φίλαι, τρέσητε μηδέν. ΑΝ. ἀλλὰ ποῖ φύγω;
Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.
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Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 1751-1779 focus
Θησεύς
παύετε θρήνων, παῖδες· ἐν οἷς γὰρ
χάρις ἡ χθονία ξύνʼ ἀπόκειται,
πενθεῖν οὐ χρή· νέμεσις γάρ.
παύετε θρήνων, παῖδες· ἐν οἷς γὰρ
χάρις ἡ χθονία ξύνʼ ἀπόκειται,
πενθεῖν οὐ χρή· νέμεσις γάρ.
Ἀντιγόνη
ὦ τέκνον Αἰγέως, προσπίτνομέν σοι.
ὦ τέκνον Αἰγέως, προσπίτνομέν σοι.
Θησεύς
τίνος, ὦ παῖδες, χρείας ἀνύσαι;
1755
τίνος, ὦ παῖδες, χρείας ἀνύσαι;
1755
Ἀντιγόνη
τύμβον θέλομεν προσιδεῖν αὐταὶ πατρὸς ἡμετέρου.
τύμβον θέλομεν προσιδεῖν αὐταὶ πατρὸς ἡμετέρου.
Θησεύς
ἀλλʼ οὐ θεμιτόν.
ἀλλʼ οὐ θεμιτόν.
Ἀντιγόνη
πῶς εἶπας, ἄναξ, κοίρανʼ Ἀθηνῶν;
πῶς εἶπας, ἄναξ, κοίρανʼ Ἀθηνῶν;
Θησεύς
ὦ παῖδες, ἀπεῖπεν ἐμοὶ κεῖνος
1760
μήτε πελάζειν ἐς τούσδε τόπους
μήτʼ ἐπιφωνεῖν μηδένα θνητῶν
θήκην ἱεράν, ἣν κεῖνος ἔχει.
καὶ ταῦτά μʼ ἔφη πράσσοντα καλῶς
χώραν ἕξειν αἰὲν ἄλυπον.
1765
ταῦτʼ οὖν ἔκλυεν δαίμων ἡμῶν
χὠ πάντʼ ἀΐων Διὸς Ὅρκος.
ὦ παῖδες, ἀπεῖπεν ἐμοὶ κεῖνος
1760
μήτε πελάζειν ἐς τούσδε τόπους
μήτʼ ἐπιφωνεῖν μηδένα θνητῶν
θήκην ἱεράν, ἣν κεῖνος ἔχει.
καὶ ταῦτά μʼ ἔφη πράσσοντα καλῶς
χώραν ἕξειν αἰὲν ἄλυπον.
1765
ταῦτʼ οὖν ἔκλυεν δαίμων ἡμῶν
χὠ πάντʼ ἀΐων Διὸς Ὅρκος.
Ἀντιγόνη
ἀλλʼ εἰ τάδʼ ἔχει κατὰ νοῦν κείνῳ,
ταῦτʼ ἂν ἀπαρκοῖ· Θήβας δʼ ἡμᾶς
τὰς ὠγυγίους πέμψον, ἐάν πως
1770
διακωλύσωμεν ἰόντα φόνον
τοῖσιν ὁμαίμοις.
ἀλλʼ εἰ τάδʼ ἔχει κατὰ νοῦν κείνῳ,
ταῦτʼ ἂν ἀπαρκοῖ· Θήβας δʼ ἡμᾶς
τὰς ὠγυγίους πέμψον, ἐάν πως
1770
διακωλύσωμεν ἰόντα φόνον
τοῖσιν ὁμαίμοις.
Θησεύς
δράσω καὶ τάδε καὶ πάνθʼ ὁπόσʼ ἂν
μέλλω πράσσειν πρόσφορά θʼ ὑμῖν
καὶ τῷ κατὰ γῆς, ὃς νέον ἔρρει,
1775
πρὸς χάριν· οὐ δεῖ μʼ ἀποκάμνειν.
δράσω καὶ τάδε καὶ πάνθʼ ὁπόσʼ ἂν
μέλλω πράσσειν πρόσφορά θʼ ὑμῖν
καὶ τῷ κατὰ γῆς, ὃς νέον ἔρρει,
1775
πρὸς χάριν· οὐ δεῖ μʼ ἀποκάμνειν.
Χορός
ἀλλʼ ἀποπαύετε μηδʼ ἐπὶ πλείω
θρῆνον ἐγείρετε·
πάντως γὰρ ἔχει τάδε κῦρος.
ἀλλʼ ἀποπαύετε μηδʼ ἐπὶ πλείω
θρῆνον ἐγείρετε·
πάντως γὰρ ἔχει τάδε κῦρος.
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1737 focus
zaget nicht, ihr Lieben!
Auch jüngst entfloht ihr
zaget nicht, ihr Lieben!
Auch jüngst entfloht ihr
Antigone.
Doch wo flieh' ich hin?
Wem?
Doch wo flieh' ich hin?
Wem?
Der Chor.
Dem Leide, das euch schwer bedroht.
Dem Leide, das euch schwer bedroht.
