Sophocles Antigone 1270

Robert Potter (Translator)

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The dead to those who slew them how allied!

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)) — 1270 focus
οἴμ᾽, ὡς ἔοικας ὀψὲ τὴν δίκην ἰδεῖν.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1270 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1270 focus
ὅμως ἔοικας ὀψὲ τὴν δίκην ἰδεῖν.
1245
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1270 focus
οἴμ᾿ ὡς ἔοικας ὀψὲ τὴν δίκην ἰδεῖν.
1270
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 1270 focus
οἴμ᾽ ὡς ἔοικας ὀψὲ τὴν δίκην ἰδεῖν.
1270
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 1270 focus
οἴμ’ ὡς ἔοικας ὀψὲ τὴν δίκην ἰδεῖν.
1270
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 1270 focus
οἴμ᾽ ὡς ἔοικας ὀψὲ τὴν δίκην ἰδεῖν.
1270
2
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 1270 focus
οἴμ᾽, ὡς ἔοικας ὀψὲ τὴν δίκην ἰδεῖν.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 1270 focus
οἵμ᾽ ὡς ἔοικας ὀψὲ τὴν δίκην ἰδεῖν.
1270
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 1270 focus
οἴμ᾽ ὡς ἔοικας ὀψὲ τὴν δίκην ἰδεῖν.
1270
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 1270 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 1270 focus
οἴμ᾽ ὡς ἔοικας ὀψὲ τὴν δίκην ἰδεῖν.
1270
Translations (10)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 1270 focus
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 1270 focus
¡Ay!, que tarde parece que reconoces la justicia.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 1270 focus
Quanquam sero, videris tamen deüm iustitiam agnovisse!
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1270 focus
Alas for him who sees the right too late!
1270
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1270 focus
Weh, weh, du solltest allzuspät das Rechte seh'n!
Weh mir!
Zweite Strophe.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1270 focus
O king ! thy justice comes too late.
1270
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 1270 focus
¡Ah! muy tarde reconoces la justicia de los dioses.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 1270 focus
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 1270 focus
1270 Ah me, how all too late thou seemest to see the right !
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-771-1 φεῦ φεῦ, ὦ 1

mvp-comment-771-2 πόνοι .. δύσπονοι 2

mvp-comment-772-1 ὡς ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος 3 ἔχων 4 κεκτημένος 5

mvp-comment-773-1 πρὸ χειρῶν 6

mvp-comment-773-2 τάδε 7

mvp-comment-773-3 τὰ δ’ ἐν δόμοις 8 τὰ μὲν … φέρων 9 ἔοικας ἥκειν 10 καὶ τάχ’ ὄψεσθαι 11

mvp-comment-773-4 Since τὰ δ’ ἐν δόμοις 12 ἥκειν καὶ 13

mvp-comment-773-5 (

καὶ στᾶθι καὶ
)
εἴσιδε
. Others, indeed, take καὶ τάχα 14

mvp-comment-774-1 τί δ’ ἔστιν 15 ἦ 16

mvp-comment-774-2 (2) Transposing αὖ 17 ἤ 18 ἦ 19

mvp-comment-774-3 (3) Canter gave,

τί δ’ ἔστιν αὖ κάκιον ἐκ κακῶν ἔτι
; The change of
ἐκ
to
ἢ
would have been peculiarly easy before initial
κ
(KAKIONEKAKON for KAKIONEKKAKON). For ἐκ 20

mvp-comment-774-4 reading. The comparat. κάκιον 21

mvp-comment-775-1 παμμήτωρ 22

mvp-comment-775-2 νεοτόμ 23 ἄρτι 24

mvp-comment-776-1 δυσκάθαρτος Ἅιδου λιμήν 25 λιμήν 26

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

1280. mvp-comment-716-1 By an attraction from ἔοικας, ἥκειν ὀψόμενος, or ἥκων ὄψεσθαι, is changed to ἥκειν καὶ ὄψεσθαι. Cp. Ο. Τ. 413.

1281. mvp-comment-717-1 And what worse evil is there? or what more of evil?' Some would read τί δ᾽ ἔστιν; ἢ κάκιον αὖ κακῶν ἔτι;

1282. mvp-comment-718-1 παμμήτωρ The royal mother. For this use of παν in composition, see Essay on Language § 55. p. 101; and cp. O. Τ. 930, παντελὴς δάμαρ.

1284. mvp-comment-719-1 δυσκάθαρτος Ἅιδου λιμήν] O harbour of Hades, hard to cleanse; i. e. Choked with the dead. Cp. Hell has enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure.'