Ajax. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.
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Editions (3)
Αἴας μαστιγοφόρος First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Aiax. Lobeck Christian, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1866.) — 681-704 focus
ΧΟΡΟΣ
ἔφριζ’ ἔρωτι, περιχαρὴς δ’ ἀνεπτόμαν.
ἰὼ, ἰὼ, Πὰν, Πὰν,
695
ὦ Πὰν, Πὰν ἁλίπλαγκτε Κυλλανίας χιονοκτύπου
πετραίας ἀπὸ δειράδος
φάνηθ’, ὦ θεῶν χοροποί’ ἄναξ,
685
ὅπως μοι Νύσια Κνώσι’ ὀρχήματ’
700
αὐτοδαῆ ξυνὼν ἰάψῃς.
νῦν γὰρ ἐμοὶ μέλει χορεῦσαι.
Ἰκαρίων δ’ ὑπὲρ πελαγέων
μολὼν ἄναξ Ἀπόλλων
690
ὁ Δάλιος, εὔγνωστος
705
ἐμοὶ ξυνείης διὰ παντὸς εὔφρων.
ΧΟΡΟΣ
1
ἔλυσε γὰρ αἰνὸν ἄχος ἀπ’ ὀμμάτων Ἄρης.
ἰὼ, ἰὼ. νῦν αὖ,
νῦν, ὦ Ζεῦ, πάρα λευκὸν εὐάμερον πελάσαι φάος
695
710
θοῶν ὠκυάλων νεῶν,
ὅτ’ Αἴας λαθίπονος πάλιν,
θεῶν δ’ αὖ πά θύτα θέσμι’ ὲζήνυσ’
εὐνομίᾳ σέβων μεγίστᾳ.
πάνθ’ ὁ μέγας χρόνος μαραίνει τε καὶ φλέγει,
700
715
κοὐδὲν ἀναύδητον φατισαιμ’ ἂν
εὖτέ γ’ ἐξ ἀέλπτων
Αἴας μετανεγνώσθη
θυμῶν Ἀτρείδαις μεγάλων τε νεικέων.
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Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 693-718 focus
Χορός
ἔφριξʼ ἔρωτι, περιχαρὴς δʼ ἀνεπτάμαν.
ἰὼ ἰὼ Πὰν Πάν,
ὦ Πὰν Πὰν ἁλίπλαγκτε Κυλ-
695
λανίας χιονοκτύπου
πετραίας ἀπὸ δειράδος φάνηθʼ, ὦ
θεῶν χοροποίʼ ἄναξ, ὅπως
μοι Μύσια Κνώσιʼ ὀρ-
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
χήματʼ αὐτοδαῆ ξυνὼν ἰάψῃς.
700
νῦν γὰρ ἐμοὶ μέλει χορεῦσαι.
Ἰκαρίων δʼ ὑπὲρ πελαγέων
μολὼν ἄναξ Ἀπόλλων
ὁ Δάλιος εὔγνωστος
ἐμοὶ ξυνείη διὰ παντὸς εὔφρων.
705
Χορός
1
ἔλυσεν αἰνὸν ἄχος ἀπʼ ὀμμάτων Ἄρης.
ἰὼ ἰὼ. νῦν αὖ,
νῦν, ὦ Ζεῦ, πάρα λευκὸν εὐ-
άμερον πελάσαι φάος
θοᾶν ὠκυάλων νεῶν, ὅτʼ Αἴας
710
λαθίπονος πάλιν, θεῶν
δʼ αὖ πάνθυτα θέσμιʼ ἐξ-
ήνυσʼ εὐνομίᾳ σέβων μεγίστᾳ.
πάνθʼ ὁ μέγας χρόνος μαραίνει·
κοὐδὲν ἀναύδατον φατίσαιμʼ
715
ἄν, εὖτέ γʼ ἐξ ἀέλπτων
Αἴας μετανεγνώσθη
θυμοῦ τʼ Ἀτρείδαις μεγάλων τε νεικέων.
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 693-717 focus
Χορός
ἔφριξʼ ἔρωτι, περιχαρὴς δʼ ἀνεπτόμαν.
ἰὼ ἰὼ Πὰν Πάν,
ὦ Πὰν Πὰν ἁλίπλαγκτε, Κυλλανίας χιονοκτύπου
695
πετραίας ἀπὸ δειράδος φάνηθʼ, ὦ
θεῶν χοροποίʼ ἄναξ, ὅπως μοι
Νύσια Κνώσιʼ ὀρχήματʼ αὐτοδαῆ ξυνὼν ἰάψῃς·
700
νῦν γὰρ ἐμοὶ μέλει χορεῦσαι.
