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332-375

First

στάσιμον

. 1st strophe (332—342)=1st antistrophe (343—353): 2nd strophe (354—364)=2nd antistr. (365 —375). For the metres see Metrical Analysis.

The Chorus had not thought it possible that any one should brave death to bury the corpse (220). But the deed has been done, and without leaving a trace (252). And Creon has silenced the suggestion that gods did it (278). The train of thought is continued in this ode. Its theme is man's daring,—his inventiveness, and the result to his happiness.

Man is master of sea and land; he subdues all other creatures; he has equipped his life with all resources, except a remedy against death. His skill brings him to prosperity, when he observes divine and human laws, but to ruin when he breaks them.—At that moment Antigone is led in, and the coryphaeus speaks the closing anapaests (376—383).

πολλὰ … κοὐδέν . Schol.

ἐν σχήματι εἶπεν, ἀντὶ τοῦ, πολλῶν ὄντων τῶν δεινῶν, οὐδέν ἐστιν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον

. The

σχῆμα

is the rhetorical parataxis,

καί being equiv. to ‘and yet’: cp. Tr. 1046

ὦ πολλὰ δὴ καὶ θερμὰ κοὐ λόγῳ κακά | … μοχθήσας ἐγώ· | κοὔπω τοιοῦτον οὔτ’ ἄκοιτις ἡ Διὸς | προὔθηκεν κ.τ.λ.

It is stronger to say, ‘they are great; and he is greater’: than, ‘though they are great, he is greater.’

τὰ δεινά , not ‘dread,’ nor ‘able,’ but ‘wonderful.’ There is a certain resemblance to Aesch. Ch. 585 ff.

πολλὰ μὲν γᾶ τρέφει | δεινὰ δειμάτων ἄχη...ἀλλ’ ὑπέρτολμον ἀνδρὸς φρόνημα τίς λέγοι

; but there

δεινά

=‘dread,’ and the scope is limited to the violence of human passion.

τοῦτο , sc.

τὸ δεινόν

, this wondrous power, man. The schol. quotes Theocr. 15. 83

σοφόν τοι χρῆμ’ ἄνθρωπος

. Not adverbial with

χωρεῖ

, ‘so’ (in a way corresponding with his

δεινότης

), as Bellermann takes it, comparing O. T. 1005 (

τοῦτ’ ἀφικόμην

), where see n.— πέραν , properly, ‘to the further side of’ ( trans). The point here is that man dares to cross the sea. πέρα ( ultra), which Blaydes prefers, would imply wanderings (not merely over, but) beyond sea. A European visitor to New York goes

πέραν πόντου

: to San Francisco,

πέρα

. Cp. O. C. 885 and p. 279.

χειμερίῳ νότῳ with

χωρεῖ

, goes (driven) by it: cp. Od. 14.253

ἐπλέομεν Βορέῃ ἀνέμῳ

, and ib. 299 (of the ship)

ἡ δ’ ἔθεεν Βορέῃ ἀνέμῳ

. The dat. might be merely ‘with’ (dat. of circumstance), but is better taken as instrumental. Cp. 588

πνοαῖς

. Some make

χειμερίῳ νότῳ

a temporal dat., like

ὥρᾳ χειμῶνος

, which it can hardly be.— Soph. is thinking of the Aegean, where the prevailing winds were from the N. or N.W. in spring and summer, while stormy south winds were associated with winter: Hesiod warns a man with a voyage before him not to await

χειμῶν’ ἐπιόντα νότοιό τε δεινὰς ἀήτας, | ὅς τ’ ὤρινε θάλασσαν ὁμαρτήσας Διὸς ὄμβρῳ | πολλῷ ὀπωρινῷ, χαλεπὸν δέ τε πόντον ἔθηκεν

. The epithet

χειμερίῳ

aptly distinguishes this wintry

νότος

from that gentle south breeze (now called the ‘embates’) which regularly sets in at sunset in the fair season (cp. Curt. Hist. Gr. 1. 14).

περιβρ … ὑπ’ οἴδμασιν , passing under swelling waters which open depths around: i.e. he is in the trough of a heavy sea, while on each side the waves rise above his ship, threatening to engulf it. Verg. Aen. 1. 106

his unda dehiscens Terram inter fluctus aperit.

βρύχιος

, ‘of the depths’ (

βρυχία...ἠχὼ βροντᾶς

, Aesch. PV 1082 ), is formed as if from

βρύξ

, of which Oppian uses acc.

βρύχα

(‘depth of the sea,’ Hal. 2. 588 ).

ὑποβρύχιος

=‘under water,’ and so neut. pl. adv.

ὑπόβρυχα

( Od. 5.319 etc.).

περιβρύχιος

occurs only here. For the

ι—

before

βρ

cp. 348 , 1104, 1117. The schol.'s

ἠχώδεσι

means that

περιβρύχιος

was taken as' ‘roaring around’ (

βρυ—χάομαι

), where the

would be long, against metre ( cp. 347 ). The Homeric

ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα | βέβρυχεν ῥόθιον

( Od. 5.411 ) might suggest this view.

ὑπερτάταν , highest, as eldest,

παμμήτωρ

( Aesch. PV 90 ), and

παμβῶτις

( Ph. 392 ): Plat. Tim. 40C

γῆν... πρώτην καὶ πρεσβυτάτην θεῶν ὅσοι ἐντὸς οὐρανοῦ γεγόνασι

ἀκαμάταν : this form of the fem. occurs only here, unless

ἀκαμάτῃσι

(and not

ἀκαμάτοισι

)

χέρεσσιν

be right in Hes. Th. 747 , but is warranted by similar epic forms in tragedy, as

ἀθανάτας

(gen.) Aesch. Ch. 619 , Eur. Phoen. 235:

ἀδμήταν

El. 1238 (and -

ης

in dial. O. C. 1321 ). For the initial

α—

, cp. the epic

ἀθάνατος, ἀγοράασθε

, etc. (and see Introd. to Homer, Appendix, note 5, p. 195): but in El. 164 we find '

α^κάματα.

ἀποτρύεται , prop., wears away for his own purposes (midd.), — fatigat, vexes (with constant ploughing). Earth is ‘immortal,’ and not to be exhausted; but man's patient toil subdues it to his use. Cp. Tr. 124

ἀποτρύειν ἐλπίδα

, to wear it out.—Not, ‘wearies himself by tilling’ the soil.

ἰλλομένων ἀρότρων, as the ploughs go backwards and forwards,— turning at the end of one furrow, and going down the next. Cp. Nicander Ther. 478

φεῦγε δ’ ἀεὶ σκολιήν τε καὶ οὐ μίαν ἀτραπὸν ἴλλων

, ‘in flying (from the snake), always make your course wind (

ἴλλων

) from side to side, instead of keeping it straight.’ Xen. Cyn. 6. 15

κύνες ἐξίλλουσαι τὰ ἴχνη

, ‘puzzling out the tracks,’ i.e. going backwards and forwards till they have found a clue. As to the spelling

ἴλλω υερσυς εἴλλω

, see Appendix. It is needless to write ἀρότων , ‘ploughingseasons’ ( Tr. 825 ), and to take

ἰλλομένων

as=

περιτελλομένων

. The picture of the ploughs at work is more vivid; and, with

ἀρότων, ἔτος εἰς ἔτος

would be feebly redundant.

ἔτος εἰς ἔτος , an adverbial phrase, like ‘year in, year out’: for the use of the simple acc. in temporal adverbs (like

ἀωρίαν

) see O. T. 1138 n.; for εἰς , Od. 9.134

μάλα κεν βαθὺ λήϊον αἰεὶ | εἰς ὥρας ἀμῷεν

(‘as each year comes round’): Theocr. 18. 15

κἠς ἔτος ἐξ ἔτεος

: so

εἰς νέωτα

(next year), and the Gk

μοδ. χρόνο σὲ

εἰς

)

χρόνο

, ‘year after year.’

ἱππείῳ γένει , the ‘offspring of horses,’ meaning ‘mules’; which are ‘far better than oxen to drag the jointed plough through the deep fallow’ ( Il. 10.352 ). Arist. Rhet. 3.2 § 14

ὸ Σιμωνίδης, ὅτε μὲν ἐδίδου μισθὸν ὀλίγον αὐτῷ ὸ νικήσας τοῖς ὀρεῦσιν, οὐκ ἤθελε ποιεῖν ὡς δυσχεραίνων εἰς ἡμιόνους ποιεῖν· ἐπεὶ δ’ ικανὸν ἔδωκεν, ὲποίησε, χαίρετ’, ἀελλοπόδων θύγατρες ἵππων

. As this story suggests, the very fact that the ordinary Attic word for ‘mule’ was

ἡμίονος

(adj.

ὀρικός

) might lead an Attic poet to prefer such a periphrasis as

ἵππειον γένος

. The objections to taking

ἱππείῳ γένει

as simply =

ἵπποις

are,that (1) Greek ploughmen used oxen or mules more than horses, and (2) the achievement of taming the horse (350) is thus anticipated. Some understand both horses and mules, giving

γένει

a double sense—rather awkwardly, I think.

