Sophocles Ajax 58

Thomas Francklin (Translator)

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Tecmessa
Hadst thou then rather, if the choice were given,
Thyself at ease, behold thy friend in pain.
Than with thy friend be joined in mutual sorrow 1

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

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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)) — 58 focus
ὅτ᾽ or ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλον ἐμπίτνων ἐμπίπτων ἐμπίτνῶν ἐμπίπτων ἐμπεσὼν στρατηλατῶν.
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)) — 58 focus
CHORUS
What burden through the darkness fell
Where still at eventide ’twas well?
Phrygian Teleutas’ daughter, say;
Since Aias, foremost in the fray,
Disdaining not the spear-won bride,
Still holds thee nearest at his side,
And thou may’st solve our doubts aright.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 74 focus
Was thust du, Pallas? Nimmermehr ruf' ihn heraus -
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 58 focus
Tecmessa
257
Not struggling now, for, as the boisterous South
That rose without the lightening's flashing fires,
255
His rage subsides. But to his sense return'd
A new affliction grieves him; for to view
Ills all our own, where no associate shares
The deed, with keenest anguish racks the heart.
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-173-1 Though οὐ νοσοῦντος 1 οὐ νοσοῦντες 2

mvp-comment-173-2 ἀτώμεσθα 3

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

269. mvp-comment-196-1 'Our case, then, since the madness left us, is grown more desperate.' Tecmessa identifies her lot with that of Ajax. Compare infr. 791, μῶν ὀλώλαμεν; A few lines below (273-6) she speaks of herself in the plural as contrasted with him.