Ἀντιόπη

Antiope

Translated by Jennifer Benedict13 Sep 2000Vetting: high11 revisions

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Daughter of Nycteus. She was corrupted by one of the citizens.¹ Her father sent her to his brother to be punished. He, however, pitied her when he saw her pregnant. She gave birth to Zethus and Amphion,² and their uncle exposed them on a mountain. He had a wife, named Dirce, who suspected that her husband Lycus³ loved Antiope. She led her onto a mountain and tied her up to the neck of a bull and kindled torches on its horns, intending her to die. Antiope wailed and when a clamor arose a great crowd of farmers gathered, accompanied by Zethus and Amphion. And they recognized their mother and rescued her, but Dirce they delivered to her appointed punishment. Zethus and Amphion found Thebes and rule as kings there, and their descendents [extend] as far as the son of Laius and Jocasta, who is also called Oedipus.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀντιόπη, θυγάτηρ Νυκτέως, ἣν ἔφθειρέ τις τῶν πολιτῶν. ὁ δὲ πατὴρ πέμπει αὐτὴν τῷ ἀδελφῷ κολάσαι. ὁ δὲ ἔγκυον αὐτὴν θεασάμενος ᾤκτειρεν. ἡ δὲ γεννᾷ Ζῆθον καὶ Ἀμφίονα, οὓς εἰς ὄρος ἔρριψεν ὁ θεῖος. εἶχε δὲ γυναῖκα, ὀνόματι Δίρκην, ἥτις ὑπονοήσασα τὸν ἑαυτῆς ἄνδρα Λύκιον φιλεῖν τὴν Ἀντιόπην ἀνάγει αὐτὴν εἰς ὄρος καὶ δήσασα αὐτὴν ἀπὸ τραχήλου ταύρου καὶ ἀνάψασα δᾷδας ἀπὸ τῶν αὐτοῦ κεράτων ἔμελλεν αὐτὴν ἀπολλύειν. ἡ δὲ ἐθρήνει καὶ θορύβου γενομένου ἠθροίσθη πλῆθος γεωργῶν, σὺν οἷς καὶ Ζῆθος καὶ Ἀμφίων. καὶ γνωρίσαντες τὴν μητέρα ἐρρύσαντο αὐτήν, τὴν δὲ Δίρκην τῇ προκειμένῃ παρέδωκαν τιμωρίᾳ. Ζῆθος δὲ καὶ Ἀμφίων κτίζουσι Θήβας καὶ βασιλεύουσι, καὶ τούτων οἱ ἀπόγονοι μέχρι Λαΐου καὶ Ἰοκάστου, τοῦ μετακληθέντος Οἰδίποδος.

Betacode

*)antio/ph, quga/thr *nukte/ws, h(\n e)/fqeire/ tis tw=n politw=n. o( de\ path\r pe/mpei au)th\n tw=| a)delfw=| kola/sai. o( de\ e)/gkuon au)th\n qeasa/menos w)/|kteiren. h( de\ genna=| *zh=qon kai\ *)amfi/ona, ou(\s ei)s o)/ros e)/rriyen o( qei=os. ei)=xe de\ gunai=ka, o)no/mati *di/rkhn, h(/tis u(ponoh/sasa to\n e(auth=s a)/ndra *lu/kion filei=n th\n *)antio/phn a)na/gei au)th\n ei)s o)/ros kai\ dh/sasa au)th\n a)po\ traxh/lou tau/rou kai\ a)na/yasa da=|das a)po\ tw=n au)tou= kera/twn e)/mellen au)th\n a)pollu/ein. h( de\ e)qrh/nei kai\ qoru/bou genome/nou h)qroi/sqh plh=qos gewrgw=n, su\n oi(=s kai\ *zh=qos kai\ *)amfi/wn. kai\ gnwri/santes th\n mhte/ra e)rru/santo au)th/n, th\n de\ *di/rkhn th=| prokeime/nh| pare/dwkan timwri/a|. *zh=qos de\ kai\ *)amfi/wn kti/zousi *qh/bas kai\ basileu/ousi, kai\ tou/twn oi( a)po/gonoi me/xri *lai/+ou kai\ *)ioka/stou, tou= metaklhqe/ntos *oi)di/podos.

