Sophocles Oedipus at Colonus 457

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Theseus
Your father, virgins, gave me solemn charge

Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles. Robert Potter (Translator). London. 1820.

Current edition Experimental

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Robert Potter, 1788))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 457 focus
ἐὰν γὰρ ὑμεῖς, ὦ ξένοι, θέλητέ μου
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 510-548 focus
Translations (3)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 457 focus
THE
What is befallen? Son of Laius, tell!
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-1178-1 ἀπεῖπεν 1

mvp-comment-1179-1 μήτ’ ἐπιφωνεῖν … θήκην 2

mvp-comment-1179-2 If μηδενὶ were substituted for μηδένα , this would give a much easier sense; but then Theseus must be the subject to both infinitives:—

"he forbade me to approach, ...or to tell."
According to Greek ideas, however, Theseus, at least, ought occasionally to visit the grave with
ἐναγίσματα
: and in fact the rendering of such honours is implied by the provision that the place of the grave should always be known to one person (1531). I therefore keep μηδένα .

mvp-comment-1179-3 θήκην ἱεράν 3

mvp-comment-1180-1 καλῶς 4

mvp-comment-1180-2 ἄλυπον 5

mvp-comment-1181-1 ταῦτ’ οὖν 6

mvp-comment-1181-2 δαίμων 7

mvp-comment-1182-1 πάντ’ ἀΐων 8

mvp-comment-1182-2 Διὸς Ὅρκος 9

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

1760. mvp-comment-936-1 ἀπεῖπεν ἐμοί i. e. not merely He forbade me to approach, but In what he said to me he forbade all approach.

1762. mvp-comment-937-1 μήτ᾽ ἐπιφωνεῖν.. ἔχει And that no mortal voice should violate the place of holy rest where he is laid. Cp. ἐπιφημίζω.-But qy. μηδενί?

1764. mvp-comment-938-1 καλῶς is to be joined with πράσσοντα, = performing this. Cp. Τr. 579, δόμοις γὰρ ἦν | κείνου θανόντος ἐγκεκλημένον καλῶς: Εl. 793, κἀπεκύρωσεν καλῶς : ib. 1305, οὐ γὰρ ἂν καλῶς | ὑπηρετοίην τῷ παρόντι δαίμονι: Fr. 736, ἐπεὶ πέπρακται πᾶν τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καλῶς, | χωρῶμεν ἤδη, κ.τ.λ.