Sophocles Antigone 1261

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Alas the frenzies of a wayward mind
Ill-judging, rigorous! See their deathful fruits,

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)) — 1261 focus
ἰὼ φρενῶν δυσφρόνων ἁμαρτήματα
στερεὰ, θανατόεντ᾽.
1255
ἰὼ κτανόντας τε καὶ
θανόντας βλέποντες ἐμφυλίους·
ὦ μοι ἐμῶν ἄνολβα βουλευμάτων ·
ἰὼ, παῖ, νέος νέῳ ξὺν μόρῳ,
αἰαῖ, αἰαῖ,
1260
ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης,
ἐμαῖς, οὐδὲ σαῖσι δυσβουλίαις.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1261 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1261 focus
ἰὼ δυσφρενῶν ἁμαρτήματα
στερεὰ, θανατόεν-
τ᾿! ὦ κτανόντας τε καὶ
θανόντας βλέποντες ἐμφυλίους.
1240
ὦ, μοι ἐμῶν ἄνολβα βουλευμάτων:
ὦ παῖ, παῖ, νέος νέῳ ξὺν μόρῳ,
αἴ, αἷ, αἷ, ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης,
ἐμαῖς, οὐδὲ σαῖσι, δυσβουλίαις.
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1261 focus
ἰὼ φρενῶν δυσφρόγων ἁμαρτήματα
στερεὰ θανατόεντ',
ὦ κτανόντας τε καὶ
θανόντας βλέποντες ἐμφυλίους.
*ὤμοι ἐμῶν ἄνολβα βουλευμάτων.
1265
ἰὼ παῖ, νέος νέῳ ξὺν μόρῳ,
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,
ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης,
ἐμαῖς οὐδὲ σαῖσι δυσβουλίαις.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 1261 focus
ἰὼ φρενῶν δυσφρόνων ἁμαρτήματα
στερεὰ θανατόεντ᾽,
ὦ κτανόντας τε καὶ
θανόντας βλέποντες ἐμφυλίους.
ὤμοι ἐμῶν ἄνολβα βουλευμάτων.
1265
ἰὼ παῖ, νέος νέῳ ξὺν μόρῳ,
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,
ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης,
ἐμαῖς οὐδὲ σαῖσι δυσβουλίαις.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1261 focus
ἰὼ φρενῶν δυσφρόνων ἁμαρτήματα
στερεὰ θανατόεντ’,
ὦ κτανόντας τε καὶ
θανόντας βλέποντες ἐμφυλίους.
ὤμοι ἐμῶν ἄνολβα βουλευμάτων.
1265
ἰὼ παῖ, νέος νέῳ ξὺν μόρῳ,
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,
ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης,
ἐμαῖς οὐδὲ σαῖσι δυσβουλίαις.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 1261 focus
ἰὼ
φρενῶν δυσφρόνων ἁμαρτήματα
στερεὰ θανατόεντ᾽·
ὦ κτανόντας τε καὶ
θανόντας βλέποντες ἐμφυλίους·
ὤμοι ἐμῶν ἄνολβα βουλευμάτων.
1265
ἰὼ παῖ, νέος νέωι ξὺν μόρωι,
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,
ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης,
ἐμαῖς οὐδὲ σαῖσι δυσβουλίαις.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 1261 focus
ἰὼ
φρενῶν δυσφρόνων ἁμαρτήματα
στερεά, θανατόεντ᾽.
ὦ κτανόντας τε καὶ
θανόντας βλέποντες ἐμφυλίους.
1250
ὤ μοι ἐμῶν ἄνολβα βουλευμάτων.
ἰὼ παῖ, νέος νέῳ ξὺν μόρῳ
αἰαῖ, αἰαῖ;
ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης,
ἐμαῖς, οὐδὲ σαῖσι δυσβουλίαις.
1255
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 1261 focus
ἰὼ 1
φρενῶν δυσφρόνων ἁμαρτήματα 2
στερεὰ θανατόεντ᾽ · 3
ὦ κτανόντας τε καὶ 4
θανόντας βλέποντες ἐμφυλίους· 5
ὤμοι ἐμῶν ἄνολβα βουλευμάτων. 6
1265
ἰὼ παῖ, νέος νέῳ ξὺν μόρῳ, 7
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ, 8
ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης, 9
ἐμαῖς οὐδὲ σαῖσι δυσβουλίαις. 10
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1261 focus
ἰὼ φρενῶν δυσφρόνων ἁμαρτήματα
στερεὰ θανατόεντ᾽,
ὦ κτανόντας τε καὶ
θανόντας βλέποντες ἐμφυλίους.
ὤμοι ἐμῶν ἄνολβα βουλευμάτων.
1265
ἰὼ παῖ, νέος νέῳ ξὺν μόρῳ,
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,
ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης,
ἐμαῖς οὐδὲ σαῖσι δυσβουλίαις.
