Sophocles' Ajax 51-60
Kacey King /
- Created on 2018-05-09 00:10:07
- Modified on 2018-05-09 00:15:07
- Translated by Kacey King
- Aligned by Kacey King
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
Ἀθήνα :
ἐγώ σφ᾽ ἀπείργω , δυσφόρους ἐπ᾽ ὄμμασι
γνώμας βαλοῦσα τῆς ἀνηκέστου χαρᾶς ,
καὶ πρός τε ποίμνας ἐκτρέπω σύμμικτά τε
λείας ἄδαστα βουκόλων φρουρήματα :
ἔνθ᾽ εἰσπεσὼν ἔκειρε πολύκερων φόνον
κύκλῳ ῥαχίζων : κἀδόκει μὲν ἔσθ᾽ ὅτε
δισσοὺς Ἀτρείδας αὐτόχειρ κτείνειν ἔχων ,
ὅτ᾽ ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλον ἐμπίτνων στρατηλατῶν .
ἐγὼ δὲ φοιτῶντ᾽ ἄνδρα μανιάσιν νόσοις
ὤτρυνον , εἰσέβαλλον εἰς ἕρκη κακά .
ἐγώ σφ᾽ ἀπείργω , δυσφόρους ἐπ᾽ ὄμμασι
γνώμας βαλοῦσα τῆς ἀνηκέστου χαρᾶς ,
καὶ πρός τε ποίμνας ἐκτρέπω σύμμικτά τε
λείας ἄδαστα βουκόλων φρουρήματα :
ἔνθ᾽ εἰσπεσὼν ἔκειρε πολύκερων φόνον
κύκλῳ ῥαχίζων : κἀδόκει μὲν ἔσθ᾽ ὅτε
δισσοὺς Ἀτρείδας αὐτόχειρ κτείνειν ἔχων ,
ὅτ᾽ ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλον ἐμπίτνων στρατηλατῶν .
ἐγὼ δὲ φοιτῶντ᾽ ἄνδρα μανιάσιν νόσοις
ὤτρυνον , εἰσέβαλλον εἰς ἕρκη κακά .
Athena
:
I prevented him , throwing over his eyes
oppressive thoughts of deadly job ,
and I turned him against the flocks
and the commingled undivided part of the spoils guarded by herdsmen :
there falling upon them he cut down a many-horned slaughter ,
cleaving their spines in a circle around him . It seemed to him then
that he was killing the two sons of Atreus , holding them by his own hand ;
at one time falling upon one then the another of the generals .
And I , as the man stalked to and fro in raging sickness ,
spurred him on , throwing him into the wicked snares .
I prevented him , throwing over his eyes
oppressive thoughts of deadly job ,
and I turned him against the flocks
and the commingled undivided part of the spoils guarded by herdsmen :
there falling upon them he cut down a many-horned slaughter ,
cleaving their spines in a circle around him . It seemed to him then
that he was killing the two sons of Atreus , holding them by his own hand ;
at one time falling upon one then the another of the generals .
And I , as the man stalked to and fro in raging sickness ,
spurred him on , throwing him into the wicked snares .