Sophocles, Ajax, ed. Lewis Campbell, 1199

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ἐκεῖνος οὐ οὔτε στεφάνων

οὔτε βαθειᾶν βαθείαν κυλίκων
1200

νεῖμεν ἐμοὶ τέρψιν ὁμιλεῖν,

οὔτε γλυκὺν αὐλῶν ὄτοβον ὄτοβον ὅττοβον,

δύσμορος, οὔτ᾽ ἐννυχίαν

τέρψιν ἰαύειν.

ἐρώτων δ᾽ ἐρώτων ἀπέπαυσεν, ὤμοι.
1205

κεῖμαι δ᾽ ἀμέριμνος οὕτως,

ἀεὶ πυκιναῖς δρόσοις

τεγγόμενος κόμας,

λυγρᾶς λυγρὰσ λυγρὰσ· μνήματα Τροίας.
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ἀντ.β.

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 (2)

Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 1185-1222 focus

str. 1

Χορός

τίς ἄρα νέατος ἐς πότε λή-
1185

ξει πολυπλάγκτων ἐτέων ἀριθμός,

τὰν ἄπαυστον αἰὲν ἐμοὶ δορυσσοή-

των μόχθων ἄταν ἐπάγων

τάνδʼ ἀνʼ εὐρυεδῆ Τροίαν,
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δύστανον ὄνειδος Ἑλλάνων;

ὄφελε πρότερον αἰθέρα δῦ-

¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸

ant. 1

Χορός

ναι μέγαν ἢ τὸν πολύκοινον Ἅιδαν

κεῖνος ἁνήρ, ὃς στυγερῶν ἔδειξεν ὅ-
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πλων Ἕλλασιν κοινὸν Ἄρη.

ὦ πόνοι πρόγονοι πόνων.

κεῖνος γὰρ ἔπερσεν ἀνθρώπους.

ἐκεῖνος οὔτε στεφάνων

οὔτε βαθειᾶν κυλίκων
1200

str. 2

Χορός

2

νεῖμεν ἐμοὶ τέρψιν ὁμιλεῖν,

οὔτε γλυκὺν αὐλῶν ὄτοβον

δύσμορος οὔτʼ ἐννυχίαν

τέρψιν ἰαύειν·

ἐρώτων δʼ
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ἐρώτων ἀπέπαυσεν, ὤ-

⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²¹³¹⁴¹⁵

μοι. κεῖμαι δʼ ἀμέριμνος οὕ-

τως, ἀεὶ πυκιναῖς δρόσοις

τεγγόμενος κόμας, λυγρᾶς

μνήματα Τροίας.
1210

ant. 2

Χορός

καὶ πρὶν μὲν αἰὲν νυχίου

δείματος ἦν μοι προβολὰ

καὶ βελέων θούριος Αἴας·

νῦν δʼ οὗτος ἀνεῖται στυγερῷ

δαίμονι. τίς μοι, τίς ἔτʼ οὖν
1215

τέρψις ἐπέσται;

γενοίμαν

ἴνʼ ὑλᾶεν ἔπεστι πόν-

του πρόβλημʼ ἁλίκλυστον, ἄ-

κραν ὑπὸ πλάκα Σουνίου,
1220

τὰς ἱερὰς ὅπως προσεί-

ποιμεν Ἀθάνας.

Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 1185-1222 focus

Χορός

τίς ἄρα νέατος ἐς πότε λήξει πολυπλάγκτων ἐτέων ἀριθμός,
1185

τὰν ἄπαυστον αἰὲν ἐμοὶ δορυσσοήτων

μόχθων ἄταν ἐπάγων

ἄν τὰν εὐρώδεα Τρωΐαν,
1190

δύστανον ὄνειδος Ἑλλάνων;

1192

Χορός

ὄφελε πρότερον αἰθέρα δῦναι μέγαν ἢ τὸν πολύκοινον Ἅιδαν

κεῖνος ἁνήρ, ὃς στυγερῶν ἔδειξεν ὅπλων
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Ἕλλασιν κοινὸν Ἄρη.

ἰὼ πόνοι πρόγονοι πόνων·

κεῖνος γὰρ ἔπερσεν ἀνθρώπους.

