happens after a comparison. Essay on Language p. 75. Cp. Aesch. Cho. 252.

427. mvp-comment-246-1 γόοισιν Essay on Language p. 75.

427. mvp-comment-246-2 ἐκ δ᾽.. ἠρᾶτο Essay on Language § 18. p. 27.

430. mvp-comment-247-1 ἄρδην.. στέφει Slightly condensed from ἄρδην ἔχουσα στέφει. στέφει, She decorates, Honours. Metaphorical, as in Od. 8. 170, ἀλλὰ θεὸς μορφὴν ἔπεσι στέφει. Cp. καταστέφειν in Eur. Phoen. 1632, and Sophron ap. Athen. 479 B. She leaves out no jot of the ceremony: ὡς οὐδὲν ὑφιεμένη τῷ κρηύγματι.

431. mvp-comment-248-1 Od. 11. 26, ἀμφ᾿ αὐτῷ δὲ χοὰς χέομεν πᾶσιν νεκύεσσι, | πρῶτα μελικρήτῳ, μετέπειτα δὲ ἡδέϊ οἴνῳ, | τὸ τρίτον αὐθ᾽ ὕδατι.

432. mvp-comment-249-1 σὺν δέ νιν | θηρώμεθ' For this tmesis, see Essay on Language § 18. p. 26. συν as in συλλαμβάνω.

435. mvp-comment-250-1 Cp. Hdt. 3. 66, ἔξαρνος ἦν μὴ μὲν ἀποκτεῖναι Σμέρδιν: 3. 99, ἄπαρνός ἐστι μὴ μὲν νοσέειν.

436. mvp-comment-251-1 ἀλλ᾽.. ἅμα ἀλλά is to be explained as pointing the antithesis after the negative. Her attitude was not that of denial, but one to me at least pleasant and painful as well. The adverb modifies a word which is to be supplied from καθίστατο. ἡδέως ἐμοί, i. e. ὥστε ἐμὲ ἥδεσθαι, Essay on Language § 24. p. 40. There is a certain point in this which is lost in the emendation of Dindorf, ἅμ᾽ ἡδέως, in which, however, the repetition of ἅμα may be defended from Plat. Gorg. 497 Α, ἅμα διψῶν τε ἕκαστος ἡμῶν πέπαυται καὶ ἅμα ἡδόμενος διὰ τοῦ πίνειν. Schneidewin quotes also Gorg. 496 C, ὧν ἅμα τε ἀπαλλάττεται ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἅμα ἔχει, which is not really parallel.

439-440. mvp-comment-252-1 ἀλλὰ .. σωτηρίας (1) But all these things are to me by nature less important to obtain than my own safety. λαβεῖν epexegetic, like ἔχειν in Ο. Τ. 592, τυραννὶς ἡδίων ἔχειν. Cp. inf. 638, μείζων φέρεσθαι: Εl. 1015-1016, προνοίας οὐδὲν ἀνθρώποις ἔφυ | κέρδος λαβεῖν ἄμειvov. Or, possibly, (2) It is in my nature to take less account of all this than of my own safety. For the meaning thus given to ἐμοὶ πέφυκ cp. Εl. 860, πᾶσι θνατοῖς ἔφυ μύρος. And for λαβεῖν = To weigh or estimate, cp. Thuc. 2. 42, § 5, τὴν δὲ τῶν ἐναντίων τιμωρίαν ποθεινοτέραν αὐτῶν λαβόντες.