τὸ χαίρειν: Ai. 555 “ἕως τὸ χαίρειν καὶ τὸ λυπεῖσθαι μάθῃς”. Aesch. Eum. 301 “ἔρρειν, τὸ χαίρειν μὴ μαθόνθ᾽ ὅπου φρενῶν”: ib. 423 “ὅπου τὸ χαίρειν μηδαμοῦ νομίζεται”. For the thought, cp. Simonides fr. 71 “τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; ι τᾶς δ᾽ ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζαλωτὸς αἰών”: where “ἡδονή” is as general as “τὸ χαίρειν” here. More often, however, the sentiment refers to sensuous “ἡδοναί”: cp. Mimnermus fr. 1 “τεθναίην ὅτε μοι μηκέτι ταῦτα μέλοι”: Antiphanes fr. incert. 51 (it is foolish to disparage “ἔρως”), “εἰ γὰρ ἀφέλοι τις τοῦ βίου τὰς ἡδονάς, ι καταλείπετ᾽ οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἢ τεθνηκέναι.” καπνοῦ σκιᾶς: gen. of price (nom., “καπνοῦ σκιά”). Ph. 946“οὐδ᾽ οἶδ᾽ ἐναίρων νεκρὸν ἢ καπνοῦ σκιάν, ι εἴδωλον ἄλλως”. Aesch. fr. 390 “τὸ γὰρ βρότειον σπέρμ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἡμέραν φρονεῖ, ι καὶ πιστὸν οὐδὲν μᾶλλον ἢ καπνοῦ σκιά”. So Soph. fr. 12 “ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον”. Cp. Pind. P. 8. 95“σκιᾶς ὄναρ ι ἄνθρωπος”. Aesch. Ag. 839 “εἴδωλον σκιᾶς”.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part III: The Antigone. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1900.
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