GetPassage urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-eng2:360-371 urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-eng2:360-371

I see a defense against suffering. Come, slay me on top of these!ChorusHush! Speak words of better omen! Do not cure evil by prescribing evil; do not increase the anguish of your mad disaster.

AjaxDo you see the bold, the strong of heart,the dauntless in battles with the enemy—do you see me now, terrible in the force of my hands against beasts unformidable? Oh, the mockery! How I have been violated!TecmessaAjax, my lord, I beg you, do not talk this way!AjaxAway with you! Will you not take yourself outside!Ah, me! Ah, me!ChorusBy the gods I plead, give way and acquire good sense!