SophoclesG. Allen, 1902 - 215 páginas |
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... sure he would not have agreed with Sophocles in accepting a supernatural rather than an utili- tarian sanction for the moral law . The great contrast between Sophocles and Euripides here is that Sophocles ' whole theory is consistent ...
... sure he would not have agreed with Sophocles in accepting a supernatural rather than an utili- tarian sanction for the moral law . The great contrast between Sophocles and Euripides here is that Sophocles ' whole theory is consistent ...
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... sure report that might have given a clue ? Cre . Why , no - they died ; save one who ran in fright : One thing alone he'd tell of all he might . Ed . What's that ? One thing may prove the key to much : Permit us but the fringe of hope ...
... sure report that might have given a clue ? Cre . Why , no - they died ; save one who ran in fright : One thing alone he'd tell of all he might . Ed . What's that ? One thing may prove the key to much : Permit us but the fringe of hope ...
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... sure . Tei . You murdered him whose murderer you seek . Ed . Not twice such crimes unpunished shall you speak ! Tei . Oh ! shall I tell you more , for more provoking ? Ed . Yes , all you will ! It weighs no more than joking . Tei . You ...
... sure . Tei . You murdered him whose murderer you seek . Ed . Not twice such crimes unpunished shall you speak ! Tei . Oh ! shall I tell you more , for more provoking ? Ed . Yes , all you will ! It weighs no more than joking . Tei . You ...
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... sure . Ed . Taunt as you will , ' tis there you'll find me great . Tei . Yet , from your luck in that your troubles date . Ed . It saved the land , I cannot count it bad . Tei . Well , I'll be going : fetch me home , my lad . Ed . Fetch ...
... sure . Ed . Taunt as you will , ' tis there you'll find me great . Tei . Yet , from your luck in that your troubles date . Ed . It saved the land , I cannot count it bad . Tei . Well , I'll be going : fetch me home , my lad . Ed . Fetch ...
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... Sure . For a hit One may outrun As a man t'other in wit Tho ' I'll never say Ay , ay to it , Chide tho ' they may , I will abide Story and reason . We did see , we did prove : There was the maid On a day , with her wings . Then , when ...
... Sure . For a hit One may outrun As a man t'other in wit Tho ' I'll never say Ay , ay to it , Chide tho ' they may , I will abide Story and reason . We did see , we did prove : There was the maid On a day , with her wings . Then , when ...
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1st Counter-turn 1st Turn 2nd Counter-turn 2nd Turn 4th century B.C. 5th century Aegeus Aeschylus Ajax Antigone Apollo Athens Attic blind brother child CHORUS Colonos Creon curse daughter dead dear death diction Dionysus dipus divine doom Edipus Edipus Coloneus Enter CREON Eteocles Euripides Exit eyes fate father fear gain God's Gods Greek grim Haemon hand hear heart honour ISMENE Jocasta kill King Laïos land living look Lord maids march measure Menoeceus mind mother murder ne'er Neoptolemus never pain Periclean Periclean Age Phoebus phrase play Plutarch poet Polybus Polyneices pray prove sake shame Shep sight Sire Sophocles speak style suppliant tale Teiresias tell Theban Thebes thee Theseus thing thou thought Tragedy twas What's word wretch Zeus ἂν γὰρ καὶ τὸ
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Página v - If, because of the immense fame of the following Tragedy, I wished to acquaint myself with it, and could only do so by the help of a translator, I should require him to be literal at every cost save that of absolute violence to our language.
Página xviii - But be his My special thanks, whose even-balanced soul, From first youth tested up to extreme old age, Business could not make dull, nor passion wild ; Who saw life steadily, and saw it whole ; The mellow glory of the Attic stage, Singer of sweet Colonus, and its child.
Página v - I would be tolerant for once, — in the case of so immensely famous an original, — of even a clumsy attempt to furnish me with the very turn of each phrase in as Greek a fashion as English will bear...
Página lxvi - Being's floods, in Action's storm, I walk and work, above, beneath, Work and weave in endless motion ! Birth and Death, An infinite ocean ; A seizing and giving The fire of Living : 'Tis thus at the roaring Loom of Time I ply, And weave for God the Garment thou seest Him by.
Página lxxiii - ... be considerably operated upon, without presenting any image at all, by certain sounds adapted to that purpose; of which we have a sufficient proof in the acknowledged and powerful effects of instrumental music. In reality, a great clearness helps but little towards affecting the passions, as it is in some sort an enemy to all enthusiasms whatsoever.
Página 165 - And Love can splay Uprightest of virtue; Lead astray, Better to hurt you ! 'Tis he did the wrong, 'Tis he beguiled Father and son to feud so dire. Desire's too strong ! — Out of the eyelid Peeped of a lovely bride, Desire ! He with Law has a court, Sovran in might with her. Divine Aphrodite wreaks her sport; Who will be bold to fight with her?
Página 86 - Haunts o' the God where the berries are legion ! Never a wintry wind dishevels Bacchus' close, never hot sun forces These shy swards where he loves to lead the revels, Nymphs to nurse and to tend his courses.' But it may justly be said that this rendering, though close and in some ways good, is yet by no means what it certainly should be — great poetry. For, though the translator quotes ' the great Erasmus ' to show that 'antiquity played the fool in this sort of choruses in which eloquence is...
Página 165 - When Love disputes He carries his battles ! Love he loots The rich of their chattels ! By delicate cheeks On maiden's pillow Watches he all the night-time long ; His prey he seeks Over the billow, Pastoral haunts he preys among. Gods are deathless, and they Cannot elude his whim ; And oh ! amid us whose life's a day, Mad is the heart that broodeth him...