Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 1212

Richard Jebb (Translator)

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Oedipus Tyrannus. Sophocles. Richard Jebb (Translator). Cambridge. 1887.

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Current edition Experimental

Oedipus Tyrannus (English) (Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 1: The Oedipus Tyrannus. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1887. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1212 focus
ἐφεῦρέ σ᾽ ἄκονθ᾽ ὁ πάνθ᾽ ὁρῶν χρόνος.
δικάζει τὸν ἄγαμον γάμον πάλαι
τεκνοῦντα καὶ τεκνούμενον.
1215
ἰὼ Λαΐειον [-] τέκνον,
εἴθε σ' εἴθε *σε
μήποτ᾽ εἰδόμαν.
δύρομαι γὰρ ὡς
περίαλλ᾿ ἰαχέων
1220
ἐκ στομάτων. τὸ δ᾽ ὀρθὸν εἰπεῖν, ἀνέπνευσά τ᾽ ἐκ σέθεν
καὶ κατεκοίμησα τοὐμὸν ὄμμα.
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 1212 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1212 focus
Time, who discovers all with eyes of fire,
Accusing thee of living without heed
In hideous wedlock husband, son, and sire.
1215
Ah would that we, thou child of Laius born,
Ah would that we had never seen thee nigh!
E’er since we knew thee who thou art, we mourn
Exceedingly with cries that rend the sky.
For, to tell truth, thou didst restore our life
1220
And gavest our soul sweet respite after strife.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1212 focus
Dich zwang die allseh'nde Zeit an's Licht hervor;
Den grausen Bund weiht sie lange schon dem Fluch,.
Den Bund der Mutter mit dem Sohn.
O weh, armer Sohn des Laïos!
1190
Hätt' ich, hätt' ich doch
Nimmer dich geseh'n!
Ungemessen tönt
Von der Lippe mir der laut
Klagende Jammer! Soll ich wahr reden, ich athmet' auf durch dich,
1195
Wieder den Schlaf gabst du meinem Auge!
Ein Diener (tritt aus dem Palaste). Der Chor.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1212 focus
Misfortunes to us 1
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 1212 focus
Of miseries croud with thee to dwell.
To one great port, illustrious king,
Their gallant barks the son and father bring;
But sink in wild waves roaring round.
How could thy father's bed so long,
1220
Ah, how in silence bear the horrid wrong!

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-745-1 σῖγ’ 1

mvp-comment-746-1 ἄκονθ’ 2 χρόνος 3

mvp-comment-747-1 δικάζει 4

mvp-comment-747-2 γάμον πάλαι τεκνοῦντα καὶ τεκνοῦμενον 5

mvp-comment-748-1 ἰὼ Λαΐειον ὧ τέκνον 6 ὤ 7

mvp-comment-749-1 The MSS. give δύρομαι γὰρ ὡς περίαλλα 8 ὡς περίαλα] | ἰαχέων ἐκ στομάτων 9 δύρομαι γὰρ ὥσπερ ἰάλεμον χέων | ἐκ στομάτων 10 ὡς περίαλλ’ 11 περίαλλα 12 περίαλλα 13 ὡς 14 ἰαχέων 15 δύρομαι 16 ἐκ στομάτων 17 ἐκ στομάτων 18 ἰαχέων 19 ἰακχίων 20 ἰάλεμον 21 ἰάλεμος 22 ἐκ στομάτων 23 χέων 24

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

1213. mvp-comment-688-1 ἐφεῦρέ σ᾽ ἄκονθ' Has surprised thee with a discovery thou didst not intend. The result of the inquiry is contrasted with its outset, supr. 132.

1214. mvp-comment-689-1 δικάζει Sc. σε. Convicts thee. For the asyndeton, which may be explained by the intensity of the language, see Essay on Language p. 59. τόν is expressive.

1214. mvp-comment-689-2 τὸν ἄγαμον, κ.τ.λ. (1) Of all the while being son as well as husband in that unholy marriage. γάμον is cognate accusative (Essay on Language § 17. p. 24) after some word, such as ὀπυίοντα, for which the phrase τεκνοῦντα καὶ τεκνούμενον is substituted. As infr. 1403 ff., the concrete is intended under the abstract noun. When the marriage is spoken of, Jocasta is thought of. The expression is unusual, and yet γεννῶντα τὸν αὐτὸν γάμον ὃν ἐγεννήθης might be said even in prose. Cp. supr. 1210. Otherwise γάμον may be taken as accusative in regimen, and the participles either (2) as agreeing with σε and added in further explanation of γάμον: Condemns the unholy marriage, condemns thee who art at once sire and son: or (3), the participles agreeing with γάμον, Condemns the marriage in which father and son are one. For the use of the passive verb in this case, see Essay on Language § 31, 3, c. P. 54.

1216. mvp-comment-690-1 There is a syllable wanting to correspond to the antistrophe. Herm. supplies ὦ before τέκνον. Bothe conj.

1216. mvp-comment-690-2 Λαϊήϊον. 1217. There is no reasonable doubt as to the soundness of Wunder's emendation, although such repetitions are much less frequent in Sophocles than in Euripides.

1218. mvp-comment-691-1 εἰδόμαν Essay on Language § 31. P. 52.

1219. mvp-comment-692-1 δύρομαι γὰρ ὡς περίαλλ' ἰαχέων] I mourn without measure, straining my voice with cries. For the quantity of ἰαχέων, cp. Eur. Or. 826, Med. 204, alib. With περίαλλος, cp. ὑπέραλλος in Pind. Nem. 3. 33, ὑπέραλλον αἰχμάν.

1219. mvp-comment-692-2 ἐκ στομάτων, like ἐκ θυμοῦ, with my whole power of utterance.

1219. mvp-comment-692-3 τὸ δ᾽ ὀρθὸν εἰπεῖν But to say the truth.