Sophocles Ajax 61

ed. Lewis Campbell

κἄπειτ᾽, ἐπειδὴ τοῦδ᾽ ἐλώφησεν πόνου φόνου πόνου,

Ajax. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.

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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)) — 61 focus
CH
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Ah! then ’tis time, our heads in mantles hiding,
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Our feet on some stol’n pathway now to ply,
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Or with swift oarage o’er the billows gliding,
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With ordered stroke to make the good ship fly
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Such threats the Atridae, armed with two fold power,
Launch to assail us. Oh, I sadly fear
Stones from fierce hands on us and him will shower,
Whose heavy plight no comfort may come near.
’Tis changed, his rage, like sudden blast,
Without the lightning gleam is past
And now that Reason’s light returns,
New sorrow in his spirit burns.
For when we look on self made woe,
In which no hand but ours had part,
Thought of such griefs and whence they flow
Brings aching misery to the heart.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 74 focus
Was thust du, Pallas? Nimmermehr ruf' ihn heraus -
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 61 focus
Chorus
I understand thee not.
Whilst he was mad, was happy in his frenzy,
And yet the while affected me with grief
Who was not so ; but now his rage is o'er,
And he hath time to breathe from his misfortune,
Himself is almost dead with grief, and I
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Not less unhappy than I was before ;
Is it not double then ?
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 61 focus
Chorus
The double, lady, is the greater ill.
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-53-1 κἄπειτ’ ἐπειδὴ 1

mvp-comment-53-2 ἐλώφησεν 2

mvp-comment-53-3 πόνου 3

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

61. mvp-comment-49-1 'And then, when he had remission of this toil.' πόνου, the more general word, is better than φόνου, which is tautological. πόνου in connection with the preceding words, implies that the vain task was imposed on Ajax by the will of Athena.