Sir Richard C. Jebb Commentary on Sophocles: Antigone 631

Commentary on Sophocles: Antigone. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. 1900.

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Editions (12)
Greek (L. Benloew, 1858) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (L. Benloew, 1858)) — 631 focus
τάχ᾽ εἰσόμεσθα μάντεων ὑπέρτερον.
ὦ παῖ, 1 τελείαν ψῆφον ἆρα μὴ κλύων
τῆς μελλονύμφου, πατρὶ λυσσαίνων πάρει;
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ἢ σοὶ μὲν ἡμεῖς πανταχῇ δρῶντες φίλοι;
ἡμῖν μὲν, εἰ μὴ 5 τῷ χρόνῳ κεκλέμμεθα,
λέγειν φρονούντως ὧν λέγεις δοκεῖς πέρι.
ἄναξ, σέ τ᾽ εἰκὸς, εἴ τι καίριον λέγει,
μαθεῖν, σέ τ᾽ αὖ τοῦδ᾽· εὖ γὰρ εἴρηται διπλᾶ.
ἄληθες; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ, τόνδ᾽ Ὄλυμπον, ἴσθ᾽, ὅτι
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χαίρων ἐπὶ ψόγοισι δεννάσεις ἐμέ.
ἄγετε τὸ μῖσος, ὡς κατ᾽ ὄμματ᾽ αὐτίκα
παρόντι θνήσκῃ πλησία τῷ νυμφίῳ.
Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 631 focus
Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 631 focus
τάχ᾽ εἰσόμεσθα μαντέων ὑπέρτερον.
ὦ παῖ, τελείαν ψῆφον ἆρα μὴ κλύων
τῆς μελλονύμφου, πατρὶ λυσσαίνων πάρει,
ἢ σοὶ ᾿σμὲν ἡμεῖς, πανταχῆ δρῶντες, φίλοι;
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ἡμῖν μὲν, εἰ μὴ τῷ χρόνῳ κεκλέμμεθα,
λέγειν φρονούντως ὧν λέγεις δοκεῖς πέρι.
ἄναξ, σέ τ᾽ εἰκὸς, εἴ τι καίριον λέγει,
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μαθεῖν, σέ τ᾽ αὖ τοῦδ᾽· εὖ γὰρ εἴρηται διπλᾶ.
ἄληθες; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ, τόνδ᾽ Ὄλυμπον, ἴσθ᾽ ὅτι
χαίρων ἐπιψόγοισι δεννάσεις ἐμέ.
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ἄγετε τὸ μῖσος, ὡς κατ' ὄμματ᾽ αὐτίκα
παρόντι θνήσκῃ πλησία τῷ νυμφίῳ!
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 631 focus
τάχ᾽ εἰσόμεσθα μάντεων ὑπέρτερον.
ὦ παῖ, τελείαν ψῆφον ἆρα μὴ κλύων
τῆς μελλονύμφου πατρὶ λυσσαίνων πάρει;
ἢ σοὶ μὲν ἡμεῖς πανταχῆ δρῶντες φίλοι;
ἡμῖν μέν, εἰ μὴ τῷ χρόνῳ κεκλέμμεθα,
λέγειν φρονούντως ὧν λέγεις δοκεῖς πέρι.
ἄναξ, σε τ᾽ εἰκός, εἴ τι καίριον λέγει,
μαθεῖν, σε τ᾽ αὖ τοῦδ᾽· εὖ γὰρ εἴρηται διπλᾶ.
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ἄληθες; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ, τόνδ᾽ Ὄλυμπον, ἴσθ᾽ ὅτι,
χαίρων ἐπὶ ψόγοισι δεννάσεις ἐμέ.
ἄγετε τὸ μῖσος, ὡς κατ᾿ ὄμματ᾿ αὐτίκα
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παρόντι θνήσκῃ πλησία τῷ νυμφίῳ.
Greek (A. Colonna, 1978) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Colonna, 1978)) — 631 focus
τάχ᾽ εἰσόμεσθα μάντεων ὑπέρτερον.
