Ajax

Sophocles

Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 7: The Ajax. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1891.

  1. He seems to be sane—open the door!
  2. Perhaps merely at the sight of me he will come to a more respectable mood.
Tecmessa
  1. There, it is open. Now you can look on this man’s deeds, and his true condition.
Ajax is discovered sitting amidst the slaughtered cattle.
Ajax
  1. Ah, good sailors, you alone of my friends
  2. who alone still abide by the true bond of friendship, see how great a wave has just now crested over and broken around me, set on by a murderous storm!
Chorus
  1. Ah, lady, too true, it seems, was your testimony!
  2. The fact proves that he is not sane.
Ajax
  1. Ah, you clan staunch in maritime skill, who embarked and stroked the oar-blade upon the brine, in you, in you alone