Sophocles, Electra, ed. Lewis Campbell, 1382

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Electra. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.

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Editions (1)

Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 1384-1441 focus

Χορός

ἴδεθʼ ὅποι προνέμεται

τὸ δυσέριστον αἷμα φυσῶν Ἄρης.
1385

βεβᾶσιν ἄρτι δωμάτων ὑπόστεγοι

μετάδρομοι κακῶν πανουργημάτων ἄφυκτοι κύνες,

ὥστʼ οὐ μακρὰν ἔτʼ ἀμμενεῖ

τοὐμὸν φρενῶν ὄνειρον αἰωρούμενον.
1390

1391

Χορός

παράγεται γὰρ ἐνέρων

δολιόπους ἀρωγὸς εἴσω στέγας,

ἀρχαιόπλουτα πατρὸς εἰς ἑδώλια,

νεακόνητον αἷμα χειροῖν ἔχων· ὁ Μαίας δὲ παῖς

Ἑρμῆς σφʼ ἄγει δόλον σκότῳ
1395

κρύψας πρὸς αὐτὸ τέρμα κοὐκέτʼ ἀμμένει.

1397

Ἠλέκτρα

ὦ φίλταται γυναῖκες, ἅνδρες αὐτίκα

τελοῦσι τοὔργον· ἀλλὰ σῖγα πρόσμενε.

Χορός

πῶς δή; τί νῦν πράσσουσιν;

Ἠλέκτρα

ἡ μὲν ἐς τάφον
1400

λέβητα κοσμεῖ, τὼ δʼ ἐφέστατον πέλας.

Χορός

σὺ δʼ ἐκτὸς ᾖξας πρὸς τί;

Ἠλέκτρα

φρουρήσουσʼ ὅπως

Αἴγισθος ἡμᾶς μὴ λάθῃ μολὼν ἔσω.

Κλυταιμνήστρα

αἰαῖ. ἰὼ στέγαι

φίλων ἔρημοι, τῶν δʼ ἀπολλύντων πλέαι.
1405

Ἠλέκτρα

βοᾷ τις ἔνδον· οὐκ ἀκούετʼ, ὦ φίλαι;

Χορός

ἤκουσʼ ἀνήκουστα δύστανος, ὥστε φρῖξαι.

Κλυταιμνήστρα

οἴμοι τάλαινʼ· Αἴγισθε, ποῦ ποτʼ ὢν κυρεῖς;

Ἠλέκτρα

ἰδοὺ μάλʼ αὖ θροεῖ τις.

Κλυταιμνήστρα

ὦ τέκνον τέκνον, οἴκτιρε τὴν τεκοῦσαν.
1410

Ἠλέκτρα

ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐκ σέθεν

ᾠκτίρεθʼ οὗτος οὐδʼ ὁ γεννήσας πατήρ.

Χορός

ὦ πόλις, ὦ γενεὰ τάλαινα, νῦν σοι

μοῖρα καθαμερία φθίνει φθίνει.

Κλυταιμνήστρα

ὤμοι πέπληγμαι.
1415

Ἠλέκτρα

παῖσον, εἰ σθένεις, διπλῆν.

Κλυταιμνήστρα

ὤμοι μάλʼ αὖθις.

Ἠλέκτρα

εἰ γὰρ Αἰγίσθῳ θʼ ὁμοῦ.

Χορός

τελοῦσʼ ἀραί· ζῶσιν οἱ γᾶς ὑπαὶ κείμενοι.

παλίρρυτον γὰρ αἷμʼ ὑπεξαιροῦσι τῶν
1420

κτανόντων οἱ πάλαι θανόντες.

1422

Χορός

καὶ μὴν πάρεισιν οἵδε· φοινία δὲ χεὶρ

στάζει θυηλῆς Ἄρεος, οὐδʼ ἔχω ψέγειν.

