Sophocles Ajax 260

Thomas Francklin (Translator)

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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.) — 258-342 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 263-347 focus
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 260 focus
ἀλλ᾽ εἰ πέπαυται, κάρτ᾽ ἂν εὐτυχεῖν δοκῶ·
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Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 263-347 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 260 focus
AG
We shall be known for weaklings through thy counsel.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 257 focus
Nicht mehr! Er ruht nun, schnell wie der Süd,
Der ohne den Bliz aufstürmte, sich legt. 1
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Den Genesenen quält jezt anderes Leid;
Denn zu sehen das Unheil, das du dir selbst,
Kein Anderer sonst mitwirkend erschuf,
Das weckt unsägliche Schmerzen.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 260 focus
Agamemnon
Regal pow'r
A good man should obey.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 263-346 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-840-1 ἔτι γὰρ θερμαὶ 1

mvp-comment-840-2 σύριγγες 2

mvp-comment-840-3 μέλαν μένος 3

mvp-comment-841-1 φησὶ 4

mvp-comment-841-2 σούσθω 5

mvp-comment-841-3 πάντ’ ἀγαθῷ 6

mvp-comment-842-1 κοὐδενί πω λῴονι θνητῶν 7 πω 8

mvp-comment-843-1 [ Αἴαντος, ὅτ’ ἦν, τότε φωνῶ 9

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

1409-1413. mvp-comment-902-1 'Yes, and do thou, dear boy, as far as thy strength allows, help me thus to lift thy father's frame, applying thy hands with loving care. For the darkened life-current still issues from

1409-1413. mvp-comment-902-2 the warm arteries.' The clause with γάρ gives the reason for the addition of φιλότητι θιγών. The σύριγγες are the circular mouths of the several arteries, which were imagined to be full of air, and to blow forth the blood. ἄνω is 'into the air.' Cp. Phil. 783, τόδ᾽ ἐκ βυθοῦ | κηκῖον αἷμα. Others, comparing supr. 918 (when the wound was recent), explain σύριγγες of the nostrils, and suppose Teucer merely to raise the shoulders in order to stay the flow of blood.

1415. mvp-comment-903-1 τῷδ᾽ ἀνδρί] Essay on L. § 12. p. 18.

1416. mvp-comment-904-1 κοὐδενί πω λῴονι] The whole clause is affected by attraction. Essay on L. § 35. p. 60 ; and cp. 'nonsuch,' 'nonpareil,' 'on ne peut mieux,' and similar idioms of modern speech.

1417. mvp-comment-905-1 [Αίαντος.. φωνῶ] 'Than Ajax, I speak of the time when he was in life.' This line is open to question, chiefly on the metrical ground of the awkwardness of closing a system of marching anapaests with two paroemiacs. For ὅτ᾽ ἦν, cp. Eur. Fr. 313 (the shade of Bellerophon is apostrophizing his former self), ἦσθ᾽ εἰς θεοὺς μὲν εὐσεβής, ὅτ᾽ ἦσθ', ἀεί, κ.τ.λ.