πολεύων , κατὰ σύνεσιν after τοῦτο . Cp. Od. 11.90

ἦλθε δ’ ἐπὶ ψυχὴ Θηβαίου Τειρεσίαο, | χρύσεον σκῆπτρον ἔχων

: 16. 476

μείδησεν δ’ ἱερὴ ἲς Τηλεμάχοιο, | ἐς πατέρ’ ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδών

: Il. 11.690

ἐλθὼν γὰρ ἐκάκωσε βίη Ἡρακληείη

. But as Soph. would write

ΠΟΛΕΥΟΝ

, it was the easier to read

πόλευον

343-353

Man's conquests over the animal world are here taken in two groups. First, those of which the primary aim is to kill or to capture. Here the means is netting (

ἀμφιβαλὼν σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις

), in its threefold sporting use, as applied to fowling (

ὀρνίθων

), hunting (

θηρῶν

), and fishing (

πόντου φύσιν

). Secondly, those conquests which aim at reducing wild animals to man's service. These are effected by

μηχαναί

(349),— arts of taming and training. And their result is aptly expressed by the word

κρατεῖ

: here, man is not merely the slayer or captor; he becomes the master of docile toilers. The horse and the bull are types.

Thus, in this ode, the scale of achievement ever ascends: man (1) conquers inanimate nature: (2) makes animals his captives: (3) trains them to be his servants: (4) develops his own social and intellectual life.

κουφονόων is merely a general epithet, ‘light-hearted,’ ‘blithe and careless’; Theognis 580

σμικρῆς ὄρνιθος κοῦφον ἔχουσα νόον

: cp. the proverbial phraseology of Athens,

ἄνθρωπος ὄρνις, ἀστάθμητος, πετόμενος, | ἀτέκμαρτος, οὺδὲν οὐδέποτ’ ἐν ταὐτῷ μένων

( Au. 169). The epithet is given to

ἔρωτες

below (617), and to

εὐηθία

in Aesch. PV 383 .— Not, ‘quick-witted’ (and therefore harder to catch).

ἀμφιβαλὼν with

σπείραισι δ

.: it can precede the dat. by so much, because its meaning is already clear, and the dat. is merely a poet. amplification.

πόντου … εἰναλίαν φύσιν , a brood living in the waters of the sea, the tautology being only of the same order as in

πόντος ἁλός, ἁλὸς ἐν πελάγεσσιν, πέλαγος θαλάσσης

, etc.—

σπείραισι δικτυοκλ.

, instr. dat. with

ἀμφιβαλών

, in the coils of woven nets: for the adj. compounded with a subst. (

δίκτυον

) cognate in sense to

σπεῖρα

, see n. on O. C. 716

εὐήρετμος πλάτα

.— Au. 528 mentions

ἕρκη, νεφέλας, δίκτυα, πηκτάς

as nets used by the fowler (

ὀρνιθευτής

). In hunting the lion, bear, boar, deer, hare, etc., various nets were used; the

δίκτυον

, to enclose large spaces; the

ἐνόδιον

, to close passages; the

ἄρκυς

( cassis) or tunnel-net. The chief fishing-nets were the

ἀμφίβληστρον

(castingnet), and the

σαγήνη

(drag-net, whence seine, sean).

περιφραδής . Eustath. p. 135, 25

φραδής...ὅθεν σύνθετον ὁ παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ ἀριφραδὴς ἀνήρ

. This was evidently a mere slip of memory. Neither Soph. nor Eur, uses any compound with

ἀρι

ἐρι

, though Aesch. has

ἀρίδακρυς, ἐρίδματος, ἐρικύμων

μηχαναῖς . μαχαναῖς in Ai. 181 and

μαχανᾷ

in Aesch. Th. 133 are the only instances in which Tragedy gives a Doric form to words from this stem.— ἀγραύλου , having his

αὐλή

, or dwelling, in the open country, as opposed to a domesticated animal: Eur. Bacch. 1187

πρέπει γ’ ὥστε θὴρ ἄγραυλος φόβῃ

. For the combination with ὀρεσσιβάτα cp. Plat. Crat. 394E

τὸ θηριῶδες τῆς φύσεως καὶ τὸ ἄγριον αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ ὀρεινόν

λασιαύχενά θ’ . The elision at the end of the verse (

ἐπισυναλοιφή

) is comparatively rare in lyrics, as in dialogue (1031); but cp. 595

πίπτοντ’

, 864

αὐτογέννητ’

ὀχμάζεται , he tames, ἀμφὶ λόφον ζυγῶν , putting the yoke about its neck.

ὀχμάζω

(prop., ‘to get a firm hold upon’) was esp. used of breaking horses: Eur. El. 816 (Thessalians honour a man)

ὅστις ταῦρον ἀρταμεἴ

(cuts to pieces)

καλῶς, | ἵππους τ’ ὀχμάζει

. Schol. on

Rhod. 1. 743

κυρίως ἐστὶν ὀχμάσαι τὸ ἵππον ὑπὸ χαλινὸν ἀγαγεῖν ἢ ὑπὸ ζυγόν

. The midd. voice does not occur elsewhere; but this cannot be regarded as an objection, when we remember how many rare middle forms occur in the dramatists. Thus

προσορωμένα

in O. C. 244 is a solitary example of that verb in the midd., and if the license could be taken with so common a word, much more might it be allowed with a comparatively rare one. Blaydes writes

ὀχμάζει ὑπ’ ἀμφίλοφον ζυγόν

: but the Ms.

ἕξεται

indicates that the verb, whatever it was, was of the midd. form.

ὀχμάζεται

was published by G. Schöne in 1833, and by Franz in 1846: they appear to have made the conjecture independently. Donaldson (1848) printed

ὁχμάζεται ἀμφὶ λόφον ζυγῶν

, and seems to ascribe

ζυγῶν

to Franz and Schöne; though Franz, at least, proposed

ἀμφὶ λόφον ζυγῷ. ζυγῶν

has been revived (seemingly without knowledge of a predecessor) by H. Schütz (1886). Sophocles would write

ΑΜΦΙΛΟΦΟΝΖΥΓΟΝ

, and thus

ζυγῶν

changes no letter. Aesch. used the fut.

ζυγώσω

(fr. 110), and Soph. has the verbal

ζυγωτῶν

( El. 702 ). To

ἀμφιλόφῳ ζυγῷ

it may be objected that, being clear, it was not likely to become -

ον ‐όν

: but, when

ἀμφίλοφον

had once been written,

ζυγῶν

(or

ζυγῷ

) would easily become

ζυγόν

. As to the schol. on

ἀμφίλοφον,—ἀντὶ τοῦ, περιβαλὼν αὐτῷ ζυγὸν περὶ τὸν λόφον, ὑπάγει

,—it cannot fairly be urged for

ζυγῶν

(or for any partic.), since it may be merely a paraphrase of

ἀμφίλοφον

.—Schütz's ἐφέζεται is attractive; for the acc. he cp. Aesch. Eum. 409

βρέτας...ἐφημένῳ

, Eur. Helen 1493

Εὐρώταν ἐφεζόμεναι

. Add Aesch. Ag. 664

ναῦν θέλουσ’ ἐφέζετο

. The sense would be, ‘seats himself behind the horse’ (in a chariot): cp. Il. 5.46

ἵππων ἐπιβησόμενον

, etc. But, though oxen were used for draught,

ἐφέζεται

suits

ταῦρον

less well. The sense, ‘ tames,’ is clearly that which we require. See Appendix.

φθέγμα κ.τ.λ. The phrase, ‘man has taught himself speech,’ should not be pressed as if the poet was thinking of a theory on the origin of language. It was the Eleatic view that language came

θέσει

, not

φύσει

, and Soph, may have known that; but by his

ἐδιδάξατο

he meant simply, ‘developed for his own benefit, by his own effort.’ So Isocrates ( or. 3 § 6 ) conceives primitive man as living in a brutal state, and emerging from it by the development of speech and thought,—

λόγος

being one of the human faculties (

τῶν ἐνόντων ἐν τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων φύσει

), and the distinctive one:—

ἐγγενομένου δ’ ἡμῖν τοῦ πείθειν ἀλλήλους καὶ δηλοῦν πρὸς ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς περὶ ὼ=ν ἂν βουληθῶμεν, οὐ μόνον τοῦ θηριωδῶς ζῆν ἀπηλλάγημεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ συνελθόντες πόλεις ᾠκίσαμεν καὶ νόμους ἐθέμεθα καὶ τέχνας εὕρομεν

. Cp. Hor. Sat. 1. 3. 103 (men fought,)

Donec verba, quibus voces sensusque notarent, Nominaque invenere: dehinc absistere bello, Oppida coeperunt munire et ponere leges.

The Aeschylean Prometheus ( P. V. 444 ) claims to have made men

ἔννους...καὶ φρενῶν ἐπηβόλους

, but not (like Shelley's Prometheus) to have also given them language. Cp. Peile's chapter ‘On the Nature of Language’ ( Primer of Philology), p. 156: ‘In this way then we may conceive of the

beginnings of speech...Speech is the development, through imitation, of a capacity of man—the capacity of making a noise.’ This is quite compatible with

ἐδιδάξατο.

