Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus 1751

ed. Lewis Campbell

παύετε θρήνων, παῖδες· ἐν οἷς γὰρ

Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.

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Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1751 focus
Hemmt, Kinder, den Gram! Nicht Trauer geziemt,
Wo, freudig, zum Tod, in der Schatten Gebiet
1725
Ein Freund stieg: Sünde ja wär' es.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 1751-1777 focus

Commentary

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1751. mvp-comment-933-1 The genitive θρήνων is the harder reading, and the absolute use of the imperative is more forcible. Cp. Phil. 1275, παθε, μὴ λέξῃς πέρα.

1751. mvp-comment-933-2 ἐν οἷς γὰρ .. χρή] (1) • For it is wrong to make lamentation amongst those for whom the favour of the dead is laid up in store as a public benefit. That may well provoke their anger.' ἐν οἷς = ἐν τούτοις, οἷς; i. e. the blessing which Oedipus has left for the Athenians is not to be disturbed by violent mourning in their presence. For ξυνά, cp. Pind. Isthm. 8.46, φαντὶ γὰρ ξυν᾿ ἀλέγειν | καὶ γάμον Θέτιος ἄνακτε. Or (2), the meaning may be more general. It is wrong and provocative of Wrath to continue mourning in a case where the favour of the powers beneath rests with the dead. For ξυνά, sc. τῷ θανόντι, cp. Αj. 577, τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα τεύχη κοίν᾿ ἐμοὶ τεθάψεται. And, for ἐν οἷς, Εl. 141-142, ἀεὶ στενάχουσα διόλλυσαι, | ἐν οἷς ἀνάλυσίς ἐστιν οὐδεμία κακῶν. For the sentiment, cp. supr. 1556 ff., 1663 ff. But the former explanation (1) is more pointed in connection with the approach of Theseus and his train. Cp. supr. 633.