Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 110

Lewis Campbell (Translator)

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Enter OEDIPUS .
Insolent, art thou here? Hadst thou the face
To bring thy boldness near my palace-roof,
Proved as thou art to have contrived my death
And laid thy robber hands upon my state?
535
Tell me, by heaven, had you seen in me
A coward or a fool, when you planned this?—
Deemed you I should be blind to your attempt
Craftily creeping on, or, when perceived,
Not ward it off? Is’t not a silly scheme,
540
To think to compass without troops of friends
Power, that is only won by wealth and men?

Oedipus Tyrannus. Sophocles. Lewis Campbell (Translator). London, New York and Toronto. 1906.

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Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 110 focus
ἐν τῇδ᾽ ἔφασκε γῇ. τὸ δὲ ζητούμενον
110
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 151-215 focus
Translations (4)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 102 focus
Und welches Mannes Schicksal meint der Gott damit?
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 110 focus
Oedipus
Thou art ; and therefore
The more ungrateful.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 110 focus
Oedipus
But one point,
570
Thy own concern, is not to thee unknown;
570
And this thou canst disclose.
570
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 151-215 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-354-1 Join οὗτος σύ 1

mvp-comment-354-2 τόλμης 2

mvp-comment-354-3 τοσόνδε τόλμης‐πρόσωπον 3

mvp-comment-355-1 φονεὺς ὢν κ.τ.λ. 4

mvp-comment-356-1 τῆς ἐμῆς 5 τοῦδε τἀνδρός 6

mvp-comment-357-1 ἔν μοι 7 ἐν ἐμοί 8 ἐμοὶ 9 μοι 10 μοι 11 ἰδών 12

mvp-comment-357-2 ἰδών … ἐν 13 ποεῖν; 14

mvp-comment-358-1 ἢ τοὔργον 15 ἰδών 16

mvp-comment-358-2 γνωριοῖμι 17 γνωριοῖμι 18

mvp-comment-359-1 ἢ οὐκ 19

mvp-comment-359-2 ἀλεξοίμην 20

mvp-comment-360-1 πλήθους 21 Φίλων 22 χρήμασιν 23

mvp-comment-361-1 ὃ 24

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

532. mvp-comment-316-1 τοσόνδ᾽ ἔχεις τόλμης πρόσωπον Have you such a face of brass? i. e. τοσαύτης τόλμης πρόσωπον. A case of hypallage.

534. mvp-comment-317-1 The ind. ἵκου is more forcible than the infinitive, as dwelling on the 542.8] fact, and not merely marking its connexion with the preceding statement. The words ἐμφανῶς, ἐναργής, in what follows, are very characteristic of the passionate self-confidence of Oedipus.

537. mvp-comment-318-1 ἐν ἐμοί, like ἃ δ᾽ ἂν ἔρῃ, infr. 749, is an apparent violation of the rule that the 2nd and 3rd syllables of a trisyllabic foot must be in the same word. But ev is a preposition which adheres to its case.

538. mvp-comment-319-1 ὡς, κ.τ.λ. depends, κατὰ τὸ σημαινόμενον, οη καταφρονήσας, or the like, implied in ἰδὼν . . ἐν ἐμοί. Either supposing that I would not detect the stealthy approaches of this plot of yours, or that I would not resist it when observed.' The MS. reading -κούκ may be compared with Il. 2. 289, ἢ παῖδες νεαροὶ χῆραί τε γυναῖκες, or ἤ in this case may be explained as = ' or;' but the correction ἢ ἡ οὐκ seems far more probable. The former alternative implies μωρίαν, the latter δειλίαν. For the synizesis, cp. infr. 555, ἢ οὐκ ἔπειθες.

538. mvp-comment-319-2 γνωρίσοιμι follows the MSS. against the Atticists.

541. mvp-comment-320-1 πλήθους καὶ φίλων Cp. supr. 470, πυρὶ καὶ στεροπαῖς.