Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus 389

Thomas Francklin (Translator)

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Chorus
Thou hast already 'scaped

Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles. Thomas Francklin (Translator). London. 1758–1759.

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Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 389 focus
σὲ τοῖς ἐκεῖ ζητητὸν ἀνθρώποις ποτὲ
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 510-548 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 389 focus
THE
1139
I marvel not at all if mere delight
In these thy daughters lengthened thy discourse,
Or led thee to address them before me.
1140
That gives me not the shadow of annoy.
Nor am I careful to adorn my life
With words of praise, but with the light of deeds.
And thou hast proof of this. For I have failed
In nought of all I promised, agèd King!
1145
Here stand I with thy children in full life
Unharmed in aught the foe had threatened them.
And now why vaunt the deeds that won the day,
When these dear maids will tell them in thine ear?
But let me crave thy counsel on a thing
1150
That crossed me as I came. Small though it seem
When told, ’tis worthy of some wonder, too.
Be it small or great, men should not let things pass.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 385 focus
Du hattest Hoffnung also, daß die Götter mein
380
Gedenken werden, daß mir Rettung einst erscheint?
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 389 focus
Antigone
Is this, my brother, thy resolved intent?
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-1189-1 ἀλλ’ 1

mvp-comment-1189-2 ἀποπαύετε 2

mvp-comment-1189-3 Though the neut. pl. πλείω alone is sometimes adverbial, there seems to be no instance of ἐπὶ πλείω as= ἐπὶ πλέον : indeed, such a phrase is hardly conceivable. ἐπὶ must therefore belong to ἐγείρετε : for the tmesis cp. on 1689

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mvp-comment-1190-1 ἔχει … κῦρος 3

mvp-comment-1190-2 Fr. Ritter rejects the last three verses, as he rejects the choral clausulae of all the other six plays ( Philol. XVII. 422-436 ): cp. O. T. 1524 cr. n. Here, at least, there is not a shadow of ground for the suspicion. It did not require a Sophocles to write vv. 1777-1779 , but the burden of proof rests with those who deny that he wrote them.