Ἠλέκτρα

Ὀρέστα, πῶς κυρεῖτε;

Ὀρέστης

τἀν δόμοισι μὲν

καλῶς, Ἀπόλλων εἰ καλῶς ἐθέσπισεν.
1425

Ἠλέκτρα

τέθνηκεν ἡ τάλαινα;

Ὀρέστης

μηκέτʼ ἐκφοβοῦ

μητρῷον ὥς σε λῆμʼ ἀτιμάσει ποτέ.

Χορός

παύσασθε· λεύσσω γὰρ Αἴγισθον ἐκ προδήλου.

Ἠλέκτρα

ὦ παῖδες, οὐκ ἄψορρον;
1430

Ὀρέστης

εἰσορᾶτε ποῦ τὸν ἄνδρʼ;

Ἠλέκτρα

ἐφʼ ἡμῖν οὗτος ἐκ προαστίου

χωρεῖ γεγηθὼς

Χορός

βᾶτε κατʼ ἀντιθύρων ὅσον τάχιστα,

νῦν, τὰ πρὶν εὖ θέμενοι, τάδʼ ὡς πάλιν.
1435

Ὀρέστης

θάρσει· τελοῦμεν.

Ἠλέκτρα

ᾗ νοεῖς ἔπειγέ νυν.

Ὀρέστης

καὶ δὴ βέβηκα.

Ἠλέκτρα

τἀνθάδʼ ἂν μέλοιτʼ ἐμοί.

Χορός

διʼ ὠτὸς ἂν παῦρά γʼ ὡς ἠπίως ἐννέπειν

πρὸς ἄνδρα τόνδε συμφέροι, λαθραῖον ὡς
1440

ὀρούσῃ πρὸς δίκας ἀγῶνα.

Translations (2)

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1384 focus

Seht ihn, seht Ares, wie

(allein.) Strophe. (sie folgt ihnen.)

Der Chor.

Er Blut schnaubend hin zum Kampf stürmt voll Wuth!

Des Fluches Hunde drangen schon in's Haus hinein,

Die an die Sohle sich hesten der Gräuelthat,
1355

Die Unentfliehbaren;

Und schwebend auf Entscheidung harrt,

Was träumend ahnte meinem Geist, nicht lange mehr.

Gegenstrophe.

English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 1384-1440 focus

Chorus

Behold how Ares stalks onward,

breathing bloody vengeance that is hard to oppose. Just now have the hunters of wicked crimes passed beneath that roof there, the hounds which none may flee. And so not long shall
1385

the vision of my soul hang in suspense.
1390

1391

Chorus

The champion of the spirits infernal is ushered on guileful feet into the house, the rich, ancestral palace of his father, and he bears keen-edged death in his hands.

Maia ’s son Hermes, who has shrouded the guile in darkness, leads him right to his goal and delays no longer.
1395

1398

Enter Electra from the house.

Electra

My dearest friends, in a moment the men will do the deed. But wait in silence.

Chorus

How do they fare? What are they doing now?
1400

Electra

She is decking the urn for burial; the two of them stand close to her.

Chorus

And why have you hurried out?

Electra

To guard against Aegisthus entering before we are aware.

Clytaemnestra
Within.

Oh! Oh! Our house

is empty of friends and filled with murderers!
1405

Electra

Someone shouts inside. Do you not hear, friends?

Chorus

I heard, ah, me, sounds unfit to be heard, and I shudder!

Clytaemnestra
Within.

Ah, misery! Aegisthus, where, where are you?

Electra

Look, once more someone cries out!

Clytaemnestra
Within.

My son, my son, have pity on your mother!
1410

Electra

Why? You had none for him, nor for the father that begot him.

Chorus

Wretched city, wretched race, now the fate that has held you day by day perishes—it perishes!

Clytaemnestra
Within.

Oh, I am wounded!
1415

Electra

Stab her doubly, if you can!

Clytaemnestra
Within.

Ah, wounded again!

Electra

Would that Aegisthus, too, were wounded!

Chorus

The curses bring fulfillment: those who are buried live.

For men long dead are draining their killers’ blood in a stream of requital.
1420

1422

Enter Orestes and Pylades from the house.

Chorus

And now they are here! The red hand drips with sacrifice to Ares, and I cannot blame the deed.

