Sophocles Antigone 105

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Creon
Assured that he with honour will command,
Or be commanded; in the storm of war.

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)) — 105 focus
Διρκαίων 1 ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
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Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 105 focus
τὸν λεύκασπιν Ἀργέϊον
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Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 105 focus
Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
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Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 105 focus
Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
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Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 105 focus
ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
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Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 105.mvp-line-105 focus
ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
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Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 105 focus
ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
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Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 105 focus
Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα, 105
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Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 106 focus
τὸν λεύκασπιν Ἀργόθεν ἐκβάντα φῶτα πανσαγίᾳ 5
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 105.mvp-line-105 focus
ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
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Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 105 focus
Διρκαίων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
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Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 105 focus
ων ὑπὲρ ῥεέθρων μολοῦσα,
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Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 105 focus
KREON
Nicht wird der Feind ja, selbst wenn er gestorben, Freund.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 105 focus
ANTIGONA
De quién sea el hecho, Plutón y los dioses infernales lo saben. Yo, à a la que ama de palabra, no la estimo por amiga.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 105 focus
Antigone
Quorum sit hoc opus, Orcus et inferi conscii sunt: at ego verbis amantem mon amo amicam.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 105 focus
ANT
Who did the deed, the powers beneath can tell.
I care not for lip-kindness from my kin.
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
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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
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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)) — 105 focus
Ismene
But what is life without thee ?
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 105 focus
CREONTE
Anda á los infiernos: y puesto que tan amorosa eres, puedes ir á amar á los profundos. Mientras yo viva, no consentiré que una mujer nos dicte la ley.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 105 focus
ISMENE
Bring so mich in Verdacht nicht, Schwester, wie als könnt’
Ich sterben nie, mit dir; des Grabs Unschik vergüten.
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 105 focus
Antigone
Whose was the deed, Hades and the dead are witnesses: a friend in words is not the friend that I love.
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 100-160 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-439-1 ἀρχάς 1

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.

743-745. mvp-comment-439-1 οὐ γὰρ δίκαια .. οὐ γὰρ σέβεις] Here, as in 730, ἔργον γάρ ἐστι, there is the same tendency to play on the word (κομψεύειν) that was observed in the speeches of the Φύλαξ.