Sophocles Ajax 410

Richard Jebb (Translator)

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

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Current edition Experimental

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.) — 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)) — 410 focus
ὦ δυστάλαινα, τοιάδ᾽ ἄνδρα χρήσιμον
410
φωνεῖν, ἃ πρόσθεν οὗτος οὐκ ἔτλη οὔκετ᾽ ἔτλη ποτ᾽ ἄν.
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 410 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 410 focus
Woe ’s me! to hear from one so good and true
410
Words he had scorned to utter in past days.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 410 focus
Jammer, daß ein edler Mann so reden mag!
390
Er hätte solcher Worte sich vormals geschämt!
Ihr, ach!
Vierte Gegenstrophe.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 410 focus
Alas ! how dreadful 'tis to hear such words,
English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 410 focus
What grief is mine that so renown'd a Chief
410
Should speak a language till this hour unheard!

Commentary

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

410. mvp-comment-283-1 χρήσιμον] 'Serviceable,' here answers to the Epic βοὴν ἀγαθός, ‘good at need.' The essential value of Ajax' services to the army is emphasized throughout. Cp. esp. supr. 119, 20.