Sophocles Ajax 23

Lewis Campbell (Translator)

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Then is not laughter sweetest o’er a foe?

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

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Editions (4)
Αἴας μαστιγοφόρος First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Aiax. Lobeck Christian, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1866.) — 1-171 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 1-171 focus
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 23 focus
ἴσμεν γὰρ οὐδὲν τρανές, ἀλλ' ἀλώμεθα·
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 1-171 focus
Translations (4)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 36 focus
Ich weiß, Odysseus, und ich ging dir lange schon,
Ein treuer Schuz, auf deinem Späherpfade nach.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 23 focus
Ulysses
I had rather still
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He came not here.
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English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 23 focus
Ulysses
To me a foe;
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And such he is e'en now.
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Is there a joy
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More grateful to the soul, than to deride
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Our enemies ?
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Enough for me, O queen,
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That he remains within.
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English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 1-170 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-64-1 οὔκουν γέλως ἥδιστος 1

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

79. mvp-comment-63-1 γελᾶν] The epexegetic infinitive follows the adjective ἥδιστος, and εἰς ἐχθρούς is to be taken both with γέλως and γελάν. 'Is not laughter pleasantest at foes?'