Sophocles Ajax 50

ed. Lewis Campbell

καὶ πῶς ἐπέσχε χεῖρα μαιμῶσαν διψῶσαν φόνου;
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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)) — 50 focus
AI
Pallas, in all things else have thou thy will,
But none shall wrest Odysseus from this doom.
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)) — 50 focus
Tecmessa
ACT 11. Scene I. 201
Chorus.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 50 focus
Minerva
Since now unhappy, though to me a foe,
For in the chain of ruin he is bound.
And this respects his state not more than mine.
For all that live, I see, are nothing more
Than phantoms form'd of air, and shadows light.
Hast thou a sense of this? Against the gods
Utter no vaunt profane; nor swell with pride,
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More puissant if thy hand, or thy wealth rise
In ampler stores. All human things a day
In darkness sinks, a day to light restores.
The gods too love the sober, modest mind,
The arrogant and impious they abhor.
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-44-1 καὶ πῶς 1 ἐπέσχε 2 φόνου 3 μαιμῶσαν 4

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

50. mvp-comment-41-1 Join ἐπέσχε φόνου. μαιμῶσαν is more expressive than the v. τ. διψῶσαν, which is probably meant to be construed with φόνου. For πῶς, 'How came it that-?' cp. O. T. 1177, πῶς δῆτ᾿ ἀφῆκας;