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Haemon

Some other in the dreary realms below.

For since of all the city her alone

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)) — 90 focus

εἰ καὶ δυνήσει γ᾽· ἀλλ᾽ ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς.

Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 90 focus

εἰ καὶ δυνήσει γ᾽· ἀλλ᾽ ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς.

Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 90 focus

εἰ καὶ δυνήσει γ᾽ · ἀλλ᾽ ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς.

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 90 focus

εἰ καὶ δυνήσει γ'· ἀλλ᾽ ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς.

Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 90 focus

εἰ καὶ δυνήσῃ γ᾽· ἀλλ᾽ ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς.

Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 90.mvp-line-90 focus

εἰ καὶ δυνήσῃ γ’· ἀλλ’ ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς.

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 90 focus

εἰ καὶ δυνήσηι γ᾽. ἀλλ᾽ ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾶις.

Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 90 focus

εἰ καὶ δυνήσει γ᾽· ἀλλ᾽ ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς.

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 90 focus

εἰ καὶ δυνήσει γ᾽· ἀλλ᾽ ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς.

Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 90.mvp-line-90 focus

εἰ καὶ δυνήσῃ γ᾽· ἀλλ᾽ ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς.

Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 90 focus

εἰ καὶ δυνήσει γʼ· ἀλλʼ ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς.

Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 90 focus

εἰ καὶ δυνήσηι γ᾽· ἀλλ᾽ ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾶις.

Translations (10)

German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 90 focus

ANTIGONE

Was also säumst du? Mir ist deiner Worte keins

genehm und möge nimmer eins genehm mir seyn!

und ebenso miſsfällig ist mein Trachten dir.

Und doch, wodurch wohl konnt' ich mir ruhmvollern Ruhm

erwerben, als indem ich meines Bruders Grab
490

bestellte? Sicher würden alle diese dies

laut rühmen, fesselt' ihnen Furcht die Zunge nicht.

Doch Herrscherthum hat vieles andern Glücks Genufs,

und thun und sagen darf es auch, was ihm beliebt.

Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 90 focus

ANTIGONA

No atestiguará eso el cadáver del muerto.

Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 90 focus

Antigone

Haec non testabitur tumulo conditus.

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 90 focus

ANT

He that is dead will not confirm that word.
515

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)) — 90 focus

Antigone

He was a brother, not a slave.

Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 90 focus

ANTÍGONA

Todos piensan como yo; pero tu presencia les sella los labios.

German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 90 focus

KREON

Freilich. Wenn dir als Eins Gottloses gilt und anders.

English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 90 focus

Antigone

The dead man will not say that he so deems 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-425-1 μηδέν ¹ τὸ μὴ δίκ. ²

mvp-comment-425-2 τὸν χρόνον ³ τἄργα ⁴

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.

728. mvp-comment-428-1 μηδὲν τὸ μὴ δίκαιον The combination of the indefinite μηδέν with the definite article is curious, and suggests the idea that μηδέν is adverbial.. But the Scholiast is probably right in explaining the words as equivalent to μηδὲν διδάσκου ὁ μὴ δίκαιόν ἐστί σοι μανθάνειν. Cp. supra 360, οὐδὲν .. τὸ μέλλον. Essay on Language § 22. p. 36. And for emphatic el, ib. § 28. p. 47, supr. 551.

729. mvp-comment-429-1 You ought not to regard differences of time, but rather to face the actual requirements of the case.' τἄργα are not the merits of Haemon, but the truth of his plea.

Sophocles Antigone 90

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Haemon

Some other in the dreary realms below.

For since of all the city her alone

Current edition Experimental

ANTIGONA

No atestiguará eso el cadáver del muerto.

Antigone

Haec non testabitur tumulo conditus.

ANT

He that is dead will not confirm that word.
515

Antigone

He was a brother, not a slave.

ANTÍGONA

Todos piensan como yo; pero tu presencia les sella los labios.

KREON

Freilich. Wenn dir als Eins Gottloses gilt und anders.

Antigone

The dead man will not say that he so deems 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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Haemon Some other in the dreary realms below. For since of all the city her alone

Current edition Experimental

ANTIGONA No atestiguará eso el cadáver del muerto.

Antigone Haec non testabitur tumulo conditus.

ANT He that is dead will not confirm that word. 515

Antigone He was a brother, not a slave.

ANTÍGONA Todos piensan como yo; pero tu presencia les sella los labios.

KREON Freilich. Wenn dir als Eins Gottloses gilt und anders.

Antigone The dead man will not say that he so deems 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

Haemon

Some other in the dreary realms below.

For since of all the city her alone

ANTIGONA

No atestiguará eso el cadáver del muerto.

Antigone

Haec non testabitur tumulo conditus.

ANT

He that is dead will not confirm that word.
515

Antigone

He was a brother, not a slave.

ANTÍGONA

Todos piensan como yo; pero tu presencia les sella los labios.

KREON

Freilich. Wenn dir als Eins Gottloses gilt und anders.

Antigone

The dead man will not say that he so deems 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