Sophocles Ajax 188

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Tecmessa
These things had not been thus, but by the gods.

Ajax. Sophocles. Robert Potter (Translator). London. 1820.

Current edition Experimental

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Robert Potter, 1788))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (4)
Αἴας μαστιγοφόρος First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Aiax. Lobeck Christian, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1866.) — 202-214 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 201-213 focus
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 188 focus
κλέπτουσι μύθους οἱ μεγάλοι βασιλῆς βασιλεῖς,
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 201-213 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 188 focus
TEU
(). Oh, with haste
992
Go bring him hither, lest some enemy’s hand
Snatch him, as from the lion’s widowed mate
The lion-whelp is taken. Spare not speed.
All soon combine in mockery o’er the dead.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 193 focus
Raffe dich auf von dem Size, wo du schon so lang
190
Meidend Werke des Krieges, hingefesselt ruhst,
Daß dein Jammer zum Himmel flammt!
Hier toben die Feinde keck, ohne Zittern,
In säuselnden Thalbuchten,
Und ringsher zischen um dich
195
Hohnlachende Zungen;
Doch zehrender Gram quält uns.
Tekmessa (tritt aus dem Zelte). Der Chor.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 188 focus
Teucer
I should be proud
When I am just.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 201-210 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-556-1 ἦ ῥα 1

mvp-comment-556-2 ἐφυβρίζει 2 κελαινώπαν θυμὸν 3

mvp-comment-556-3 The form

κελαινώπης
occurs only here, though Pind. P. 1. 7 has the fem.,
κελαινῶπιν..νεφέλαν
. In Pind. P. 4. 212 he uses
κελαινώψ
(
κελαινώπεσσι Κόλχοις
): and Blaydes here gives κελαινῶπ’ ἀν θυμὸν 4

mvp-comment-556-4 Schneidewin strangely understands, ‘Odysseus mocks at the frenzy-darkened soul of Ajax.’ Hartung writes κελαινῶπ’ ἔνθυμον 5

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

954. mvp-comment-618-1 κελαινώπαν θυμόν] ‘In his swart soul.' Accusative of the sphere of movement, lit. 'throughout.' The latter part of the compound is not dwelt upon, but suggests the θυμός as a localized entity, a sort of beast within the man, like Plato's lion (Rep. 9. 588). For κελαινός, of evil passions, cp. Aesch. Eum. 459, ἀλλά.. νιν κελαινόφρων ἐμὴ | μήτηρ κατέκτα. And for the personification of θυμός, Archil. Fr. 68, θυμέ, θύμ᾽ ἀμηχάνοισι κήδεσιν κυκώμενε. ἐφυβρίζειν is not used absolutely elsewhere. It seems here to mean 'to acquire fresh insolence.' Cp. ἐπερρῶσθαι.

954. mvp-comment-618-2 πολύτλας ἀνήρ] 'The unflinching man.' The Homeric epithet is used with a different meaning: viz. 'He who sticks at nothing.' Cp. Phil. 633, 4, ἀλλ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἐκείνῳ πάντα λεκτά, πάντα δὲ | τολμητά.

955. mvp-comment-619-1 τοῖσδε μαινομένοις ἄχεσιν] 'Over this madness-caused woe.' Dative of the cause or occasion, as is shown by sc. τάδε τὰ ἄχεα, in the following clause. Cp. Εl. 1343, χαίρουσιν οὖν τούτοισιν ; ἢ τίνες λόγοι; For the condensed epithet (sc. τοῦ μαινομένου), see Essay on L. § 43. p. 81, § 35. р. 60.