Sophocles Antigone 1183cont2

Robert Potter (Translator)

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where exposed and torn by dogs
The wretched corse of Polynices lay:
Him (our vows first to Proserpine addressid
And Pluto, that propitious now their wrath
1195
They would avert) in hallow'd lavers cleansed
On a green pyre of new-pluck'd boughs we laid,
And burn'd the mangled relics; then raised high
The earth contiguous, a sepulchral mound.
Thence to the virgin's cavern'd rock we go,
1200
The nuptial couch of Death; when of our train
One heard the distant sounds of loud laments, .....,
Which echoed round that bridal bed of Death ill
With obséquies unhonour'd: to his dord
He bears the tidings. As the king approach'd
1205
The hollow murmurs of al voice resound; n la Al
Deeply he sigh'd, and spoke these mournful words,
"Are then my fears prophetic? Do I tread,t/
"Unhappy me, a path that leads to woe
"The most afflicting? Moaning to my ear
1210
"Comes my son's voice. You, that attend me, go,
"Haste to the cavern, from its mouth remove...
"The rock's obstructing mass; stand near, observe
« If Hamon’s voice I hear, or by the gods
" I am deceived." Obeying these commands,
1215
Utter'd in deep despair, we went, we look'd,
And in the cave's extreme recess beheld
The virgin strangled; round her neck the zone,

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

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Editions (12)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοὶ, τοῦ λόγου γ᾽ ἐπῃσθόμην,
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς 1
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
καὶ τυγχάνω γε κλῇθρ᾽ ἀνασπάστου πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
1180
βάλλει δι’ ὤτων· ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι, κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος, αὖθις εἴπατε.
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1183 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοὶ (τοῦ λόγου γ᾽ ἐπῃσθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
1160
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος ·
καὶ τυγχάνω γε κλεῖθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα. κᾀμὲ φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι' ὤτων, ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι, κἀποπλήσσομαι),
1165
ἀλλ’, ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος, αὖθις εἴπατε!
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπῃσθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
1185
καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῇθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει διʼ ὤτων· ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος αὖθις εἴπατε·
1190
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπῃσθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
1185
καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῇθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι’ ὤτων, ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος αὖθις εἴπατε·
1190
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπῃσθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
1185
καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῇθρ’ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι' ὤτων, ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ’ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος αὖθις εἴπατε·
1190
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ’ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπηισθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
1185
καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῆιθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι’ ὤτων· ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος αὖθις εἴπατε·
1190
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπῃσθόμην,
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος
1170
καὶ τυγχάνω τὲ κλῇθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι᾽ ὤτων· ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι, κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος, αὖθις εἴπατε.
1175
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπῃσθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
1185
καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῇθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι’ ὤτων· ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος αὖθις εἴπατε·
1190
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπῃσθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
1185
καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῇθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καί με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι’ ὤτων· ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος αὖθις εἴπατε·
1190
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1183 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1183 focus
ὦ πάντες ἀστοί, τῶν λόγων ἐπηισθόμην
πρὸς ἔξοδον στείχουσα, Παλλάδος θεᾶς
ὅπως ἱκοίμην εὐγμάτων προσήγορος.
1185
καὶ τυγχάνω τε κλῆιθρ᾽ ἀνασπαστοῦ πύλης
χαλῶσα, καὶ με φθόγγος οἰκείου κακοῦ
βάλλει δι᾽ ὤτων· ὑπτία δὲ κλίνομαι
δείσασα πρὸς δμωαῖσι κἀποπλήσσομαι.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅστις ἦν ὁ μῦθος αὖθις εἴπατε·
1190
κακῶν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρος οὖσ᾽ ἀκούσομαι.
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1183 focus
O Bürger alle, welches Wort vernahm ich hier,
als ich zum Ausgang schreite, dafs der Pallas ich,
des Hauses Göttin, nahe mit Gelübd' und Flehn?
Und eben lös' ich an dem wohlverschloſsnen Thor
die Riegel, und mir trifft ein Ruf des eignen Leids
1130
das Ohr; ich sinke tief erschreckt rückwärts dahin
auf meine Frauen, und die Sinne schwinden mir.
Doch wie sie war, die Rede, saget noch einmal;
denn nicht im Leiden unerfahren hör' ich sie.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 1183 focus
¡Oh ciudadanos todos! Oi Oí algunas de vuestras palabras cuando iba a salir para llegarme a invocar con mis plegarias a la diosa Minerva. Y me hallaba aflojando la cerradura de la puerta para abrirla, cuando me hirió los oídos el rumor de alguna desgracia de mi familia. Llena de miedo, caí de espaldas sobre mis esclavas y perdi perdí el sentido. Pero cualquiera que fuese vuestra conversación, repetidmela; que no ignoro lo que son las desgracias, para poder escucharlas.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1183 focus
O vos omnes, quicumque adestis, cives (sermonem enim vesirum audivi, quum ostio propinquarem, egressura, ut Palladis delubrum adirem, deaeque adhiberem preces;
et claustra quidem occlusae portae laxabam, quum aures mihi ferit rumor domestici mali, metuque perculsa revolvor supind inter famularum manus, et linquor animo), age quis fuit iste sermo, rursum dicite! malorum enim nequaquam inexperta audiam.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1183 focus
Ye men of Thebes, the tidings met mine ear
As I was coming forth to visit Pallas
With prayerful salutation. I was loosening
1185
The bar of the closed gate, when the sharp sound
Of mine own sorrow smote against my heart,
And I fell back astonied on my maids
And fainted. But the tale? tell me once more;
I am no novice in adversity.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1183 focus
Ihr Bürger alle, welches Wort vernahm ich doch,
Als ich zum Ausgang eilte, hülfesuchend mich
Der Göttin Pallas mit Gelübd' und Fleh'n zu nah'n?
1150
Gerade wollt' ich an dem wohlverschloss'nen Thor
Die Riegel öffnen, als der Ruf von meinem Leid
Das Ohr mir traf; voll Grauen sank ich hinter mich
Zurück in meiner Frauen Arm, von Schreck betäubt.
Doch wie die Kunde lautet, sagt nochmals mir an:
1155
Denn nicht in Leiden ungeübt vernehm' ich sie.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1183 focus
Messenger, Chorus.
EuB. O citizens ! as to Minerva's fane
E'en now I went to pay my vows, the doors
1185
I burst, and heard imperfectly the sound
Of most disastrous news which touched me near.
Breathless I fell amidst the virgin throng ;
And now I come to know the dreadful truth :
Whate'er it be, I'll hear it now ; for, oh !
1190
I am no stranger to calamity.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 1183 focus
¡Oh, vosotros, ciudadanos, cuantos estáis aquí presentes! He oído algo de lo que aquí se ha dicho en el momento en que salía para ir á ofrecer mis súplicas á Palas. Abrí las puer. tas de palacio y el rumor de las degracias de mi casa hirió mis oidos; trémula y yerta de espanto, caí desmayada en los brazos de mis siervas. Ahora, decidme lo que se ha contado; repctidmelo, todo lo escucharé, ya no hay desgracia que me quede por probar en el mundo.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 1183 focus
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 1183 focus
People of Thebes, I heard your words as I was going forth, to salute the goddess Pallas with my prayers. Even as I was loosing the fastenings of the gate, to open it, the message of a household woe smote on mine ear: I sank back, terror-stricken, into 1190 the arms of my handmaids, and my senses fled. But say again what the tidings were; I shall hear them as one who is no stranger to sorrow.
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 1155-1260 focus

