Sophocles Ajax 169

Lewis Campbell (Translator)

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TEC
O woe, woe, woe!

Ajax. Sophocles. Lewis Campbell (Translator). London, New York and Toronto. 1906.

Current edition Experimental

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (4)
Αἴας μαστιγοφόρος First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Aiax. Lobeck Christian, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1866.) — 172-201 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 172-200 focus
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 169 focus
μέγαν αἰγυπιὸν *δ᾽ αἴγυπιὸν ὑποδείσαντες ὑποδιδείσαντες ὑποδείσαντες ὑποδδείσαντες
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 172-200 focus
Translations (4)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 172 focus
Trieb dich die Tochter des Zeus, die Vertilgerin,
Artemis, schweres Gerücht, Quelle bitt'rer Schande mir!
Auf unsres Volkes Gut, in die weidenden Rinder,
Wohl wegen eines ohne Dank erkämpften Siegs, 1
175
Sei es um Gaben getäuscht
Von stolzer Rüstung oder um Beuten der Sagd?
Wie? Oder zürnt dir Ares im ehernen Kleid,
Hat, weil mit Undank ihm du die Hülfe gelohnt,
Dich gestraft mit nächtlichem Blendwerk?
180
Gegenstrophe.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 169 focus
Teucer
Will ye not bring him to me H^"^
992
Lest he shall fall a victim to the foe,
Even as the hunters seize the lion's whelp
Left to its helpless dam? Quick ! fly ! assist me ;
For all are glad to triumph o'er the dead.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 169 focus
Tecmessa
bending as oppress'd with woe.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 172-200 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-551-1 δουλείας ζυγά 1

mvp-comment-551-2 οἷοι 2

mvp-comment-551-3 σκοποί 3

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

944. mvp-comment-612-1 Tecmessa turns from the Chorus to her child.

945. mvp-comment-613-1 Cp. supr. 497. But for the coming of Teucer and the interposition of Odysseus, Tecmessa's apprehensions would have been verified.

945. mvp-comment-613-2 οἷοι.. σκοποί] 'What eyes are set over our life!' For σκοπός, of one who has a right to call others to account, cp. especially Od. 22. 395, 6, ἤ τε γυναικῶν | δμωάων σκοπός ἐσσι κατὰ μέγαρ᾽ ἡμετεράων. The Atreidae and their underlings are meant. Cp. supr. 512, ὑπ᾿ ὀρφανιστῶν μὴ φίλων.