ὦ παῖ, τελείαν ψῆφον ἆρα μὴ κλύων
τῆς μελλονύμφου πατρὶ λυσσαίνων πάρει;
ἢ σοὶ μὲν ἡμεῖς πανταχῇ δρῶντες φίλοι;
ἡμῖν μέν, εἰ μὴ τῷ χρόνῳ κεκλέμμεθα,
λέγειν φρονούντως ὧν λέγεις δοκεῖς πέρι.
ἄναξ, σέ τ᾽ εἰκός, εἴ τι καίριον λέγει,
μαθεῖν, σέ τ᾽ αὖ τοῦδ᾽· εὖ γὰρ εἴρηται διπλᾶ.
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ἄληθες; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ, τόνδ᾽ Ὄλυμπον, ἴσθ᾽ ὅτι,
χαίρων ἐπὶ ψόγοισι δεννάσεις ἐμέ.
ἄγαγε τὸ μῖσος, ὡς κατ᾽ ὄμματ᾽ αὐτίκα
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παρόντι θνῄσκῃ πλησία τῷ νυμφίῳ.
Greek (A. Dain, 1955) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. Dain, 1955)) — 631 focus
τάχ’ εἰσόμεσθα μάντεων ὑπέρτερον.
ὦ παῖ, τελείαν ψῆφον ἆρα μὴ κλύων
τῆς μελλονύμφου πατρὶ λυσσαίνων πάρει;
ἢ σοὶ μὲν ἡμεῖς πανταχῇ δρῶντες φίλοι;
ἡμῖν μέν, εἰ μὴ τῷ χρόνῳ κεκλέμμεθα,
λέγειν φρονούντως ὧν λέγεις δοκεῖς πέρι.
ἄναξ, σέ τ’ εἰκός, εἴ τι καίριον λέγει,
μαθεῖν, σέ τ’ αὖ τοῦδ’· εὖ γὰρ εἴρηται διπλᾶ.
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ἄληθες; ἀλλ’ οὐ τόνδ’ Ὄλυμπον, ἴσθ’ ὅτι,
χαίρων ἐπὶ ψόγοισι δεννάσεις ἐμέ.
ἄγαγε τὸ μῖσος, ὡς κατ’ ὄμματ’ αὐτίκα
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παρόντι θνῄσκῃ πλησία τῷ νυμφίῳ.
Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. D. Dawe, 1979)) — 631 focus
τάχ᾽ εἰσόμεσθα μάντεων ὑπέρτερον.
ὦ παῖ, τελείαν ψῆφον ἆρα μὴ κλύων
τῆς μελλονύμφου πατρὶ λυσσαίνων πάρει;
ἢ σοὶ μὲν ἡμεῖς πανταχῆι δρῶντες φίλοι;
ἡμῖν μέν, εἰ μὴ τῶι χρόνωι κεκλέμμεθα,
λέγειν φρονούντως ὧν λέγεις δοκεῖς πέρι.
ἄναξ, σέ τ᾽ εἰκός, εἴ τι καίριον λέγει,
μαθεῖν, σέ τ᾽ αὖ τοῦδ᾽ · εὖ γὰρ εἴρηται διπλῆι.
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ἄληθες; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ τόνδ᾽ Ὄλυμπον, ἴσθ᾽ ὅτι,
χαίρων ἔτι ψόγοισι δεννάσεις ἐμέ.
ἄγετε τὸ μῖσος, ὡς κατ᾽ ὄμματ᾽ αὐτίκα
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παρόντι θνήισκηι πλησία τῶι νυμφίωι.
Greek (G. Hermann, 1830) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (G. Hermann, 1830)) — 631 focus
τάχ᾽ εἰσόμεσθα μαντέων ὑπέρτερον.
ὦ παῖ, τελείαν ψῆφον ἆρα μὴ κλύων
τῆς μελλονύμφου, πατρὶ λυσσαίνων πάρει;
ἢ σοὶ μὲν ἡμεῖς πανταχῇ δρῶντες φίλοι;
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ἡμῖν μέν, εἰ μὴ τῷ χρόνῳ κεκλέμμεθα,
λέγειν φρονούντως ὧν λέγεις δοκεῖς πέρι.
