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Creon

Unquestion'd. In that man, who promptly pays

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)) — 103 focus

ἐφάνθης ποτὲ, χρυσέας

Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 103 focus

ἐφάνθης πότ᾽, ὦ χρυσέας ἁμέρας βλέφαρον,

Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 103 focus

ἐφάνθης ποτὲ, χρυσέας

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 103 focus

ἁμέρας βλέφαρον,

Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 103 focus

ἐφάνθης ποτ᾽, ὦ χρυσέας

Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 103.mvp-line-103 focus

ἐφάνθης ποτ’, ὦ χρυσέας

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 103 focus

ἐφάνθης ποτ᾽, ὦ χρυσέας

Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 103 focus

ἐφάνθης πότ᾽, ὦ χρυσέας

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 103 focus

ἁμέρας βλέφαρον, Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα, 4

Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 103.mvp-line-103 focus

ἐφάνθης ποτ’, ὦ χρυσέας

Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 103 focus

ἁμέρας βλέφαρον,

Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 103 focus

ἐφάνθης ποτ᾽, ὦ χρυσέας

Translations (10)

German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 103 focus

KREON

Nicht soll der Gute Bösem gleiches nur empfahn.

Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 103 focus

ANTIGONA

Pero no permitirá eso la Justicia, porque ni tú quisiste ni yo me puse de acuerdo contigo.

Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 103 focus

Antigone

Át non perznittet hoc lustitia, quia neque voluisti, neque te ego in societatem adscivi.

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 103 focus

ANT

Nay, justice will not suffer that. You would not,

And I refused to make you mine ally.

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)) — 103 focus

Antigone

Witness, death,

And ye infernal gods, to which belongs

The great, the glorious deed ! I do not love

These friends in word alone.
545

Do not despise me ; I but ask to die
545

With thee, and pay due honours to the dead.
545

Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 103 focus

CREONTE

El enemigo, ni aun despues de morir, debe ser estimado como amigo.

German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 103 focus

ISMENE

Ich schäme mich an deinem Unglük nicht,

Und mache zur Gefährtin mich im Leiden.

English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 103 focus

Antigone

Nay, justice will not suffer thee to do that: thou didst not consent to the deed, nor did I give thee part in it.

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-438-1 ὦ παγκάκιστε ¹

mvp-comment-438-2 διὰ δίκης ἰὼν πατρί 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.

742. mvp-comment-438-1 This line is sometimes printed with a note of interrogation, as if the words διὰ δίκης ἰὼν πατρί were epexegetic of σοῦ.. προκήδομαι. ('Villain, when you are wrangling with your father?') But the connection of the lines in this στιχομυθία is not very close, and the more obvious meaning (Villain, to wrangle with your father!') is more probable.

Sophocles Antigone 103

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Creon

Unquestion'd. In that man, who promptly pays

Current edition Experimental

KREON

Nicht soll der Gute Bösem gleiches nur empfahn.

ANTIGONA

Pero no permitirá eso la Justicia, porque ni tú quisiste ni yo me puse de acuerdo contigo.

Antigone

Át non perznittet hoc lustitia, quia neque voluisti, neque te ego in societatem adscivi.

ANT

Nay, justice will not suffer that. You would not,

And I refused to make you mine ally.

Antigone

Witness, death,

And ye infernal gods, to which belongs

The great, the glorious deed ! I do not love

These friends in word alone.
545

Do not despise me ; I but ask to die
545

With thee, and pay due honours to the dead.
545

CREONTE

El enemigo, ni aun despues de morir, debe ser estimado como amigo.

ISMENE

Ich schäme mich an deinem Unglük nicht,

Und mache zur Gefährtin mich im Leiden.

Antigone

Nay, justice will not suffer thee to do that: thou didst not consent to the deed, nor did I give thee part in it.

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

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Creon Unquestion'd. In that man, who promptly pays

Current edition Experimental

KREON Nicht soll der Gute Bösem gleiches nur empfahn.

ANTIGONA Pero no permitirá eso la Justicia, porque ni tú quisiste ni yo me puse de acuerdo contigo.

Antigone Át non perznittet hoc lustitia, quia neque voluisti, neque te ego in societatem adscivi.

ANT Nay, justice will not suffer that. You would not, And I refused to make you mine ally.

Antigone Witness, death, And ye infernal gods, to which belongs The great, the glorious deed ! I do not love These friends in word alone. 545 Do not despise me ; I but ask to die 545 With thee, and pay due honours to the dead. 545

CREONTE El enemigo, ni aun despues de morir, debe ser estimado como amigo.

ISMENE Ich schäme mich an deinem Unglük nicht, Und mache zur Gefährtin mich im Leiden.

Antigone Nay, justice will not suffer thee to do that: thou didst not consent to the deed, nor did I give thee part in it.

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

Creon

Unquestion'd. In that man, who promptly pays

KREON

Nicht soll der Gute Bösem gleiches nur empfahn.

ANTIGONA

Pero no permitirá eso la Justicia, porque ni tú quisiste ni yo me puse de acuerdo contigo.

Antigone

Át non perznittet hoc lustitia, quia neque voluisti, neque te ego in societatem adscivi.

ANT

Nay, justice will not suffer that. You would not,

And I refused to make you mine ally.

Antigone

Witness, death,

And ye infernal gods, to which belongs

The great, the glorious deed ! I do not love

These friends in word alone.
545

Do not despise me ; I but ask to die
545

With thee, and pay due honours to the dead.
545

CREONTE

El enemigo, ni aun despues de morir, debe ser estimado como amigo.

ISMENE

Ich schäme mich an deinem Unglük nicht,

Und mache zur Gefährtin mich im Leiden.

Antigone

Nay, justice will not suffer thee to do that: thou didst not consent to the deed, nor did I give thee part in it.

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