Sophocles' Ajax 311-322
Kacey King /
- Created on 2018-05-09 03:39:00
- Modified on 2018-05-09 03:46:39
- Translated by Kacey King
- Aligned by Kacey King
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καὶ τὸν μὲν ἧστο πλεῖστον ἄφθογγος χρόνον :
ἔπειτ᾽ ἐμοὶ τὰ δείν᾽ ἐπηπείλησ᾽ ἔπη ,
εἰ μὴ φανοίην πᾶν τὸ συντυχὸν πάθος ,
κἀνήρετ᾽ ἐν τῷ πράγματος κυροῖ ποτέ .
κἀγώ , φίλοι , δείσασα τοὐξειργασμένον
ἔλεξα πᾶν ὅσονπερ ἐξηπιστάμην .
ὁ δ᾽ εὐθὺς ἐξῴμωξεν οἰμωγὰς λυγράς ,
ἃς οὔποτ᾽ αὐτοῦ πρόσθεν εἰσήκουσ᾽ ἐγώ :
πρὸς γὰρ κακοῦ τε καὶ βαρυψύχου γόους
τοιούσδ᾽ ἀεί ποτ᾽ ἀνδρὸς ἐξηγεῖτ᾽ ἔχειν :
ἀλλ᾽ ἀψόφητος ὀξέων κωκυμάτων
ὑπεστέναζε ταῦρος ὣς βρυχώμενος .
ἔπειτ᾽ ἐμοὶ τὰ δείν᾽ ἐπηπείλησ᾽ ἔπη ,
εἰ μὴ φανοίην πᾶν τὸ συντυχὸν πάθος ,
κἀνήρετ᾽ ἐν τῷ πράγματος κυροῖ ποτέ .
κἀγώ , φίλοι , δείσασα τοὐξειργασμένον
ἔλεξα πᾶν ὅσονπερ ἐξηπιστάμην .
ὁ δ᾽ εὐθὺς ἐξῴμωξεν οἰμωγὰς λυγράς ,
ἃς οὔποτ᾽ αὐτοῦ πρόσθεν εἰσήκουσ᾽ ἐγώ :
πρὸς γὰρ κακοῦ τε καὶ βαρυψύχου γόους
τοιούσδ᾽ ἀεί ποτ᾽ ἀνδρὸς ἐξηγεῖτ᾽ ἔχειν :
ἀλλ᾽ ἀψόφητος ὀξέων κωκυμάτων
ὑπεστέναζε ταῦρος ὣς βρυχώμενος .
He
had
sat
speechless
for
a
very
long
time
,
and then he threatened terrible words to me ,
if I did not explain everything that had happened ,
and he asked in what circumstances he happened to be .
And I , my friends , in fear told him all that had been accomplished ,
as much as I knew well .
But he immediately wailed aloud baneful lamentations ,
such as I had never heard from him before ,
for before he had prescribed such wailing
to cowardly and heavy-souled men ,
but instead of without the sound of keen shrieking ,
he was uttering low moans like a bellowing bull .
and then he threatened terrible words to me ,
if I did not explain everything that had happened ,
and he asked in what circumstances he happened to be .
And I , my friends , in fear told him all that had been accomplished ,
as much as I knew well .
But he immediately wailed aloud baneful lamentations ,
such as I had never heard from him before ,
for before he had prescribed such wailing
to cowardly and heavy-souled men ,
but instead of without the sound of keen shrieking ,
he was uttering low moans like a bellowing bull .