Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus 87

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Chorus
CREON, CHORUS.
From violence of passion this reproach

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)) — 87 focus
ἐσθλήν· λέγω γὰρ καὶ τὰ δύσφορ', εἰ τύχοι
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)) — 87 focus
CH
Your friends would humbly deprecate the wrath
That sounds both in your speech, my lord, and his.
405
That is not what we need, but to discern
How best to solve the heavenly oracle.
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 (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 87 focus
Oedipus
(Edi. Thou canst talk it well,
And thou more grossly, if thou thinkst to pass
Unpunished for this injury to thy friend.
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-349-1 ἀλλὰ … μὲν δὴ 1

mvp-comment-349-2 ἦλθε … τάχ’ ἂν 2

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

524. mvp-comment-311-1 βιασθέν is not to be repeated with γνώμῃ, which is dative of cause. The charge may have been made in the violence of anger, and not advisedly.