Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus 473

Lewis Campbell (Translator)

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Alas!
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How manifold, the inheritance of woe
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Drawn from the troubled fountain of our birth!
Indelible, ineradicable grief!
For him erewhile
We had labour infinite and unrelieved,
And now in his last hour we have to tell
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Of sights and sorrows beyond thought.

Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles. Lewis Campbell (Translator). London, New York and Toronto. 1906.

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Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 473 focus
ὧν κρᾶτʼ ἔρεψον καὶ λαβὰς ἀμφιστόμους.
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 510-548 focus
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 461 focus
Wohl werth des Mitleids, Dedipus, erscheinst du selbst
Und deine Töchter! Aber da du meinem Land
Dich jezt zum Helfer selbst erbeutst mit diesem Wort:
So will ich treulich rathen, was dir frommen kann.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 510-546c focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-1127-1 αἰαῖ, φεῦ 1

mvp-comment-1127-2 ἔστιν ἔστι νῷν δή 2

mvp-comment-1127-3 οὐ τὸ μέν, ἄλλο δὲ μή 3

mvp-comment-1128-1 ἔμφυτον 4

mvp-comment-1128-2 ἄλαστον 5

mvp-comment-1128-3 αἷμα 6

mvp-comment-1129-1 ᾧτινι 7

mvp-comment-1129-2 τὸν πολὺν 8

mvp-comment-1130-1 ἐν πυμάτῳ 9

mvp-comment-1130-2 ἀλόγιστα 10

mvp-comment-1130-3 παροίσομεν 11

mvp-comment-1131-1 ἰδόντε καὶ παθούσα 12

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

1672. mvp-comment-893-1 αἷμα is here primarily Bloodrelationship, with perhaps a secondary association (pointed by the word ἄλαστον) from the other meaning of Blood-guiltiness.' Cp. O. Τ. 1400, αἱ τοὐμὸν αἷμα τῶν ἐμῶν χειρῶν ἄπο | ἐπίετε πατρός.

1673. mvp-comment-894-1 The form ᾧτινι (= ὅτῳ) is rare, and Badham has conjectured ὥτινε. But the dative properly expresses the connection between the two parts of the sentence. Essay on Language § 12. p. 18. And Elmsley has quoted Eur. Hipp. 903, τὸ μέντοι πρᾶγμ᾽, ἐφ᾽ ᾧτινι στένεις | οὐκ οἶδα: Arist. Pax 1278, σὺ γὰρ εἰπέ μοι VOL. I. οἷστισι χαίρεις.

1675. mvp-comment-895-1 For παροίσομεν, cp. Hdt. 9. 26, καινὰ καὶ παλαιὰ παραφέροντες ἔργα,

1676. mvp-comment-896-1 παθούσα Το avoid the discrepancy of terminations several critics read παθόντε. But there does not seem to be sufficient ground for deserting the MSS. Hermann rightly says, 'Nesciebat Brunckius harum formarum usum ad sonorum suavitatem attemperari, quum putavit Sophoclem scripsisse ἰδόντε καὶ πάθοντε.