Ajax
Scene II.
Hail to the daughter of great Jove ! to thee,
Ajax. Sophocles. Thomas Francklin (Translator). London. 1758–1759.
Ajax. Sophocles. Thomas Francklin (Translator). London. 1758–1759.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759))
Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.
mvp-comment-76-1 τὸ μή 1
mvp-comment-77-1 ᾔχμασας χέρα 2 πρὸς 3 ᾕμαξας 4
mvp-comment-78-1 ὥστ’ 5
mvp-comment-78-2 Αἴαντ’ 6
mvp-comment-79-1 τὸ σὸν 7
mvp-comment-80-1 θανόντες … ἀφαιρείσθων 8
mvp-comment-80-2 τἄμ’ 9
mvp-comment-81-1 εἶεν 10
mvp-comment-81-2 τί γὰρ δὴ 11
mvp-comment-81-3 ποῦ σοι τύχης ἕστηκεν 12
mvp-comment-81-4 σοι 13
mvp-comment-82-1 τοὐπίτριπτον 14 κίναδος 15
mvp-comment-82-2 ἐξήρου μ’ ὅπου 16
96. mvp-comment-73-1 κόμπος πάρεστι] 'I am free to boast' (of that).
97. mvp-comment-74-1 πρὸς ᾿Ατρείδαισιν ἤχμασας χέρα] 'Did you make an armed attack upon the Atreidae?' The construction with πρός is continued from l. 95. χέρα, ας supr. 40, is cogn. accus. in the sense of 'a violent act.' Cp. Trach. 355. Musgr. conj. ήμαξας. Cp. infr. 453. The use of χέρα here as cogn. accus. without an epithet is somewhat singular.
98. mvp-comment-75-1 οἵδ'] He believes them to be lying dead within the tent. Cp. infr. 237 ff.
101. mvp-comment-76-1 εἰεν, τί γὰρ δή] «Enough. For I would know.' She professes to turn her thoughts from the Atreidae to Odysseus, who is more interesting as the especial enemy of Ajax.
102. mvp-comment-77-1 ποῦ σοι τύχης ἕστηκεν ;] · What have you done with him? Where stands he now?' σοι implies that Odysseus is in Ajax' power.
103. mvp-comment-78-1 τοὐπίτριπτον κίναδος] «The accursed fox.' The verbal, by a sort of prolepsis, expresses what ought to be. Cp. the Homeric οὐλόμενος. -The fox is at once noxious and cunning.