Sophocles Ajax 1225

ed. Lewis Campbell

δῆλος δέ μοὐστὶ δέ μοιστί δε μοἰστὶ καὶ δῆλόσ ἐστιν ὥστι σημανῶν νέον σκαιὸν ἐκλύσων στόμα.
1225

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.

Translations (1)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1223 focus
Wohl kam ich eilend, weil ich Agamemnon hier,
Den Heeresfürsten, gegen uns herschreiten sah;
Und sicher löst er seinen Mund in schnödem Wort.

Commentary

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

1225. mvp-comment-782-1 'And I see plainly that he will let loose his tongue to evil purpose.' For the combination of verb and adjective with στόμα, cp. especially Aesch. Ag. 1247, εὔφημον . . κοίμησον στόμα. Others take σκαιόν here to mean either 'ill-omened' or 'stupid.'