ἄναξ, σέ τ᾽ εἰκός, εἴ τι καίριον, λέγει,
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μαθεῖν, σέ τ᾽ αὖ τοῦδ᾽· εὖ γὰρ εἴρηται διπλῇ.
ἄληθες; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ, τόνδ᾽ Ὄλυμπον, ἴσθ᾽ ὅτι
χαίρων ἐπὶ ψόγοισι δεννάσεις ἐμέ.
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ἄγετε τὸ μῖσος, ὡς κατ᾽ ὄμματ᾽ αὐτίκα
παρόντι θνήσκῃ πλησία τῷ νυμφίῳ.
Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (R. C. Jebb, 1906)) — 631 focus
τάχ᾽ εἰσόμεσθα μάντεων ὑπέρτερον.
ὦ παῖ, τελείαν ψῆφον ἆρα μὴ κλύων
τῆς μελλονύμφου πατρὶ λυσσαίνων πάρει;
ἢ σοὶ μὲν ἡμεῖς πανταχῇ δρῶντες φίλοι;
ἡμῖν μέν, εἰ μὴ τῷ χρόνῳ κεκλέμμεθα,
λέγειν φρονούντως ὧν λέγεις δοκεῖς πέρι.
ἄναξ, σέ τ᾽ εἰκός, εἴ τι καίριον λέγει,
μαθεῖν, σέ τ᾽ αὖ τοῦδ᾽· εὖ γὰρ εἴρηται διπλᾶ.
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ἄληθες; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ, τόνδ᾽ Ὄλυμπον, ἴσθ᾽ ὅτι,
χαίρων ἐπὶ ψόγοισι δεννάσεις ἐμέ.
ἄγετε τὸ μῖσος, ὡς κατ᾽ ὄμματ᾽ αὐτίκα
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παρόντι θνῄσκῃ πλησία τῷ νυμφίῳ.
Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (A. C. Pearson, 1924)) — 631 focus
τάχ᾽ εἰσόμεσθα μάντεων ὑπέρτερον.
ὦ παῖ, τελείαν ψῆφον ἆρα μὴ κλύων
τῆς μελλονύμφου πατρὶ λυσσαίνων πάρει;
ἢ σοὶ μὲν ἡμεῖς πανταχῇ δρῶντες φίλοι;
ἡμῖν μέν, εἰ μὴ τῷ χρόνῳ κεκλέμμεθα,
λέγειν φρονούντως ὧν λέγεις δοκεῖς πέρι.
ἄναξ, σέ τ᾽ εἰκός, εἴ τι καίριον λέγει,
μαθεῖν, σέ τ᾽ αὖ τοῦδ᾽. εὖ γὰρ εἴρηται διπλῇ.
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ἄληθες; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ, τόνδ᾽ Ὄλυμπον, ἴσθ᾽ ὅτι,
χαίρων ἐπὶ ψόγοισι δεννάσεις ἐμέ.
ἄγετε τὸ μῖσος, ὡς κατ᾽ ὄμματ᾽ αὐτίκα
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παρόντι θνῄσκῃ πλησία τῷ νυμφίῳ
Antigone (OCR draft) Experimental (Antigone) — 631 focus
Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (K. Reinhardt, 1949)) — 631 focus
τάχ᾽ εἰσόμεσθα μάντεων ὑπέρτερον.
ὦ παῖ, τελείαν ψῆφον ἆρα μὴ κλύων
τῆς μελλονύμφου πατρὶ λυσσαίνων πάρει;
ἢ σοὶ μὲν ἡμεῖς πανταχῆι δρῶντες φίλοι;
ἡμῖν μέν, εἰ μὴ τῶι χρόνωι κεκλέμμεθα,
λέγειν φρονούντως ὧν λέγεις δοκεῖς πέρι.
ἄναξ, σέ τ᾽ εἰκός, εἴ τι καίριον λέγει,
μαθεῖν, σέ τ᾽ αὖ τοῦδ᾽· εὖ γὰρ εἴρηται διπλῆι.
