Sophocles Electra 1508

Robert Potter (Translator)

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O race of Atreus, scarce hast thou arrived!!
Through many sufferings at thy ancient state
Of liberty, by this bold deed achieved!
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
This book is under no circumstances to be
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taken from the Building
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Electra. 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 (1)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1508 focus
ὦ σπέρμ᾽ Ἀτρέως, ὡς πολλὰ παθὸν
δι' ἐλευθερίας μόλις ἐξῆλθες
τῇ νῦν ὁρμῇ τελεωθέν.
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Translations (3)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1508 focus
O seed of Atreus! how triumphantly
Through grief and hardness thou hast freedom found,
With full achievement in this onset crowned!
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German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1508 focus
Atreus' Stamm, wie drangst du so schwer
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Durch zahllos Leid zu der Freiheit durch,
Die nun dies Werk dir errungen!
(Alle ab in's Haus.)
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1508 focus
Son of AcJiilles.
Companion of Hercules.
A Spy.
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Commentary

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

mvp-comment-831-1 ὦ σπέρμ’ Ἀτρέως 1

mvp-comment-832-1 δἰ ἐλευθερίας … ἐξῆλθες 2

mvp-comment-833-1 ὁρμῇ 3 τελεωθέν 4

mvp-comment-833-2 This play contains no presage of trouble to come, and fitly ends with the word

τελεωθέν
. Contrast the closing words of the Choephori (1075 f.):
ποῖ δῆτα κρανεῖ, ποῖ καταλήξει | μετακοιμισθὲν μένος ἄτης;

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

1508-1510. mvp-comment-711-1 'O seed of Atreus, how, after many woes, thou hast hardly won thy way into the path of freedom, being made perfect by the effort of to-day!' δι᾽ ἐλευθερίας ἐξῆλθες is a pregnant expression, equivalent to ἐξῆλθες ὥστε δι᾿ ἐλευθερίας ἰέναι.