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1261 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1261 focus
ἰὼ φρενῶν δυσφρόνων ἁμαρτήματα
στερεὰ θανατόεντ᾽,
ὦ κτανόντας τε καὶ
θανόντας βλέποντες ἐμφυλίους.
ὤμοι ἐμῶν ἄνολβα βουλευμάτων.
1265
ἰὼ παῖ, νέος νέωι ξὺν μόρωι,
αἷαῖ αἰαῖ,
ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης,
ἐμαῖς οὐδὲ σαῖσι δυσβουλίαις.
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1261 focus
O sinnloser Sinne todschwangere
1205
Verirrungen ach! schauet Mord, schauet Tod,
verübt am Geschlecht des selbsteignen Stamms!
weh mir, meines Rathes Unseligkeit!
O Sohn, jung entriſs ein jung Todesloos,
ach ach, ach ach,
1210
dich durch meines Raths und nicht durch des deinen Unglücksbeschluſs.
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 1261 focus
¡Oh crueles y mortales pecados de mis desatentados consejos! ¡Oh vosotros que veis al muerto y al matador en una misma familia! ¡Oh infaustas resoluciones mias mías! ¡Oh hijo! ¡Tan joven, y de prematura muerte, ayay, ayay, has muerto! Te has ido por mis funestas resoluciones, no por las tuyas.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1261 focus
O dementiae peccata dura, mortifera!
O qui cognatos cernitis occisores et occisos! Heu infelicem consiliorum meorum exitum!. Heu, nate, rate, iuvenis, immaturo fato vae! extinctus , mihi ereptus es, mea, non tua, perditus vecordia.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1261 focus
O error of my insensate soul,
Stubborn, and deadly in the fateful end!
O ye who now behold
Slayer and slain of the same kindred blood!
O bitter consequence of seeming-wise decree!
1265
Alas, my son!
Strange to the world wert thou, and strange the fate
That took thee off, that slew thee; woe is me!
Not for thy rashness, but my folly. Ah me!
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1261 focus
O wehe, sinnlosen Sinnes, todbringender,
Starrer Verirrungen Frucht!
Weh! Ihr seht den Mörder, seht
Auch den Erschlag'nen hier: sie sind Eines Stamms!
Weh über meines Rathes Unseligkeit!
1230
weh, Sohn, Sohn!
Früh sinkend, ach, frühem Tod,
(Weh, weh, weh, weh!)
Schiedst du vom Sonnenlicht!
Die Frucht meines Wahnes, nicht deine Schuld!
1235
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1261 focus
Ah me ! What deadly woes from the bad mind
Perpetual flow. Thus in one wretched house
Have you beheld the slayer and the slain !
O fatal counsels ! O unhappy son !
Thus with thy youthful bride to sink in death ;
Thou diest, my child, and I alone have killed thee !
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 1261 focus
¡Oh fatal error, cruel irreparable error de mis sentidos perturbados!... ¡Ah! vosotros los que contemplais á los miembros de una misma familia, los unos dando la muerte, cadáveres los otros... ¡Enfaustos consejos miosl... ¡hijo de mi corazón! has muerto en la flor de tu juventud... y yo, tu padre... ¡ay! ¡ay!... yo mismo he sido quien con su temeridad te ha asesinado.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 1261 focus
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 1261 focus
Woe for the sins of a darkened soul, stubborn sins, fraught with death! Ah, ye behold us, the sire who hath slain, the son who hath perished! Woe is me, for the wretched blindness of my counsels! Alas, my son, thou hast died in thy youth, by a timeless doom, woe_is_me!—thy spirit hath fled,—not by thy folly, but by mine own!
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 1261-1345 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-763-1 This

