γενεᾶς χθονίων ἀπ᾿ ᾿Ερεχθειδᾶν,
Ajax. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.
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Αἴας μαστιγοφόρος First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Aiax. Lobeck Christian, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1866.) — 202-214 focus
ΤΕΚΜΗΣΣΑ
Ναὸς ἀρωγοὶ τῆς Αἴαντος,
γενεᾶς χθονίων ἀπ’ Ἐρεχθειδᾶν,
ἔχομεν στοναχὰς οἱ κηδόμενοι
τοῦ Τελαμῶνος τηλόθεν οἴκου.
205
205
νῦν γὰρ ὁ δεινὸς, μέγας, ὠμοκρατὴς
Αἴας θολερός
κεῖται χειμῶνι νοσήσας.
Ναὸς ἀρωγοὶ τῆς Αἴαντος,
γενεᾶς χθονίων ἀπ’ Ἐρεχθειδᾶν,
ἔχομεν στοναχὰς οἱ κηδόμενοι
τοῦ Τελαμῶνος τηλόθεν οἴκου.
205
205
νῦν γὰρ ὁ δεινὸς, μέγας, ὠμοκρατὴς
Αἴας θολερός
κεῖται χειμῶνι νοσήσας.
ΧΟΡΟΣ
τί δ’ ἐνήλλακται τῆς ἀμερίας
νὺξ ἥδε βάρος;
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210
παῖ τοῦ Φρυγίου Τελεύταντος,
λέγ’, ἐπεὶ σὲ, λέχος δουριάλωτον,
στέρξας ἀνέχει θούριος Αἴας,
ὥστ’ οὐκ ἂν ἄιδρις ὑπείποις.
τί δ’ ἐνήλλακται τῆς ἀμερίας
νὺξ ἥδε βάρος;
210
210
παῖ τοῦ Φρυγίου Τελεύταντος,
λέγ’, ἐπεὶ σὲ, λέχος δουριάλωτον,
στέρξας ἀνέχει θούριος Αἴας,
ὥστ’ οὐκ ἂν ἄιδρις ὑπείποις.
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 201-213 focus
Τέκμησσα
ναὸς ἀρωγοὶ τῆς Αἴαντος,
γενεᾶς χθονίων ἀπʼ Ἐρεχθειδᾶν,
ἔχομεν στοναχὰς οἱ κηδόμενοι
τοῦ Τελαμῶνος τηλόθεν οἴκου.
νῦν γὰρ ὁ δεινὸς μέγας ὠμοκρατὴς
205
Αἴας θολερῷ
κεῖται χειμῶνι νοσήσας.
ναὸς ἀρωγοὶ τῆς Αἴαντος,
γενεᾶς χθονίων ἀπʼ Ἐρεχθειδᾶν,
ἔχομεν στοναχὰς οἱ κηδόμενοι
τοῦ Τελαμῶνος τηλόθεν οἴκου.
νῦν γὰρ ὁ δεινὸς μέγας ὠμοκρατὴς
205
Αἴας θολερῷ
κεῖται χειμῶνι νοσήσας.
Χορός
τί δʼ ἐνήλλακται τῆς ἠρεμίας
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
νὺξ ἥδε βάρος;
παῖ τοῦ Φρυγίου
σὺ Τελεύταντος,
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λέγʼ, ἐπεί σε λέχος δουριάλωτον
στέρξας ἀνέχει θούριος Αἴας·
ὥστʼ οὐκ ἂν ἄϊδρις ὑπείποις.
τί δʼ ἐνήλλακται τῆς ἠρεμίας
νὺξ ἥδε βάρος;
παῖ τοῦ Φρυγίου
σὺ Τελεύταντος,
210
λέγʼ, ἐπεί σε λέχος δουριάλωτον
στέρξας ἀνέχει θούριος Αἴας·
ὥστʼ οὐκ ἂν ἄϊδρις ὑπείποις.
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 201-213 focus
Τέκμησσα
ναὸς ἀρωγοὶ τῆς Αἴαντος,
γενεᾶς χθονίων ἀπʼ Ἐρεχθειδῶν,
ἔχομεν στοναχὰς οἱ κηδόμενοι
τοῦ Τελαμῶνος τηλόθεν οἴκου.
νῦν γὰρ ὁ δεινὸς μέγας ὠμοκρατὴς
205
Αἴας θολερῷ
κεῖται χειμῶνι νοσήσας.
ναὸς ἀρωγοὶ τῆς Αἴαντος,
γενεᾶς χθονίων ἀπʼ Ἐρεχθειδῶν,
ἔχομεν στοναχὰς οἱ κηδόμενοι
τοῦ Τελαμῶνος τηλόθεν οἴκου.
νῦν γὰρ ὁ δεινὸς μέγας ὠμοκρατὴς
205
Αἴας θολερῷ
κεῖται χειμῶνι νοσήσας.
Χορός
τί δʼ ἐνήλλακται τῆς ἡμερίας
νὺξ ἥδε βάρος;
παῖ τοῦ Φρυγίου Τελεύταντος,
210
λέγʼ, ἐπεὶ σὲ λέχος δουριάλωτον
στέρξας ἀνέχει θούριος Αἴας·
ὥστʼ οὐκ ἂν ἄϊδρις ὑπείποις.
τί δʼ ἐνήλλακται τῆς ἡμερίας
νὺξ ἥδε βάρος;
παῖ τοῦ Φρυγίου Τελεύταντος,
210
λέγʼ, ἐπεὶ σὲ λέχος δουριάλωτον
στέρξας ἀνέχει θούριος Αἴας·
ὥστʼ οὐκ ἂν ἄϊδρις ὑπείποις.
Translations (5)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 202 focus
CH
The sufferer should not bear a bitter tongue.
