Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 352

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Oedipus
This was the work of Phœbus: O my friends,
Phœbus accomplish'd all my ills, my woes.
With his own hands no man e'er rent his eyes,
But I unhappy. Why should I have sight,
Since, had I eyes, nought pleasant could I see ?

Oedipus Tyrannus. Sophocles. Robert Potter (Translator). London. 1820.

Current edition Experimental

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Robert Potter, 1788))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 352 focus
τῆς νῦν προσαυδᾶν μήτε τούσδε μήτ᾿ ἐμέ,
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 463-511 focus
Translations (3)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 352 focus
OED
Check not his speech, I pray thee, for thy words
Call more than his for chastisement, old sir.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 354 focus
So kühn, so schamlos schüttest du dies Wort heraus,
355
Und wähnst vielleicht, du werdest meiner Nach' entflieh'n?
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 463-510 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-816-1 The simple mode of expression would have been: τί ἐμοὶ ἡδέως βλεπτόν, ἢ στερκτόν, ἢ ἀκουστὸν ἔτ’ ἐστίν; what henceforth can be pleasurably seen, or loved, or heard by me? But instead of the third clause, we have ἢ προσήγορον | ἔτ’ ἔστ’ ἀκούειν ἡδονᾷ, “or what greeting is it longer possible for me to hear with pleasure? ” προσήγορον 1

mvp-comment-817-1 ἐκτόπιον 2

mvp-comment-818-1 τὸν μέγ’ ὀλέθριον 3 ὀλέθριον 4 ὄλεθρον μέγαν 5

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

1337-1339. mvp-comment-751-1 What then can I look upon, what can I love, what can I hear any more addressing me with pleasure. O my friends? For the difference of Trin. and Trin. see the account of the MSS.

1337-1339. mvp-comment-751-2 ἡδονᾷ, dat. of manner. Essay on Language p. 20.

1341. mvp-comment-752-1 *ὄλεθρον Sc. ὄντα.

1345. mvp-comment-753-1 ἔτι Not only now accursed, but hated from the beginning.