ἀνεμόεν φρόνημα : cp. Il. 15.80

ὡς δ’ ὅτ’ ἂν ἀΐξῃ νόος ἀνέρος...| ὣς κραιπνῶς μεμαυῖα διέπτατο

: Od. 7.36

τῶν νέες ὠκεῖαι ὡσεὶ πτερὸν ἠὲ νόημα

: O. C. 1081

ἀελλαία ταχύρρωστος πελειάς

: fr. 621

ἀελ λάδες φωναί

. Not ‘lofty,’ in which sense

ἀνεμόεν

could be said only of a high place. Cp. Shelley, Prometheus: ‘He gave man speech, and speech created thought, Which is the measure of the universe.’ Soph. does not imply that speech created thought; he is rather thinking of them as developed (in their riper forms) together.

ἀστυνόμους ὀργάς , ‘such dispositions as regulate cities’; i.e. those feelings which lead men to organise social life, and to uphold the social order by their loyalty. For

ὀργάς

, cp. Ai. 639

συντρόφοις | ὀργαῖς

, the dispositions that have grown with his growth: Eur. Tro. 53

ἐπῄνεσ’ ὀργὰς ἠπίους

. The relation of

φθέγμα

ἀστυνόμοι ὀργαί

is illustrated by Arist. Pol. 1.2 § 12, where he is showing that man, more than any other

ἀγελαῖον ζῷον

, is

πολιτικόν

: ‘Speech is intended to explain what is expedient and what is hurtful,—and so also what is just and unjust. It is characteristic of man, as compared with other animals, that he alone has a sense of good and evil, just and unjust; and it is the association of beings with this sense that make a Family and a State.’

ἐδιδάξατο here=simply

αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἐδίδαξε

. The notion, ‘men taught each other,’ ‘learned by mutual converse,’ cannot be extracted from it. The passive

διδάσκομαι

as=

μανθάνειν

is freq., but I can find no parallel for the use of the aor. midd. here. For the ordinary use, cp. Plat. Menop. 93 D

τὸν υἱὸν ἱππέα...ἐδιδάξατο

( had his son taught to ride): so Plat. Rep. 467E (

διδαξαμένους

, ‘when we have had them taught’); [Plat. ] Plat. Theag. 122 E, De Virt. 377 B; Xen. Cyr. 1.6.2 , Mem. 4. 4. 5 ; Aristoph. Nub. 1338 . Once or twice

ἐδιδαξάμην

is merely

ἐδίδαξα

with the idea of the teacher's interest superadded: Pind. O. 8. 59

τὸ διδάξασθαι | εἰδότι ῥᾴτερον

: so Simonides fr. 145 (of himself)

διδαξάμενος χορόν

(unless he meant, ‘caused to be trained’). In Aristoph. Nub. 783

διδάξαιμ’ ἄν

(Elmsley) should prob. be read. It is rare for any midd. form, without a reflexive pron., to denote that the subject acts on (and not for) himself: thus, ‘he kills himself’ is not

ἀποκτείνεται

, but

ἀποκτείνει ἑαυτόν

( Plat. Phaedo 61E ). The exceptions are chiefly words of the toilet, as

λούομαι

. The dative of the reflexive can be more easily understood, as Thuc. 6.40

πόλις...οὐκ...αὐθαίρετον δουλείαν ἐπιβαλεῖται

, sibi imponet.

πάγων κ.τ.λ. Construe:

καὶ

(

ἐδιδάξατο

)

φεύγειν ἐναίθρεια βέλη δυσαύλων πάγων, καὶ δύσομβρα βέλη

. He learned to build houses, to shelter himself from frost and rain.

πάγοι δύσαυλοι

=frosts which make it unpleasant to bivouack in the open: cp. Aesch. Ag. 555

δυσαυλίας.

ἐναίθρεια =under a clear (frosty) sky: cp. fr. 154

ὅταν πάγου φανέντος αἰθρίου ¹ χεροῖν | κρύσταλλον ἁρπά σωσι

. Nauck takes

δυσαύλων πάγων

as ‘inhospitable hills,’ citing Moschion fr. 7. 5 ( Frag. Trag. p. 633), who describes primitive man as inhabiting

ὀρειγενῆ σπήλαια

: but the context is against this. As corrections of the MS.

αἴθρια

, there is little to choose between

ἐναίθρεια

and

ὑπαίθρεια

: Aesch. Ag. 335 has

ὑπαιθρίων πάγων

: but after

πάγων

the loss of

ἐν

would be easier than that of

ὑπ

. The

αἰθρία

could be long (as Solon 13. 22): but

ι—

is not elsewhere found in the derivatives; for in Cratinus

Δηλιάδες

fr. 5 we must read

Ὑπερβορείους αἴθρια τιμῶντας στέφη

(not, as Blaydes gives it,

Ὑπερβορέους αἴθρι—α

). The spelling

ἐναίθρεια

is conjectural, but in O. C. 1088 L has

ἐπινικείῳ

, as metre requires, for

ἐπινικίῳ

. Below, v. 814,

ἐπινύμφειος

has been conjectured: see n. there.

βέλη , the ‘shafts’ of piercing cold, or of lashing rain. Cp. Plat. Legg. 873E

κεραυνός, ἤ τι παρὰ θεοῦ τοιοῦτον βέλος ἰόν

(some such swift and sudden visitation): Aesch. PV 371

βέλεσι πυρπνόου ζάλης

(sent forth from Aetna): Il. 1.53

κῆλα θεοῖο

(of the pestilence).

παντοπόρος is at once a comment on the achievements already enumerated (cp.

περιφραδής

in 348), and a general expression absolving the poet from further detail: ‘yes, there is nothing that he cannot provide.’ Isocr. may have had this passage in mind in or. 3 § 6 (quoted ), where an enumeration parallel with that of Soph. is closed by a phrase answering to

παντοπόρος,—καὶ σχεδὸν ἅπαντα τὰ δῑ ἡμῶν μεμηχανημένα λόγος ἡμῖν ἐστιν ὁ συγκατασκευάσας

. We must not point thus:

βέλη· παντοπόρος, ἄπορος κ.τ.λ.

, when the sense would be weakened, and the construction perplexed (‘all-providing, and in no case without resource, he meets the future’).

οὐδὲν … τὸ μέλλον = οὐδὲν ὃ μέλλει

(

ἔσεσθαι

), nothing that is to be (cp. the absolute

τὸ μέλλον, τὰ μέλλοντα

). So Plat. Lach. 197 A

ἔγωγε ἀνδρεῖα καλῶ οὔτε θηρία οὔτε ἄλλο οὐδὲν τὸ τὰ δεινὰ ὑπὸ ἀγνοίας μὴ φοβούμενον = οὐδὲν ὃ μὴ φοβεῖται

. This negative form is as correct as (though actually rarer than) the positive

πᾶν τὸ καλῶς ἔχον

( Plat. Rep. 381A ) for

πᾶν ὃ καλῶς ἔχει

. Donaldson took

τὸ μέλλον

adverbially: ‘in regard to the future, he comes to nothing without resources.’ Cp. 728 ,

μηδὲν τὸ μὴ δίκαιον

, where

μηδέν

is subst., not adv.

μόνον and μόνου are alike admissible;

μόνον

means, ‘the only thing that he will not achieve is to escape death’;

μόνον

, ‘the only thing that he will not escape is death.’ In this general view of human achievement,

μόνον

seems a little the better. φεῦξιν — ἐπάξεται , procure means of escape from death.

ἐπάγεσθαι

, prop. ‘to bring into one's own country’; usu. said of calling in allies to help one; or of importing foreign products: Thuc. 4.64

ξυμμάχους δὲ οὐδέποτε ...ἐπαξόμεθα

: id. 1. 81

ἐκ θαλάσσης ὧν δέονται ἐπάξονται

. Then often fig., of calling in anything to one's aid: Plat. Legg. 823A

τὸ δὲ δὴ παρὸν ἡμῖν τὰ νῦν οἷον μάρτυρα ἐπαγόμεθα· δηλοῖ μὲν ἂν ὃ βουλόμεθα

: ‘we call to our help, as a witness, the example which is actually present with us; it will show what we mean.’ Gorg. 492 B

αὐτοὶ ἑαυτοῖς δεσπότην ἐπαγάγοιντο τὸν τῶν πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων νόμον τε καὶ λόγον καὶ ψόγον

(‘ call in to rule them’). Menander

Ὑδρία

fr. 2

γέροντα δυστυχοῦντα, τῶν θ’ αὑτοῦ κακῶν | ἐπαγόμενον λήθην, ἀνέμνησας πάλιν

(‘seeking to procure forgetfulness of his troubles’). The word is admirably suitable and vivid here: man looks to every side for succour against the foe that is ever in the land,—Death; but from no quarter can he find help. It is surprising that so many recent critics should have confidently condemned

ἐπάξεται

, and sought to replace it by conjectures (see cr. n.).

ἀμηχάνων , such as seem to baffle all treatment: El. 140

ἀμήχανον | ἅλγος

: Simonides ap. Plat. Prot. 344C

ἀμήχανος συμφορά.

φυγάς , like

φεῦξιν

: Eur. Helen 799

λέκτρων...φυγάς

, means of escape from the union; cp. Aristoph. Eq. 759

κἀκ τῶν ἀμηχάνων πόρους εὐμηχάνους πορίζων.

