Δωρητόν
freely-given
Translated by Catharine Roth5 Mar 2005Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] that which is being given as a gift.1 The tragedy [says]: "How much envy you are keeping, as for the sake of this office, which the city gave to me freely-given [and] unsought, Kreon, who has been my trusted friend from the beginning, has sneaked up on me stealthily and desires to cast me out."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δωρητόν· τὸ ὡς δῶρον διδόμενον. ἡ τραγῳδία· ὅσος παρ' ὑμῖν ὁ φθόνος φυλάσσεται· οἷον τῆσδέ γ' ἀρχῆς οὕνεχ', ἣν ἐμοὶ πόλις δωρητὸν οὐκ αἰτητὸν εἰσεχείρισε, ταύτης Κρέων ὁ πιστὸς οὑξ ἀρχῆς φίλος, λάθρα μ' ὑπελθὼν ἐκβαλεῖν ἱμείρεται.