Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 85

Lewis Campbell (Translator)

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Not Creon: thou art thy sole enemy.

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)) — 85 focus
ἄναξ, ἐμὸν κήδευμα, παῖ Μενοικέως,
85
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)) — 78 focus
Ein Wort des Trostes sprachest du, und eben wird
Von diesen mir bedeutet, daß sich Kreon naht.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 85 focus
Oedipus
543cont2
Ha ! Creon here ? And dar'st thou thus
approach
My palace, thou who wouldst have murdered me,
And ta'en my kingdom? by the gods I ask thee,
Answer me, traitor, didst thou think me fool,
Or coward, that I could not see thy arts,
Or had not strength to vanquish them ? What madness,
What strange infatuation led thee on,
Without or force or friends, to grasp at empire,
Which only their united force can give ?
What wei't thou doing?
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 85 focus
Chorus
STRO. 1. 463
All yet is dark. What wretch abhorr'd,
Grasping with blood-stain'd hand his ruthless sword,
465
From Delphi's high rock-seated shrine
Declares the voice divine
The author of this horrid deed?
Now let him wing his swiftest speed;
The son of Jove upon him flies,
470
Arm'd with the flames and lightenings of the skies :
Dreadful, resistless in their force
473
The Fates attend his course.
The oracle divinely bright
475
To drag the latent murderer into light
Shone forth, Parnassus, from thy brow
White with eternal snow:
For, like a bull, to secret shades,
To rocks, to caves, to sylvan glades,
Far from the Pythian prophecies
483
Mournful the solitary wanderer flies:
In vain: they hover round his head,
485
And ceaseless terrors spread.
Dreadful, dreadful things to hear
Utters the prophetic Seer.
Him doth truth, doth falsehood guide?
Fear and hope my soul divide;
495
Painful suspense! The present and the past
496
Darkening clouds alike o'ercast.
Was wrong by Laius done of old,
500
That made the son of Polybus his foe?
Such in no record is enroll'd;
Nought at this hour of proof I know,
Decreeing as the Seer decreed,
To charge on Edipus the secret deed.
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-267-1 Κρέων δὲ 1

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

379. mvp-comment-230-1 Nay, Creon is no bane to theethou art thine own bane. Note the emphatic use of δέ, connecting the reply immediately with the preceding words. Cp. El. 399, 400, πεσούμεθ', εἰ χρή, πατρὶ τιμωρούμενοι. ΧΡ. πατὴρ δὲ τούτων, οἶδα, συγγνώμην ἔχει. For σοὶ= σαυτῷ, see Essay on Language § 41. p. 79. Without seeming to hear the reply, Oedipus is hurried away by his own preconceived thoughts.