ξυμπέφρασται , here midd., as Aesch. Suppl. 438

καὶ δὴ πέφρασμαι

: cp. O. C. 1016 n.

365-375

The ode closes with a more direct reference to the incident which suggested its theme. The daring ingenuity shown by the unknown breaker of Creon's edict is an instance of the subtlety which leads to ruin. The implied contrast with Creon—

ὑψίπολις

by his care for the laws—is effective in view of the destined

περιπέτεια

σοφόν τι … ἔχων : lit., possessing, in his resourceful skill, a thing subtle beyond belief:

σοφόν τι

is predicate, and in apposition with

τὸ μηχανόεν τέχνας

. Cp. Thuc. 2.89

μέγα τι τῆς διανοίας τὸ βέβαιον ἔχοντες ἀντιτολμῶσιν

: ‘they are strong in the confidence of their spirit when they confront the foe.’ There is no ground for altering

σοφόν

into

δεινόν, τοῖον

, or the like.

τὸ μηχανόεν τ ., the inventive quality in his skill: for

τέχνας

, cp. O. T. 380 n.; for the absence of

τᾶς

, cp. above, 10 (

κακά

). Cp. Thuc. 1.90

τὸ...βουλόμενον καὶ ϋποπτον τῆς γνώμης

: 2. 61

ἐν τῷ ὑμετέρψ ἀσθενεῖ τῆς γνώμης

τοτὲ μὲν … ἄλλοτ’ . L has

τοτὲ

here: cp. El. 739

τότ’

(i.e.

τοτὲ

)

ἅλλος, ἅλλοθ’ α+τερος

: Phaedr. 237 E

τοτὲ μὲν ἡ ἑτέρα, ἅλλοτε δὲ ἡ ἑτέρα κρατεῖ

. Cp. O. C. 1745 n. There is no reason, then, for reading

ποτὲ μέν

here with inferior MSS., though it is equally good (Plato has

ποτὲ μὲν

answered by

ποτὲ δέ

, by

ἐνίοτε δέ

, or by

αὖθις δέ

ἐπ’ with

κακόν

as well as

ἐσθλόν

: cp. 212 n. on

κἀς

γεραίρων , ‘honouring,’ is in my belief a certain correction of the MS.

παρείρων

. The latter=‘weaving in,’ as a thread into a texture, or a flower into a wreath: for the genuine fig. use of it, see Plat. Symp. 6. 2

μεταξὺ τοῦ ὑμᾶς λέγειν οὐδ’ ἂν τρίχα, μὴ ὅτι λόγον, ἄν τις παρείρειε

: ‘while you are speaking, one could not put in a hair, much less a speech’ (so close and continuous is the texture of your speaking). Here,

παρείρων

has been explained as, ‘weaving the laws (etc.) into the texture of his life’; but, even if we grant that so strange a phrase would be possible with words added to express ‘the texture of his life,’ it is certainly impossible without them. Dindorf proposed

παραιρῶν

as=‘wresting,’ ‘violating’ (a strange sense), and pointed at

δίκαν·

‘he comes to evil (though at other times to good) when he violates the laws,’ etc.

ΓΕΠΑΙΠΟΝ

could easily generate

ΠΑΠΕΙΠΟΝ. γεραίρειν

, prop. to distinguish by gifts of honour, is also a general poet. synonym for

τιμᾶν

: cp.

5. 67

ἐτίμων τὸν Ἄδρηστον καὶ δὴ πρὸς τὰ πάθεα αὐτοῦ τραγικοῖσι χοροῖσι ἐγέραιρον

. Ar. Th. 960

γένος Ὀλυμπίων θεῶν | μέλπε καὶ γέραιρε φωνῇ

θεῶν τ’ ἔνορκον δίκαν , Justice, which men swear to observe, taking oaths by the gods (

ὅρκοι θεῶν

: O. T. 647 n.): =

ὅρκοις θεῶν κεκυρωμένην

ὑψίπολις seems best taken as =

ὑψηλὴν πόλιν ἔχων

: cp. Pind. P. 8. 22

ἁ δικαιόπολις...νᾶσος

(Aegina). In Pind. O. 2. 8 Theron, tyrant of Acragas, is called

ὀρθόπολις

in an active sense, as=

ὀρθῶν τὴν πόλιν

. In O. T. 510

ἁδύπολις = ἁνδάνων τῇ πόλει

: but it is harder to suppose that

ὑψίπολις

could have been intended to mean, ‘standing high in his city.’ Nor would that be the fittest sense. The loyal citizen makes the prosperous city; and her prosperity is his. . In this clause the Chorus thinks especially of Creon (191

τοιοῖσδ’ ἐγὼ νόμοισι τήνδ’ αὔξω πόλιν

ἄπολις . Where the typical citizen is a law-breaker, the city is ruined, and the evil-doer is left citiless. So Creon had described law-breaking as

ἄτην...ἀστοῖς

(185). The contrast with

ὑψίπολις

shows that the sense is not merely, ‘when a man breaks the law he becomes an exile’ ( Lys. or. 21 § 35

ἀντὶ ...πολιτῶν ἀπόλιδας

). The central thought is the power of human wit to make or mar the

πόλις

, according as the man is moral or immoral.

τὸ μὴ καλόν , the generic

μή

, such a mood as is not good.— τόλμας χάριν , by reason of (‘thanks to’) his audacity, with

ξύνεστι

, not with

ἄπολίς

(

ἐστι

). In O. T. 888

δυσπότμου χάριν χλιδᾶς

is not precisely similar, since it goes with

κακά νιν ἕλοιτο μοῖρα

. Others point at

ξύνεστι

, taking

τόλμας χάριν

with

μήτ’ ἐμοί κ.τ.λ.

: but

μήτ’

should clearly be the first word in that sentence.

παρέστιος . Cp. O. T. 249 n., where Oed. invokes a curse on himself, should the murderer become

ξυνέστιος

with him: also ib. 240 n. Hor. Carm. 3. 2. 26

vetabo, qui Cereris sacrum Vulgarit arcanae, sub isdem Sit trabibus, fragilemve mecum Solvat phaselon.

Schneidewin cp. also Eur. fr. 848 (the dishonourer of parents)

μή μοι γένοιτο μήτε συνθύ\της ποτέ, κ.τ.λ.

, and Callim. Hymn. 6. 117 (to Demeter)

μὴ τῆνος ἐμὶν φίλος, ὅς τοι ἀπεχθής, | εἴη, μήθ’ ὁμότοιχος.

ἴσον φρονῶν , ‘may he not become like-minded with me,’ is another way of saying, ‘may I never come to share his sentiments.’ Cp. Il. 15.50

ἶσον ἐμοὶ φρονέουσα

, ‘likeminded with me’: Aristoph. Av. 634

ἐμοὶ φρονῶν ξυνῳδά

. In a narrower sense (not intended here)

τὰ αὐτὰ φρονεῖν

was said of agreement in politics, idem sentire de republica: Her. 1.60

τὠυτὸ φρονήσαντες

, ‘having made common cause’ (the

στασιῶται

of Megacles and Lycurgus).

ἔρδει , L's reading, should be kept. The indic. is, of course, compatible with generality: for such an indic. after an optative, cp. Dem. or. 4. 51

νικῴη δ’ ὅ τι πᾶσιν ὑμῖν μέλλει συνοίσειν

. It is also rather in favour of the indic. that the speaker is here thinking of an actual case. The optat. ἔρδοι would be abstract, ‘any one who should conceivably do these things,’ and would be equally correct: cp. on 666.

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κουφονόων τε φῦλον ὁρ-

νίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει,

θηρίων τ᾽ ἀγρίων ἔθνη,

πόντου τ᾽ εἰναλίαν φύσιν ¹

σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις,
345

περιφραδὴς ἀνήρ·

κρατεῖ δὲ μηχαναῖς ἀγραύλου

θηρὸς ὀρεσσιβάτα, λασιαύχενά θ᾽

ἵππον ² ἀέξεται ἀμφίλοφον ζυγὸν,

οὔρειόν τ᾽ ἀδμῆτα ταῦρον.
350

b

καὶ φθέγμα, καὶ ἀνεμόεν

φρόνημα, καὶ ἀστυνόμους

ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο, καὶ

δυσαύλων πάγων αἴθρια

καὶ δύσομβρα φεύγειν βέλη
355

παντοπόρος· ἄπορος

ἐπ᾽ οὐδὲν ἔρχεται

τὸ μέλλον· ᾍδα μόνον

φεῦξιν οὐκ ἐπάξεται·

νόσων δ᾽ ἀμηχάνων φυγὰς
360

ξυμπέφρασται.

b

σοφόν τι τὸ μηχανόεν

τέχνας ὑπὲρ ἐλπίδ᾽ ἔχων,

ποτὲ μὲν κακὸν, ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐ-

σθλὸν ἕρπει· νόμους παρείρων ³
365

χθονὸς, θεῶν τ᾽ ἔνορκον δίκαν,

ὑψίπολις· ἄπολις,

ὅτῳ τὸ μὴ καλὸν

ξύνεστι, τόλμας χάριν.

