Sophocles Ajax 96

Lewis Campbell (Translator)

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481
From thine own spirit, Aias, all may tell,
That utterance came, and none have prompted thee.
Yet stay thy hurrying thought, and by thy friends
Be ruled to loose this burden from thy mind.

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))

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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)) — 96 focus
κόμπος πάρεστι κοὐκ ἀπαρνοῦμαι τὸ μή.
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)) — 101 focus
Gut; welches Schicksal aber traf Laertes' Sohn?
Was thatst du diesem? Oder ist er dir entfloh'n?
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 96 focus
Ajax
Scene III.
Bring him this way : for if he be the son
Will not aflright him ; he must learn like me
In earliest years the savage laws of war,
And be inured to scenes of death and slaughter.
Mayst thou, my boy, be happier than thy fatlier !
In all things elt^e it will be no disgrace
To copy me : I envy thee, my child,
For that thou seest not thy own wretchedness ;
The happiness of Kfe is not to know.
Thy ignorance will keep thee free from pain,
Till time shall teach thee what it is to grieye
And to rejoice ; then must thou show thy foes
From whom thou art descended. May the breath
Of life meantime nourish thy tender frame,
That thou mayst prove a comfort to thy mother !
I know there's not a Grecian that will dare
Insult thee when thy father is no more ;
For I shall leave thee to the best of guardians.
The faithful Teucer, who far from thee now,
Sent forth by Greece, repels the invading foe.
Of you, my friends, companions of the war,
The only boon I ask is, that ye urge
This last request to Teucer : say, I begged
That straight to Telamon and Eribcea,
My aged parents, he would bear my child,
To be the joy of their declining years,
Till death shall call them to the shades below.
Let not my arms by Greece, or by that plague
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 96 focus
Tecmessa
410
What grief is mine that so renown'd a Chief
410
Should speak a language till this hour unheard!
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-288-1 ὑπόβλητον 1

mvp-comment-289-1 γε μέντοι 2 κρατῆσαι 3

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

481. mvp-comment-329-1 ὑπόβλητον] 'False,' i.e. unreal and not your own. Supr. 189, εἰ δ᾽ ὑποβαλλόμενοι | κλέπτουσι μύθους, κ.τ.λ.

482. mvp-comment-330-1 ἀλλὰ τῆς σαυτοῦ φρενός] 'But one proceeding from your inmost thought.'

484. mvp-comment-331-1 γνώμης κρατήσαι] 'To overrule thy purpose.' Cp. supr. 448, γνώμης ἀπῇξαν τῆς ἐμῆς. In Phil. 972, δούς is used absolutely with dat. of the person for 'yielding to advice.' Cp. Trach. 1117, δός μοι σεαυτόν.