Sophocles Ajax 1144

ed. Lewis Campbell

ᾧ φθέγμ᾽ ἂν οὐκ ἂν εὗρες, ἡνίκ' ἡνίκ᾽ ἐν κακῷ

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

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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.) — 1161-1196 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 1185-1222 focus
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 1185-1222 focus
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1150 focus
Ich aber sah jüngst einen Mann voll Albernheit,
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Der stolz in seines Nächsten Noth sich brüstete;
Und ihn gewahrt' ein Andrer, der mir ähnlich war
Und gleiches Sinnes, - dieser rief das Wort ihm zu:
Mensch, daß du keinen Frevel an den Todten übst!
Denn thust du dies, so wisse, daß Unheil dir droht.
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So trat er warnend an den armen Mann heran.
Und diesen seh' ich, und es ist, ich glaube so,
Kein Andrer als du selber. Sprach ich räthselhaft?
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 1185-1220 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-673-1 ᾧ φθέγμ’ ἂν οὐκ ἂν ηὗρες 1 ἄν 2 ᾧ 3

mvp-comment-673-2 ἐν κακῷ χειμῶνος 4

mvp-comment-673-3 εἴχετ’ 5

mvp-comment-673-4 ὑφ’ εἵματος 6

mvp-comment-673-5 κρυφείς 7

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

1142-1158. mvp-comment-736-1 These two speeches are obviously antiphonal or antistrophic in a general sense, and yet the latter exceeds the former by a line. This may warn us against requiring exact antistrophic correspondence in other iambic passages, where the absence of it has occasioned doubt.

1144. mvp-comment-738-1 For ἂν reduplicated, see Essay on L. § 27. p. 46 e. In the present instance it adds liveliness to φθέγμα, which is to be taken closely with, i.e. ᾧ φθέγμα γενόμενον ἂν οὐκ ἂν εὗρες. ἐνεῦρες has been conjectured, but this compound is not found elsewhere, and no change is needed.