μήτ᾽ ἐμοὶ παρέστιος
370

γένοιτο, μήτ᾽ ἴσον φρονῶν, ⁴

ὃς τάδ᾽ ἔρδει.

Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 333 focus

4. ΣΤΑΣΙΜΟΝ ΠΡΩ͂ΤΟΝ.

Χορός

1

πολλὰ τὰ δεινά, κοὐδὲν ἀν-

θρώπου δεινότερον πέλει.
330

τοῦτο καὶ πολιοῦ πέραν

πόντου χειμερίῳ νότῳ

χωρεῖ, περιβρυχίοισιν

περῶν ὑπ᾽ οἴδμασιν.

θεῶν τε τὰν ὑπερτάταν Γᾶν
335

ἄφθιτον ἀκαμάταν ἀποτρύεται,

εἰλομένων ἀρότρων ἔτος εἰς ἔτος, ἱππεί-

ῳ γένει πολεύων.

1

κουφονόων τὲ φῦλον ὀρ-

νίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει,
340

καὶ θηρῶν ἀγρίων ἔθνη,

πόντου τ᾽ εἰναλίαν φύσιν

σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις,

περιφραδὴς ἀνήρ·

κρατεῖ δὲ μηχαναῖς ἀγραύλου
345

θηρὸς ὀρεσσιβάτα, λασιαύχενά θ’

ἵππιον ἄξεται ἀμφὶ λόφον ζυγὸν οὔρει-

όν τ᾽ ἀκμῆτα ταῦρον.

2

καὶ φθέγμα καὶ ἠνεμόεν φρόνημα καὶ ἀστυνόμους

ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο καὶ δυσαύλων
350

πάγων ὑπαίθρεια καὶ

δύσομβρα φεύγειν βέλη.

παντοπόρος ἄπορος ἐπ' οὐδὲν ἔρχεται τὸ μέλλον·

Ἅιδα μόνον φεῦξιν οὐκ ἐπάξεται,

νόσων δ᾽ ἀμηχάνων φυγὰς ξυμπέφρασται.
355

2

σοφόν τι τὸ μηχανόεν τέχνας ὑπὲρ ἐλπίδ᾽ ἔχων

ποτὲ μὲν κακόν, ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐσθλὸν ἕρπει,

νόμους παρείρων χθονός,

θεῶν τ᾽ ἔνορκον δίκαν.

ὑψίπολις ἄπολις, ὅτῳ τὸ μὴ καλὸν ξύνεστιν.
360

τόλμας χάριν μήτ᾽ ἐμοὶ παρέστιος

γένοιτο μήτ᾽ ἴσον φρονῶν, ὃς τάδ᾽ ἔρδει.

1

Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 343 focus

κουφονόων τε φῦλον ὀρ-

νίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει,

καὶ θηρῶν ἀγρίων ἔθνη,

πόντου τ᾽ εἰναλίαν φύσιν

σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις,
345

περιφραδὴς ἀνήρ·

κρατεῖ δὲ μαχαναῖς ἀγραύλου

θηρὸς ὀρεσσιβάτα, λασιαύχενα

ἵππον τ᾽ ἄξεται ἀμφίλοφον ζυγὸν,

οὔρειόν τ᾽ ἀδμῆτα ταῦρον.
350

2

καὶ φθέγμα, καὶ ἀνεμόεν

φρόνημα, καὶ ἀστυνόμους

ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο, καὶ,

δυσαύλων πάγων αἴθρια καὶ δύσομ-

βρα φεύγειν βέλη. παντοπόρος, ἄπορος
355

ἐπ’ οὐδὲν ἔρχεται τὸ μέλλον·

Ἀΐδα μόνον φεῦξιν οὐκ ἐπάξεται·

νόσων δ᾽ ἀμηχάνων φυγὰς

ξυμπέφρασται.

2

δεινόν τι τὸ μηχανόεν
360

τέχνας ὑπὲρ ἐλπίδ᾽ ἔχων,

ποτὲ μὲν κακὸν ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐ-

σθλὸν ἕρπει. νόμους παρορῶν θεῶν χθονός

τ᾽ ἔνορκον δίκαν, ὑψίπολις ἄπολις,

ὅτῳ τὸ μὴ καλὸν ξύνεστι,
365

τόλμας χάριν· μήτ᾽ ἐμοὶ παρέστιος

γένοιτο, μήτ᾽ ἴσον φρονῶν,

ὃς τάδ᾽ ἔρδει.

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 343 focus

*κουφονόων τε φῦλον ὀρνίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει

καὶ θηρῶν ἀγρίων ἔθνη πόντου τ᾽ εἰναλίαν φύσιν
345

σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις,

περιφραδὴς ἀνήρ·

κρατεῖ δὲ μηχαναῖς ἀγραύλου

θηρὸς ὀρεσσιβάτα, λασιαύχενά θ᾽
350

ἵππον †ἕξεται ἀμφιλοφον ζυγὸν

οὔρειόν τ᾿ ἀκμῆτα ταῦρον.

β

καὶ φθέγμα καὶ ἀνεμόεν φρόνημα καὶ ἀστυνόμους

ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο καὶ δυσαύλων
355

πάγων *διαίθρεια καὶ

δύσομβρα φεύγειν βέλη,

παντοπόρος· ἄπορος ἐπ᾿ οὐδὲν ἔρχεται
360

τὸ μέλλον· Ἅιδα μόνον

φεῦξιν οὐκ ἐπάξεται·

νόσων δ᾽ ἀμηχάνων φυγὰς

ξυμπέφρασται.

54r β

σοφόν τι τὸ μηχανόεν τέχνας ὑπὲρ ἐλπίδ᾽ ἔχων
365

ποτὲ μὲν κακόν, ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἐσθλὸν ἕρπει·

νόμους παρείρων χθονὸς

θεῶν τ᾽ ἔνορκον δίκαν,

ὑψίπολις· ἄπολις, ὅτῳ τὸ μὴ καλὸν
370

ξύνεστι τόλμας χάριν.

μήτ᾿ ἐμοὶ παρέστιος

γένοιτο μήτ᾽ ἴσον φρονῶν

ὃς τάδ᾽ ἔρδοι.
375

Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 343 focus

κουφονόων τε φῦλον ὀρ-

νίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει,

καὶ θηρῶν ἀγρίων ἔθνη

πόντου τ᾽ εἰναλίαν φύσιν
345

σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις

περιφραδὴς ἀνήρ· κρατεῖ

δὲ μηχαναῖς ἀγραύλου

θηρὸς ὀρεσσιβάτα, λασιαύχενά θ’
350

ἵππον αἐξεται ἀμφίλοφον ζυγὸν

οὔρειόν τ᾽ ἀκμῆτα ταῦρον.

2

καὶ φθέγμα καὶ ἀνεμόεν

φρόνημα καὶ ἀστυνόμους

ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο, καὶ δυσαύλων
355

πάγων ὑπαίθρεια καὶ

δύσομβρα φεύγειν βέλη

παντοπόρος·

ἄπορος ἐπ᾽ οὐδὲν ἔρχεται
360

τὸ μέλλον· Ἅιδα μόνον

φεῦξιν οὐκ ἐπάξεται,

νόσων δ᾽ ἀμηχάνων φυγὰς

ξυμπέφρασται.

2

σοφόν τι τὸ μηχανόεν
365

τέχνας ὑπὲρ ἐλπίδ᾽ ἔχων,

τοτὲ μὲν κακόν, ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐσθλὸν ἕρπει,

νόμους παρείρων χθονὸς

θεῶν τ᾽ ἔνορκον δίκαν

ὑψίπολις·
370

ἄπολις ὅτῳ τὸ μὴ καλὸν

ξύνεστι τόλμας χάριν·

μήτ᾽ ἐμοὶ παρέστιος

γένοιτο μήτ᾽ ἴσον φρονῶν

ὃς τάδ᾽ ἔρδει.
375

Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 343 focus

κουφονόων τε φῦλον ὀρ-

νίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει,

καὶ θηρῶν ἀγρίων ἔθνη

πόντου τ’ εἰναλίαν φύσιν
345

σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις

περιφραδὴς ἀνήρ· κρατεῖ

δὲ μηχαναῖς ἀγραύλου

θηρὸς ὀρεσσιβάτα, λασιαύχενά θ’
350

ἵππον ὑπάξεται ἀμφίλοφον ζυγὸν

οὔρειόν τ’ ἀκμῆτα ταῦρον.