1199

Χορός

ἐκεῖνος οὔτε στεφάνων

οὔτε βαθεῖαν κυλίκων
1200

νεῖμεν ἐμοὶ τέρψιν ὁμιλεῖν,

οὔτε γλυκὺν αὐλῶν ὄτοβον,

δύσμορος, οὔτʼ ἐννυχίαν

τέρψιν ἰαύειν.

ἐρώτων δʼ ἐρώτων ἀπέπαυσεν, ὤμοι.
1205

κεῖμαι δʼ, ἀμέριμνος οὕτως,

ἀεὶ πυκιναῖς δρόσοις

τεγγόμενος κόμας,

λυγρᾶς μνήματα Τροίας.
1210

1211

Χορός

καὶ πρὶν μὲν αἰὲν νυχίου

δείματος ἦν μοι προβολὰ

καὶ βελέων θούριος Αἴας·

νῦν δʼ οὗτος ἀνεῖται στυγερῷ

δαίμονι· τίς μοι, τίς ἔτʼ οὖν
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τέρψις ἐπέσται;

γενοίμαν ἵνʼ ὑλᾶεν ἔπεστι πόντου

πρόβλημʼ ἁλίκλυστον, ἄκραν

ὑπὸ πλάκα Σουνίου,
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τὰς ἱερὰς ὅπως

προσείποιμεν Ἀθάνας.

Translations (5)

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 1199 focus

No better hope for either can I frame.

TEU

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1199 focus

Ja, keinen blühenden Kranz,

Nimmer die Lust voller Pokal' hat er gegönnt uns zu genießen,
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Noch lieblicher Festflöten Getön,

(Wehe dem Mann!) noch den Genuß

Nächtlicher Minne:

Die Liebe,

Die Lieb' hat er mir, ach, entführt,
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Und ich liege verlassen hier,

Und von reichlichem Thaue stets

Trieft mir das Haar, ein Mal von dir,

Traurige Troja!

Zweite Gegenstrophe.

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 1199 focus

By after-ages ne'er to be forgotten.

Teucer

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 1199 focus

Nor the brow with chaplets bound

Breathing balmy odours round,
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Nor the social glow of soul
1200

Kindling o'er the generous bowl,

Nor the dulcet strain that rings

Jocond from the sounding strings,

Nor endearing love's delight

That with rapture fills the night,

Me will he permit to prove;
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He, alas! hath murder'd love.
1205

But neglected here I lie

Open to th' inclement sky;

And my rough and matted hair

Drinks the dews of night's moist air,

Memorials sad of Troy!
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English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 1185-1220 focus

Chorus

Which will be the last year? When will the sum of the years of our many wanderings stop bringing upon me the unending doom of toilful spear-battles
1185

throughout broad Troy , the cause of sorrow and of shame for Greece ?
1190

1192

Chorus

If only that man had first passed into the depths of the sky or into Hades, the common home of all,

before he taught the Greeks the shared plague of Ares’ detested arms! Ah, those toils of his invention, which produced so many more toils! Look how that man has ravaged humanity!
1195

1199

Chorus

No delight in garlands

or deep wine-cups did that man provide me, no sweet din of flutes, that miserable man, or pleasing rest in the night.
1200

And from love—god!—from love he has totally barred me. Here I lie uncared for, while heavy dews constantly wet my hair,
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damp reminders of joyless Troy .
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Chorus

In the past bold Ajax was always my bulwark against night’s terrors and flying missiles. But now he has become an offering consecrated

to a malignant divinity. What joy, then, what delight awaits me anymore? O to be where the wooded wave-washed cape fences off the deep sea,
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to be beneath Sunium’s jutting plateau, so that we might salute sacred Athens !
1220

