Sophocles Ajax 89

Thomas Francklin (Translator)

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Tecmessa
It was : I feared indeed thou mightst destroy
him.

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.) — 172-201 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 172-200 focus
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 89 focus
ὦ οὗτος, Αἴας αἷαν, δεύτερόν σε προσκαλῶ.
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 172-200 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 89 focus
AI
Ay, might I see him, though thus broken,—ay me!
394
Even yet—
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 101 focus
Gut; welches Schicksal aber traf Laertes' Sohn?
Was thatst du diesem? Oder ist er dir entfloh'n?
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 89 focus
Ajax
379
Thou ever lurking spy, thou ready tool
Always of every ill, of all the host
The basest, foulest, most insidious wretch,
Son of Laertes, how wilt thou rejoice,
380
And laugh, and revel at my miseries !
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 172-200 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-314-1 ἀλλ’ 1

mvp-comment-315-1 ὡς ἴδω 2

mvp-comment-316-1 καὶ μὴν φόβοισί γ’ 3 γε 4 φόβοισι 5 καὶ μήν … γε 6 γε 7

mvp-comment-316-2 φόβοισι 8

mvp-comment-316-3 ἐξελυσάμην 9

mvp-comment-316-4 The conjecture ἐξερρυσάμην 10

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

531. mvp-comment-361-1 'Oh, it was in my terror-I conveyed him out of the way.' Tecmessa is divided between obedience and fear, and interposes an excuse. The particles, καὶ μὴν.. γε, call attention to something which tends to limit or delay compliance. 'Why, so I can, Sir, but-' (Othello, 3. 4). Cp. Ο. Τ. 749, καὶ μὴν ὀκνῶ μέν: infr. 539.