Sophocles Ajax 64

Robert Potter (Translator)

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When his disease raged highest, in the ills,
Which round encompass'd him, he felt a joy,
To us, whose sense was perfect, causing grief.
Now he is calm, and from his wild disease
Breathes free, with anguish all his soul is rack'd,
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Nor less is our affliction than before.
From single is not this a double ill?

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

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

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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)) — 64 focus
ὡς ἄνδρας, οὐχ ὡς εὔκερων ἄγραν ἄγραν ἔχων.
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)) — 64 focus
CH
The two fold trouble is more terrible.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 74 focus
Was thust du, Pallas? Nimmermehr ruf' ihn heraus -
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 64 focus
Chorus
Say then how it began ;
For like thyself we feel for his misfortune.^.
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-175-1 οἷσιν εἴχετ’ ἐν κακοῖς 1

mvp-comment-175-2 φρονοῦντας 2 βλέποντας 3 κακοῖς 4

mvp-comment-176-1 κἀνέπνευσε 5 ἔληξε 6

mvp-comment-177-1 Instead of κεῖνος 7

mvp-comment-177-2 πᾶς 8

mvp-comment-177-3 ἐλήλαται 9

mvp-comment-178-1 ἆῤ 10

mvp-comment-178-2 δὶς τός’ 11 ἐξ ἁπλῶν 12

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

272. mvp-comment-197-1 οἶσιν. . κακοῖς] i. e. κακοῖς ἐν οἶσιν εἴχετο. Cp. infr. 1144, 5, ἡνίκ᾽ ἐν κακῷ | χειμῶνος εἴχετ'.

275. mvp-comment-198-1 πᾶς ἐλήλαται] 'Is vexed to the uttermost.' πᾶς is adverbial. See Essay on L. § 23. p. 38, and cp. infr. 519, ἐν σοὶ πᾶσ᾽ ἔγωγε σώζομαι. The perfect, as in πεφόβημαι, supr. 139, expresses a completed state.

277. mvp-comment-199-1 ἆρ'..;] Essay on L. § 29. p. 50. 'What is this but to have the sorrow doubled that before was single?' Cp. Constance in King John, 3. 4. 'I am not mad; - I would to heaven I were! For then 'tis like I should forget myself: O, if I could, what grief should I forget!'