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Χορός

Τελαμώνιε παῖ, τῆς ἀμφιρύτου
135Σαλαμῖνος ἔχων βάθρον ἀγχιάλου,
σὲ μὲν εὖ πράσσοντ᾽ ἐπιχαίρω:
σὲ δ᾽ ὅταν πληγὴ Διὸς ἢ ζαμενὴς
λόγος ἐκ Δαναῶν κακόθρους ἐπιβῇ,
μέγαν ὄκνον ἔχω καὶ πεφόβημαι
140πτηνῆς ὡς ὄμμα πελείας.
ὡς καὶ τῆς νῦν φθιμένης νυκτὸς
μεγάλοι θόρυβοι κατέχουσ᾽ ἡμᾶς
ἐπὶ δυσκλείᾳ, σὲ τὸν ἱππομανῆ
λειμῶν᾽ ἐπιβάντ᾽ ὀλέσαι Δαναῶν
145βοτὰ καὶ λείαν,
ἥπερ δορίληπτος ἔτ᾽ ἦν λοιπή,
κτείνοντ᾽ αἴθωνι σιδήρῳ.
τοιούσδε λόγους ψιθύρους πλάσσων
εἰς ὦτα φέρει πᾶσιν Ὀδυσσεύς,
150καὶ σφόδρα πείθει: περὶ γὰρ σοῦ νῦν
εὔπειστα λέγει, καὶ πᾶς ὁ κλύων
τοῦ λέξαντος χαίρει μᾶλλον
τοῖς σοῖς ἄχεσιν καθυβρίζων.
τῶν γὰρ μεγάλων ψυχῶν ἱεὶς
155οὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοις: κατὰ δ᾽ ἄν τις ἐμοῦ
τοιαῦτα λέγων οὐκ ἂν πείθοι:
πρὸς γὰρ τὸν ἔχονθ᾽ ὁ φθόνος ἕρπει.
καίτοι σμικροὶ μεγάλων χωρὶς
σφαλερὸν πύργου ῥῦμα πέλονται:
160μετὰ γὰρ μεγάλων βαιὸς ἄριστ᾽ ἂν
καὶ μέγας ὀρθοῖθ᾽ ὑπὸ μικροτέρων.
ἀλλ᾽ οὐ δυνατὸν τοὺς ἀνοήτους
τούτων γνώμας προδιδάσκειν.
ὑπὸ τοιούτων ἀνδρῶν θορυβεῖ
165χἠμεῖς οὐδὲν σθένομεν πρὸς ταῦτ᾽
ἀπαλέξασθαι σοῦ χωρίς, ἄναξ.
ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε γὰρ δὴ τὸ σὸν ὄμμ᾽ ἀπέδραν,
παταγοῦσιν ἅπερ πτηνῶν ἀγέλαι:
μέγαν αἰγυπιὸν δ᾽ ὑποδείσαντες
170τάχ᾽ ἂν ἐξαίφνης, εἰ σὺ φανείης,
σιγῇ πτήξειαν ἄφωνοι.

Sophocles. Sophocles. Vol 2: Ajax. Electra. Trachiniae. Philoctetes With an English translation by F. Storr. The Loeb classical library, 21. Francis Storr. London; New York. William Heinemann Ltd.; The Macmillan Company. 1913.

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  • Commentary references to this page (3):
    • Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus, 469
    • Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Antigone, 950
    • Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900), 2.20
  • Cross-references to this page (2):
    • Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Ajax, 21
    • Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, The Article
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    • Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Ajax, 6
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