2

καὶ φθέγμα καὶ ἀνεμόεν

φρόνημα καὶ ἀστυνόμους

ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο, καὶ δυσαύλων
355

πάγων ἐναίθρεια καὶ

δύσομβρα φεύγειν βέλη

παντοπόρος· ἄπορος ἐπ’ οὐδὲν ἔρχεται
360

τὸ μέλλον· Ἅιδα μόνον

φεῦξιν οὐκ ἐπάξεται, νό-

σων δ’ ἀμηχάνων φυγὰς

σων δ’ ἀμηχάνων φυγὰς

2

Σοφόν τι τὸ μηχανόεν

τέχνας ὑπὲρ ἐλπίδ’ ἔχων,
365

τοτὲ μὲν κακόν, ἄλλοτ’ ἐπ’ ἐσθλὸν ἕρπει,

νόμους παρείρων χθονὸς

θεῶν τ’ ἔνορκον δίκαν

ὑψίπολις· ἄπολις ὅτῳ τὸ μὴ καλὸν
370

ξύνεστι τόλμας χάριν·

μήτ’ ἐμοὶ παρέστιος γέ-

νοιτο μήτ’ ἴσον φρονῶν

ὃς τάδ’ ἔρδοι.
375

Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 343 focus

κουφονόων τε φῦλον ὀρ-

νίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἀγρεῖ

καὶ θηρῶν ἀγρίων ἔθνη

πόντου τ᾽ εἰναλίαν φύσιν
345

σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις

περιφραδὴς ἀνήρ· κρατεῖ

δὲ μηχαναῖς ἀγραύλου

θηρὸς ὀρεσσιβάτα, λασιαύχενά θ᾽
350

ἵππον ὀχμάζεται ἀμφὶ λόφον ζυγῶι

οὔρειόν τ᾽ ἀκμῆτα ταῦρον.

2

καὶ φθέγμα καὶ ἀνεμόεν

φρόνημα καὶ ἀστυνόμους

ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο, καὶ δυσαύλων
355

πάγων ὑπαίθρεια καὶ

δύσομβρα φεύγειν βέλη,

παντοπόρος· ἄπορος ἐπ᾽ οὐδὲν ἔρχεται
360

τὸ μέλλον Ἅιδα μόνον

φεῦξιν οὐκ ἐπεύξεται,

νόσων δ᾽ ἀμηχάνων φυγὰς

ξυμπέφρασται.

2

σοφόν τι τὸ μηχανόεν
365

τέχνας ὑπὲρ ἐλπίδ᾽ ἔχων

τοτὲ μὲν κακόν, ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἐσθλὸν ἕρπει·

νόμους γεραίρων χθονὸς

θεῶν τ᾽ ἔνορκον δίκαν

ὑψίπολις · ἄπολις ὅτωι τὸ μὴ καλὸν
370

ξύνεστι τόλμας χάριν·

μήτ᾽ ἐμοὶ παρέστιος

γένοιτο μήτ᾽ ἴσον φρονῶν

ὃς τάδ᾽ ἔρδει.

Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 343 focus

κουφονόων τε φῦλον ὀρ-

νίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει,

καὶ θηρῶν ἀγρίων ἔθνη,

πόντου τ᾽ εἰναλίαν φύσιν
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σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις,

ἀριφραδὴς ἀνήρ·

κρατεῖ δὲ μηχαναῖς ἀγραύλου

θηρὸς ὀρεσσιβάτα, λασιαύχενά θ᾽

ἵππιον ἑξέτε᾽ ἀμφὶ λόφον ζυγοῖ,
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οὔρειόν τ᾿ ἀκμῆτα ταῦρον.

2

καὶ φθέγμα, καὶ ἠνεμόεν

φρόνημα, καὶ ἀστυνόμους

ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο, καὶ

δυσαύλων πάγων αἴθρια καὶ δύσομ-
355

βρα φεύγειν βέλη. παντοπόρος·

ἄπορος ἐπ᾽ οὐδὲν ἔρχεται

τὸ μέλλον· Ἅιδα μόνον

φεῦξιν οὐκ ἐπάξεται·

νόσων δ᾽ ἀμηχάνων φυγὰς
360

ξυμπέφρασται.

2

σοφόν τι τὸ μηχανόεν

τέχνας ὑπὲρ ἐλπίδ᾽ ἔχων,

ποτὲ μὲν κακόν, ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐσθλὸν ἕρπει· νόμους

παρείρων χθονός,
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θεῶν τ᾽ ἔνορκον δίκαν, ὑψίπολις·

ἄπολις, ὅτῳ τὸ μὴ καλὸν

ξύνεστι, τόλμας χάριν.

μήτ᾽ ἐμοὶ παρέστιος

γένοιτο, μήτ᾽ ἴσον φρονῶν,
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ὃς τάδ᾽ ἔρδει.

Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 343 focus

κουφονόων τε φῦλον ὀρνίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει 1

καὶ θηρῶν ἀγρίων ἔθνη πόντου τ᾽ εἰναλίαν φύσιν 2
345

σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις, 3

περιφραδὴς ἀνήρ· 4

κρατεῖ δὲ μηχαναῖς ἀγραύλου 5

θηρὸς ὀρεσσιβάτα, λασιαύχενά θ᾽ 6
350

ἵππον ὀχμάζεται ἀμφὶ λόφον ζυγῶν, 7

οὔρειόν τ᾽ ἀκμῆτα ταῦρον. 8

2

καὶ φθέγμα καὶ ἀνεμόεν 1

φρόνημα καὶ ἀστυνόμους ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο καὶ δυσαύλων 2
355

πάγων ἐναίθρεια καὶ δύσομβρα φεύγειν βέλη, 3

παντοπόρος· ἄπορος ἐπ᾽ οὐδὲν ἔρχεται 4
360

τὸ μέλλον· Ἅιδα μόνον φεῦξιν οὐκ ἐπάξεται· 5

νόσων δ᾽ ἀμηχάνων φυγὰς ξυμπέφρασται. 6

2

σοφόν τι τὸ μηχανόεν 1
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τέχνας ὑπὲρ ἐλπίδ᾽ ἔχων τοτὲ μὲν κακόν, ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐσθλὸν ἕρπει· 2

νόμους γεραίρων χθονὸς θεῶν τ᾽ ἔνορκον δίκαν, 3

ὑψίπολις· ἄπολις, ὅτῳ τὸ μὴ καλὸν 4
370

ξύνεστι τόλμας χάριν. μήτ᾽ ἐμοὶ παρέστιος 5

γένοιτο μήτ᾽ ἴσον φρονῶν, ὃς τάδ᾽ ἔρδει. 6
375

Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 343 focus

κουφονόων τε φῦλον ὀρ-

νίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἀγρεῖ

καὶ θηρῶν ἀγρίων ἔθνη

πόντου τ᾽ εἰναλίαν φύσιν
345

σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις,

περιφραδὴς ἀνήρ· κρατεῖ

δὲ μηχαναῖς ἀγραύλου

θηρὸς ὀρεσσιβάτα, λασιαύχενά θ᾽
350

ἵππον ὑπαξέμεν ἀμφίλοφον ζυγὸν

οὔρειόν τ’ ἀκμῆτα ταῦρον.

καὶ φθέγμα καὶ ἀνεμόεν

φρόνημα καὶ ἀστυνόμους

ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο καὶ δυσαύλων

πάγων ὑπαίθρεια καὶ

δύσομβρα φεύγειν βέλη

παντοπόρος· ἄπορος ἐπ᾽ οὐδὲν ἔρχεται
360

τὸ μέλλον· Ἅιδα μόνον

φεῦξιν οὐκ ἐπάξεται·

νόσων δ᾽ ἀμαχάνων φυγὰς

ξυμπέφρασται.

σοφόν τι τὸ μηχανόεν
365

τέχνας ὑπὲρ ἐλπίδ᾽ ἔχων

τοτὲ μὲν κακόν, ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐσθλὸν ἕρπει,

νόμους περαίνων χθονὸς

θεῶν τ᾽ ἔνορκον δίκαν·

ὑψίπολις· ἄπολις ὅτῳ τὸ μὴ καλὸν
370

ξύνεστι τόλμας χάριν.

μήτ᾽ ἐμοὶ παρέστιος

γένοιτο μήτ᾽ ἴσον φρονῶν

ὃς τάδ᾽ ἔρδοι.
375

Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 343 focus

Χορός

κουφονόων τε φῦλον ὀρνίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει

καὶ θηρῶν ἀγρίων ἔθνη πόντου τʼ εἰναλίαν φύσιν
345

σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις,

περιφραδὴς ἀνήρ·

κρατεῖ δὲ μηχαναῖς ἀγραύλου

θηρὸς ὀρεσσιβάτα, λασιαύχενά θʼ
350

ἵππον ὀχμάζεται ἀμφὶ λόφον ζυγῶν

οὔρειόν τʼ ἀκμῆτα ταῦρον.

Χορός

καὶ φθέγμα καὶ ἀνεμόεν φρόνημα καὶ ἀστυνόμους

ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο καὶ δυσαύλων

πάγων ὑπαίθρεια καὶ δύσομβρα φεύγειν βέλη

παντοπόρος· ἄπορος ἐπʼ οὐδὲν ἔρχεται

τὸ μέλλον· Ἅιδα μόνον φεῦξιν οὐκ ἐπάξεται·
360

νόσων δʼ ἀμηχάνων φυγὰς ξυμπέφρασται.

