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Haemon

This with firm hand should always be sustain'd

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)) — 112 focus

ὀξέα κλάζων ¹ αἰετὸς ἐς γᾶν

Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 112 focus

αἰετὸς ἐς γᾶν ὣς ὑπερέπτα,

Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 112 focus

ὀξέα κλάζων

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 112 focus

ὀξέα κλάζων

Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 112 focus

ἄγαγε· κεῖνος δ᾽ ὀξέα κλάζων

Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 112.mvp-line-112 focus

ἤγαγεν ἐχθρόν· ὁ δ’ ὀξέα κλάζων

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 112 focus

ὀξέα κλάζων

Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 112 focus

ὀξέα κλάζων αἰετὸς ἐς γᾶν

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 112 focus

ὀξέα κλάζων

Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 112.mvp-line-112 focus

ὀξέα κλάζων

Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 112 focus

ὀξέα κλάζων

Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 112 focus

ἤγαγε· κεῖνος δ᾽ ὀξέα κλάζων

Translations (10)

German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 112 focus

ISMENE

Doch jetzt in deinem Mifsgeschick verschmäh' ich nicht

Gefährtin durch des Leidens Wogen dir zu seyn.

Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 112 focus

ISMENA

¿En qué otra cosa ahora te podré ser útil yo?

Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 112 focus

Ismene

Qua tandem in re iuvare te igitur nunc possim?

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 112 focus

ISM

What can I do for thee now, even now?

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 110 focus

Ihn, den Polyneikes' feindlicher Zwist
110

Zu dem Kampfe geführt auf unsere Gau'n,

Der kühn, wie der Aar,

Hellkreischend herab flog über das Land,

Von der Schwinge gedeckt weißglänzenden Schnee's,

Mit der Rüstungen viel
115

Und mähnenumflatterten Helmen.

Erste Gegenstrophe.

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 112 focus

Antigone

Thy choice
555

Was life. 'Tis mine to die.
555

Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 112 focus

ISMENA

No me juzgues indigna, hermana mía, de morir contigo, y de haber honrado con los ritos fúnebres al difunto.

German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 112 focus

ANTIGONAE

Nüz dir. Das gönn’ ich dir, dass du mit hingehst.
575

English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 112 focus

Ismene

Tell me,—how can I serve thee, even now?

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-446-1 ἥδ’ ¹ ὀλεῖ τινά 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.

751. mvp-comment-441-1 τινά i. e. σέ. Essay on Language § 22. p. 34, 4. Interpreters have avoided taking these words in their obvious meaning as implying a threat, which Haemon all but carries into execution afterwards in ll. 1233-1234. It is true, however, that this intention is less distinctly present to his mind than the conviction that vengeance will come to Creon from the gods and from popular feeling.

Sophocles Antigone 112

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Haemon

This with firm hand should always be sustain'd

Current edition Experimental

ISMENE

Doch jetzt in deinem Mifsgeschick verschmäh' ich nicht

Gefährtin durch des Leidens Wogen dir zu seyn.

ISMENA

¿En qué otra cosa ahora te podré ser útil yo?

Ismene

Qua tandem in re iuvare te igitur nunc possim?

ISM

What can I do for thee now, even now?

Ihn, den Polyneikes' feindlicher Zwist
110

Zu dem Kampfe geführt auf unsere Gau'n,

Der kühn, wie der Aar,

Hellkreischend herab flog über das Land,

Von der Schwinge gedeckt weißglänzenden Schnee's,

Mit der Rüstungen viel
115

Und mähnenumflatterten Helmen.

Erste Gegenstrophe.

Antigone

Thy choice
555

Was life. 'Tis mine to die.
555

ISMENA

No me juzgues indigna, hermana mía, de morir contigo, y de haber honrado con los ritos fúnebres al difunto.

ANTIGONAE

Nüz dir. Das gönn’ ich dir, dass du mit hingehst.
575

Ismene

Tell me,—how can I serve thee, even now?

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 This with firm hand should always be sustain'd

Current edition Experimental

ISMENE Doch jetzt in deinem Mifsgeschick verschmäh' ich nicht Gefährtin durch des Leidens Wogen dir zu seyn.

ISMENA ¿En qué otra cosa ahora te podré ser útil yo?

Ismene Qua tandem in re iuvare te igitur nunc possim?

ISM What can I do for thee now, even now?

Ihn, den Polyneikes' feindlicher Zwist 110 Zu dem Kampfe geführt auf unsere Gau'n, Der kühn, wie der Aar, Hellkreischend herab flog über das Land, Von der Schwinge gedeckt weißglänzenden Schnee's, Mit der Rüstungen viel 115 Und mähnenumflatterten Helmen. Erste Gegenstrophe.

Antigone Thy choice 555 Was life. 'Tis mine to die. 555

ISMENA No me juzgues indigna, hermana mía, de morir contigo, y de haber honrado con los ritos fúnebres al difunto.

ANTIGONAE Nüz dir. Das gönn’ ich dir, dass du mit hingehst. 575

Ismene Tell me,—how can I serve thee, even now?

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

This with firm hand should always be sustain'd

ISMENE

Doch jetzt in deinem Mifsgeschick verschmäh' ich nicht

Gefährtin durch des Leidens Wogen dir zu seyn.

ISMENA

¿En qué otra cosa ahora te podré ser útil yo?

Ismene

Qua tandem in re iuvare te igitur nunc possim?

ISM

What can I do for thee now, even now?

Ihn, den Polyneikes' feindlicher Zwist
110

Zu dem Kampfe geführt auf unsere Gau'n,

Der kühn, wie der Aar,

Hellkreischend herab flog über das Land,

Von der Schwinge gedeckt weißglänzenden Schnee's,

Mit der Rüstungen viel
115

Und mähnenumflatterten Helmen.

Erste Gegenstrophe.

Antigone

Thy choice
555

Was life. 'Tis mine to die.
555

ISMENA

No me juzgues indigna, hermana mía, de morir contigo, y de haber honrado con los ritos fúnebres al difunto.

ANTIGONAE

Nüz dir. Das gönn’ ich dir, dass du mit hingehst.
575

Ismene

Tell me,—how can I serve thee, even now?

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