Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 360

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Oedipus
To him how can I speak ? from him what grace
With justice can I hope? for he before
Found me injurious, and in all things vile.
I come not to insult thee, Edipus,
Nor to reproach thee for thy former wrongs.
But you, respecting mortals if you feel
No touch of shame, revere th' all-feeding flame
Of yon imperial sun; nor thus expose
Unveil'd such dire pollution, which nor earth,
Nor sacred water, nor heav'n's light receives.
But quickly bear him hence, beneath this roof
Conceal'd; for piety demands that those
By blood allied alone should see, should hear
The ills of those from the same blood derived.

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)) — 360 focus
οὐχὶ ξυνῆκας πρόσθεν; ἢ ἐκπειρᾷ *λόγῳ;
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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)) — 360 focus
OED
Gave you this man the child of whom he asks you?
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-871-1 ἐλπίδος μ’ ἀπέσπασας 1

mvp-comment-872-1 ἄριστος ἐλθὼν πρὸς … ἐμέ 2

mvp-comment-873-1 πρὸς σοῦ 3

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

1433. mvp-comment-796-1 ἄριστος ἐλθών Having shown thyself so noble to one so base as I am.' Cp. 1357, 1358, φονεὺς ἦλθον : and, for ἐλπίδος, κ.τ.λ. Αj. 1382, καί μ' ἔψευσας ἐλπίδος πολύ.