Sophocles Ajax 53

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Chorus
What weight of sorrow hath this night produced
Changing the fortune of the former day,
Daughter of Phrygian Teuthras, tell thy friends;
For since his spear achieved thee as his prize,
The ardent Ajax gave thee all his love;
Thou then, as one not ill inform'd, canst speak.

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.) — 1-171 focus
Αἴας First1KGreek (Sophocles. Sophoclis Fabulae. Pearson, Alfred Chilton, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 1-171 focus
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 53 focus
καὶ πρός τε ποίμνας ἐκτρέπω σύμμικτά τε
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 1-171 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 53 focus
ATH
The gods are strong, Odysseus. Dost thou see?
What man than Aias was more provident,
Or who for timeliest action more approved?
120
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 36 focus
Ich weiß, Odysseus, und ich ging dir lange schon,
Ein treuer Schuz, auf deinem Späherpfade nach.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 53 focus
Chorus
134
Sad news indeed thou bringst of that brave
man :
135
201cont2
A dire disease ! and not by human aid
221
To be removed ; already Greece hath heard
245
And wond'ring crowds repeat the dreadful tale ;
245
Alas ! I fear th' event ! I fear me much.
Lest, with their flocks and herds the shepherds slain,
Against himself he lift his murth'rous hand.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 1-170 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-142-1 τί δὲ βάρος ἐνήλλακται νὺξ ἥδε τῆς ἡμερίας 1 ἐνήλλακται 2

mvp-comment-142-2 No tolerable emendation has been made. ἠρεμίας 3 εὐμαρίας 4 ἀμμορίας 5 νὺξ ἥδε 6

mvp-comment-142-3 The schol. in L has:

γρ. δὲ ἀημερίας ἀντὶ τῆς ἀηδοῦς φορᾶς
(‘unpleasant course’),
καὶ ἔσται ὁ νοῦς, ποῖον βάρος ἔλαβεν αὕτη ἡ νὺξ ἀπὸ τῆς προτέρας ἀηδίας;
This explanation of
ἀημερίας
by
ἀηδοῦς φορᾶς
and
ἀηδίας
indicates (I think) a reference, not to
ἡμέρα
—as if
ἀημερία
could mean
δυσημερία
—but to
ἥμερος
: the original scholium may have had
ἀνημερίας
(meant as ‘unkindly fortune’).

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

208. mvp-comment-156-1 'What heavy change from the condition of the day hath last night experienced?' This is Triclinius' explanation of τῆς ἁμερίας, sc. καταστάσεως. As in the case of other feminine words used substantively, we need not be precise in supplying the ellipse. Lobeck prefers ὥρας. Ajax' condition on the previous day was lamentable enough: what new trouble has arisen during the night?