Electra

Orestes, what happened?

Orestes

All is well within the house,

if Apollo’s oracle spoke well.
1425

Electra

The miserable woman is dead?

Orestes

Have no more fear that your haughty mother will ever again trample on your rights.

Chorus

Quiet! For I see Aegisthus in plain sight.

Electra

You, young men, get back inside!
1430

Orestes

Where do you see the man?

Electra

He is at our mercy walking from the suburb, full of joy.

Chorus

Go with all speed to the vestibule, so that, just as your first task prospered, so this one again may prosper now.

Orestes

Have courage. We will accomplish it.
1435

Electra

Hurry, then, to wherever you wish.

Orestes

See, I am gone.

Electra

Things here will be my concern. Exeunt Orestes and Pylades, into the house.

Chorus

It would be well to whisper into this man’s ear some few words of seeming gentleness,

so that he may rush blindly upon his trial before Justice.
1440

Commentary

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

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

1382-1383. mvp-comment-651-1 τἀπιτίμια.. θεοί] ‘What reward the gods bestow upon impiety.'

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Ἠλέκτρα ὦ φίλταται γυναῖκες, ἅνδρες αὐτίκα τελοῦσι τοὔργον· ἀλλὰ σῖγα πρόσμενε.

Χορός πῶς δή; τί νῦν πράσσουσιν;

Ἠλέκτρα ἡ μὲν ἐς τάφον 1400 λέβητα κοσμεῖ, τὼ δʼ ἐφέστατον πέλας.

Χορός σὺ δʼ ἐκτὸς ᾖξας πρὸς τί;

Ἠλέκτρα φρουρήσουσʼ ὅπως Αἴγισθος ἡμᾶς μὴ λάθῃ μολὼν ἔσω.

Κλυταιμνήστρα αἰαῖ. ἰὼ στέγαι φίλων ἔρημοι, τῶν δʼ ἀπολλύντων πλέαι. 1405

Ἠλέκτρα βοᾷ τις ἔνδον· οὐκ ἀκούετʼ, ὦ φίλαι;

Χορός ἤκουσʼ ἀνήκουστα δύστανος, ὥστε φρῖξαι.

Κλυταιμνήστρα οἴμοι τάλαινʼ· Αἴγισθε, ποῦ ποτʼ ὢν κυρεῖς;

Ἠλέκτρα ἰδοὺ μάλʼ αὖ θροεῖ τις.

Κλυταιμνήστρα ὦ τέκνον τέκνον, οἴκτιρε τὴν τεκοῦσαν. 1410

Ἠλέκτρα ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐκ σέθεν ᾠκτίρεθʼ οὗτος οὐδʼ ὁ γεννήσας πατήρ.

Χορός ὦ πόλις, ὦ γενεὰ τάλαινα, νῦν σοι μοῖρα καθαμερία φθίνει φθίνει.

Κλυταιμνήστρα ὤμοι πέπληγμαι. 1415

Ἠλέκτρα παῖσον, εἰ σθένεις, διπλῆν.

Κλυταιμνήστρα ὤμοι μάλʼ αὖθις.

Ἠλέκτρα εἰ γὰρ Αἰγίσθῳ θʼ ὁμοῦ.

Χορός τελοῦσʼ ἀραί· ζῶσιν οἱ γᾶς ὑπαὶ κείμενοι. παλίρρυτον γὰρ αἷμʼ ὑπεξαιροῦσι τῶν 1420 κτανόντων οἱ πάλαι θανόντες.

Χορός καὶ μὴν πάρεισιν οἵδε· φοινία δὲ χεὶρ στάζει θυηλῆς Ἄρεος, οὐδʼ ἔχω ψέγειν.

Ἠλέκτρα Ὀρέστα, πῶς κυρεῖτε;

Ὀρέστης τἀν δόμοισι μὲν καλῶς, Ἀπόλλων εἰ καλῶς ἐθέσπισεν. 1425

Ἠλέκτρα τέθνηκεν ἡ τάλαινα;

Ὀρέστης μηκέτʼ ἐκφοβοῦ μητρῷον ὥς σε λῆμʼ ἀτιμάσει ποτέ.

