Sophocles Ajax 1227

ed. Lewis Campbell

τλῆναι καθ᾽ ἡμῶν ὧδ᾽ ἀνοιμωκτὶ ἀνοιμωκτεὶ χανεῖν·

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

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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

1226-1227. mvp-comment-783-1 σὲ δὴ.. ἀγγέλλουσι .. | τλῆναι] ἰ.ε. σὺ δὴ ἔτλης, ὡς ἀγγέλλουσι. τὰ δεινὰ ῥήματα] 'Those blustering words' that have been reported to me. Cp. supr. 312 and note.

1227. mvp-comment-784-1 ἀνοιμωκτί implies a half-expressed contempt of Menelaus for having let Teucer off so easily. χανεῖν is contemptuously substituted for εἰπεῖν, i. e. εἰπόντα χανεῖν, 'To utter open-mouthed.' So in supr. 1096, ἁμαρτάνουσιν ἔπη (sc. λέγοντες). The word has an association of stupid insolence, 'Have dared to open your foolish mouth so wide.'