Sophocles Ajax 35

ed. Lewis Campbell

τά τ᾽ εἰσέπειτα σῇ κυβερνῶμαι χερί χερί φρενί.
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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.

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)) — 35 focus
ATH
A fair intention! But resolve me this:
Hast dyed thy falchion deep in Argive blood?
95
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)) — 35 focus
Minerva
hail ! Thou com'st in happy hour,
For I will crown thee with the golden spoils
Which I have gained by thy assisting hand.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 35 focus
Ajax
Both dead: now let them take my arms away.
100
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 1-170 focus

Commentary

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

34-35. mvp-comment-27-1 τὰ τ᾿ οὖν πάρος, κ.τ.λ.] 'My whole course whether past or to come is guided by thy will.' οὖν, as in in εἴτ᾽ οὖν, emphasizes the comprehensiveness of the expression. κυβερνῶμαι is passive, and πάντα adv. accus. Or (2) κυβερνῶμαι may be middle, 'I guide (i.e. suffer to be guided) all my actions by thy hand.' In this way of taking the words the force of the middle voice of κυβερνῶμαι is unusual, but that of the instrumental dative is more regular.