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

mvp-comment-719-1 καὶ παρὼν ἐρῶ, κοὐδὲν παρήσω 1 παρὠν 2

mvp-comment-720-1 ὧν 3

mvp-comment-720-2 ὧν 4 ψεῦσται 5 φανούμεθ’ 6

mvp-comment-720-3 ὀρθόν 7

mvp-comment-721-1 ποδαγός 8 ἑσπόμην 9

mvp-comment-722-1 πεδίον … ἄκρον 10

mvp-comment-722-2 νηλεές 11

mvp-comment-723-1 κυνοσπάρακτον 12

mvp-comment-724-1 τὸν μέν 13

mvp-comment-724-2 ἐνοδίαν θεόν 14

mvp-comment-724-3 θεόν 15

mvp-comment-724-4 εὐμενεῖς 16

mvp-comment-724-5 κατασχεθεῖν 17

mvp-comment-725-1 λούσαντες ἁγν. λουτρόν 18

mvp-comment-725-2 ἐν 19 θαλλοῖς 20

mvp-comment-725-3 )λέλειπτο 21

mvp-comment-725-4 συγκατῄθομεν 22 εἰσεβαίνομεν 23

mvp-comment-726-1 τύμβον 24

mvp-comment-726-2 ὀρθόκρανον 25

mvp-comment-726-3 οἰκείας 26

mvp-comment-727-1 αὖθις 27

mvp-comment-727-2 For

αὖθις
as=‘afterwards,’ cp. Ai. 1283 , Tr. 270 .

mvp-comment-727-3 λιθόστρωτον 28

mvp-comment-727-4 κόρης νυμφεῖον‐Ἅιδου 29

mvp-comment-728-1 κωκυμάτων 30

mvp-comment-729-1 ἀκτέριστον ἀμφὶ παστάδα 31

mvp-comment-730-1 ἀθλίας … ἄσημα βοῆς 32

mvp-comment-730-2 περιβαίνει 33

mvp-comment-731-1 μᾶλλον ἆσσον 34

mvp-comment-731-2 ἔπος 35 δυσθρήνητον 36

mvp-comment-731-3 ὦ τάλας 37

mvp-comment-732-1 τῶν παρελθουσῶν 38

mvp-comment-732-2 σαίνει 39

mvp-comment-733-1 ὠκεῖς 40

mvp-comment-734-1 ἁρμὸν χώματος λιθοσπ. 41

mvp-comment-734-2 ἁρμόν 42 δύντες 43

mvp-comment-735-1 στόμιον 44

mvp-comment-735-2 The kind of tomb which the poet here imagines is perhaps best represented, in Greece, by the rock-tombs of Nauplia, and of Spata in Attica. These consist of chambers worked horizontally into the rock, and approached by a passage or

