Sophocles Ajax 3

Thomas Francklin (Translator)

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Ulysses
36cont2
Do I right,
My much -loved mistress 1
Mix. Doubtless; his foul deed
Doth well deserve it.

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.) — 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)) — 3 focus
καὶ νῦν ἐπὶ σκηναῖς σε ναυτικαῖς ὁρῶ
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 1-171 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 3 focus
ATH
36
I knew thy doubts, Odysseus, and came forth
Zealous to guard thy perilous hunting-path.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1 focus
Zu jeder Stunde treff' ich dich, Laertes' Sohn, 1
1
Wie du, den Feind zu greifen, seine Fährt' erspürst;
Auch nun gewahr' ich, wie du hier am Schiffsgezelt 2
Des Ajas, der des Lagers lezte Reihe hält,
Schon lange schleichst und lauerst und von seinem Tritt
5
Die frischgeprägten Spuren prüfst, um auszuspäh'n,
Ob innen er, ob außen: glücklich führt dich auch
Dein Schritt an's Ziel, scharfwitternd, gleich dem Sparterhund. 3
Denn eben ist er innen, und von Schweiße triest
Das Haupt des Mannes und die mordbewehrte Hand.
10
Und nöthig hast du weiter nicht, am Thore hier
Hineinzulauschen; aber sprich, warum du so
Voll Eifer spähtest, gerne geb' ich dir Bescheid.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 3 focus
Minerva
36
Most friendly to me! Well, O queen, I know
Thy voice, though thou not seen; it strikes my sense
Clear as the Tuscan trumpet's brass-tuned notes.
Just is thy knowledge that my circling step
Traces a foe, Ajax, whose arm sustains
The broad circumference of the massy shield;
Him, and none other, long time have I traced.
This night against us he hath done a deed
Which reason starts at, if the deed be his,
For we know nothing certain, but are lost
In doubt: mine therefore is it to sustain
This voluntary toil; for all our herds,
Prize of our arms, the herdsmen too we find
Fresh slaughter'd by some wasting hand; to him
The general voice this odious deed imputes: {
And one, who, as he walk'd the nightly round,
Descried him bounding o'er the fields alone,
The blood fresh dropping from his sword, to me
Disclosed it: instant on his steps I press
Tracing their marks, now certain, now, perplex'd.
But opportune thy coming; for thy hand
Hath been in all my actions pasty irall
Of future enterprise shall be my guide. מה
I know it well; and friendly to thy search
Attended thee a guardian on thy way.
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-31-1 ἔβην … εἰς ὁδόν 1

mvp-comment-31-2 κυναγίᾳ 2

mvp-comment-32-1 ἦ καί 4

mvp-comment-32-2 πρὸς καιρὸν 5

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

36. mvp-comment-28-1 ἔγνων refers not to 34, 5, but to the preceding lines.

36-37. mvp-comment-29-1 φύλαξ ἔβην, κ.τ.λ.] The order ἰς ἔβην εἰς ὁδὸν πρόθυμος φύλαξ τῇ σῇ κυναγίᾳ, ' I came upon my path as a zealous guardian for thy chase.' E. on L. § 12. p. 19.

38. mvp-comment-30-1 ἡ καί] ‘And is my endeavour really well-directed?' ἡ asks the question with eager interest.