Notes (3)

See Apollodorus, Library 3.5.5 (web address 1). Euripides made Antiope the subject of a (lost) tragedy. For Dirce see delta 1266.
1Sexual "corruption" is meant, as will emerge. In some versions (e.g. Apollodorus) Zeus is the lover; but on the "one of the citizens" model he comes from one of the Boeotian towns involved in this myth. ↩
2See alpha 1751 (end). ↩
3The Suda text actually reads "a Lykian man", but the version translated above is guaranteed to be correct by other sources.

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References

OCD(4) s.v. (p.107)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

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α2687Ἀντί νυ πολλῶν λαῶν ἐστὶν ἀνὴρnow worth many hosts is the man whom Zeus will love in his heart α2688Ἀντίξοονadverse α2689ἈντιόπηAntiope α2690Ἀντίοςagainst α2691ἈντίουAntion, Antium

Revision history11 revisions · last 30 Jul 2014

30 Jul 2014updated a ref — David Whitehead
24 Dec 2013tweaked note — Catharine Roth
18 Mar 2012more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
2 Oct 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
16 Feb 2005another x-ref — David Whitehead
12 Mar 2001added notes and bibliography; cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Sep 2000added link to apollodoros — Ross Scaife ✝
14 Sep 2000 — Catharine Roth
14 Sep 2000Altered wording slightly, added reference and link. — Catharine Roth
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13 Sep 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Greek original · Adler’s text

Betacode

*)antio/ph, quga/thr *nukte/ws, h(\n e)/fqeire/ tis tw=n politw=n. o( de\ path\r pe/mpei au)th\n tw=| a)delfw=| kola/sai. o( de\ e)/gkuon au)th\n qeasa/menos w)/|kteiren. h( de\ genna=| *zh=qon kai\ *)amfi/ona, ou(\s ei)s o)/ros e)/rriyen o( qei=os. ei)=xe de\ gunai=ka, o)no/mati *di/rkhn, h(/tis u(ponoh/sasa to\n e(auth=s a)/ndra *lu/kion filei=n th\n *)antio/phn a)na/gei au)th\n ei)s o)/ros kai\ dh/sasa au)th\n a)po\ traxh/lou tau/rou kai\ a)na/yasa da=|das a)po\ tw=n au)tou= kera/twn e)/mellen au)th\n a)pollu/ein. h( de\ e)qrh/nei kai\ qoru/bou genome/nou h)qroi/sqh plh=qos gewrgw=n, su\n oi(=s kai\ *zh=qos kai\ *)amfi/wn. kai\ gnwri/santes th\n mhte/ra e)rru/santo au)th/n, th\n de\ *di/rkhn th=| prokeime/nh| pare/dwkan timwri/a|. *zh=qos de\ kai\ *)amfi/wn kti/zousi *qh/bas kai\ basileu/ousi, kai\ tou/twn oi( a)po/gonoi me/xri *lai/+ou kai\ *)ioka/stou, tou= metaklhqe/ntos *oi)di/podos.

Notes (3)

See Apollodorus, Library 3.5.5 (web address 1). Euripides made Antiope the subject of a (lost) tragedy. For Dirce see delta 1266.

1Sexual "corruption" is meant, as will emerge. In some versions (e.g. Apollodorus) Zeus is the lover; but on the "one of the citizens" model he comes from one of the Boeotian towns involved in this myth. ↩

2See alpha 1751 (end). ↩

3The Suda text actually reads "a Lykian man", but the version translated above is guaranteed to be correct by other sources.

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (3)

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Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (3)

References

External resources

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