Sophocles, Antigone, Robert Potter (Translator), 102

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Haemon

Its sovereign, should in all things be obey'd,

Their justice, their injustice, or their weight!..

Antigone. Sophocles. Robert Potter (Translator). London. 1820.

Current edition Experimental

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Robert Potter, 1788))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (12)

Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 102 focus

Θήβᾳ τῶν προτέρων φάος,

Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 102 focus

Θήβᾳ τῶν πρότερον φάος,

Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 102 focus

Θήβᾳ τῶν πρότερον φάος,

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 102 focus

ἐφάνθης ποτ', ὦ χρυσέας

Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 102 focus

Θήβᾳ τῶν προτέρων φάος,

Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 102.mvp-line-102 focus

Θήβᾳ τῶν πρότερον φάος,

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 102 focus

Θήβαι τῶν προτέρων φάος,

Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 102 focus

Θήβᾳ τῶν προτέρων φάος,

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 102 focus

ἐφάνθης ποτ᾽, ὦ χρυσέας 3

Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 102.mvp-line-102 focus

Θήβᾳ τῶν πρότερον φάος,

Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 102 focus

ἐφάνθης ποτʼ, ὦ χρυσέας

Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 102 focus

Θήβαι τῶν προτέρων φάος,

Translations (10)

German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 102 focus

ANTIGONE

Dennoch verlangt der Hades beiden gleiches Recht.

Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 102 focus

ISMENA

He hecho yo la cosa lo mismo que ésta: obro de concierto con ella, tengo mi parte y respondo de mi culpa.

Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 102 focus

Ismene

Meum est facinus, modo haec consentiat, criminisque, etsi non sum, participem me esse fateor.

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 102 focus

ISM

If her voice go therewith, I did the deed,

And bear my part and burden of the blame.

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 100 focus

Strahl des Helios, schönstes Licht,¹
100

Das der siebenthorigen Stadt

Thebe's nimmer zuvor erschien!

Du strahlst endlich, des gold'nen Tags

Aufblick, herrlich herauf,

Ueber Dirke's Fluten herüberwandelnd;²
105

Und Ihn, der mit leuchtendem Schild

Kam von Argos in voller Wehr,

Triebest du flüchtig in eilendem Lauf

Fort mit hastigem Zügel:

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 102 focus

Ismene

But in thy misfortunes

Let me partake, my sister ; let me be

A fellow-sufferer with thee.
545

Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 102 focus

ANTÍGONA

¡Quién sabe! Allá en el reino de la muerte, tal vez sea santificada mi acción.

German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 102 focus

ANTIGONAE

Das wird das Recht ja aber nicht erlauben.

Du wolltest nicht. Ich nahm dich nicht dazu mit.
560

English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 102 focus

Ismene

I have done the deed,—if she allows my claim, —and share the burden of the charge.

English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 100-160 focus

Enter the Chorus on the right.

Chorus

Shaft of the sun, fairest light of all that have dawned on Thebes of the seven gates, you have shone forth at last, eye of golden day, advancing over Dirce’s streams!
100

You have goaded with a sharper bit the warrior of the white shield, who came from Argos in full armor, driving him to headlong retreat.
105

110

Chorus

He set out against our land because of the strife-filled claims of Polyneices, and like a screaming eagle he flew over into our land, covered by his snow-white wing,
110

with a mass of weapons and crested helmets.
115

117

Chorus

He paused above our dwellings; he gaped around our sevenfold portals with spears thirsting for blood; but he left

before his jaws were ever glutted with our gore, or before the Fire-god’s pine-fed flame had seized our crown of towers.
120

So fierce was the crash of battle swelling about his back, a match too hard to win for the rival of the dragon.
125

127

Chorus

For Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. And when he saw them advancing in a swollen flood,

arrogant their clanging gold, he dashed with brandished fire one who was already starting to shout victory when he had reached our ramparts.
130

134

Chorus

Staggered, he fell to the earth with a crash,

torch in hand, a man possessed by the frenzy of the mad attack, who just now was raging against us with the blasts of his tempestuous hate. But his threats did not fare as he had hoped, and to the other enemies mighty Ares dispensed each their own dooms with hard blows,
135

Ares, our mighty ally at the turning-point.
140

141

Chorus

For the seven captains, stationed against an equal number at the seven gates, left behind their brazen arms in tribute to Zeus the turner of battle—all but the accursed pair who, born of one father and one

mother, set against each other their spears, both victorious, and who now share in a common death.
145

148

Chorus

But since Victory whose name is glory has come to us, smiling in joy equal to the joy of chariot-rich Thebes ,

let us make for ourselves forgetfulness after the recent wars, and visit all the temples of the gods with night-long dance and song. And may Bacchus, who shakes the earth of Thebes , rule our dancing!
150

155

Chorus

But look, the king of the land is coming here, Creon, the son of Menoeceus, our new ruler in accordance with the new circumstances fated by the gods. What policy is he setting in motion,
155

that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate?
160

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-437-1 οὖν ¹ προκήδομαι ²

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

635-765. mvp-comment-375-1 Haemon professes obedience to his father, but with the implied condition that his father commands what is right. Not heeding this, Creon welcomes his general profession, and enlarges on the blessings that follow from obedience in public and private. He urges Haemon to renounce Antigone. Haemon replies by repeating the praise of her which he has heard in the city (Ar. Rhet. 3. 17, ἕτερον χρὴ λέγοντα ποιεῖν.. ὡς Σοφοκλῆς τὸν Αἴμονα ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἀντιγόνης πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, ὡς λεγόντων ἑτέρων), and begs his father not to be deaf to all opinions but his own. Creon is impatient at this, and, after an altercation, in which both speakers become exasperated, Creon orders Antigone to be brought for immediate execution, and Haemon breaks away in sullen anger. This episode interposes a necessary pause between the condemnation of Antigone and its results, i. e, between the two chief crises of the action, and assists the main impression by bringing the light of natural affection and common opinion to bear on the situation.