Χορός παύσασθε· λεύσσω γὰρ Αἴγισθον ἐκ προδήλου.

Ἠλέκτρα ὦ παῖδες, οὐκ ἄψορρον; 1430

Ὀρέστης εἰσορᾶτε ποῦ τὸν ἄνδρʼ;

Ἠλέκτρα ἐφʼ ἡμῖν οὗτος ἐκ προαστίου χωρεῖ γεγηθὼς

Χορός βᾶτε κατʼ ἀντιθύρων ὅσον τάχιστα, νῦν, τὰ πρὶν εὖ θέμενοι, τάδʼ ὡς πάλιν. 1435

Ὀρέστης θάρσει· τελοῦμεν.

Ἠλέκτρα ᾗ νοεῖς ἔπειγέ νυν.

Ὀρέστης καὶ δὴ βέβηκα.

Ἠλέκτρα τἀνθάδʼ ἂν μέλοιτʼ ἐμοί.

Χορός διʼ ὠτὸς ἂν παῦρά γʼ ὡς ἠπίως ἐννέπειν πρὸς ἄνδρα τόνδε συμφέροι, λαθραῖον ὡς 1440 ὀρούσῃ πρὸς δίκας ἀγῶνα.

Seht ihn, seht Ares, wie (allein.) Strophe. (sie folgt ihnen.)

Der Chor. Er Blut schnaubend hin zum Kampf stürmt voll Wuth! Des Fluches Hunde drangen schon in's Haus hinein, Die an die Sohle sich hesten der Gräuelthat, 1355 Die Unentfliehbaren; Und schwebend auf Entscheidung harrt, Was träumend ahnte meinem Geist, nicht lange mehr. Gegenstrophe.

Chorus Behold how Ares stalks onward, breathing bloody vengeance that is hard to oppose. Just now have the hunters of wicked crimes passed beneath that roof there, the hounds which none may flee. And so not long shall 1385 the vision of my soul hang in suspense. 1390

Chorus The champion of the spirits infernal is ushered on guileful feet into the house, the rich, ancestral palace of his father, and he bears keen-edged death in his hands. Maia ’s son Hermes, who has shrouded the guile in darkness, leads him right to his goal and delays no longer. 1395

Electra My dearest friends, in a moment the men will do the deed. But wait in silence.

Chorus How do they fare? What are they doing now? 1400

Electra She is decking the urn for burial; the two of them stand close to her.

Chorus And why have you hurried out?

Electra To guard against Aegisthus entering before we are aware.

Clytaemnestra Within. Oh! Oh! Our house is empty of friends and filled with murderers! 1405

Electra Someone shouts inside. Do you not hear, friends?

Chorus I heard, ah, me, sounds unfit to be heard, and I shudder!

Clytaemnestra Within. Ah, misery! Aegisthus, where, where are you?

Electra Look, once more someone cries out!

Clytaemnestra Within. My son, my son, have pity on your mother! 1410

Electra Why? You had none for him, nor for the father that begot him.

Chorus Wretched city, wretched race, now the fate that has held you day by day perishes—it perishes!

Clytaemnestra Within. Oh, I am wounded! 1415

Electra Stab her doubly, if you can!

Clytaemnestra Within. Ah, wounded again!

Electra Would that Aegisthus, too, were wounded!

Chorus The curses bring fulfillment: those who are buried live. For men long dead are draining their killers’ blood in a stream of requital. 1420

Chorus And now they are here! The red hand drips with sacrifice to Ares, and I cannot blame the deed.

Electra Orestes, what happened?

Orestes All is well within the house, if Apollo’s oracle spoke well. 1425

Electra The miserable woman is dead?

Orestes Have no more fear that your haughty mother will ever again trample on your rights.

Chorus Quiet! For I see Aegisthus in plain sight.

Electra You, young men, get back inside! 1430

Orestes Where do you see the man?

Electra He is at our mercy walking from the suburb, full of joy.

