Sophocles Ajax 217

Thomas Francklin (Translator)

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Agamemnon
They who excel in wisdom are alone
Invincible. Thou see'st the brawny ox,
How the small whip will drive him through the field :
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What if the med'cine be applied to thee
For thy proud boasting and licentious tongue ?

Ajax. Sophocles. Thomas Francklin (Translator). London. 1758–1759.

Current edition Experimental

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (4)
Αἴας μαστιγοφόρος First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Aiax. Lobeck Christian, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1866.) — 215-257 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 214-262 focus
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 217 focus
νύκτερος Αἴας ἀπελωβήθη.
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 214-262 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 217 focus
MEN
Hate lived between us; that thou know’st full well.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 221 focus
Ha, welchen Ruf offenbarst du, Frau, von dem grimmigen Mann,
Ha, schrecklich, unentrinnbar!
Ruchtbar gemacht von den Fürsten des Danaerheers,
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Mehrt ihn die stets wachsende Sage.
Bang ahn' ich, bang, was mir herannaht! Vor den Augen Aller
Erschlägt ihn auch die wahnsinnige Hand, die eben
Mit bluttriefendem Stahle die Heerden mordet' und die Hirten.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 217 focus
Teucer
No more, my friends, if one of low-born race
Acts basely, shall I marvel, since the great,
Who glory in their high-traced ancestry,
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Thus merit censure for dishonest speech.
Didst thou not tune thy proem with these words,
(Speak them again) that thou didst bring this man
To Troy, received as an ally to Greece ?
Did he not plough the deep, and join the war
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Lord of himself? Where then thy pow'r o'er him?
What right hast thou as sovereign to command
The warlike troops he led, and was their Chief?
Thou camest the king of Sparta, not our lord.
The law of martial rule gave no command
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To thee o'er him, more than to him o'er thee.
Subjection to superior pow'r is here
Thy duty, not to lead th' associate force
Of Greece, that thou o'er Ajax shou'dst bear sway.
Rule thy own vassals, and with high-swoln vaunts
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Keep them in awe. Forbid it thou, or he
The other chieftain, him with hallow'd rites
I will entomb, nor fear thy empty threats.
Not for thy wife did Ajax join the war,
His was no mercenary spear; his oath
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He held in reverence high, not thee, nor deign'd
To grace the worthless. Take then my resolve,
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Bring all thy heralds, bring th' imperial Chief;
Not for thy clamours will I turn aside.
From my intent. I know thee what thou art.
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English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 214-260 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-742-1 οὐ σωφρονήσεις 1

mvp-comment-742-2 μαθὼν ὃς εἶ φύσιν 2

mvp-comment-743-1 ἄλλον τιν’ … ἐλεύθερον 3

mvp-comment-744-1 ἀντὶ σοῦ λέξει τὰ σά 4

mvp-comment-745-1 σοῦ … λέγοντος 5 μάθοιμ’ 6 οὐκέτ’ 7

mvp-comment-746-1 βάρβαρον 8

mvp-comment-746-2 ἐπαΐω 9

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

1259. mvp-comment-804-1 ὃς εἶ] 'What you are.' Cp. Eur. Alc. 640, ἔδειξας . . ὃς εἶ. φύσιν is here at once 'by birth' and 'in nature.'

1262. mvp-comment-805-1 οὐκέτ'] «No longer,' i. e. 'not then (when you are speaking).' Essay on L. § 24. p. 41, 2.

1263. mvp-comment-806-1 Hesione was of Trojan, i. e. Phrygian, birth.