Re: Sophocles Antigone - Question re English/German translations

Patrick Rourke <[email protected]> Mon, 9 Dec 2019 09:07:53 -0500

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The words are polla ta deina in Greek - "many are the wonders/terrors";
Jebb in his abridged commentary [https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flccn.loc.gov%2F03031510&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C2ef6d176e9c5433bbcae08d77cb13692%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C1%7C637114972879294403&amp;sdata=QRU54msOYRimYBAAg1xBUhGv8L8MI2QmWmauGCmfEEQ%3D&amp;reserved=0] (note on
line 332) translates it as "wonder," but notes a line in Aeschylus's
Choephoroi where it would be translated "dread." It is the same word from
which "dinosaur" was formed. There's a long literature about the ode, and
that phrase, and a google search of "polla ta deina antigone" should get
you a foot in the door.

Patrick Rourke