Sophocles Ajax 182

Robert Potter (Translator)

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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)) — 182 focus
ἀντ. οὔ ποτε γὰρ φρενόθεν γ᾽ ἐπ᾿ ἀριστερά,
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 172-200 focus
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English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 182 focus
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Oh, then how heavy is the lot I bear!
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 182 focus
Nie doch in früherer Zeit, Telamonier,
Hast du dich also verirrt, wider Heerden loszugeh'n;
Dir schlugen wohl die Götter den Geist: doch es halte
Das üble Volksgerede Zeus und Phöbos fern!
Wenn im Geheimen indeß
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Die Lüg' ersann der mächtigen Könige Groll 1
Und jener arge Sprosse von Sisyphos' Blut:
Nicht länger birg dich, Herr, in den Zelten am Meer,
Nicht den Ruf, den schmähenden, wecke!
Schlußgesang.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 182 focus
Teucer
It should not move our wonder, O my friend !
To see the vulgar err, of meaner souls
And birth obscure, when men so nobh' born
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Will talk thus basely. Tell me, Menelaus —
For 'twas thy first assertion — didst thou bring
Or came he hither by himself alone
Conducted? Whence is thy ccmimand o'er him.
O'er these his followers ? Who gave thee power ?
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Who gave thee rights Thou mayst be Sparta's kii)g, I
No more to thee than thou wert bound to Ajax :
Thyself no general, but to others here
Subjected ; therefore, lord it Avhere thou mayst —
Command thy slaves ; go, threaten and chastise them.
And of thy brother, for I heed thee not.
He sailed not here to quarrel for the wife
Of Menelaus, like a hireling slave,
But to fulfil the strictly-binding oath
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Which he had sworn ; he did not come for thee,
For he despised so poor a cause ; he came
With all his heralds and a numerous train,
And brought his captains too. llemember, therefore,
Thy clamours ne'er shall turn me from my purpose
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Whilst thou art what thou art.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 172-200 focus

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

mvp-comment-550-1 δοκεῖν 1 φρονεῖν 2

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937-943. mvp-comment-607-1 After an interval of inarticulate sorrow, in which she only utters brief ejaculations, Tecmessa's feelings take a bitter turn. and her indignation finds vent first against the gods, 950-3, and then against the Atreidae, 961-73. Her pride in Ajax rises above all else.

942. mvp-comment-611-1 φρονεῖν] 'To feel and know.' See O. C. 1741; E. on L. § 51. p. 95.