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-704-1 οὔτε στεφάνων ¹

mvp-comment-704-2 στεφάνων ²

mvp-comment-705-1 βαθειᾶν ³

mvp-comment-705-2 κυλίκων ⁴

mvp-comment-706-1 νεῖμεν ⁵ τέρψιν ⁶ ὁμιλεῖν ⁷

mvp-comment-707-1 αὐλῶν ⁸

mvp-comment-707-2 ὄτοβον ⁹

mvp-comment-708-1 δύσμορος ¹⁰

mvp-comment-708-2 ἐννυχίαν τέρψιν ἰαύειν ¹¹

mvp-comment-708-3 Remark the repetition of τέρψιν ¹²

mvp-comment-709-1 ἐρώτων δ’, ἐρώτων ¹³

mvp-comment-710-1 ἀμέριμνος ¹⁴

mvp-comment-710-2 οὕτως ¹⁵

mvp-comment-711-1 δρόσοις ¹⁶

mvp-comment-712-1 μνήματα ¹⁷

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

1199-1201. mvp-comment-768-1 ἐκεῖνος οὐ... ὁμιλεῖν] 'He has cut me off from the joyous fellowship of chaplets and deep draughts from the cup.' The negatives have a privative force, as in οὐ φάναι, οὐκ ἐᾶν, etc. ὁμιλεῖν, sc. ὥστε ἐμὲ ὁμιλεῖν τοῖς στεφάνοις καὶ ταῖς κύλιξιν. The κύλιξ was a shallow vessel, and the epithet properly applies not to the goblet, but to the draughts of wine from it.

1201. mvp-comment-769-1 τέρψιν is first governed by νεῖμεν, and the same word is then repeated as a cognate accusative with ἰαύειν.

1202-1204. mvp-comment-770-1 οὔτε γλυκὺν .. ἰαύειν] ‘And from the sweet sound of flutes, unhappy me, and from passing nights of pleasant rest.'

1205. mvp-comment-771-1 The repetition of ἐρώτων marks the acme of privation.

1206. mvp-comment-772-1 ἀμέριμνος] Either (1) 'Uncared for;' or (2) 'Careless of myself' ('As one past hope, abandoned, | And by himself given o'er'); or (3) 'With vacant mind,' 'Having no interest in life.' For μέριμνα in a good sense, cp. especially Pind. Pyth. 8. 126-132, ὁ δὲ καλόν τι νέον λαχὼν | ἁβρότατος ἔπι, μεγάλας | ἐξ ἐλπίδος πέταται | ὑποπτέροις ἀνορέαις, ἔχων | κρέσσονα πλούτου | μέριμναν: also O.T. 1124, ἔργον μεριμνῶν ποῖον;

1208-1209. mvp-comment-773-1 Cp. Aesch. Ag. 560-2, κἀπὸ γῆς λειμώνιαι | δρόσοι κατεψέκαζον ... τιθέντες ἔνθηρον τρίχα.

1210. mvp-comment-774-1 λυγρᾶς μνήματα Τροίας] Lit. 'Reminders of the wretched Troad,' i. e. The raindrops on my head will not let me forget that I am in this miserable country. μνήματα is accusative in apposition to the sentence.

Sophocles Ajax 1199

ed. Lewis Campbell

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No better hope for either can I frame.

TEU

By after-ages ne'er to be forgotten.

Teucer

Chorus

Which will be the last year? When will the sum of the years of our many wanderings stop bringing upon me the unending doom of toilful spear-battles
1185

throughout broad Troy , the cause of sorrow and of shame for Greece ?
1190

Chorus

If only that man had first passed into the depths of the sky or into Hades, the common home of all,

before he taught the Greeks the shared plague of Ares’ detested arms! Ah, those toils of his invention, which produced so many more toils! Look how that man has ravaged humanity!
1195

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No better hope for either can I frame.

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By after-ages ne'er to be forgotten.

Teucer

Chorus Which will be the last year? When will the sum of the years of our many wanderings stop bringing upon me the unending doom of toilful spear-battles 1185 throughout broad Troy , the cause of sorrow and of shame for Greece ? 1190

Chorus If only that man had first passed into the depths of the sky or into Hades, the common home of all, before he taught the Greeks the shared plague of Ares’ detested arms! Ah, those toils of his invention, which produced so many more toils! Look how that man has ravaged humanity! 1195

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Chorus

Which will be the last year? When will the sum of the years of our many wanderings stop bringing upon me the unending doom of toilful spear-battles
1185

throughout broad Troy , the cause of sorrow and of shame for Greece ?
1190

Chorus

If only that man had first passed into the depths of the sky or into Hades, the common home of all,

before he taught the Greeks the shared plague of Ares’ detested arms! Ah, those toils of his invention, which produced so many more toils! Look how that man has ravaged humanity!
1195