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ταύτην ποτ᾽ οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὡς ἔτι ζῶσαν γαμεῖς.
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Translations (11)
German (A. Boeckh, 1884) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (A. Boeckh, 1884)) — 631 focus
Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (J. A. Bolufer, 1921)) — 631 focus
Pronto lo sabremos de él, mejor que de cualquier adivino. ¡Hijo!, ¿acaso, al enterarte del irrevocable decreto acerca de tu futura esposa, vienes rabioso contra tu padre, o soy de ti siempre querido de cualquier modo que proceda?
A mi, si no es que por la edad chocheo, me parece razonable lo que has dicho.
Rey, conviene que si algo oportuno dice éste, lo atiendas; y también éste a ti, pues los dos habéis hablado bien..
¿Si? Pues, por el Olimpo, sabe que no te alegrarás de haberme injuriado con tanto insulto. Traed a esa odiosa, para que ante su vista, al punto, muera cerca y en presencia del novio.
Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806) (OCR draft) Experimental (Latin (F. H. Bothe, 1806)) — 631 focus
Statim sciemus, quovis augure certius. O nate, num, auditis quae in sponsam decreta sunt, patri infensus ades,, an vero, quidquid egerimus, sumus tibi cari?
Rex, si quid hic opportunum dicit, aequum est te animum advertere ; teque vicissim illi auscultare:
recte enim dictum est utrinque.
Nos ergo istuc aetatis sapere docebimur ab adolescente ?
Itane vero?
at haud impune, coelum attestor, me reprehensione dignis verbis abs te impetitum iri scias. Adducite odium, ut ob oculos illico praesenti moriatur proximá sponso.
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 631 focus
We shall know soon, better than seers could teach us.
Can it be so, my son, that thou art brought
By mad distemperature against thy sire,
On hearing of the irrevocable doom
Passed on thy promised bride? Or is thy love
Thy father’s, be his actions what they may?
Unless our sense is weakened by long time,
Thou speakest not unwisely.
My lord, ’twere wise, if thou wouldst learn of him
In reason; and thou, Haemon, from thy sire!
Truth lies between you.
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Is ’t possible? By yon heaven! thou’lt not escape,
For adding contumely to words of blame.
Bring out the hated thing, that she may die
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Immediately, before her lover’s face!
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 631 focus
Bald werden wir es klarer als die Seher schau'n.
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Mein Sohn, dem Vater nahst du doch nicht wuthentbrannt,
Weil du den Spruch vernahmest, der die Braut verdammt?
Nein, was ich thun mag, bleib' ich dir doch immer lieb?
Uns dünkt, wofern uns Alter nicht den Sinn berückt,
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Mit viel Verstand gesprochen, was du sprichst, o Herr.
Ihn hörst du billig, wenn er treffend spricht, o Herr,
Und du den Vater; sprachet ihr doch beide gut.
Wahrhaftig? Bei'm Olympos, nicht zur Freude dir,
Das sei versichert, höhnst du mich mit frechem Wort.
(zu den Begleitern:)
Führt her das Scheusal, daß sie gleich im Angesicht
Des Bräutigams an seiner Seite sterbe hier!.
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English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 631 focus
He comes, and better than a prophet, soon
Shall we divine his inmost thoughts. My son,
Com'st thou, well knowing our decree, to mourn
Thy promised bride, and angry to dispute
O king ! if right the youth advise, 'tis fit
Should he attend, as best may profit both.
Chorus.
Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889) (OCR draft) Experimental (Spanish (A. G. Garbin, 1889)) — 631 focus
Al punto lo sabremos con más certeza que si fuéramos adivinos.
Supongo, hijo mío, que no vendrás enfurecido contra tu padre por la sentencia definitiva que acaba de recaer contra tu futura esposa; y que cualquiera que haya sido mi modo de obrar, seré siempre querido para ti...
Si la edad no hace que nos engañemos, parécenos muy puesto en razón tu discurso.
¿Con que á mis años he de recibir yo lecciones de un mozo de esta edad? THEMÓN Me parece que nada he dicho fuera de razón. Soy joven ciertamente; pero no es mi edad lo que eonviene examinar, sino mi consejo.
