The aim of this paper is to reconsider Peter Szondi\u2019s readings of Friedrich H\uf6lderlin, beginning with Versuch \ufcber das Tragische (1961) up to the H\uf6lderlin-Studien (1967), with particular regard to the essay Der andere Pfeil. Zur Entstehungsgeschichte von H\uf6lderlins hym-nischem Sp\ue4tstil. H\uf6lderlin\u2019s conception of \uabdas Tragische\ubb as outlined in Szondi\u2019s first men-tioned work will be discussed in relation to his later reading of Wie wenn am Feiertage\u2026 and of H\uf6lderlin\u2019s hymnic style. This will show how the poet\u2019s idea of the tragic movement (from the unity of the human and the Divine to their separation) becomes Szondi\u2019s gateway to the understanding of H\uf6lderlin\u2019s late poetry, his translations, and his poetics. Just like Oedipus, whom the Gods punish for his nefas, the poet is struck in Wie wenn am Feiertage\u2026 by the \u201cother arrow\u201d and condemned to \u201cdivine infidelity\u201d since he cannot stand bare-headed before the Divine and celebrate it in song
