Sophocles Ajax 234

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Teucer
1150
Hear thou my answer, He shall be entomb'd.

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.) — 215-257 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 214-262 focus
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 231 focus
τὰ τὰσδέ τὰς δὲ τὰσδὲ δὲ πλευροκοπῶν δίχ᾽ ἀνερρήγνυ ἂν ἐρρήγνυ ἀνερρήγνυ.
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 214-262 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 234 focus
CH
1316
Hail, Lord Odysseus! thou art come in time
Not to begin, but help to end, a fray.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 233 focus
Weh! Dorther, dorther kam er zu uns,
225
Und führte die Heerd' in gefesseltem Zug;
Und die einen erwürgt' er am Boden im Zelt,
Und die anderen hieb er mitten entzwei,
Griff zween weißfüßige Widder sodann,
Mäht' einem das Haupt und die Zunge herab,
230
Und warf sie hinweg;
Und den anderen band er am Pfeiler empor,
Und faßte den Roßzaum doppelt und schwang
Und geißelte, daß hell schwirrte der Schlag,
Schmachworte zugleich ausschüttend, die nur
235
Ein Gott, kein Mensch, ihm gelehrt hat.
Gegenstrophe.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 234 focus
Ulysses
'Tis always so
To hearken to the counsels of a friend,
When he advises well.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 214-260 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-677-1 ἐν κακοῖς ὕβριζε 1

mvp-comment-678-1 κᾆτ’ 2

mvp-comment-679-1 ὀργήν 3

mvp-comment-680-1 ποήσεις 4

mvp-comment-680-2 πημανούμενος 5

mvp-comment-681-1 ἄνολβον 6

mvp-comment-681-2 παρών 7

mvp-comment-682-1 μῶν ᾐνιξάμην 8

mvp-comment-683-1 πάρα 9

mvp-comment-683-2 1163 The anapaests serve not only to mark the exit of Menelaüs, but also to afford a pause before the entrance of Tecmessa at 1168. For their bearing on the date of the play, see Introd. § 21.— ἔριδός τις ἀγών 10

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

1142-1158. mvp-comment-736-1 These two speeches are obviously antiphonal or antistrophic in a general sense, and yet the latter exceeds the former by a line. This may warn us against requiring exact antistrophic correspondence in other iambic passages, where the absence of it has occasioned doubt.

1150. mvp-comment-741-1 Teucer, in replying to Menelaus, retains the form of allegory; but, instead of seeking for an illustration, puts the case as it stands, thus more openly expressing his scorn.

1156. mvp-comment-742-1 ἄνολβον] The same indissoluble association between unhappiness and wickedness appears in the use of δύστηνος, infr. 1290, and in μελέοις ᾿Ατρείδαις, supr. 621. Cf. also O. T. 888, δυσπότμου χάριν χλιδᾶς. For the addition of παρών, cp. supr. 1131.

1158. mvp-comment-743-1 μῶν ἠνιξάμην] ‘Is my riddle hard to read?' As was said in note on supr. 1150, Teucer does not care to disguise his contempt.

1160. mvp-comment-744-1 ᾧ.. παρῇ] The reading πάρα is unobjectionable, but is perhaps due to the supposition εἰ πύθοιτό τις, which refers to the particular case:—some early scholar having felt an incongruity in the fusion of general and particular, which is however quite in keeping with the language of the age of Pericles.