Evils Full of atē: Sophocles, Antigone 1-6

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_11281
dc.title	Evils Full of atē: Sophocles, Antigone 1-6
dc.contributor.author	Catrambone Marco
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/lexis-journal/2023/1/evils-full-of-ate-sophocles-antigone-1-6/
dc.description.abstract	The article proposes two solutions for the textually controversial incipit of Sophocles’ Antigone. In line 4, the corrupt οὔτ’ ἄτης ἄτερ can be emended to οὔτ’ ἄτης πλέων, an almost forgotten correction once tentatively proposed by Campbell. In lines 2-3, the syntax of Antigone’s question appears sound. Firstly, ὁποῖον οὐχὶ νῷν ἔτι ζώσαιν τελεῖ; in line 3 is a question governed by ἆρ’ οἶσθ’, with subject understood (Ζεύς). Secondly, ὅ τι Ζεὺς τῶν ἀπ’ Οἰδίπου κακῶν in line 2 is a pre-posed topicalised clause, with verb understood (τελεῖ or ἐστί), offering the background information from which the ὁποῖον-question takes its cue.
dc.relation.ispartof	Lexis
dc.relation.ispartof	Num. 41 (n.s.) - Giugno 2023 - Fasc. 1
dc.issued	2023-08-04
dc.dateAccepted	2023-03-29
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-10-07
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2724-1564
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Lexis/2724-1564/2023/01/001
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Antigone
dc.subject	Incipits
dc.subject	Sophocles
dc.subject	Textual criticism
dc.subject	Word order

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Evils Full of atē: Sophocles, Antigone 1-6

Marco Catrambone Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italia

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The article proposes two solutions for the textually controversial incipit of Sophocles’ Antigone. In line 4, the corrupt οὔτ’ ἄτης ἄτερ can be emended to οὔτ’ ἄτης πλέων, an almost forgotten correction once tentatively proposed by Campbell. In lines 2-3, the syntax of Antigone’s question appears sound. Firstly, ὁποῖον οὐχὶ νῷν ἔτι ζώσαιν τελεῖ; in line 3 is a question governed by ἆρ’ οἶσθ’, with subject understood (Ζεύς). Secondly, ὅ τι Ζεὺς τῶν ἀπ’ Οἰδίπου κακῶν in line 2 is a pre-posed topicalised clause, with verb understood (τελεῖ or ἐστί), offering the background information from which the ὁποῖον-question takes its cue.

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04 Agosto 2023

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29 Marzo 2023

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07 Ottobre 2022

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Keywords: Antigone • Textual criticism • Sophocles • Word order • Incipits

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