Sophocles Ajax 1384

ed. Lewis Campbell

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μόνος παρέστης χερσίν, οὐδ᾽ ἔτλης παρὼν

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

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mvp-comment-825-1 παρέστης χερσίν 1

mvp-comment-825-2 ἔτλης 2

mvp-comment-825-3 παρὼν 3

mvp-comment-825-4 θανόντι … ἐφυβρίσαι 4

mvp-comment-825-5 ζῶν 5

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

1384. mvp-comment-885-1 χερσίν] 'With effective aid.' Odysseus had not only spoken in Ajax' behalf, but had offered actual help. παρών is little more than expletive here, but suggests that Odysseus was too noble to stand by and see wrong done to his dead enemy.