Sophocles Ajax 672

ed. Lewis Campbell

ἐξίσταται δὲ νυκτὸς αἰανὴς αἰανὴς αἰανῆσ κύκλος

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.) — 681-704 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 693-718 focus
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 693-717 focus
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 693 focus
Vor Freude schaudr' ich, hoch in Wonne flieg ich auf.
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Lust, o Lust! Pan, Pan,
Pan, Pan, schreitend das Meer hindurch, 1
Vom Felshaupte Kyllene's, dem
Schneeumstürmten, herab erschein' uns,
Fürst, Anführer der Götterreigen,
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Tänze, nysische, knosische, 2
Selbsterfonnene, mir gesellt, zu schlingen! 3
Heute gelüstet uns nach Reigen.
Schwinge dich über des Ikaros Flut heran, o Fürst Apollon, 4
Delier, komm sichtbar!
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daß du stets gnädig um uns verweiltest!
Gegenstrophe.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 693-715 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-395-1 ἐξίσταται 1

mvp-comment-395-2 αἰανὴς 2 αἰανὴς 3 κύκλος 4

mvp-comment-395-3 τῇ λευκοπώλῳ 5 φέγγος … φλέγειν 6

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

672. mvp-comment-454-1 νυκτὸς αἰανὴς κύκλος] 'The weary round of Night,' which like other periods of time, is imagined as a moving sphere. Cp. ἐνιαυτοῦ κύκλον, Eur. Or. 1645. αἰανής] Here, as in l. 8, εὔρινος, it is doubted whether the adj. is in the nominative or genitive, αἰανής or αἰανῆς. Both forms ( αἰανής, -és and aἰανός, -ή, -όν), occur in tragedy, and the balance of the sentence is rather in favour of the nominative. See Essay on L. § 42. p. 80. αἰανής, if derived from aleí, has also a false association from aủaî. See Essay on L. § 54. p. 99.