Sophocles Antigone 102

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Haemon

Its sovereign, should in all things be obey'd,

Their justice, their injustice, or their weight!..

Current edition Experimental

ANTIGONE

Dennoch verlangt der Hades beiden gleiches Recht.

ISMENA

He hecho yo la cosa lo mismo que ésta: obro de concierto con ella, tengo mi parte y respondo de mi culpa.

Ismene

Meum est facinus, modo haec consentiat, criminisque, etsi non sum, participem me esse fateor.

ISM

If her voice go therewith, I did the deed,

And bear my part and burden of the blame.

Ismene

But in thy misfortunes

Let me partake, my sister ; let me be

A fellow-sufferer with thee.
545

ANTÍGONA

¡Quién sabe! Allá en el reino de la muerte, tal vez sea santificada mi acción.

ANTIGONAE

Das wird das Recht ja aber nicht erlauben.

Du wolltest nicht. Ich nahm dich nicht dazu mit.
560

Ismene

I have done the deed,—if she allows my claim, —and share the burden of the charge.

Chorus

He set out against our land because of the strife-filled claims of Polyneices, and like a screaming eagle he flew over into our land, covered by his snow-white wing,
110

with a mass of weapons and crested helmets.
115

Chorus

For Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. And when he saw them advancing in a swollen flood,

arrogant their clanging gold, he dashed with brandished fire one who was already starting to shout victory when he had reached our ramparts.
130

Chorus

But look, the king of the land is coming here, Creon, the son of Menoeceus, our new ruler in accordance with the new circumstances fated by the gods. What policy is he setting in motion,
155

that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate?
160

Commentary

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Haemon Its sovereign, should in all things be obey'd, Their justice, their injustice, or their weight!..

Current edition Experimental

ANTIGONE Dennoch verlangt der Hades beiden gleiches Recht.

ISMENA He hecho yo la cosa lo mismo que ésta: obro de concierto con ella, tengo mi parte y respondo de mi culpa.

Ismene Meum est facinus, modo haec consentiat, criminisque, etsi non sum, participem me esse fateor.

ISM If her voice go therewith, I did the deed, And bear my part and burden of the blame.

Ismene But in thy misfortunes Let me partake, my sister ; let me be A fellow-sufferer with thee. 545

ANTÍGONA ¡Quién sabe! Allá en el reino de la muerte, tal vez sea santificada mi acción.

ANTIGONAE Das wird das Recht ja aber nicht erlauben. Du wolltest nicht. Ich nahm dich nicht dazu mit. 560

Ismene I have done the deed,—if she allows my claim, —and share the burden of the charge.

Chorus He set out against our land because of the strife-filled claims of Polyneices, and like a screaming eagle he flew over into our land, covered by his snow-white wing, 110 with a mass of weapons and crested helmets. 115

Chorus For Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. And when he saw them advancing in a swollen flood, arrogant their clanging gold, he dashed with brandished fire one who was already starting to shout victory when he had reached our ramparts. 130

Chorus But look, the king of the land is coming here, Creon, the son of Menoeceus, our new ruler in accordance with the new circumstances fated by the gods. What policy is he setting in motion, 155 that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate? 160

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Haemon

Its sovereign, should in all things be obey'd,

Their justice, their injustice, or their weight!..

ANTIGONE

Dennoch verlangt der Hades beiden gleiches Recht.

ISMENA

He hecho yo la cosa lo mismo que ésta: obro de concierto con ella, tengo mi parte y respondo de mi culpa.

Ismene

Meum est facinus, modo haec consentiat, criminisque, etsi non sum, participem me esse fateor.

ISM

If her voice go therewith, I did the deed,

And bear my part and burden of the blame.

Ismene

But in thy misfortunes

Let me partake, my sister ; let me be

A fellow-sufferer with thee.
545

ANTÍGONA

¡Quién sabe! Allá en el reino de la muerte, tal vez sea santificada mi acción.

ANTIGONAE

Das wird das Recht ja aber nicht erlauben.

Du wolltest nicht. Ich nahm dich nicht dazu mit.
560

Ismene

I have done the deed,—if she allows my claim, —and share the burden of the charge.

Chorus

He set out against our land because of the strife-filled claims of Polyneices, and like a screaming eagle he flew over into our land, covered by his snow-white wing,
110

with a mass of weapons and crested helmets.
115

Chorus

For Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue. And when he saw them advancing in a swollen flood,

arrogant their clanging gold, he dashed with brandished fire one who was already starting to shout victory when he had reached our ramparts.
130

Chorus

But look, the king of the land is coming here, Creon, the son of Menoeceus, our new ruler in accordance with the new circumstances fated by the gods. What policy is he setting in motion,
155

that he has proposed this special conference of elders, and summoned it by a general mandate?
160