Sophocles Ajax 61

Thomas Francklin (Translator)

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Chorus
I understand thee not.
Whilst he was mad, was happy in his frenzy,
And yet the while affected me with grief
Who was not so ; but now his rage is o'er,
And he hath time to breathe from his misfortune,
Himself is almost dead with grief, and I
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Not less unhappy than I was before ;
Is it not double then ?

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)) — 61 focus
κἄπειτ᾽, ἐπειδὴ τοῦδ᾽ ἐλώφησεν πόνου φόνου πόνου,
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)) — 61 focus
CH
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Ah! then ’tis time, our heads in mantles hiding,
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Our feet on some stol’n pathway now to ply,
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Or with swift oarage o’er the billows gliding,
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With ordered stroke to make the good ship fly
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Such threats the Atridae, armed with two fold power,
Launch to assail us. Oh, I sadly fear
Stones from fierce hands on us and him will shower,
Whose heavy plight no comfort may come near.
’Tis changed, his rage, like sudden blast,
Without the lightning gleam is past
And now that Reason’s light returns,
New sorrow in his spirit burns.
For when we look on self made woe,
In which no hand but ours had part,
Thought of such griefs and whence they flow
Brings aching misery to the heart.
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)) — 61 focus
Chorus
The double, lady, is the greater ill.
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-175-1 οἷσιν εἴχετ’ ἐν κακοῖς 1

mvp-comment-175-2 φρονοῦντας 2 βλέποντας 3 κακοῖς 4

mvp-comment-176-1 κἀνέπνευσε 5 ἔληξε 6

mvp-comment-177-1 Instead of κεῖνος 7

mvp-comment-177-2 πᾶς 8

mvp-comment-177-3 ἐλήλαται 9

mvp-comment-178-1 ἆῤ 10

mvp-comment-178-2 δὶς τός’ 11 ἐξ ἁπλῶν 12

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

272. mvp-comment-197-1 οἶσιν. . κακοῖς] i. e. κακοῖς ἐν οἶσιν εἴχετο. Cp. infr. 1144, 5, ἡνίκ᾽ ἐν κακῷ | χειμῶνος εἴχετ'.

275. mvp-comment-198-1 πᾶς ἐλήλαται] 'Is vexed to the uttermost.' πᾶς is adverbial. See Essay on L. § 23. p. 38, and cp. infr. 519, ἐν σοὶ πᾶσ᾽ ἔγωγε σώζομαι. The perfect, as in πεφόβημαι, supr. 139, expresses a completed state.

277. mvp-comment-199-1 ἆρ'..;] Essay on L. § 29. p. 50. 'What is this but to have the sorrow doubled that before was single?' Cp. Constance in King John, 3. 4. 'I am not mad; - I would to heaven I were! For then 'tis like I should forget myself: O, if I could, what grief should I forget!'