Χορός

σοφόν τι τὸ μηχανόεν τέχνας ὑπὲρ ἐλπίδʼ ἔχων
365

τοτὲ μὲν κακόν, ἄλλοτʼ ἐπʼ ἐσθλὸν ἕρπει,

νόμους γεραίρων χθονὸς θεῶν τʼ ἔνορκον δίκαν,

ὑψίπολις· ἄπολις ὅτῳ τὸ μὴ καλὸν
370

ξύνεστι τόλμας χάριν. μήτʼ ἐμοὶ παρέστιος

γένοιτο μήτʼ ἴσον φρονῶν ὃς τάδʼ ἔρδει.
375

Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 343 focus

κουφονόων τε φῦλον ὀρ-

νίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει

καὶ θηρῶν ἀγρίων ἔθνη

πόντου τ᾽ εἰναλίαν φύσιν
345

σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις,

περιφραδὴς ἀνήρ· κρατεῖ

δὲ μηχαναῖς ἀγραύλου

θηρὸς ὀρεσσιβάτα, λασιαύχενά θ᾽
350

ἵππον ὀχμάζεται ἀμφίλοφον ζυγὸν

οὔρειόν τ᾽ ἀδμῆτα ταῦρον.

καὶ φθέγμα καὶ ἀνεμόεν

φρόνημα καὶ ἀστυνόμους

ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο καὶ δυσαύλων
355

πάγων ὑπαίθρεια καὶ

δύσομβρα φεύγειν βέλη,

παντοπόρος· ἄπορος ἐπ᾽ οὐδὲν ἔρχεται

τὸ μέλλον· Ἅιδα μόνον
360

φεῦξιν οὐκ ἐπάξεται·

νόσων δ᾽ ἀμηχάνων φυγὰς

ξυμπέφρασται.

σοφόν τι τὸ μηχανόεν

τέχνας ὑπὲρ ἐλπίδ᾽ ἔχων
365

τοτὲ μὲν κακόν, ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐσθλὸν ἕρπει·

νόμους γεραίρων χθονὸς

θεῶν τ᾽ ἔνορκον δίκαν

ὑψίπολις· ἄπολις ὅτωι τὸ μὴ καλὸν
370

ξύνεστι τόλμας χάριν·

μήτ᾽ ἐμοὶ παρέστιος

γένοιτο μήτ᾽ ἴσον φρονῶν

ὃς τάδ᾽ ἔρδει.
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Χορός

Translations (11)

German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 343 focus

CHOR

Vieles Gewalt'ge lebt, und nichts

ist gewaltiger als der Mensch.
330

Er durchschneidet in Südes Sturm

auch die dunkele Flut des Meers,

hinschwebend zwischen den Wogen

auf ringsumbrauster Bahn.

Er müdet ab der Götter höchste,
335

Erde die ewige nimmer ermattende,

während die Pflüge sich wenden von Jahre zu Jahr, sie

furchend mit den Rossen.

Flüchtig gesinnter Vögel Schwarm

fängt er schlau sie umgarnend ein,
340

und wildschweifende Thier' im Wald,

und die wimmelnde Brut des Meers

mit netzgeflochtenen Schleifen,

der witzbegabte Mann.

Mit List bezwingt er auch das freie
345

Höhen erklimmende Thier, und dem mähnigen

Nacken des Rosses umschirrt er das Joch und dem unauf-

reiblich starken Bergstier.

Die Rede, den luftigen Flug des Denkens ersann er, erfand

Staatlenkende Sitte; des Regenstromes,
350

der rauhen Nacht Pfeilgeschofs,

den scharfen Frost wehrt er ab.

Rathes allerfüllt ist rathlos nie er für die Zukunft;

dem Tod allein weiſs er nimmer zu entfliehn,

doch gegen schwerer Seuchen Noth fand er Heilung.
355

Mit listiger Künste Geschick wohl über Verhoffen begabt

geht jetzo zum Bösen er, jetzt zum Guten ;

des Lands Gesetz kehrt er um,

der Götter schwurheilig Recht.

Auf des Staates Höh' ist staatlos, wem das Edle fern wohnt;
360

tollkühnes Sinns, mög' er nicht zu meinem Heerd

gelangen noch in meinen Rath, solch ein Frevler!

(der Wächter bringt die Antigone.)

Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 343 focus

Y de la raza ligera de las aves, tendiendo redes, se apodera; y también de las bestias salvajes y de los peces del mar, con cuerdas tejidas en malla, la habilidad del hombre. Domeña con su ingenio a la fiera salvaje que en el monte vive; y al crinado caballo y al indómito toro montaraz, les hace amar el yugo al que sujetan su cerviz.

Y en el arte de la palabra, y en el pensamiento sutil como el viento, y en las asambleas que dan leyes a la ciudad se amaestró; y también en evitar las molestias de la lluvia, de la intemperie y del inhabitable invierno. Teniendo recursos para todo, no queda sin ellos ante lo que ha de ve- nir. Solamente contra la muerte no encuentra remedio; pero sabe precaverse de las molestas enfermedades, procurando evitarlas.

Y poseyendo la industriosa habilidad del arte más de lo que podia podía esperarse, procede unas veces bien o se arrastra hacia el mal, conculcando las leyes de la patria y el sagrado juramento de los dioses. Quien, ocupando un elevado cargo en la ciudad, se habitúa al mal por osadía, es indigno de vivir en ella : que nunca sea mi huésped, y menos amigo mío, el que tales cosas haga.

Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 333 focus

Multa quidem sunt mirabilia; nihil vero homine mirabilius est.

Itaque tum canum ultra pontum procelloso flante noto fertur, circumfrementes transmittens fluctus; tum supremam deam, Tellurem immortalem, indefessam, exercet circumactis aratris per singulos annos, equino genere versans.

Levium etiam genus avium cassibus circumdatum abducit, agrestiumque ferarum secla, pontique marinam naturam nexis retium laqueis, vir solers:

edomatque artibus agrestem beluam montivagam, iubatumque equum et montanum indomitum taurum iugo admovet, cervicibus imponendo.

Quin dicendi artem, sublimiumque rerum scientiam et civiles mores didicit, tum etiam inhabitabilis frigoris subdialia imbriumque tela fugere.

Ad omnia ingeniosus, nullorumque, futura quaesunt, improvidus, est: solius Orci effugium invenire non valet: difficilium tamen morborum remedia excogitavit.

Callidus ultra quam.

sperari possit, quodvis opus ingens artificio perficere, modo bonum, modo pravum sectatur. Leges contemnens patriae, vindicesque iurisiurandi patrios deos, princeps, civitate eiicitur, qui pravum, audaciae plenus, sectatur: neque idem mecum tectum subeat, nec mecum conferat: consilia, qui talia patrat. —

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 343 focus

And wound in woven coils of nets he seizeth for his prey

The aëry tribe of birds and wilding armies of the chase,
345

And sea-born millions of the deep—man is so crafty-wise.

And now with engine of his wit he tameth to his will

The mountain-ranging beast whose lair is in the country wild;

And now his yoke hath passed upon the mane

Of horse with proudly crested neck and tireless mountain bull.

Wise utterance and wind-swift thought, and city-moulding mind,

And shelter from the clear-eyed power of biting frost,
355

He hath taught him, and to shun the sharp, roof-penetrating rain,—

Full of resource, without device he meets no coming time;

From Death alone he shall not find reprieve;

No league may gain him that relief; but even for fell disease,

That long hath baffled wisest leech, he hath contrived a cure.

Inventive beyond wildest hope, endowed with boundless skill,

One while he moves toward evil, and one while toward good,
365

According as he loves his land and fears the Gods above.

Weaving the laws into his life and steadfast oath of Heaven,

High in the State he moves but outcast he,
370

Who hugs dishonour to his heart and follows paths of crime

Ne’er may he come beneath my roof, nor think like thoughts with me.

What portent from the Gods is here?

My mind is mazed with doubt and fear.

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 343 focus

Flüchtiger Vögel leichte Schaar

Und wildschwärmendes Volk im Wald,

Auch die wimmelnde Brut der See

Fängt er listig umstellend ein
345

Mit nezgeflochtenen Garnen,

Der vielbegabte Mensch.

Er zwingt mit schlauer Kunst des Landes

Bergdurchwandelndes Wild, und den mähnigen

Nacken umschirrt er dem Roß mit dem Joche rings,
350

Wie dem freien Stier der Berghöh'n.

Zweite Strophe.

Und das Wort und den luftigen Flug

Des Gedankens erfand er, ersann

Staatordnende Sazungen, weiß dem ungastlichen

Froste des Reifes und
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Zeus' Regenpfeilen zu entflieh'n;

Ueberall weiß er Rath;

Rathlos trifft ihn nichts

Zukünftiges; vor dem Tode nur

Späht er kein Entrinnen aus;
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Doch für der Seuchen schwerste Noth

Fand er Heilung.

Zweite Gegenstrophe.

In Erfindungen listiger Kunst

Weit über Verhoffen gewandt,

Neigt bald er zu Bösem, zu Gutem bald, achtet hoch
365

Der Heimat Gesez,

Der Götter schwurheilig Recht,

Segen der Stadt! Aber zum Fluch

Lebt ihr, wer, gesellt

Dem Laster, frechem Troze fröhnt.
370

Nimmermehr an meinen Herd

Gelange, noch in meinen Rath,

Solch ein Frevler!

(der Wächter bringt die Antigone.)

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 343 focus

Or do my eyes deceive me ? No, she comes.

O ! wretched daughter of a wretched father !

Hast thou trangressed the laws, and art thou ta'en

In this adventurous deed, unhappy maid ?

