Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 357

Robert Potter (Translator)

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1367
Thy counsels cannot claim my praise as wise;
For better not to be, than to live blind.

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)) — 357 focus
πρὸς τοῦ διδαχθείς; οὐ γὰρ ἔκ γε τῆς τέχνης.
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)) — 357 focus
THEB. SH
By all that’s merciful,
Scourge not this aged frame!
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-829-1 κρείσσων … ἦσθα μηκέτ’ ὤν 1

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

1368. mvp-comment-760-1 κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα Thou hadst better have been no more, than to live on in blindness. Cp. Aj. 635, κρείσσων γὰρ Αιδᾳ κεύθων ὁ νοσῶν μάταν. For the av omitted, see Essay on Language § 27. p. 45.