Electra. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.
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Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 823-870 focus
Χορός
ποῦ ποτε κεραυνοὶ Διὸς ἢ ποῦ φαέθων
Ἅλιος, εἰ ταῦτʼ ἐφορῶντες κρύπτουσιν ἕκηλοι;
825
Ἠλέκτρα
ἒ ἔ, αἰαῖ.
Χορός
ὦ παῖ, τί δακρύεις;
Ἠλέκτρα
φεῦ.
Χορός
μηδὲν μέγʼ ἀΰσῃς.
830
Ἠλέκτρα
ἀπολεῖς.
Χορός
πῶς;
Ἠλέκτρα
εἰ τῶν φανερῶς οἰχομένων
εἰς Ἀΐδαν ἐλπίδʼ ὑποίσεις, κατʼ ἐμοῦ τακομένας
μᾶλλον ἐπεμβάσει.
835
Χορός
οἶδα γὰρ ἄνακτʼ Ἀμφιάρεων χρυσοδέτοις
ἕρκεσι κρυφθέντα γυναικῶν· καὶ νῦν ὑπὸ γαίας
Ἠλέκτρα
ἒ ἔ, ἰώ.
840
Χορός
πάμψυχος ἀνάσσει.
Ἠλέκτρα
φεῦ.
Χορός
φεῦ δῆτʼ· ὀλοὰ γὰρ
Ἠλέκτρα
ἐδάμη.
Χορός
ναί.
845
Ἠλέκτρα
οἶδʼ οἶδʼ· ἐφάνη γὰρ μελέτωρ
ἀμφὶ τὸν ἐν πένθει· ἐμοὶ δʼ οὔτις ἔτʼ ἔσθʼ· ὃς γὰρ ἔτʼ ἦν,
φροῦδος ἀναρπασθείς.
Χορός
δειλαία δειλαίων κυρεῖς.
Ἠλέκτρα
κἀγὼ τοῦδʼ ἴστωρ, ὑπερίστωρ,
850
πανσύρτῳ παμμήνῳ πολλῶν
δεινῶν στυγνῶν τʼ αἰῶνι.
Χορός
εἴδομεν ἁθρήνεις.
Ἠλέκτρα
μή μέ νυν μηκέτι
855
παραγάγῃς, ἵνʼ οὐ
Χορός
τί φής;
Ἠλέκτρα
πάρεισιν ἐλπίδων ἔτι κοινοτόκων
εὐπατριδᾶν ἀρωγαί.
Χορός
πᾶσι θνατοῖς ἔφυ μόρος.
860
Ἠλέκτρα
ἦ καὶ χαλάργοις ἐν ἁμίλλαις
οὕτως, ὡς κείνῳ δυστάνῳ,
τμητοῖς ὁλκοῖς ἐγκῦρσαι;
Χορός
ἄσκοπος ἁ λώβα.
Ἠλέκτρα
πῶς γὰρ οὔκ; εἰ ξένος
865
ἄτερ ἐμᾶν χερῶν
Χορός
παπαῖ.
Ἠλέκτρα
κέκευθεν, οὔτε του τάφου ἀντιάσας
οὔτε γόων παρʼ ἡμῶν.
870
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 660 focus
Ihr fremden Frauen, ich vernähme gern von euch,
Ob dies das Haus Aegisthos', eures Herrschers, ist.
645
Der Chor.
Das ist es, Fremdling: recht gerathen hast du selbst.
Der Pfleger.
Und rath' ich recht auch: steht sie hier, des Königes
Gemahl? Ihr Anblick kündet ja die Herrin an.
Der Chor.
Du trasst es richtig: eben sie erblickst du hier.
Der Pfleger.
Heil dir, o Fürstin! Frohe Kunden bring' ich dir
650
Und auch Aegisthen, abgesandt von einem Freund.
Klytämnestra.
Willkommen sei die Rede; doch vor Allem laß
Mich erst erfahren, welcher Mann dich uns gesandt.
Der Pfleger.
Euch schickt der Phoker Phanoteus ein großes Wort.
Klytämnestra.
Was ist es, Fremdling? Rede! Denn vom Freund gesandt,
655
Das weiß ich, bringst du sicher mir ein freundlich Wort.
Der Pfleger.
Todt ist Orestes; kurzgefaßt verkünd' ich es.
Elektra.
Weh mir! Des Todes bin ich, ach, an diesem Tag!
Klytämnestra.
Wie sagst du, Freund, was sagst du? Hör' auf diese nicht.
Der Pfleger.
Todt ist Orestes, sag' ich jezt, und sagt' ich schon.
660
Elektra.
Ich Arme bin verloren, ach, ich bin dahin!
Klytämnestra.
Du treibe nur das Deine; mir indeß, o Freund,
Sag' an die Wahrheit: wie ereilt' ihn sein Geschick?
Der Pfleger.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 823-870 focus
Chorus
Where are the thunderbolts of Zeus, or where the
shining Sun, if they look upon these things and quietly cover them over?
825
Electra
Ah, me, ah, me!
Chorus
My child, why do you weep?
Electra
Oh!
Chorus
Give no cry of bad omen!
830
Electra
You will break my heart!
Chorus
How do you mean?
Electra
If you suggest that I keep hope for those who have surely passed to Hades,
you will trample even harder upon me as I waste away.
835
Chorus
No, for I know that the prince Amphiaraus was ensnared by a woman’s chain of gold and swallowed up. And now beneath the earth—
Electra
ah, me, ah, me!
840
Chorus
—He reigns supreme with the wits of the living.
Electra
ah, me!
Chorus
ah, me, indeed! For the murderess—
Electra
Was slain.
Chorus
Yes.
845
Electra
I know it; I know it. For a champion arose to avenge the grieving dead. But for me no champion remains: he who yet remained has been snatched clean away.
Chorus
Unhappy are you, unhappy your destiny!
Electra
How well I know that, all too well, with my life swept through all the months by abundant terrors and horrors!
850
Chorus
We have witnessed the events for which you mourn.
Electra
Cease, then, to divert me from it, since no longer—
855
Chorus
What do you say?
Electra
—Since I no longer have hope in my brother, the seed of our shared noble line, to aid me.
Chorus
Nature ordains death as the destiny of all mortals.
860
Electra
What, a death like the one which that ill-fated one died beneath a race of swift hooves, entangled in the cutting, dragging reins?
Chorus
The mutilation is beyond thought!
Electra
Yes, so it is, when in foreign soil, without being tended by my hands—
865
Chorus
Ah, no!
Electra
—he has been buried not receiving from me either burial
or lamentation.
870
Commentary
Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))
Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus
670. mvp-comment-305-1 πρᾶγμα.. μέγα] 'Having on his hands the care of a great matter.' The report is identified with the event.
670. mvp-comment-305-2 πρᾶγμα.. μέγα] 'Having on his hands the care of a great matter.' The report is identified with the event.