Antigone
Scene IV.

Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 343 focus

El hombre industrioso caza los pájaros de rápido vuelo, y las fieras de las selvas, y los peces de los mares, con redes sutiles en que los envuelve y aprisiona. Su astucia triunfa de los monstruos salvajes de las montañas, y sujeta al yugo al corcel de larga crin y al toro indómito y montaráz.

Antístrofa 2.a

CORO

Él cultiva la palabra y las ciencias sublimes: él conoce las leyes y costumbres de las ciudades; él sabe preservar su vivienda de los hielos del invierno, y de las exhalaciones de la tormenta. Fecundo en recursos é ingenioso, lleva su previsión hasta lo porvenir. También ha encontrado medio para escapar de las enfermedades más crueles... Tan sólo le será imposible librarse de la Muerte.

Antístrofa 2.a

CORO

Habiendo llegado en la industria y en las artes más allá de toda esperanza, marcha, sin embargo, unas veces hacia el bien, y otras hácia el mal; por esto el poderoso de la ciudad que torcidamente interpreta las leyes humanas y divinas, es digno de ser expulsado de ella, tan luego como su audacia concibe proyectos criminales.

Que el que ejecute tales cosas no participe ni de mi hogar ni de mi pensamiento.¹ (Vése aparecer nuevamente al centinel·la trayendo prisionera á Antígona.)

Vése aparecer nuevamente al centinela trayendo prisionera á Antigona.

German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 343 focus

Und leichträumender Vögel Welt
360

Bestrikt er, und jagt sie;

Und wilder Thiere Zug,

Und des Pontos salzbelebte Natur

Mit gesponnenen Nezen,

Der kundige Mann.
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Und fängt mit Künsten das Wild,

Das auf Bergen übernachtet und schweift.

Und dem rauhmähnigen Rosse wirft er um

Den Naken das Joch, und dem Berge

Bewandelnden unbezähmten Stier.
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Und die Red’ und den luftigen

Gedanken und städtebeherrschenden Stolz

Hat erlernet er, und übelwohnender

Hügel feuchte Lüfte, und

Die unglüklichen zu fliehen, die Pfeile. Allbewandert,
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Unbewandert. Zu nichts kommt er.

Der Todten künftigen Ort nur

Zu fliehen weiss er nicht,

Und die Flucht unbehaltener Seuchen

Zu überdenken.
380

Von Weisem etwas, und das Geschikte der Kunst

Mehr, als er hoffen kann, besizend,

Kommt einmal er auf Schlimmes, das andre zu Gutem.

Die Gesezze kränkt er, der Erd’und Naturgewalt’ger

Beschwornes Gewissen ;
385

Hochstädtisch kommt, unstädtisch

Zu nichts er, wo das Schöne

Mit ihm ist und mit Frechheit.

Nicht. sey am Heerde mit mir,

Noch gleichgesinnet,
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Wer solches thut.

English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 333 focus

Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man; the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy south-wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him; and Earth, the eldest of the gods, the immortal, the unwearied, doth he wear, turning 340 the soil with the offspring of horses, as the ploughs go to and fro from year to year. 1

And the light-hearted race of birds, and the tribes of savage beasts, and the sea-brood of the deep, he snares in the meshes of his woven toils, he leads captive, man excellent in wit. And he masters by his arts the beast whose lair is in the wilds, who roams the hills; 350 he tames the horse of shaggy mane, he puts the yoke upon its neck, he tames the tireless mountain bull, 2

And speech, and wind-swift thought, and all the moods that mould a state, hath he taught himself; and how to flee the arrows of the frost, when ’tis hard lodging under the clear sky, and the arrows of the rushing rain ; 360 yea, he hath resource for all; without resource he meets nothing that must come: only against Death shall he call for aid in vain; but from baffling maladies he hath devised escapes. 2

Cunning beyond fancy’s dream is the fertile skill which brings him, now to evil, now to good. When he honours the laws of the land, and that justice which he hath sworn by the gods to uphold, proudly stands 370 his city: no city hath he who, for his rashness, dwells with sin. Never may he share my hearth, never think my thoughts, who doth these things! Enter the Guard on the spectators’ left, leading in ANTIGONE.

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 343 focus

The proud steed to his purpose bends,

And furrows with his rolling plough the soil.

His fine entangling arts ensnare

The feather'd tribes that lightly wing the air.

Each savage which the forest knows,
350

And all the finny race that glide

Sportive beneath the azure tide,

His line-enwoven nets enclose.

He knows to tame the herds that wander wild;
355

The stiff-maned horse obeys his hand,

Bends his strong neck to his command,

And the reluctant mountain bull grows mild.

The modulated voice he taught,

And train'd the mind to harbour virtuous thought

He gave to life a polish'd form,

When first he bade the city rise
365

A shelter from night's freezing skies,

And the sharp arrows of the storm.

O'er all victorious mounts his active mind :

E'en for disease and racking pain
370

Some healing balm his arts obtain,

But from the darts of death no refuge find.

Unbounded soars his active thought,
375

English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 332-380 focus

Chorus

Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man.

This power spans the sea, even when it surges white before the gales of the south-wind, and makes a path under swells that threaten to engulf him. Earth, too, the eldest of the gods, the immortal, the unwearied,
335

he wears away to his own ends, turning the soil with the offspring of horses as the plows weave to and fro year after year.
340

343

Chorus

The light-hearted tribe of birds

and the clans of wild beasts and the sea-brood of the deep he snares in the meshes of his twisted nets, and he leads them captive, very-skilled man. He masters by his arts
345

the beast who dwells in the wilds and roams the hills. He tames the shaggy-maned horse, putting the yoke upon its neck, and tames the tireless mountain bull.
350

354

Chorus

Speech and thought fast as the wind and the moods that give order to a city he has taught himself, and how to flee the arrows of the inhospitable frost under clear skies and the arrows of the storming rain.

He has resource for everything. Lacking resource in nothing he strides towards what must come. From Death alone he shall procure no escape, but from baffling diseases he has devised flights.
360

365

Chorus

Possessing resourceful skill, a subtlety beyond expectation he moves now to evil, now to good. When he honors the laws of the land and the justice of the gods to which he is bound by oath,
365

his city prospers. But banned from his city is he who, thanks to his rashness, couples with disgrace. Never may he share my home,
370

never think my thoughts, who does these things!
375

376

Enter the Guard, on the spectators’ left, leading in Antigone.

Chorus

What marvel sent by the gods is this?—I am bewildered! I know her. How can I deny that this girl is Antigone? O unhappy child

of your unhappy father, of Oedipus! What can this mean? What! Surely they are not bringing you captive for disobeying the King’s laws and being caught in lunacy?
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Antigone

1. (‘a clear frost')

Sir Richard C. Jebb Commentary on Sophocles: Antigone 332

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4. ΣΤΑΣΙΜΟΝ ΠΡΩ͂ΤΟΝ.

Χορός

Or do my eyes deceive me ? No, she comes.

O ! wretched daughter of a wretched father !

Hast thou trangressed the laws, and art thou ta'en

In this adventurous deed, unhappy maid ?

Antigone
Scene IV.

Antístrofa 2.a

CORO

Antístrofa 2.a

CORO

Que el que ejecute tales cosas no participe ni de mi hogar ni de mi pensamiento.¹ (Vése aparecer nuevamente al centinel·la trayendo prisionera á Antígona.)

Vése aparecer nuevamente al centinela trayendo prisionera á Antigona.

The proud steed to his purpose bends,

And furrows with his rolling plough the soil.

His fine entangling arts ensnare

The feather'd tribes that lightly wing the air.

Each savage which the forest knows,
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And all the finny race that glide

Sportive beneath the azure tide,

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4. ΣΤΑΣΙΜΟΝ ΠΡΩ͂ΤΟΝ.

Χορός

Or do my eyes deceive me ? No, she comes.

O ! wretched daughter of a wretched father !

Hast thou trangressed the laws, and art thou ta'en In this adventurous deed, unhappy maid ?

Antigone Scene IV.

Antístrofa 2.a

CORO

Antístrofa 2.a

CORO

Que el que ejecute tales cosas no participe ni de mi hogar ni de mi pensamiento. 1 (Vése aparecer nuevamente al centinel·la trayendo prisionera á Antígona.) Vése aparecer nuevamente al centinela trayendo prisionera á Antigona.

The proud steed to his purpose bends, And furrows with his rolling plough the soil. His fine entangling arts ensnare The feather'd tribes that lightly wing the air. Each savage which the forest knows, 350 And all the finny race that glide Sportive beneath the azure tide,

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Hast thou trangressed the laws, and art thou ta'en

In this adventurous deed, unhappy maid ?

Antigone
Scene IV.

Que el que ejecute tales cosas no participe ni de mi hogar ni de mi pensamiento.¹ (Vése aparecer nuevamente al centinel·la trayendo prisionera á Antígona.)

Vése aparecer nuevamente al centinela trayendo prisionera á Antigona.

The proud steed to his purpose bends,

And furrows with his rolling plough the soil.

His fine entangling arts ensnare

The feather'd tribes that lightly wing the air.

Each savage which the forest knows,
350

And all the finny race that glide

Sportive beneath the azure tide,