Sophocles Ajax 1267

ed. Lewis Campbell

χάρις διαρρεῖ καὶ προδοῦσ᾽ ἁλίσκεται,

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

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Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 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)) — 1264 focus
lerntet ihr doch beide weisen Sinnes sein!
Nichts Andres kann ich rathen, das euch besser sei.

Commentary

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

1267. mvp-comment-808-1 διαρρεῖ] ‘Melts away.' Cp. Trach. 698, ῥεῖ πᾶν ἄδηλον. Cp. Shak. Midsummer Night's Dream, 4.1, 'My love to Hermia, | Melted as doth the snow, seems to me now | As the remembrance of an idle gaud.' καὶ προδοῦσ᾽ ἁλίσκεται] 'And is found to turn traitor.' An idiomatic phrase, for which, cp. Ant. 46, οὐ γὰρ δὴ προδοῦσ᾽ ἁλώσομαι.