REV. R. B. PAUL,

VICAR OF ST. AUGUSTINE'S, BRISTOL,

AND LATE FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD.

EDITED BY THE

REV. T. K. ARNOLD, M.A.

RECTOR OF LYNDON,

AND LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

LONDON:

FRANCIS & JOHN RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE.

1851.

292.9.25.

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LONDON:

GILBERT & RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,

ST. JOHN'S Square.

PREFACE.

THIS Edition of the Ajax was published in Germany two years ago, in a "Collection of Greek and Latin Authors with German Notes," which is appearing in that country under the general superintendence of Haupt and Sauppe. The name of Schneidewin will vouch for its accuracy; and the conciseness of the notes is such as to fit it admirably for a School Edition; though even the finished scholar will be glad of an opportunity to consult occasionally a commentator of so high a reputation. For the benefit of those who are interested in critical discussions, I may here mention, that Schneidewin has explained and defended the alterations introduced into the text, and his interpretation of the more difficult passages, in the Third Number of the Philologus for 1849.

For the translation of the notes I am indebted to my friend the Rev. R. B. Paul, late Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College; the few additions and references that I have myself added to the work, are carefully distinguished from the original notes by being enclosed in crotchets ([]). The Philoctetes will, it is hoped, be ready in a few weeks.

LYNDON, Dec. 29, 1850.

T. K. A.

ΤΑ ΤΟΥ ΔΡΑΜΑΤΟΣ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΑ.

Αθηνά.
Οδυσσεύς.

Αἴας.

Χορὸς Σαλαμινίων ναυτῶν.

Τέκμησσα.

Αγγελος.

Τεύκρος.

Μενέλαος.

̓Αγαμεμνῶν.

ΚΩΦΑ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΑ.

Ευρυσάκης.

Παιδαγωγός.

Στρατοκήρυξ.

ΣΟΦΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΑΙΑΣ.

ΑΘΗΝΑ.

̓Αεὶ μὲν, ὦ παῖ Λαρτίου, δέδορκά σε
πειράν τιν' ἐχθρῶν ἁρπάσαι θηρώμενον·
καὶ νῦν ἐπὶ σκηναῖς σε ναυτικαῖς ὁρῶ
Αἴαντος, ἔνθα τάξιν ἐσχάτην ἔχει,
πάλαι κυνηγετοῦντα καὶ μετρούμενον
ἴχνη τὰ κείνου νεοχάραχθ ̓, ὅπως ἴδης
εἶτ ̓ ἔνδον εἴτ ̓ οὐκ ἔνδον. εὖ δέ σ ̓ ἐκφέρει
κυνὸς Λακαίνης ὥς τις εὔρινος βάσις.
ἔνδον γὰρ ἁνὴρ ἄρτι τυγχάνει, κάρα
στάζων ἱδρῶτι καὶ χέρας ξιφοκτόνους.
καί σ ̓ οὐδὲν εἴσω τῆσδε παπταίνειν πύλης
ἔτ ̓ ἔργον ἐστίν, ἐννέπειν δ ̓ ὅτου χάριν
σπουδὴν ἔθου τήνδ', ὡς παρ ̓ εἰδυίας μάθης.

ΟΔΥΣΣΕΥΣ.

ὦ φθέγμ ̓ ̓Αθάνας, φιλτάτης ἐμοὶ θεῶν,
ὡς εὐμαθές σου, κἂν ἄποπτος ἧς ὅμως,
φώνημ ̓ ἀκούω καὶ ξυναρπάζω φρενί,
χαλκοστόμου κώδωνος ὡς Τυρσηνικῆς·
καὶ νῦν ἐπέγνως εὖ μ' ἐπ ̓ ἀνδρὶ δυσμενεῖ
βάσιν κυκλοῦντ', Αἴαντι τῷ σακεσφόρῳ.
κεῖνον γάρ, οὐδέν ̓ ἄλλον, ἰχνεύω πάλαι.
νυκτὸς γὰρ ἡμᾶς τῆσδε πρᾶγος ἄσκοπον
ἔχει περάνας, εἴπερ εἴργασται τάδε·

ἴσμεν γὰρ οὐδὲν τρανές, ἀλλ' ἀλώμεθα
κἀγὼ θελοντὴς τῷδ ̓ ὑπεζύγην πόνῳ·
ἐφθαρμένας γὰρ ἀρτίως εὑρίσκομεν
λείας ἁπάσας καὶ κατηναρισμένας
ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτοῖς ποιμνίων ἐπιστάταις.
τήνδ ̓ οὖν ἐκείνῳ πᾶς τις αἰτίαν νέμει.

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