Sophocles Ajax 1049

ed. Lewis Campbell

τίνος χάριν τοσόνδ᾽ σόνδ' ἀνήλωσας λόγον;

Ajax. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.

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-607-1 ἀνήλωσας 1

mvp-comment-607-2 The slow movement of the verse (with only quasi-caesura after the 3rd foot) is intended to mark haughty surprise. Cp. Ant. 44

ἦ γὰρ νοεῖς θάπτειν σφ’, ἀπόρρητον πόλει;

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

1049. mvp-comment-675-1 τοσόνδ' is said ironically. 'Why hast thou wasted so many words—few as they were?'