Sophocles Electra 552

Richard Jebb (Translator)

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Electra. Sophocles. Richard Jebb (Translator). Cambridge. 1894.

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Current edition Experimental

Electra (English) (Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 6: The Electra. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1894. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 552 focus
ἐρεῖς μὲν οὐχὶ νῦν γέ μ᾿ ὡς ἄρξασά τι
λυπηρόν, εἶτα σοῦ τάδ' ἐξήκουσ᾽ ὕπο·
ἀλλ᾽ ἦν ἣν L. ἐφῇς ἐφῆσ L. ἐφῆς AFL2 Pal. (c. gl. συγχωρήσεις). μοι, τοῦ τεθνηκότος θ᾽ om. LFL². γ' A. ὕπερ
λέξαιμ᾽ ἂν ὀρθῶς τῆς κασιγνήτης θ᾽ ὁμοῦ.
555
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 552 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 552 focus
Thou canst not say this time that I began
And brought this on me by some taunting word.
But, so you’d suffer me, I would declare
The right both for my sister and my sire.
555
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 552 focus
Jezt kannst du doch nicht sagen, daß ich dich zuerst
Gekränkt und solche Reden dann von dir gehört.
Doch wenn du mir's gestattest, sagt' ich gerne wohl
Vom Todten und der Schwester dir ein offnes Wort.
Und wohl gestatt' ich's. Wenn du so mich allezeit
540
Angingst in Worten, hört' ich ohne Groll dich an.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 552 focus
T slew thy father ; yet not I alone,
I had the hand of justice to assist m(
Thou hast no plea for bitterness like this ;
Thou canst not say that I provoked thee to it.
I have been silent : had I leave to speak
I could defend an injured father's cause,
And tell thee wherefore Iphigenia fell.
Cly. I do permit thee ; and if modest thus
Thou hadst addressed me always thy free speech
555
Had ne'er offended.
555
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 552 focus
Thou wilt not say this harshness was provoked
Now by my harsh reproach. But, grant me leave,
Of my dead father, and my sister's death,
As truth and reason prompt me, I will speak.
555

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-325-1 ἐρεῖς μὲν οὐχὶ 1 ἐρεῖς 2 ἐρεῖς … μ’ ὡς 3

mvp-comment-325-2 ἄρξασά τι λυπηρὸν 4

mvp-comment-325-3 τάδ’ ἐξήκους’ 5

mvp-comment-326-1 τοῦ τεθνηκότος θ’ ὕπερ 6

mvp-comment-327-1 καὶ μὴν 7

mvp-comment-327-2 λόγους ἐξῆρχές με 8

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

552-553. mvp-comment-249-1 έρε ἐρεῖς . . λυπηρόν] The death of Iphigenia was a painful subject to Electra.

556-557. mvp-comment-250-1 εἰ δὲ μ᾿ ὧδ' ἀεὶ λόγους | ἐξήρχες] 'If your speeches to me were always tuned in that key.' με is governed κατὰ σύνεσιν by the whole phrase, as equivalent to ὧδε προσηγόρευες, ἐξάρχειν is used as in ἐξάρχειν μέλος. Electra is imagined as sounding the note to which Clytemnestra responds.