Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 172

Lewis Campbell (Translator)

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CH. 5
660
No, by the Sun I swear,
660
Vaunt-courier of the host of heaven.
660
For may I die the last of deaths,
Unblest of God or friend,
If e’er such thought were mine.
But oh! this pining land
665
Afflicts my sorrow-burdened soul,
To think that to her past and present woe
She must add this, which springs to her from you.

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)) — 172 focus
κλυτᾶς χθονὸς αὔξεται οὔτε τόκοισιν
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)) — 169 focus
Weh, wehe! Leiden ohne Zahl
Quälen mich; erkrankt ist alles Volk, und nirgendwo
Waffnet sich Hülfe,
Mich zu beschirmen! Die Früchte des heiligen
170
Erdreiches gedeihen nicht,
Und es erliegen
Die Frauen all
In den Weh'n qualvoller Geburten.
Und Schwärm' an Schwärmen,
175
Gleich flüchtigen Vögeln, erblickst du
Schneller, als reißende Glut, sich entschwingen zu
Dem Strand des Abendgottes. 1
Zweite Gegenstrophe.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 172 focus
Shepherd
(Edi. Scene III. (Edipus, Jocasta, Shepherd, Chorus. (Edi. Who is he ? (Edi. What sayst thou, stranger ? Speak to me — oh! 1000
If touching this thou fii'St desir'st my answer ;
1000
Know, he is dead.
1000
Or some disease ?
1000
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 172 focus
Jocasta
Why this? I tremble as I look on thee.
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-415-1 οὐ τὸν 1

mvp-comment-415-2 πρόμον 2

mvp-comment-416-1 ὅ τι πύματόν 3 ὀλοίμαν 4

mvp-comment-417-1 τὰ δ’—σφῷν 5 τὰ δ’ 6 γᾶ φθίνουσα 7 τάδ’ 8

mvp-comment-417-2 προσάψει 9 τὰ δ’ 10

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

660. mvp-comment-386-1 οὐ τόν Cp. 1088, Ant. 758, Ε1. 1063, 1239, Eur. Ion 870.

660. mvp-comment-386-2 πρόμον Foremost of the hosts of heaven. It is not easy to say in what sense the sun is spoken of as first or foremost. He is invoked as the god who brings all things to light (Hymn. Hom. Dem. 62, θεῶν σκοπὸν ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν: Il. 3.277, Ἠέλιός θ᾽, ὃς πάντ᾽ ἐφορᾶς καὶ πάντ᾽ ἐπακούεις), and with reference to the intention of the person speaking, may be regarded as first of Gods; i. e. the author of light and illumination in all things. Cp. O. C. 868-870, ὁ πάντα λεύσσων “Ἥλιος δοίη βίον, κ.τ.λ. Or he is imagined as the vanguard of Heaven, standing before the rest as the champion. Welcker compares Fr. 875, Ἠέ- λιος οἰκτείρειέ με, | ὃν οἱ σοφοὶ λέγουσι γεννητὴν θεῶν | καὶ πατέρα πάντων. But this is a philosophical conceit, which could not properly find place here.

661. mvp-comment-387-1 ὅ τι πύματον i. e. as the Scholiast explains, ἀπώλειαν ἥτις ἐσχάτη. Cp. supr. 344. For πύματον, cp. O. С. 1235, ἐπιλέλογχε πύματον.

665. mvp-comment-388-1 φθίνουσα here does not correspond with the line 694 in the antistrophe. Dindorf has therefore proposed to read φθινάς for φθίνουσα. But as a still slighter alteration in the antistrophe, πόνοισι for πόνοις, reconciles the two lines, it has been adopted. For the combination of cretic and trochaic metre, cp. 1. 651. καὶ in 666 is against metre.

667. mvp-comment-389-1 προσάψει Sc. γᾶ. If she is to add to her former evils these which come from you. Cp. Eur. Med. 78, εἰ κακὸν προσοίσομεν νέον παλαιῷ. Ε. on L. p. 52.