δρόμος
, answering to that which Creon's men have to traverse before they reach the
στόμιον
of the tomb. The general type seems to have been determined by that of the more elaborate domed tombs, such as the so-called ‘Treasury of Atreus’ at Mycenae, which, like these ruder copies, were entered by a
δρόμος
. Indeed, the Nauplia tombs indicate a rough attempt to reproduce the dome (
θόλος
). [See Helbig, Das Homer. Epos aus den Denkm. erläutert, p. 53, with the sources quoted there in nn. 5, 6.]

mvp-comment-735-3 The phrase

λοίσθιον τύμβευμα
(1220) might suggest a recess within the principal chamber, like that in the ‘Treasury of Atreus’; but it is simpler to take it as merely ‘the furthest part of the tomb.’ We may observe that the words
κατῶρυξ
(774) and
κατασκαφής
(891) are sufficiently explained if we suppose that the
δρόμος
leading to the chamber sloped downwards from the entrance.

mvp-comment-736-1 θεοῖσι 45

mvp-comment-736-2 κλέπτομαι 46

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

1192. mvp-comment-674-1 παρών 'As an eye-witness of the fact. See Essay on Language § 32. P. 55.

1194. mvp-comment-675-1 ὧν Sc. τούτοις τοῖς ἔπεσι, περὶ ὧν. Essay on Language § 9. p. 13.

1195. mvp-comment-676-1 ὀρθὸν .. ἀεί Truth is always safe: i. e. never hurts him who tells it.

1197. mvp-comment-677-1 νηλεές Uncared for. О. Т. 180, νηλέα .. κεῖται ἀνοίκτως.

1199. mvp-comment-678-1 ἐνοδίαν θεόν Probably Hecate. Cp. Fr. 490. πῦρ ἱερόν, | τῆς εἰνοδίας Ἑκάτης ἔγχος.

1200. mvp-comment-679-1 εὐμενεῖς Supplementary predicate, agreeing with θεών and Πλούτωνα : i.e. ὥστε εὐμενεῖς εἶναι.

1201. mvp-comment-680-1 ἐν νεοσπάσιν θαλλοῖς This probably had a ceremonial importance. Cp. O. C. 466, foll., especially l. 474, θαλλοῖσιν, ἢ κρόκαισιν, ἢ ποίῳ τρόπῳ;

1202. mvp-comment-681-1 ὃ δὴ λέλειπτο resumes τὸν μέν with greater definiteness, and repeats what is implied in κυνοσπάρακτον. συγκατήθομεν implies that scattered fragments were collected.

1203. mvp-comment-682-1 For the feeling of οἰκείας, cp. Ο. C. 406, ἢ καὶ κατασκιῶσι Θηβαίᾳ κόνει; 1206-1207. And ere we came near one heard the voice of shrill lamentings in the neighbourhood of the unhallowed cell.'

1207. mvp-comment-683-1 ἀκτέριστον.. παστάδα The unhallowed vault. Lit. The narrow cell, not consecrated by funeral rites.'

1209. mvp-comment-684-1 τῷ δ᾽. ἆσσον And as he came nearer, an undistinguishable crying filled his ears. See Essay on Language § 10. p. 17, and for περιβαίνει, cp. Hom. Od. 6. 122, ἀμφήλυθε θήλυς ἀϋτή.

1210. mvp-comment-685-1 In the phrase άσσον ἕρπειν, To draw near, ἆσσον, which was a rare word in Attic, lost something of the comparative meaning. Hence the double comparative.

1211. mvp-comment-686-1 δυσθρήνητον Lamentable. For the apparently active use of the verbal, see Essay on Language p. 98.

1212. mvp-comment-687-1 ἆρ᾽ εἰμὶ μάντις; 'Are my heart's forebodings true?' i.e. Must I believe what my heart is telling me?

1213. mvp-comment-688-1 τῶν παρελθουσῶν ὁδῶν Cp. О. С. 1397.

1214. mvp-comment-689-1 σαίνει It has been supposed that this word reverts to its original meaning as a derivative of σείω, being used actively in the sense of To thrill.' But it is more in accordance with analogy to suppose that it has passed through the following changes of meaning: (1) to move frequently: (2) to wag the tail; σαίνειν οὔρῃ: (3) to make signs of recognition, to greet: (4) to touch with a feeling of recognition. See Essay on Language p. 99 (ὄμμα).

1216. mvp-comment-690-1 In preparing the vault, an opening had been left, through which the victim was thrust into the chamber. This opening was then roughly closed with stones. (1) Through these Haemon had passionately torn his way. And the cleft so made by him is the ἁρμὸς χώματος λιθοσπαδής. Entering within the closure from which the stones have been torn, even to the very mouth of the vault. Or (2), supposing a prolepsis, Pulling out the stones and entering.