Ἰκαρίων δʼ ὑπὲρ πελαγέων μολὼν ἄναξ Ἀπόλλων
ὁ Δάλιος εὔγνωστος
705
ἐμοὶ ξυνείη διὰ παντὸς εὔφρων.
Χορός
ἔλυσεν αἰνὸν ἄχος ἀπʼ ὀμμάτων Ἄρης.
ἰὼ ἰώ, νῦν αὖ,
νῦν, ὦ Ζεῦ, πάρα λευκὸν εὐάμερον πελάσαι φάος
θοᾶν ὠκυάλων νεῶν, ὅτʼ Αἴας
710
λαθίπονος πάλιν, θεῶν δʼ αὖ
πάνθυτα θέσμιʼ ἐξήνυσʼ εὐνομίᾳ σέβων μεγίστᾳ.
πάνθʼ ὁ μέγας χρόνος μαραίνει,
κοὐδὲν ἀναύδατον φατίσαιμʼ ἄν, εὖτέ γʼ ἐξ ἀέλπτων
715
Αἴας μετανεγνώσθη
θυμοῦ τʼ Ἀτρείδαις μεγάλων τε νεικέων.
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.
660
Lust, o Lust! Pan, Pan,
Pan, Pan, schreitend das Meer hindurch,
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Vom Felshaupte Kyllene's, dem
Schneeumstürmten, herab erschein' uns,
Fürst, Anführer der Götterreigen,
665
Tänze, nysische, knosische,
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Selbsterfonnene, mir gesellt, zu schlingen!
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Heute gelüstet uns nach Reigen.
Schwinge dich über des Ikaros Flut heran, o Fürst Apollon,
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Delier, komm sichtbar!
670
daß du stets gnädig um uns verweiltest!
Gegenstrophe.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 693-715 focus
Chorus
I shiver with rapture; I soar on the wings of sudden joy!
O Pan, O Pan, appear to us, sea-rover, from the stony ridge of snow-beaten Cyllene. King, dancemaker for the gods, come, so that joining with us you may set on the Nysian and the Cnosian steps,
695
your self-taught dances. Now I want to dance. And may Apollo, lord of
Delos
, step over the Icarian sea
700
and join me in his divine form, in eternal benevolence!
705
Chorus
Ares has dispelled the cloud of fierce trouble from our eyes. Joy, joy! Now, Zeus, now can the white radiance of prosperous days approach
our swift, sea-speeding ships, since Ajax forgets his pain anew, and has instead fully performed all prescribed sacrifices to the gods with worship and strict observance.
The strong years make all things fade.
710
And so I would not say that anything was beyond belief, when beyond our hopes, Ajax has been converted from his fury and mighty struggles against the Atreidae.
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The strong years make all things fade.
Commentary
Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))
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Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus
678. mvp-comment-458-1 * ἐγῷδα] ‘I am sure of it'-(that I shall know how to act with moderation). The common reading, ἐγὼ δ' ἐπίσταμαι γάρ-can only be justified by supposing ἡμεῖς in 677 to mean mankind in general, in which case the opposition with dé is possible, though not very clear. But with μαθησόμεσθα preceding (l. 667), ἡμεῖς (unless with further explanation, as in supr. 125) must be equivalent to ἐγώ. And the use of δὲ .. γάρ without apodosis is not supported by Aesch. Cho. 66, ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ἀναγκὰν γὰρ ἀμφίπτολιν, κ.τ.λ., which is the nearest parallel. (For a superfluous ἐγώ with δé in apodosi, cp. Hdt. 4. 99, ὃς δὲ.. μὴ παραπέπλωκε, ἐγὼ δὲ ἄλλως δηλώσω.) Porson's conjecture, which is here received, requires a very slight alteration, ῶι for ὡ. ἐγῷδα is idiomatic, and the form of asseveration suits with the dissembling nature of the speech. ἐπίσταμαι γὰρ ἀρτίως] ‘For I have lately learnt '-Ajax continues the vein of commonplace, with which his real feelings are interwoven. In his own heart he means that the judgment of the arms has taught him the hollowness of friendship. But by putting the other side of the antithesis foremost he veils this sentiment under the general maxim which counsels moderation in love and hatred- ἀθάνατον ἔχθραν μὴ φύλασσε, θνητὸς ὤν.