Sophocles Ajax 33

ed. Lewis Campbell

τὰ δ᾽ ἐκπέπληγμαι, κοὐκ ἔχω μαθεῖν ὅπου ὅτου.

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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Editions (3)
Αἴας μαστιγοφόρος First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Aiax. Lobeck Christian, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1866.) — 1-171 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 1-171 focus
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 1-171 focus
Translations (5)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 33 focus
ATH
Aias! Again I summon thee. Why pay
So scanty heed to her who fights for thee?
90
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 36 focus
Ich weiß, Odysseus, und ich ging dir lange schon,
Ein treuer Schuz, auf deinem Späherpfade nach.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 33 focus
Ajax
again I call thee; wherefore payst thou
So little reverence to thy guardian power?
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 33 focus
Ajax
I have much cause to glory; nor the deed
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 1-170 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-29-1 τὰ δ’ ἐκπέπληγμαι 1

mvp-comment-29-2 ὅτου 2 ὅπου 3

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

33. mvp-comment-25-1 κοὐκ ἔχω μαθεῖν ὅπου] 'And cannot tell where he is,' i.e. (1) εἴτ᾿ ἔνδον εἴτ᾿ οὐκ ἔνδον (l. 7, supr.), 'whether he is in the tent or no.' Or (2) more generally (sc. ὁ αἴτιος), 'where is the object of my search?' i.e. whether in following Ajax I am really on the right track. Odysseus is describing his per-

33. mvp-comment-25-2 plexity before the coming of Athena, and in these words simply confesses that he is at fault. He is speaking of his own past impressions, and here and supr. 1. 23 does not at once realize what he has been told by Athena in ll. 7-10. As in O. T. 359, Trach. 184, the imperfect or gradual recognition of what has been said adds to the dramatic effect. Another reading is κοὐκ ἔχω μαθεῖν ὅτου, in which ὅτου, sc. τὸ πρᾶγμά ἐστι, also gives a fair sense, but is not, like οὐκ ἔχω μαθεῖν ὅπου, an idiom of Greek tragedy. Others supply τὰ ἴχνη at once with ὅτου and with τὰ μὲν .. τὰ δέ. But the reference of the articles in this context can hardly be so precise as to be equivalent to τὰ μὲν τῶν ἰχνῶν, κ.τ.λ., nor would ἐκπέπληγμαι be used in such a connection. The Scholia show that ὅπου was read, and that its interpretation was thought doubtful.