Sophocles Philoctetes 123

Richard Jebb (Translator)

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Philoctetes. Sophocles. Richard Jebb (Translator). Cambridge. 1898.

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Philoctetes (English) (Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 4: The Philoctetes. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1898. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 123 focus
σὺ μὲν μένων νυν νῦν om. κεῖνον ἐκεῖνον ἐνθάδ᾽ ἐκδέχου,
ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἄπειμι, μὴ κατοπτευθῶ παρών,
καὶ τὸν σκοπὸν πρὸς ναῦν ἀποστελῶ πάλιν.
125
καὶ δεῦρ᾽, ἐάν μοι τοῦ χρόνου τοῦ χρόνου(σ) τοῦ χρόνου δοκῆτέ τι δοκῆτ᾽ ἔτι
κατασχολάζειν, αὖθις αὖτις αὖθις ἐκπέμψω ἐκπέμπω ἐκπέμπω ἐκπέμψω πάλιν
τοῦτον τὸν αὐτὸν ἄνδρα, ναυκλήρου τρόποις
μορφὴν δολώσας, ὡς ἂν ἀγνοία προσῇ·
οὗ δῆτα, τέκνον, ποικίλως αὐδωμένου αὐδὴν μένον αὐδωμένου αὐδουμένω
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δέχου τὰ συμφέροντα τῶν ἀεὶ λόγων.
ἐγὼ δὲ πρὸς ναῦν εἶμι, σοὶ παρεὶς τάδε·
῾Ἑρμῆς δ᾽ ὁ πέμπων πέμπων δόλιος ἡγήσαιτο νῷν
Νίκη τ᾿ ᾿Αθάνα ἀθηνᾶ Πολιάς om., ἢ σώζει μ' ἀεί.
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 123 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 123 focus
Thou, then, await him here. I will retire,
For fear my hated presence should be known,
And take back our attendant to the ship.
And then once more, should ye appear to waste
125
The time unduly, I will send again
This same man hither in disguise, transformed
To the strange semblance of a merchantman;
From dark suggestion of whose crafty tongue,
Thou, O my son, shalt gather timely counsel.
130
Now to my ship. This charge I leave to thee.
May secret Hermes guide us to our end,
And civic Pallas, named of victory,
The sure protectress of my devious way.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 123 focus
So bleibe hier und harre, bis der Mann erscheint;
Ich aber gehe, daß er mich nicht hier erspürt,
Und sende wieder an das Schiff den Späher hin.
125
Und später will ich, wenn ihr allzulange mir
Zu säumen scheinet, wiederum denselben Mann
Hieher dir senden, trügerisch in falsche Tracht
Gehüllt als Schiffsherr, daß er nicht erkennbar sei.
Wenn dieser dann verschmizte Neden führt, o Sohn,
130
So greife davon immer auf, was taugen mag.
Ich, nun zum Schiffe gehend, stell' es dir auheim.
Führ' uns, o schlauer Hermes und Athene du, 1
Siegsgöttin, Hort der Städte, die mich stets beschirmt!
(Odysseus geht ab. Der Chor der Schiffsleute, der Gefährten des Neoptolemos, tritt auf.) Neoptolemos. Der Chor. Erste Strophe.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 123 focus
Here then remain thou ; I must not be seen.
If thou stay long, I'll send a faithful spy.
Who in a sailor's habit well disguised
May pass unknown ; of him, from time to time,
What best may suit our purpose thou shalt know.
I'll to the ship. Farewell ! and may the god
Who brought us here, the fraudful Mercury,
And great Minerva, guardian of our countr}^,
And ever kind to me, protect us still ! \ExtvMt.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 123 focus
Abide thou here expecting his returnier OT
I now must leave thee, to avoid his sight,
And the attendant, who observes his steps,
Will order to the bark. If your delay
125
Exceeds my expectation, I will send to di
The same man back in such habiliments
As to appear the master of some bark,
That he may come not known in such a garb:
Artful and various thou wilt find his words.
But gather from them to the presenticause
What is of highest import: to the shipm
130
I go, these things committing to thy charge.
May Hermes, god of wiles, who led us forth,
Be now our guide, and the victorious queen,
Pallas, protectress of the rampired town,
Who always shields me with her guardian care!

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-83-1 ἐκδέχου 1

mvp-comment-84-1 κατοπτευθῶ 2

mvp-comment-84-2 καὶ τὸν σκοπὸν 3 ναῦν 4

mvp-comment-85-1 καὶ δεῦῤ 5

mvp-comment-85-2 τοῦ χρόνου … τι κατασχολάζειν 6

mvp-comment-85-3 ἐκπέμψω 7

mvp-comment-86-1 ναυκλήρου 8

mvp-comment-86-2 τρόποις 9 τρόπον 10

mvp-comment-87-1 ἀγνοία 11 προσῇ 12 ἀγνοίᾳ 13

mvp-comment-88-1 οὗ δῆτα 14 οὗ δὴ σύ 15 οὗ 16 δέχου 17

mvp-comment-88-2 ποικίλως 18

mvp-comment-88-3 αὐδωμένου 19

mvp-comment-88-4 τὰ συμφέροντα 20 τῶν ἀεὶ λόγων 21

mvp-comment-88-5 σοὶ παρεὶς τάδε 22

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

125. mvp-comment-85-1 τὸν σκοπόν] The attendant who has been set to watch for Philoctetes, supr. 45. This guard is no longer necessary when Odysseus withdraws.

126-127. mvp-comment-86-1 ἐάν μοι.. κατασχολάζειν] If I find at all that you are wasting time.' τοῦ χρόνου τι is put by λιτότης for τὸν χρόνον ας τούτων τι for ταῦτα in Ant. 35, and κατασχολάζειν is used actively like other compounds of κατά, e.g. καταρ γυροῦν, κατοκνεῖν, καταστασιάζειν, καταυλεῖν, καταστρατηγεῖν, κατασιωπᾶν, καταληρεῖν, κατακερδαίνειν, καταδαπανᾶν.

128-129. mvp-comment-87-1 ναυκλήρου τρόποις .. προσῇ] Having craftily disguised him after the fashion of a sea-captain, that he may not be known.' Cp. El. 654, Trach. 350.

130. mvp-comment-88-1 From whose mouth, my son, I pray thee, as he utters cunningly-devised words, thou shalt be ready to take whatever in his speech from time to time is profitable.' 'The genitive οὗ is (a) genitive after δέχου, (b) after λόγων, (c) genitive absolute. αὐδᾶσθαι is mid. not passive here and in Aj. 772. δέχεσθαι implies attentive expectation.