Ajax

Sophocles

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

  1. Yes, for fear that somehow the poor child would get in your way, and die.
Ajax
  1. Yes, that would have been truly worthy of my destiny.
Tecmessa
  1. Well, at least I took care to avert that disaster.
Ajax
  1. I approve of your action and of your foresight.
Tecmessa
  1. How, then, can I serve you, as things stand now?
Ajax
  1. Let me speak to him and see him face to face.
Tecmessa
  1. Oh, yes—he is close by, watched by our servants.
Ajax
  1. Then why is his presence delayed?