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    Sophocles, Trachiniae (ed. Sir Richard Jebb)

    Chorus

    Editions and translations: Greek (ed. Sir Richard Jebb) | English (ed. Sir Richard Jebb) | English (ed. Robert Torrance)
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    Enter from one side an Old Man, with attendants, bearing Heracles upon a litter, and Hyllus from the house.
    Hyllus

    O my father! O my misery! What is to become of me? What is my best plan? Ah!

    Old Man
    Whispering.

    Hush, young man! Do not rouse [975] the cruel pain that infuriates your father! He lives, though on the very edge. Bite your tongue and hold it!

    Hyllus

    What do you say, old man--is he alive?

    Old Man

    You must not awake the slumberer! You must not rouse and revive [980] his fierce, recurrent infection, my son!

    Hyllus

    But the immense weight of this misery crushes me. My heart craves release!

    Heracles

    O Zeus, in what land am I? Among what people [985] do I lie, tortured with unending agonies? O me, what pain! Oh, that accursed pest gnaws me once more!

    Old Man

    Did I not know how much better it was that you should keep silent, instead of scattering [990] sleep from his brain and eyes?

    Hyllus

    No, I know no way to be patient when I witness this misery.

    Heracles

    O Cenaean rock, foundation of my altars, what cruel reward [995] you have earned me for those fair offerings, O Zeus! Ah, in what ruin you have deposited me, in what ruin! Would that I had never looked on you to my sorrow with my eyes, never come face to face with this blooming madness, which no spell can soothe! [1000] Where is the enchanter, where the practiced healer, save Zeus alone, who will charm this catastrophe away? I would be amazed if I saw him from even a great distance!


    There are a total of 10 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Further comments from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Trachiniae:
    line 1000: aoidos
    line 1000: tis ho cheirotechnês
    line 1000: hos
    line 1000: chôris Zênos
    line 975: ômophronos
    line 980: phoitada
    line 990: kratos blepharôn th
    line 990: blepharôn hupnon

    Cross references from Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus:
    1350

    Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Ajax:
    * [201-595]

    Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra:
    * [1098-1383]

    Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Philoctetes:
    * [1081-1217]

    Cross references from Sir Richard Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Trachiniae:
    * [971-1278]

    Cross references from R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato:
    * [Commentary]

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    This text is based on the following book(s):
    Sophocles. The Trachiniae of Sophocles. Edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. Sir Richard Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1892.
    OCLC: 39793726


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