Sophocles Ajax 1034

ed. Lewis Campbell

Current edition Experimental

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (3)
Αἴας μαστιγοφόρος First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Aiax. Lobeck Christian, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1866.) — 937-1160 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 961-1184 focus
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 961-1184 focus
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1040 focus
Nicht säume länger; sinne, wie den Todten du
995
Im Grabe bergen, was du schnell erwiedern willst.
Denn einen Feind erblick' ich, und er kommt vielleicht,
Um unsrer Noth zu spotten, als ein arger Mann.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 961-1180 focus

Commentary

Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))

mvp-comment-598-1 Ἐρινὺς … ἐχάλκευσε 1

mvp-comment-598-2

κἀκεῖνον, τὸν ζωστῆρα
. From
ἐχάλκευσε
a verb of more general sense, such as
εἰργάσατο
, is to be supplied: cp. Her. 4. 106
ἐσθῆτα δὲ φορέουσι τῇ Σκυθικῇ ὁμοίην, γλῶσσαν δὲ ἰδίην
: see also n. on El. 435
πνοαῖσιν ἢ..κόνει | κρύψον νιν
. —Some critics think that
ἐχάλκευσε
might be said of the
ζωστήρ
no less than of the
ξίφος
, because a girdle was often adorned with metal-work (see, e.g., Il. 11. 236 ). This seems a little forced.

mvp-comment-598-3 δημιουργὸς 2

Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus

1035. mvp-comment-664-1 κἀκεῖνον] Sc. τὸν ζωστῆρα.

1036. mvp-comment-665-1 μὲν οὖν evades a direct answer to the preceding question. Any one is free to deny that this is the work of the Erinys and of Hades. As for Teucer, he will always refer every event to a Divine Power. And to what Powers but these can the present events be referred?