Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 174

Lewis Campbell (Translator)

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You show yourself as sullen when you yield,
As unendurable in your fury’s height.
Such natures justly give themselves most pain.
675

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

Current edition Experimental

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 174 focus
ἰηίων καμάτων ἀνέχουσι γυναῖκες·
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)) — 174 focus
Shepherd
(Edi. Distemper then did kill him ?
That in part,
And part a length of years that wore him down.
To prophecies, and seers, and clanioious birds
With their vain omens — they who had decreed
That T should kill my father. He thou seest
r
Beneath the earth lies buried, whilst I live
In safety here and guiltless of his blood :
Unless perhaps sorrow for loss of me
Shortened his days, thus only could I kill
My father. But ho's gone, and to the shades
Hath cariied with him those vain oracles
Of fancied ills, no longer worth my care.
Joe. Did I not say it would be thus?
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 174 focus
Jocasta
I tremble; yet whate'er I know will speak.
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-420-1 στυγνὸς … περάσῃς 1

mvp-comment-420-2 βαρὺς 2

mvp-comment-420-3 περάσῃς 3

mvp-comment-420-4 θυμοῦ 4 μὲν 5 δὲ 6

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

673. mvp-comment-391-1 You show yourself to be sullen in yielding. ὤν is dropped dropped or absorbed in the participle. στυγνός echoes στυγήσεται and has a neuter meaning = tristis, morose.

673. mvp-comment-391-2 βαρὺς δ', ὅταν θυμοῦ περάσῃς And intolerable when you exceed in wrath. θυμοῦ is genitive of place, like σοφίας in πόρρω σοφίας ἐλαύνειν (Plat. Crat. 410 E). Essay on Language p 16, 3, d. βαρύς expresses the something dangerous in a passionate man. Cp. 546, Ant. 767, νοῦς δ᾽ ἐστὶ τηλικοῦτος ἀλγήσας βαρύς. The other explanation: You are dangerous even when you come to an end of your wrath (ὅταν ἐπὶ πέρας ἔλθῃς τῆς ὀργῆς Schol.)-is objectionable on two grounds-(1) because presenting a mere repetition under the form of antithesis; (2) because θυμοῦ περᾶν, in the sense of to pass out of anger, is too harsh for Sophocles. Also (3) because some Greek word is needed to give the sense of even. The use of περâν in either case is metaphorical. For περᾶν, to go far, cp. О. С. 155, περῖς γάρ, περᾷς.

674-675. mvp-comment-392-1 Nature justly ordains that such dispositions shall be most grievous to themselves, i. e. ἑαυταῖς μάλιστα ἀλγειναί.