Hard words, how just soe’er, will leave their sting.
The sufferer should not bear a bitter tongue.
Hard words, how just soe’er, will leave their sting.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 201 focus
Ihr Führer von Ajas' Schiffe, gezeugt
Aus Erechtheus' Stamm, den die Erde gebar!
1
Wohl jammern wir laut, wir, liebend und treu
200
Um Telamons Haus in der Ferne besorgt;
Denn Ajas, der Held, groß, riesiger Kraft,
Liegt niedergebeugt
Von dem Sturm wildwühlenden Wahnsinns.
Ihr Führer von Ajas' Schiffe, gezeugt
Aus Erechtheus' Stamm, den die Erde gebar!
1
Wohl jammern wir laut, wir, liebend und treu
200
Um Telamons Haus in der Ferne besorgt;
Denn Ajas, der Held, groß, riesiger Kraft,
Liegt niedergebeugt
Von dem Sturm wildwühlenden Wahnsinns.
Der Chor.
Wie hat sich des Tages Geschick in der Nacht
205
So bitter gewandt?
O sage, des Phrygers Teleutas Kind!
Du, welche der Held mit dem Speer sich errang,
Zur Geliebten erkor, du kannst es gewiß,
Dir ist es bekannt, mir verkünden.
210
Wie hat sich des Tages Geschick in der Nacht
205
So bitter gewandt?
O sage, des Phrygers Teleutas Kind!
Du, welche der Held mit dem Speer sich errang,
Zur Geliebten erkor, du kannst es gewiß,
Dir ist es bekannt, mir verkünden.
210
Tekmessa.
Wie sprech' ich es aus, das unsägliche Wort?
Ihr vernehmet ein Schicksal, schwer wie der Tod.
Denn in Rasen verfiel uns Ajas, der Held,
Hat nächtlich (o Graun!) mit Schmach sich befleckt.
So könnt ihr es anschau'n, drinnen im Zelt
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Von den Händen zerfleischt und gebadet in Blut,
Die geschlachteten Opfer des Mannes.
Strophe.
Wie sprech' ich es aus, das unsägliche Wort?
Ihr vernehmet ein Schicksal, schwer wie der Tod.
Denn in Rasen verfiel uns Ajas, der Held,
Hat nächtlich (o Graun!) mit Schmach sich befleckt.
So könnt ihr es anschau'n, drinnen im Zelt
215
Von den Händen zerfleischt und gebadet in Blut,
Die geschlachteten Opfer des Mannes.
Der Chor.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 202 focus
Menelaus
This alone
Itemember, buried he sliall never be.
This alone
Itemember, buried he sliall never be.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 202 focus
Chorus
Teucer, we feel its weight.
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Teucer, we feel its weight.
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English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 201-210 focus
Enter Tecmessa.
Tecmessa
Mates of the ship of Ajax, offspring of the race that springs from the Erechtheids, the soil’s sons, cries of grief are the portion of us who care from afar for the house of Telamon.
Ajax, our terrible, mighty lord of untamed power, now lies plagued by a turbid storm of disease.
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Mates of the ship of Ajax, offspring of the race that springs from the Erechtheids, the soil’s sons, cries of grief are the portion of us who care from afar for the house of Telamon.
Ajax, our terrible, mighty lord of untamed power, now lies plagued by a turbid storm of disease.
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Chorus
And what is the heavy change from the fortune of yesterday which this night has produced?
Daughter of Teleutas the Phrygian, speak, since for you his spear-won mate bold Ajax maintains his love, so that with some knowledge you could suggest an explanation.
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And what is the heavy change from the fortune of yesterday which this night has produced?
Daughter of Teleutas the Phrygian, speak, since for you his spear-won mate bold Ajax maintains his love, so that with some knowledge you could suggest an explanation.
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Commentary
Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))
mvp-comment-138-1 γενεᾶς 1
mvp-comment-138-2 χθονίων ἀπ’ Ἐρεχθειδᾶν 2
mvp-comment-138-3
Erechtheus,
ὁ γηγενής (
Her. 8. 55
), ‘whom Earth, the grain-giver, brought forth, and Athena, daughter of Zeus, fostered’ (
Il. 2. 547
), is representative of the Athenian claim to be
αὐτόχθονες. It was in his reign, acc. to
Her. 8. 44
, that the folk once called
Κραναοί, and then
Κεκροπίδαι, were first named
Ἀθηναῖοι. For
Ἐρεχθεῖδαι as=
Ἀθηναῖοι, cp.
Pind.
I. 2. 19
κλειναῖς Ἐρεχθειδᾶν χαρίτεσσιν ἀραρὼς | ταῖς λιπαραῖς ἐν Ἀθάναις, ‘having attained to the glorious honours given by the Erechtheidae in shining Athens.’ (In
Soph.
Ant. 981
f., however, the patronymic has a narrower sense, denoting merely the family of Erechtheus.) So, again, the Athenians are
Θησεῖδαι (
Soph.
O. C. 1066
), the Thebans
Καδμεῖοι, the Trojans or Romans
Aeneadae; and an unknown poet (frag. adesp. 274) calls the Argives
χθονίους Ἰναχίδας, where Hesychius explains the adj. by
αὐτόχθονας καὶ οὐκ ἐπήλυδας,— the sense of
χθονίων
3
mvp-comment-138-4 Salamis is in this play a kingdom independent of Athens, but the Salaminians are of Athenian stock, and revere ‘sacred Athens’ (1222) as the metropolis of their race. See Introduction, § 4.
Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus
202. mvp-comment-150-1 γενεάς, κ.τ.λ.] 'Of race derived from the Earth-born Erechtheidae.' The Salaminians are, by an anachronism which is repeated infr. 861, counted as originally one with the Athenian people.