Chorus Go with all speed to the vestibule, so that, just as your first task prospered, so this one again may prosper now.

Orestes Have courage. We will accomplish it. 1435

Electra Hurry, then, to wherever you wish.

Orestes See, I am gone.

Electra Things here will be my concern. Exeunt Orestes and Pylades, into the house.

Chorus It would be well to whisper into this man’s ear some few words of seeming gentleness, so that he may rush blindly upon his trial before Justice. 1440

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Ἠλέκτρα

ὦ φίλταται γυναῖκες, ἅνδρες αὐτίκα

τελοῦσι τοὔργον· ἀλλὰ σῖγα πρόσμενε.

Χορός

πῶς δή; τί νῦν πράσσουσιν;

Ἠλέκτρα

ἡ μὲν ἐς τάφον
1400

λέβητα κοσμεῖ, τὼ δʼ ἐφέστατον πέλας.

Χορός

σὺ δʼ ἐκτὸς ᾖξας πρὸς τί;

Ἠλέκτρα

φρουρήσουσʼ ὅπως

Αἴγισθος ἡμᾶς μὴ λάθῃ μολὼν ἔσω.

Κλυταιμνήστρα

αἰαῖ. ἰὼ στέγαι

φίλων ἔρημοι, τῶν δʼ ἀπολλύντων πλέαι.
1405

Ἠλέκτρα

βοᾷ τις ἔνδον· οὐκ ἀκούετʼ, ὦ φίλαι;

Χορός

ἤκουσʼ ἀνήκουστα δύστανος, ὥστε φρῖξαι.

Κλυταιμνήστρα

οἴμοι τάλαινʼ· Αἴγισθε, ποῦ ποτʼ ὢν κυρεῖς;

Ἠλέκτρα

ἰδοὺ μάλʼ αὖ θροεῖ τις.

Κλυταιμνήστρα

ὦ τέκνον τέκνον, οἴκτιρε τὴν τεκοῦσαν.
1410

Ἠλέκτρα

ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐκ σέθεν

ᾠκτίρεθʼ οὗτος οὐδʼ ὁ γεννήσας πατήρ.

Χορός

ὦ πόλις, ὦ γενεὰ τάλαινα, νῦν σοι

μοῖρα καθαμερία φθίνει φθίνει.

Κλυταιμνήστρα

ὤμοι πέπληγμαι.
1415

Ἠλέκτρα

παῖσον, εἰ σθένεις, διπλῆν.

Κλυταιμνήστρα

ὤμοι μάλʼ αὖθις.

Ἠλέκτρα

εἰ γὰρ Αἰγίσθῳ θʼ ὁμοῦ.

Χορός

τελοῦσʼ ἀραί· ζῶσιν οἱ γᾶς ὑπαὶ κείμενοι.

παλίρρυτον γὰρ αἷμʼ ὑπεξαιροῦσι τῶν
1420

κτανόντων οἱ πάλαι θανόντες.

Χορός

καὶ μὴν πάρεισιν οἵδε· φοινία δὲ χεὶρ

στάζει θυηλῆς Ἄρεος, οὐδʼ ἔχω ψέγειν.

Ἠλέκτρα

Ὀρέστα, πῶς κυρεῖτε;

Ὀρέστης

τἀν δόμοισι μὲν

καλῶς, Ἀπόλλων εἰ καλῶς ἐθέσπισεν.
1425

Ἠλέκτρα

τέθνηκεν ἡ τάλαινα;

Ὀρέστης

μηκέτʼ ἐκφοβοῦ

μητρῷον ὥς σε λῆμʼ ἀτιμάσει ποτέ.

Χορός

παύσασθε· λεύσσω γὰρ Αἴγισθον ἐκ προδήλου.

Ἠλέκτρα

ὦ παῖδες, οὐκ ἄψορρον;
1430

Ὀρέστης

εἰσορᾶτε ποῦ τὸν ἄνδρʼ;

Ἠλέκτρα

ἐφʼ ἡμῖν οὗτος ἐκ προαστίου

χωρεῖ γεγηθὼς

Χορός

βᾶτε κατʼ ἀντιθύρων ὅσον τάχιστα,

νῦν, τὰ πρὶν εὖ θέμενοι, τάδʼ ὡς πάλιν.
1435

Ὀρέστης

θάρσει· τελοῦμεν.

