Sophocles Ajax 257

Richard Jebb (Translator)

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Ajax. Sophocles. Richard Jebb (Translator). Cambridge. 1893.

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Ajax (English) (Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 7: The Ajax. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (4)
Αἴας μαστιγοφόρος First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Aiax. Lobeck Christian, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1866.) — 258-342 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 263-347 focus
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 257 focus
οὐκέτι· λαμπρᾶς γὰρ ἄτερ στεροπᾶς
ἄξας ὀξὺς νότος ὣς λήγει,
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καὶ νῦν φρόνιμος φρόνιμοσ νέον ἄλγος ἔχει.
τὸ γὰρ ἐσλεύσσειν ἐσλεύσειν ἐσλεύσσειν εἰσλεύσειν οἰκεῖα πάθη,
μηδενὸς ἄλλου παραπράξαντος,
μεγάλας ὀδύνας ὑποτείνει.
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 257 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 257 focus
Torn by red hands and dyed in blood,
Dread offerings to his direful mood.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 257 focus
Nicht mehr! Er ruht nun, schnell wie der Süd,
Der ohne den Bliz aufstürmte, sich legt. 1
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Den Genesenen quält jezt anderes Leid;
Denn zu sehen das Unheil, das du dir selbst,
Kein Anderer sonst mitwirkend erschuf,
Das weckt unsägliche Schmerzen.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 257 focus
Alas ! this way he led his captive spoils.
And some he slew, and others tore in sunder ;
From out the flock two rams of silver hue
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He chose, from one the head and tongue divided,
He cast them from him ; then the other chained
Fast to the pillar, with a double rein
Bore cruel stripes, and bitt'rest execrations,
Which not from mortal came, but were inspired
By that avenging god who thus torments him.
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 257 focus
Not struggling now, for, as the boisterous South
That rose without the lightening's flashing fires,
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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.

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-167-1 The words λαμπρᾶς ἄτερ στεροπῆς 1 λήγει 2 ᾄξας 3

mvp-comment-168-1 οἰκεῖα πάθη 4

mvp-comment-168-2 παραπράξαντος 5

mvp-comment-168-3 ὑποτείνει 6

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

255. mvp-comment-185-1 τὸν αἰσ᾿ ἄπλατος ίσχει] 'Possessed by an all-endangering doom.' The chorus long to stand by Ajax, but are deterred by his madness. Cp. Trach. 785, κοὐδεὶς ἐτόλμα τἀνδρὸς ἀντίον μολεῖν : ib. 797, ὦ παῖ, πρόσελθε, μὴ φύγῃς τοὐμὸν κακόν, | μηδ' εἴ σε χρὴ θανόντι συνθανεῖν ἐμοί: ib. 1030, ἀποτίβατος ἀγρία νόσος.

257. mvp-comment-186-1 οὐκέτι] Sc. ἴσχει νιν ἡ μανία. 'He may be approached with safety now.' λαμπρᾶς, κ.τ.λ.] 'For he, like a Southern storm, after a sharp outburst, ceases to rage, and the lightning plays no more.' ἄτερ, κ.τ.λ. is to be taken proleptically = ὥστε ἄτερ στεροπῆς εἶναι. E. on L. § 38. p. 70. Otherwise the words might mean, 'He desists without lightning:' i.e. his violence comes to an end without doing irreparable harm. Cp. Eur. Med. 93, 4, οὐδὲ παύσεται | χόλου, σάφ' οἶδα, πρὶν κατασκῆψαί τινα: Shak. King John, 4. 2, 'So foul a sky clears not without a storm.' But although Tecmessa is for the moment relieved, her apprehensions are not sufficiently calmed to make this natural.