Sophocles Ajax 1373

ed. Lewis Campbell

ἔχθιστος ἔσται. σοὶ δὲ δρᾶν ἔξεσθ' ἃ †χρή.

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)) — 1376 focus
Und jezt erklär' ich, Teukros, dir: so sehr ich sonst
Sein Feind gewesen, bin ich nun des Mannes Freund.
1330
Mit euch bestatten will ich seine Leiche, will
Mit euch die Arbeit theilen und versäume Nichts,
Womit die Besten ehren muß der Sterbliche.

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-820-1 χρῇς 1

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

1373. mvp-comment-880-1 σοὶ δὲ . . ἃ†χρή.] 'You may do what you must:' an ill-humoured way of saying, 'Do as you please.' χρή, although rejected by Dindorf and others in favour of χρῇς, i. e χρήζεις, is not inexpressive, and is possibly right. Cp. El. 606.— Exit Agamemnon.