Ὠμοκρατὴς Αἴας θολερῷ κεῖται χειμῶνι νοσήσας
Ajax of unbridled might[1] lies sick with a foul plague
Translated by Janie Zuber3 Jun 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] he who has an oppressive and guilty condition, or he who is cruel and obstinate, or he who is cruel and hardy, or he who has been overpowered by cruelty, or [sc. conversely] he who is noble, he who can control his shoulders.2 Sophocles [goes on to say]: "it is necessary to school him in the savage customs of his father and to make his nature the same."3 From crops, which, when they are w)moi/ , are also rather harsh and [over-]vigorous.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὠμοκρατὴς Αἴας θολερῷ κεῖται χειμῶνι νοσήσας· ὁ δυσπέπαντον καὶ αἰτιώνυμον ἔχων πάθος, ἢ ὁ ὠμὸς καὶ καρτερικός, ἢ ὁ ὑπὸ ὠμότητος κεκρατημένος, ἢ ὁ γενναῖος, ὁ καὶ τῶν ὠμῶν κρατεῖν δυνάμενος. Σοφοκλῆς· ὠμοῖς αὐτὸν ἐν νόμοις πατρὸς δεῖ πωλοδαμνεῖν κἀξομοιοῦσθαι φύσιν. ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν, οἳ ὅτε εἰσὶν ὠμοί, καὶ σκληρότεροί εἰσι καὶ ἰταμοί.
Betacode
*)wmokrath\s *ai)/as qolerw=| kei=tai xeimw=ni nosh/sas: o( duspe/panton kai\ ai)tiw/numon e)/xwn pa/qos, h)\ o( w)mo\s kai\ karteriko/s, h)\ o( u(po\ w)mo/thtos kekrathme/nos, h)\ o( gennai=os, o( kai\ tw=n w)mw=n kratei=n duna/menos. *sofoklh=s: w)moi=s au)to\n e)n no/mois patro\s dei= pwlodamnei=n ka)comoiou=sqai fu/sin. a)po\ tw=n karpw=n, oi(\ o(/te ei)si\n w)moi/, kai\ sklhro/teroi/ ei)si kai\ i)tamoi/.
Notes (3)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history6 revisions · last 26 Apr 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- added link — Catharine Roth
- modified translation; augmented notes; added keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Janie Zuber