Sophocles Ajax 428

Thomas Francklin (Translator)

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I would not have thee thus lament thy woes,
And yet I know not how to chide thee for it.
So hard thy lot.
Would e'er so well have suited my condition !
Oh ! I have reason to lament indeed.
For sure there is not such a wretch as Ajax !
Long since at Troy my valiant father fought.
And to his native land, with glory crowned,
Bore back the meed of his distinguished virtues :
Nor less renowned for gallant deeds was once
His hapless son, though now he perish thus
Inglorious : yet Achilles, well I know,
Were he alive, and to bestow his arms
On him who best deserved the prize, to me.
And me alone, would 'judge, the greo.t reward :
But little deemed the Atridse worth like mine.
And therefore gave them to that vile impostor.
Author of every evil work, Ulysses.

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.) — 425-591 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 430-595 focus
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 428 focus
οὔτοι σ᾽ ἀπείργειν, οὔθ᾽ ὅπως ἐῶ λέγειν
ἔχω, κακοῖς τοιοῖσδε συμπεπτωκότα.
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 430-595 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 428 focus
I know not how to let thee speak, nor how
To silence thee. Such evils close thee round.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 428 focus
Nicht wehren kann ich deinem Wort, noch kann ich so
Dich reden lassen, da du ringst mit solcher Noth.
Ah, ah!
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 428 focus
I have not pow'r, 'midst these afflicting ills,
Or to repress, or to allow thy words.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 430-595 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-262-1 οὔτοι … οὐδ’ 1 οὐ … οὔτε 2

mvp-comment-262-2 ὅπως ἐῶ 3

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

428. mvp-comment-292-1 οὔθ᾽ ὅπως] Elmsley would read οὐδ᾽, because there is no te preceding. But this is too strict.