Sophocles Ajax 238

Thomas Francklin (Translator)

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Ulysses
For a foe,
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But for a brave one.
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Ajax. Sophocles. Thomas Francklin (Translator). London. 1758–1759.

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Editions (4)
Αἴας μαστιγοφόρος First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Aiax. Lobeck Christian, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1866.) — 258-342 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)) — 238 focus
τοῦ μὲν κεφαλὴν καὶ γλῶσσαν ἄκραν
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)) — 238 focus
AG
My speech was bitter, for his deeds were foul.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 233 focus
Weh! Dorther, dorther kam er zu uns,
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Und führte die Heerd' in gefesseltem Zug;
Und die einen erwürgt' er am Boden im Zelt,
Und die anderen hieb er mitten entzwei,
Griff zween weißfüßige Widder sodann,
Mäht' einem das Haupt und die Zunge herab,
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Und warf sie hinweg;
Und den anderen band er am Pfeiler empor,
Und faßte den Roßzaum doppelt und schwang
Und geißelte, daß hell schwirrte der Schlag,
Schmachworte zugleich ausschüttend, die nur
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Ein Gott, kein Mensch, ihm gelehrt hat.
Gegenstrophe.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 238 focus
Teucer
TECMESSA, EURYSACES, TEUCER, CHORUS.
Come hither, child, stand near, with suppliant hands
Touch him that gave thee birth: now take thy seat
Lowly beside his knees, and in thy hands
Hold thou my hair, and hers, and thine, the last
Sad gift of mourning suppliants. From the camp
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By force should any drag thee from the dead,
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May the wretch find a wretched death, and lie
In a strange land unburied, all his race
Cut off, as I cut off these locks. My child,
Take them, and keep them: let no ruffian force
Remove thee hence, but closely, clasp the dead.
And stand not you like women round the corse,
But guard it well like men, till I return,
And bear him to the tomb, whoe'er oppose.
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-804-1 ποτέ 1 ἐχθρὸς 2 γενναῖος 3

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1355. mvp-comment-869-1 Ajax' envious conduct since the award of the arms should not obliterate the remembrance of his former nobleness.