Ἀπάκτου

apaktou

Translated by Jennifer Benedict28 Nov 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

15 words

Sophocles [writes]: "but as quickly as possible take this child and shut up the house".

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀπάκτου· Σοφοκλῆς· ἀλλ' ὡς τάχος τὸν παῖδα τόνδ' ἤδη δέχου, καὶ δῶμ' ἀπάκτου.

Betacode

*)apa/ktou: *sofoklh=s: a)ll' w(s ta/xos to\n pai=da to/nd' h)/dh de/xou, kai\ dw=m' a)pa/ktou.

Sophocles, Ajax 578-579 (web address 1 below). Two versions of its final two words occur in the manuscripts, and most editors have preferred dw=ma pa/ktou to this dw=m' a)pa/ktou.