Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 86

Thomas Francklin (Translator)

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Creon
(TDTPUS TYRj
Hear what I shall answer,
Then judge impartial.
But I shall ne'er attend to thee ; thy guilt
Js plain ; thou art my deadliest foe.
CiiEOX. But hear
What I shall urge.
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Say not, thou'rt innocent.
550
C'REON. If self-opinion void of reason seem
550
Conviction to thee, know, thou errVt most gi'ossly
550

Oedipus Tyrannus. Sophocles. Thomas Francklin (Translator). London. 1758–1759.

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Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 86 focus
τίνʼ ἡμὶν ἥκεις τοῦ θεοῦ φήμην φέρων;
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 151-215 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 86 focus
OED
380
O wealth and sovereign power and high success
380
Attained through wisdom and admired of men,
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What boundless jealousies environ you!
When for this rule, which to my hand the State
Committed unsolicited and free,
Creon, my first of friends, trusted and sure,
Would undermine and hurl me from my throne,
385
Meanly suborning such a mendicant
Botcher of lies, this crafty wizard rogue,
Blind in his art, and seeing but for gain.
Where are the proofs of thy prophetic power?
How came it, when the minstrel-hound was here,
390
This folk had no deliverance through thy word?
Her snare could not be loosed by common wit,
But needed divination and deep skill;
No sign whereof proceeded forth from thee
Procured through birds or given by God, till I,
The unknowing traveller, overmastered her,
395
The stranger Oedipus, not led by birds,
But ravelling out the secret by my thought:
Whom now you study to supplant, and trust
To stand as a supporter of the throne
Of lordly Creon,—To your bitter pain
400
Thou and the man who plotted this will hunt
Pollution forth.—But for thy reverend look
Thou hadst atoned thy trespass on the spot.
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 (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 86 focus
Creon
ANTIS. 1. STRO. 2. ANTIS. 2. 513
Jove, high ruler of the skies,
And the Pythian god are wise ;
They the deeds of mortals know,
All whate'er is done below :
Of knowledge doth the Seer a brighter ray,
Than illumines me, display?
515
Some deeper drink of wisdom's spring;
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But proofs, that flash conviction I demand.
The Sphinx display'd her dreadful wing,
His wisdom saved the sinking land;
Then let my grateful soul disdain
To rank the hero with the murderer's train.
Ye citizens of Thebes, th' atrocious crime,
Charged on me by the royal Edipus,
Hath reach'd my ear: my soul disdains the charge.
If in the present ills he deems that aught
Of injury to him by word or deed
By me hath been attempted, let me breathe
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This vital air no longer, such ill fame
520
Sustaining: for no trivial damage brings
This accusation, but of import high
To me, if I shall be reputed base
By thee, and by my friends, and by the state.
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-365-1 κτῆμα 1

mvp-comment-365-2 αὐθαδίαν 2

mvp-comment-365-3 τοῦ νοῦ χωρίς 3

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

549. mvp-comment-324-1 Cp. Aesch. Prom. 1012, αὐθαδία γὰρ τῷ φρονοῦντι μὴ καλῶς | αὐτὴ καθ᾿ αὑτὴν οὐδενὸς μεῖον σθένει.