¿De veras?... Pues acuérdate, y lo juro por el Olimpo, que no me has de haber ultrajado impunemente. ¡Ola! Que se lleven al punto á esa mujer aborreeible, y que inmediatamente sucumba ante los ojos y en presencia de su amante.
German (F. Hölderlin, 1804) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (F. Hölderlin, 1804)) — 631 focus
English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb1, 1904)) — 631 focus
We shall know soon, better than seers could tell us—My son, hearing the fixed doom of thy betrothed, art thou come in rage against thy father? Or have I thy good will, act how I may?
To us, unless our years have stolen our wit, thou seemest to say wisely what thou sayest.
Sire, ’tis meet that thou shouldest profit by his words, if he speaks aught in season, and thou, Haemon, by thy father’s ; for on both parts there hath been wise speech.
Sayest thou so? Now, by the heaven above us—be sure of it—thou shalt smart for taunting me in 760 this opprobrious strain. Bring forth that hated thing, that she may die forthwith in his presence—before his eyes—at her bridegroom’s side!
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 631 focus
Be left to range at large; for e'en the bold
Shall man's presumptuous pride control
Thy pow'r, O sovereign ruler of the skies?
Enfeebling sleep ne'er closed thy eyes :
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The months of gods of toil unconscious roll;
And time, that leads old age along
Withering the vigour of the strong,
Beholds thee, glorious in immortal might,
High-throned in heav'n's resplendent light.
But this firm law, ordain'd through ages past,
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Is now, and will for ever last;
No state to mortals shall remain
From wasting ills secure, and sorrow's sickly train.
Yet Hope oft waves her wanton wings
And flattering dreams of distant joy inspires;
Oft o'er man's gay and light desires
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The dreary gloom of blank illusion flings;
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Forward with eager pace he goes;
He hath no sense of latent woes,
Till on the treacherous fires he treads aghast.
Well said the Sage in ages past,
Ills they misdeem as good, whose darkling mind
The god to misery hath assigned;...
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Heedless awhile through life they stray,
But ruin couches close to spring upon its prey.
See Hæmon comes, the youngest of thy sons,
Oppress'd with sorrow for the virgin's fate,
And grieving of his bride to be deprived.
We soon shall know more certain than the Seers.
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style its elevation, are represented as three persons cutting down this last
branch of the imperial stem.
Vid. Valckanaer. in Eurip. Phœniss.
Hearing the sentence we have firmly pass'd
On her that should have been thy bride, my son,
Enraged against thy father art thou come,
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Or doing this am I still dear to thee?
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My father, [ am thine: be thou my guide
Where honour calls; to follow shall be mine.
With me no nuptials ever shall be deem'd
Of higher import than thy just commands.
Thus it behoves thee from thy heart, my son,
A father more than all things to revere.
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This is the pride, the glory of a man,
To train obedient children in his house,
Prompt on his enemies t' avenge his wrongs,
And with the father's zeal in honour high
To hold his friends. But he, who nurtures sons
That in the hour of trial from his aid
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Shrink spiritless and weak, hath to himself
Engender'd grief, and slaughter to his foes.
Then do not for a woman now, my son,
Debase thy noble mind; be not a slave
To pleasure: cold is the embrace of her
Who shares thy nuptial bed, if baseness taint
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Her mind; no ulcer rankles with such rage
As a false friend. Cast then this virgin off
As one of hostile thought, and let her wed
We judge, if not by age of sense bereft,
What thou hast said, with wisdom thou hast said.
If well what prudence dictates he hath urged,
Thee it behoves, O king, to hear: and thou
To him attend. The words of both are wise.
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Shall I then, at my age shall I be taught
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It is. But by the heights of heav'n I swear,
Thou shalt not in thy insults long rejoice.
Bring forth that hated wretch; before his face
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Now in her bridegroom's presence let her die.
English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb2, 1904)) — 631-780 focus

Notes on the current edition

Antigone

1. (a son to his father)
2. (deïoces)