Ἠλέκτρα

ᾗ νοεῖς ἔπειγέ νυν.

Ὀρέστης

καὶ δὴ βέβηκα.

Ἠλέκτρα

τἀνθάδʼ ἂν μέλοιτʼ ἐμοί.

Χορός

διʼ ὠτὸς ἂν παῦρά γʼ ὡς ἠπίως ἐννέπειν

πρὸς ἄνδρα τόνδε συμφέροι, λαθραῖον ὡς
1440

ὀρούσῃ πρὸς δίκας ἀγῶνα.

Seht ihn, seht Ares, wie

(allein.) Strophe. (sie folgt ihnen.)

Der Chor.

Er Blut schnaubend hin zum Kampf stürmt voll Wuth!

Des Fluches Hunde drangen schon in's Haus hinein,

Die an die Sohle sich hesten der Gräuelthat,
1355

Die Unentfliehbaren;

Und schwebend auf Entscheidung harrt,

Was träumend ahnte meinem Geist, nicht lange mehr.

Gegenstrophe.

Chorus

Behold how Ares stalks onward,

breathing bloody vengeance that is hard to oppose. Just now have the hunters of wicked crimes passed beneath that roof there, the hounds which none may flee. And so not long shall
1385

the vision of my soul hang in suspense.
1390

Chorus

The champion of the spirits infernal is ushered on guileful feet into the house, the rich, ancestral palace of his father, and he bears keen-edged death in his hands.

Maia ’s son Hermes, who has shrouded the guile in darkness, leads him right to his goal and delays no longer.
1395

Electra

My dearest friends, in a moment the men will do the deed. But wait in silence.

Chorus

How do they fare? What are they doing now?
1400

Electra

She is decking the urn for burial; the two of them stand close to her.

Chorus

And why have you hurried out?

Electra

To guard against Aegisthus entering before we are aware.

Clytaemnestra
Within.

Oh! Oh! Our house

is empty of friends and filled with murderers!
1405

Electra

Someone shouts inside. Do you not hear, friends?

Chorus

I heard, ah, me, sounds unfit to be heard, and I shudder!

Clytaemnestra
Within.

Ah, misery! Aegisthus, where, where are you?

Electra

Look, once more someone cries out!

Clytaemnestra
Within.

My son, my son, have pity on your mother!
1410

Electra

Why? You had none for him, nor for the father that begot him.

Chorus

Wretched city, wretched race, now the fate that has held you day by day perishes—it perishes!

Clytaemnestra
Within.

Oh, I am wounded!
1415

Electra

Stab her doubly, if you can!

Clytaemnestra
Within.

Ah, wounded again!

Electra

Would that Aegisthus, too, were wounded!

Chorus

The curses bring fulfillment: those who are buried live.

For men long dead are draining their killers’ blood in a stream of requital.
1420

Chorus

And now they are here! The red hand drips with sacrifice to Ares, and I cannot blame the deed.

Electra

Orestes, what happened?

Orestes

All is well within the house,

if Apollo’s oracle spoke well.
1425

Electra

The miserable woman is dead?

Orestes

Have no more fear that your haughty mother will ever again trample on your rights.

Chorus

Quiet! For I see Aegisthus in plain sight.

Electra

You, young men, get back inside!
1430

Orestes

Where do you see the man?

Electra

He is at our mercy walking from the suburb, full of joy.

Chorus

Go with all speed to the vestibule, so that, just as your first task prospered, so this one again may prosper now.

Orestes

Have courage. We will accomplish it.
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Electra

Hurry, then, to wherever you wish.

Orestes

See, I am gone.

Electra

Things here will be my concern. Exeunt Orestes and Pylades, into the house.

Chorus

It would be well to whisper into this man’s ear some few words of seeming gentleness,

so that he may rush blindly upon his trial before Justice.
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