Sophocles Ajax 899

ed. Lewis Campbell

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.) — 865-936 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 879-960 focus
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 879-960 focus
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 915 focus
Kein Auge schau' ihn; nein, in dies umhüllende
875
Gewand verbergen will ich ihn, weil Keiner, auch
Der Freunde keiner, diesen Anblick trüge, wie
Zum Haupt empor aus dunkler Wunde, die er selbst
Sich mörderisch geschlagen, strömt das schwarze Blut.
Weh, was beginn' ich? Welcher Freund erhebt dich? Wo
880
Ist Teukros? Käm' er eben heim, er käme recht,
Daß er den todten Bruder mit bestattete.
Ach, armer Ajas, welch ein Held! Welch herbes Loos
Fiel dir, der lauten Klagen selbst des Feindes werth!
Gegenstrophe.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 879-960 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-523-1 κρυφαίῳ 1

mvp-comment-523-2 φας‐ 2 γάνῳ περιπτυχής 3

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

899. mvp-comment-584-1 'Lies heaped about his hidden sword.' The sword-point ( infr. 1025) lifts the garment of Ajax to an apex from which the folds descend. At 906 she has raised the edge of the garment, and is gazing at the mangled form beneath it. At 915, by a revulsion of feeling, she draws it (or perhaps her own veil) over him so as to cover him more completely than before. The point of the sword is hidden by the garment, the blade in the body, the hilt in the ground. For the language, cp. Pind. Nem. 8. 40, κεῖνος καὶ Τελαμῶνος δάψεν υἱὸν φασγάνῳ ἀμφικυλίσαις.