ῥυτῆρ ̓ ἐδέξαντ', ἀντιδόντες οὐδενὸς τοῖς δεσποταῖσιν, αἰτίους μάλλόν τις ἂν σὲ ζημιωθένθ ̓ ὥστε καὶ δοῦλον θανεῖν ΣΑΜΨΩΝ. ὡς οὖν θεωρήσων με, καὶ μακρῷ λόγῳ ὁποῖος εἰμι ψηφιῶν, ὑψήγορος ἦλθες; πελάζειν δεῖ σε, καὶ σκεθρῶς σκοπεῖν. ὅρα δὲ μή σε διὰ χερῶν αὐτὸς σκοπῶ. ἩΡΑΦΑΣ. φεῦ τοῦ πατρῴου τῆσδε τῆς χώρας θεοῦ. 1270 1280 K Hear these dishonours, and not render death? SAMSON. No man withholds thee, nothing from thy hand My heels are fettered, but my fist is free. HARAPHA. This insolence other kind of answer fits. SAMSON. Go, baffled coward! lest I run upon thee, HARAPHA. By Astaroth, ere long thou shalt lament These braveries, in irons loaden on thee. CHORUS. His giantship is gone somewhat crest-fallen, SAMSON. I dread him not, nor all his giant brood, 1240 πῶς ὧδ ̓ ὀνειδίσαντά μ' οὐκ εἰωθότα οὐκ ἂν δίκαιον ἀντιτισαίμην μίρον ; ΣΑΜΨΩΝ. ἀλλ ̓ οὔ τίς ἐσθ ̓ ὃς δρᾶν σ ̓ ἀπεννέπει τόδε. οὐδ ̓ ἂν ἄγῃς κράτιστά μ ̓ ἐκφοβεῖν ἔχει, πόδας δεθέντα, τὼ δὲ χεῖρ ̓ ἐλεύθερον. ἩΡΑΦΑΣ. ἔργοισι τοιάδ ̓, οὐ λόγοισι, δεκτέον. ΣΑΜΨΩΝ. ἔῤῥ ̓ οὖν ἄπρακτος, ὄγκος ἄψυχος μέγας, κλαίοις ἂν, εἰ κλύουσί μου θεοὶ, τάδ ̓ οἷς ΧΟΡΟΣ. ἰδεῖν ταπεινὸς, μείοσίν θ ̓ ὁρμαῖς ποδῶν, δεινὸν χολωθείς, ἑπτάπηχυς, οἴχεται. ΣΑΜΨΩΝ. ὁ δ ̓ οὐκ ἔμοιγ', οὐδ ̓ ἡ γιγαντεία σπορὰ 1290 Though fame divulged him father of five sons All of gigantic size, Goliah chief. CHORUS. He will directly to the lords, I fear, And with malicious counsel stir them up Some way or other yet further to afflict thee. SAMSON. He must allege some cause, and offered fight If they intend advantage of my labours, 1250 The work of many hands, which earns my keeping, But, come what will, my deadliest foe will prove The worst that he can give, to me the best. 1261 δεινὴ πέφυκε, καίπερ ἕκτος αὐτὸς ὤν, ὡς δὴ φατίζουσ', ἐν δὲ πρωτεύων Γόλας. ΧΟΡΟΣ. δέδοικα μὴ πρὸς κοιράνους φθάσῃ μολών, δεὸν δέ νιν σκῆψίν τιν ̓ ἐξευρεῖν, μάχην 1300 1310 |