Sophocles Ajax 1349

ed. Lewis Campbell

μὴ χαῖρ, ᾿Ατρείδη, κέρδεσιν κέρδεσι κέρδεσιν τοῖς μὴ καλοῖς.

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

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German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1346 focus
Und du, Odysseus, streitest so für den mit mir?

Commentary

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mvp-comment-799-1 Ἀτρείδη 1

mvp-comment-799-2 κέρδεσιν τοῖς μὴ καλοῖς 2

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

1349. mvp-comment-864-1 κέρδεσιν.] Cp. Athene's ironical words to Ajax, supr. 107, πρὶν ἂν τί . . κερδάνῃς πλέον. For the strength of ethical association in μὴ καλοῖς, cp. Thuc. 3. 55, where the Plataeans, pleading for their lives, state as a reason for having clung to Athens, καὶ προδοῦναι αὐτοὺς οὐκέτι ἣν καλόν : also Phil. 1304, ἀλλ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἐμοὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἐστὶν οὔτε σοὶ καλόν.