Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus 1491

ed. Francis Storr

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Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles. ed. Francis Storr. London. 1912.

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Current edition Experimental

Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ (Greek) (Sophocles, Volume 1. Storr, Francis, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann Ltd.; The Macmillan Company, 1912.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (1)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 1491 focus
ἰὼ *ἰὼ παῖ, *προβᾶθι, βᾶθʼ· εἴτʼ ἄκραν
ἐπιγύαλον ἐναλίῳ *Ποσει-
δανίῳ θεῷ τυγχάνεις
βούθυτον ἑστίαν ἁγίζων, ἱκοῦ.
1495
ὁ γὰρ ξένος σε καὶ πόλισμα καὶ φίλους ἐπαξιοῖ
– δικαίαν χάριν παρασχεῖν παθών.
[σπεῦσον,] ἄϊσσʼ, ὧναξ.
Translations (5)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1491 focus
Come, my chief! come with speed! Or, if haply at hand,
On the height where the curved altars stand,
Thou art hallowing with oxen in sacrifice slain
Yonder shrine of Poseidon, dread lord of the main,
Hie thee hither! Be swift! The blind stranger intends
1495
To thee, to thy friends,
To thy city, for burdens imposed, just amends.
Haste thee, King! Hear our cry!
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1491 focus
Heran! Komm, o komm, ob sonst irgendwo,
Ob in der Eb'ne hoch
Du jezt weilst, o Sohn, des Meers hohem Gott
Mit Stieropfern fromm den Herd heiligend.
Der fremde Greis will dir, der Stadt, den Freunden mit gerechtem Dank
1480
Huldigen; denn ihr habt Liebe geübt an ihm.
Eile heran, mein Fürst!
Die Vorigen. Theseus.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1491 focus
Oh ! haste, my son ;
At Neptune's altar leave the sacrifice
And hither fly, for Ql^ dipus, to thee
And to tliy country grateful, waits to pay
Thy bounties. Haste, O Theseus ! to receive them.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 1491 focus
Hither, my son, haste hither, if perchance
On the shore's lowest verge thy pious hand
Burns offerings on the altar to the god,
That rules the ocean, hallow'd, hither come.
1495
The stranger, grateful for thy courteous deeds,
Just recompense to thee, thy state, thy friends
Wishes to pay: come then, O king, with speed.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 1491 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-1028-1 εἴτ’ ἄκρα … ἱκοῦ 1

mvp-comment-1028-2 In 1491 εἴτ’ should perh. be εἴγ’ , but is intelligible if we suppose the thought to be,—Come (if thou art near, and at leisure),— or if thou art sacrificing, nevertheless quit the altar, and come.

mvp-comment-1028-3 βούθυτον 2

mvp-comment-1028-4 ἑστίαν 3

mvp-comment-1028-5 Ποσειδωνίῳ θεῷ 4

mvp-comment-1029-1 ἐπαξιοῖ 5

mvp-comment-1029-2 πόλισμα 6

mvp-comment-1029-3 παθών 7

mvp-comment-1029-4 χάριν 8

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

1495. mvp-comment-794-1 ἁγίζων does not necessarily imply that the altar was being used for the first time. It was in a manner consecrated afresh for every sacrifice.

1496-1499. mvp-comment-795-1 σε.. παρασχεῖν For the accusatives πρὸς τὸ σημαινόμενον after the notion of benefiting, see Essay on Language § 16. p. 23. They are however first governed of ἐπαξιοῖ. The stranger honours thee, and thy city, and thy friends, claiming to render you a just meed for good received. πόλισμα καὶ φίλους, i. e. Athens and the Coloniatae. See Introd. The lacuna (= τοίγαρ or αὐτός) was filled up by Tricilinius with σπεῦσον. Elmsley, reading ᾄσσ', notes the absence of three syllables. Verbum σπεῦσον deest in antiquis libris, additum in Triclinianis. Id cur recentiores critici vel damnaverint, quum non ineptum sit, nec sciamus non esse e codicibus sumptum, vel posthabuerint deterioribus conjecturis, non assequor. Herm.