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Ἀθήνα

ἀεὶ μέν, ὦ παῖ Λαρτίου, δέδορκά σε
πεῖράν τιν᾽ ἐχθρῶν ἁρπάσαι θηρώμενον:
καὶ νῦν ἐπὶ σκηναῖς σε ναυτικαῖς ὁρῶ
Αἴαντος, ἔνθα τάξιν ἐσχάτην ἔχει,
5πάλαι κυνηγετοῦντα καὶ μετρούμενον
ἴχνη τὰ κείνου νεοχάραχθ᾽, ὅπως ἴδῃς
εἴτ᾽ ἔνδον εἴτ᾽ οὐκ ἔνδον. εὖ δέ σ᾽ ἐκφέρει
κυνὸς Λακαίνης ὥς τις εὔρινος βάσις.
ἔνδον γὰρ ἁνὴρ ἄρτι τυγχάνει, κάρα
10στάζων ἱδρῶτι καὶ χέρας ξιφοκτόνους.
καί σ᾽ οὐδὲν εἴσω τῆσδε παπταίνειν πύλης
ἔτ᾽ ἔργον ἐστίν, ἐννέπειν δ᾽ ὅτου χάριν
σπουδὴν ἔθου τήνδ᾽, ὡς παρ᾽ εἰδυίας μάθῃς.

Ὀδυσσεύς

ὦ φθέγμ᾽ Ἀθάνας, φιλτάτης ἐμοὶ θεῶν,
15ὡς εὐμαθές σου, κἂν ἄποπτος ᾖς ὅμως,
φώνημ᾽ ἀκούω καὶ ξυναρπάζω φρενὶ
χαλκοστόμου κώδωνος ὡς Τυρσηνικῆς.
καὶ νῦν ἐπέγνως εὖ μ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὶ δυσμενεῖ
βάσιν κυκλοῦντ᾽, Αἴαντι τῷ σακεσφόρῳ:
20κεῖνον 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.
25ἐφθαρμένας γὰρ ἀρτίως εὑρίσκομεν
λείας ἁπάσας καὶ κατηναρισμένας
ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτοῖς ποιμνίων ἐπιστάταις.
τήνδ᾽ οὖν ἐκείνῳ πᾶς τις αἰτίαν νέμει.
καί μοί τις ὀπτὴρ αὐτὸν εἰσιδὼν μόνον
30πηδῶντα πεδία σὺν νεορράντῳ ξίφει
φράζει τε κἀδήλωσεν: εὐθέως δ᾽ ἐγὼ
κατ᾽ ἴχνος ᾁσσω, καὶ τὰ μὲν σημαίνομαι,
τὰ δ᾽ ἐκπέπληγμαι κοὐκ ἔχω μαθεῖν ὅτου.
καιρὸν δ᾽ ἐφήκεις: πάντα γὰρ τά τ᾽ οὖν πάρος
35τά τ᾽ εἰσέπειτα σῇ κυβερνῶμαι χερί.

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: Ajax, 1393
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Philoctetes, 86
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Trachiniae, 689
Cross-references to this page (1):
- Raphael Kühner, Friedrich Blass, Ausführliche Grammatik der Griechischen Sprache, A. Vokale.
Cross-references in notes to this page (3):
- Demosthenes, Funeral Speech, Dem. 60 31
- Sophocles, Tracking Satyrs, Soph. Ich. 1
- Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander, Athenian Religious and Cultural Life in the Golden Age
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (11):
- LSJ, Τυρσηνός
- LSJ, ἀκμ-αστής
- LSJ, εὐνώμας
- LSJ, λα_έρτης
- LSJ, μέν
- LSJ, πολύ-πλαγκτος
- LSJ, πρίω
- LSJ, προϋφ-αρπάζω
- LSJ, σθένος
- LSJ, τομ-εῖον
- LSJ, ὑποσπα^νίζομαι

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