Sophocles Ajax 181

Lewis Campbell (Translator)

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Be sure of that, Teucer. He lives no more.

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)) — 181 focus
μαχαναῖς ἐτίσατο λώβαν;
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)) — 182 focus
Nie doch in früherer Zeit, Telamonier,
Hast du dich also verirrt, wider Heerden loszugeh'n;
Dir schlugen wohl die Götter den Geist: doch es halte
Das üble Volksgerede Zeus und Phöbos fern!
Wenn im Geheimen indeß
185
Die Lüg' ersann der mächtigen Könige Groll 1
Und jener arge Sprosse von Sisyphos' Blut:
Nicht länger birg dich, Herr, in den Zelten am Meer,
Nicht den Ruf, den schmähenden, wecke!
Schlußgesang.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 181 focus
Chorus
1091
O Menelaus !
Do not with maxims grave and wisdom's rules
Mix foul reproach and slander on the dead.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 181 focus
Chorus
This strong affliction pierces to thy heart.
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-570-1 ὡς ὧδ’ ἐχόντων 1

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

981-986. mvp-comment-632-1 The partition of the senarius between two speakers, which does not occur at all in the Antigone, is in the Ajax confined to this passage and supr. 591-4, where see note.

982. mvp-comment-633-1 ὦ περισπερχὲς πάθος] «Ο all-too-swift catastrophe!' referring not to the rash deed of Ajax, but to the sudden consummation of destiny.