Sophocles Electra 1464

ed. Lewis Campbell

ὦ Ζεῦ, δέδορκα φάσμ᾽ ἄνευ φθόνου φόνου φθόνου μὲν οὐ

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

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Translations (1)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1466 focus
Zeus! Ein Opfer, hingestreckt durch Götterzorn,
Erblick' ich! Doch ich schweige, wenn ich Sünde sprach.
Löst ganz die Hülle meinem Blick, daß auch von mir
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Dem Anverwandten sei gebracht der Thränen Zoll!

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-809-1 καὶ δὴ 1 τἀπ’ ἐμοῦ 2

mvp-comment-809-2 τελεῖται 3

mvp-comment-809-3 τῷ … χρόνῳ 4

mvp-comment-809-4 συμφέρειν τοῖς κρείσσοσιν 5

mvp-comment-809-5 As Electra utters these words, the central doors are opened, and the eccyclema is pushed forward. This was a small and low stage. A corpse is seen upon it, the face and outlines concealed by a covering. Near it stand Orestes and Pylades—the ‘Phocians’ whom Aegisthus seeks. The eccyclema remains displayed to the end, and at v. 1507 Orestes and Pylades go out behind it. So in the Antigone the eccyclema is in view from 1293 to the close, and at 1347 Creon is led off behind it.

mvp-comment-809-6 The corpse here is an effigy, like that of Haemon in Ant. 1261 ff. The deuteragonist, who had played Clytaemnestra, is now playing Orestes.

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

1462-1463. mvp-comment-689-1 μηδὲ.. φρένας] ‘And may not, by encountering my chastisement, be made wise against his will.' Cp. Aesch. Ag. 180, καὶ παρ᾿ ἄκοντας ἦλθε σωφρονεῖν : Ο. С. 172.