Antigone.
Ich denk'
1715
Ich denk'
1715
Der Chor.
Und was denn sinnst du mehr?
Und was denn sinnst du mehr?
Antigone.
Wie wir zur Heimat kommen, ich
Weiß es nicht.
Wie wir zur Heimat kommen, ich
Weiß es nicht.
Der Chor.
Auch suche das nicht.
Auch suche das nicht.
Antigone.
Noth bedrängt uns
Noth bedrängt uns
Der Chor.
Auch zuvor schon.
Auch zuvor schon.
Antigone.
Ohne Maß, oft über Maß auch.
Ohne Maß, oft über Maß auch.
Der Chor.
Wohl: ein graunvoll Meer umwogt euch.
1720
Weh, weh! Zeus, wohin mich wenden?
Denn zu welcher Hoffnung treiben
Mich endlich noch die Götter?
Theseus. Die Vorigen.
Wohl: ein graunvoll Meer umwogt euch.
1720
Weh, weh! Zeus, wohin mich wenden?
Denn zu welcher Hoffnung treiben
Mich endlich noch die Götter?
Theseus.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 1751-1777 focus
Enter Theseus.
Theseus
Cease your lament, children! Where the favor of the nether night is stored up, there is no room for sorrow; divine retribution would follow.
Cease your lament, children! Where the favor of the nether night is stored up, there is no room for sorrow; divine retribution would follow.
Antigone
Son of Aegeus, we supplicate you!
Son of Aegeus, we supplicate you!
Theseus
To obtain what desire, my children?
1755
To obtain what desire, my children?
1755
Antigone
We want look with our own eyes upon our father’s tomb.
We want look with our own eyes upon our father’s tomb.
Theseus
It is not right to go there.
It is not right to go there.
Antigone
What do you mean, lord, ruler of
Athens
?
What do you mean, lord, ruler of
Athens
?
Theseus
Children, he told me that no one should draw near that place, or approach with prayer the sacred tomb in which he sleeps. He said that, so long as I saw to this, I would always keep the country free from pain.
1760
The divinity heard me say these things, as did the all-seeing Oath of Zeus.
1765
Children, he told me that no one should draw near that place, or approach with prayer the sacred tomb in which he sleeps. He said that, so long as I saw to this, I would always keep the country free from pain.
1760
The divinity heard me say these things, as did the all-seeing Oath of Zeus.
1765
Antigone
If this is his intention, we must be content with it.
Send us to ancient
Thebes
, in case we may somehow stop the bloodshed that threatens our brothers.
1770
If this is his intention, we must be content with it.
Send us to ancient
Thebes
, in case we may somehow stop the bloodshed that threatens our brothers.
1770
Theseus
I will do both this and whatever other favorable service I can, for you
and for the newly-departed under the earth, according to the gratitude I owe. I am bound to spare no pains.
1775
I will do both this and whatever other favorable service I can, for you
and for the newly-departed under the earth, according to the gratitude I owe. I am bound to spare no pains.
1775
Chorus
Cease; raise up the lamentation no further. These things are established firm and fixed.
Cease; raise up the lamentation no further. These things are established firm and fixed.
Commentary
Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))
mvp-comment-1163-1 In these verses the utterances usually assigned to Antigone all turn on her anxiety as to a refuge, and her desire to return to Thebes. Such feelings, at this moment, are more in harmony with the character of Ismene (cp. 1735). Antigone is at present absorbed in the yearning to visit her father's tomb, or at least the spot where she last saw him alive (1724). When Theseus appears, it is this wish which she instantly presses on him. Only when it has been put aside does she think of a return to Thebes (1769).
mvp-comment-1163-2
Ought we, then, to read
ΙΣ. for
ΑΝ. throughout vv. 1737—1750? This has been suggested by Bergk. I may observe that the Laur. MS. leaves the question open. At 1730 it has
ΑΝ. before
τί τόδ’ ἐπέπληξας . After that, there is no indication of any person, but only short lines (-), until at 1741
ΑΝ. again stands before
φρονῶ . The next words,
τί δῆθ’ etc., have
ΧΟ. before them: but after that no person is indicated till 1751, where
ΧΟ. (instead of
ΘΗ. ) is erroneously placed before
παύετε .
mvp-comment-1163-3
I am disposed to think that Sophocles wrote the words for Ismene, but that the fourth-actor difficulty had led to a fluctuation of stage-practice, which helps to account for the ambiguity of the MS. tradition. See the note on the Dramatis Personae. If the part of Ismene,
after v. 509, was ever taken by a
κωφὸν πρόσωπον , there may then have been a wish to keep her part in this scene as small as possible. Similarly at 1689 ff. there is a doubt as to which sister ought to have the words
οὐ κάτοιδα...βιωτός .
Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus
1737. mvp-comment-925-1 The interchange in strophe B' was between Antigone and Ismene: in the antistrophe it is between single members of the chorus and Antigone. The number of interlocutions assigned to the chorus, 15 counting from 1667, shows that here as in other κομμοί the choreutae took part successively in the dialogue, but in what order they did so can hardly be determined.