Sophocles Ajax 595

ed. Lewis Campbell

εἰ τοὐμὸν ἦθος ἄρτι παιδεύειν νοεῖς.
595

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.) — 592-633 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 596-645 focus
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 596-645 focus
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 596 focus
Ruhmvoll thronest du, Salamis,
575
Du von Wogen umspültes Glückseiland,
Stets Allen im Glanze sichtbar!
Doch ich verweile undenkliche Zeiten, ach!
Hier auf des Ida grasüppiger Lämmerau,
Von hineilender Jahre Flucht ewig
580
Verzehrt, ledig des Ruhms,
Und bang harrend in Furcht,
Endlich zu geh'n die Bahn
Zum Graunthale des düstern Hades.
Erste Gegenstrophe.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 596-645 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-357-1 ἄρτι 1

mvp-comment-357-2 Ajax is now withdrawn into the tent on the eccyclema (

εἰσκυκλεῖται
), and the entrance is closed. Tecmessa and her child retire by another door into the part of the dwelling which is supposed to represent the
γυναικών
. They re-enter after the Choral ode, and are present while Ajax speaks (see 684 ff.). Some, indeed, suppose that they remain on the scene during the ode; but the command of Ajax to Tecmessa in 579 f.,
μηδ’ ἐπισκήνους γόους | δάκρυε
, is against this.

mvp-comment-357-3 Welcker thinks that not only Tecmessa (with the child), but Ajax also, remain present during the ode. ( Rhein. Mus. for 1829, part 3, p. 87.) It is clear, however, from v. 593 that Ajax withdraws into the tent.

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

595. mvp-comment-405-1 ἄρτι] 'At this moment, of all others. Now all of a sudden.'