κομμός
is composed of four strophes and four antistrophes, which correspond as follows. (1) 1st strophe 1261—1269=1st antistr. 1284—1292. (2) 2nd str. 1271—1277 =2nd ant. 1294—1300. (3) 3rd str. 1306—1311=3rd ant. 1328—1333. (4) 4th str. 1317—1325=4th ant. 1339— 1347.

mvp-comment-763-2 The lyric strophes and antistrophes are divided from each other by iambic trimeters, spoken by the Chorus or by the Messenger.—See Metrical Analysis.

mvp-comment-763-3 φρενῶν δυσφρόνων 1

mvp-comment-763-4 στερεά 2

mvp-comment-764-1 ὦ … βλέποντες 3

mvp-comment-764-2 κτανόντας 4 θανόντας 5

mvp-comment-764-3 ἐμφυλίους 6

mvp-comment-765-1 ἐμῶν ἄνολβα βουλευμάτων 7 ἄνολβα 8

mvp-comment-766-1 νέος νέῳ ξυν μόρῳ 9 νέῳ 10

mvp-comment-767-1 ἀπελύθης 11

mvp-comment-768-1 ἐμαῖς οὐδὲ σαῖσι 12

mvp-comment-769-1 ἔχω μαθὼν 13 με 14 μέγα βάρος ἔχων 15 ἐν δ’ ἐμῷ κάρᾳ 16 ἔπαισε 17 με 18 κάρᾳ 19

mvp-comment-769-2 ἐν δ’ ἔσεισεν 20

mvp-comment-769-3 ἀγρίαις ὁδοῖς 21

mvp-comment-770-1 λακπάτητον 22 κ 23 ξπ 24 κ 25

mvp-comment-770-2 ἀντρέπων 26

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

1262. mvp-comment-709-1 στερεά may be explained, either with Dindorf, (1) Propter duram et inexorabilem Creontis mentem, = Stubborn, by hypallage for στερεῶν φρενῶν ἁμαρτήματα, or more simply (2) as Pindar speaks of στερεαὶ ὀδυναί, = * Hard to endure.' The first (1) is best.

1265. mvp-comment-710-1 A confusion of ὤμοι ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων, ὡς ἄνολβα, and ὤμοι ἐγὼ ἄνολβος τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων. Ε. on L. pp. 17, 67.

1266. mvp-comment-711-1 νέῳ ξὺν μόρῳ By a strange doom.

1268. mvp-comment-712-1 ἀπελύθης Thou wast cut off. The word has some something of the notion of Shuffling off this mortal coil. Cp. 559.

1273. mvp-comment-713-1 θεὸς .. ἔπαισεν A God held and smote me with mighty force. ἔχων is almost pleonastic, and μέγα βάρος adverbial. But there is some difficulty in the construction of ἐν ἐμῷ κάρᾳ with ἔπαισεν. Qy. μέγα βάρος πεσών? As the words stand, the whole expression μέγα .. ἔπαισεν must be taken as = ἐνήλατο.

1274. mvp-comment-714-1 ἐν δ᾽ ἔσεισεν This use of language (implying 'furious driving') recurs in Plut. Phoc. 23, ἐνσείειν τὴν πόλιν εἰς πόλεμον. A similar expression occurs in El. 737. See also Eur. Or. 255.

1275. mvp-comment-715-1 λακπάτητον is proleptic. Overturning and trampling upon.' 1277. ὡς is to be construed with ἔοικας ἥκειν, which is postponed to the participle, as in Phil. 971, πρὸς κακῶν δ᾽ ἀνδρῶν μαθὼν ἔοικας ἥκειν αἰσχρά: and the meaning is, O master, how truly thou wouldst seem, having at τέθνηκε Α. once in hand and also in possession, to have come hither bearing one load of evil in thine arms, while there is another burden which thou wilt quickly behold within the palace. The address, ὦ δέσποτα, suggests the words ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος (Creon is lord 'of dire mischance'), in which there is the distinction afterwards adopted in philosophy between ἕξις and κτῆσις.