Ajax

Sophocles

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

  1. I have no clue of your condition, but know only that, if Ajax is away, I have little hope for him.
Tecmessa
  1. But he is away, so I am in agony to know what you mean.
Messenger
  1. Teucer strictly commands that you keep Ajax under shelter of his tent and not allow him to go out alone.
Tecmessa
  1. But where is Teucer? And why these orders?
Messenger
  1. He has just now returned, and he suspects that such a departure carries death for Ajax.
Tecmessa
  1. Oh, misery! From whom can he have learned this?
Messenger
  1. From Thestor’s son, the prophet. His prophecy applies to today, when the issue is one of life or death for Ajax.
Tecmessa
  1. Ah, me! My friends, protect me from the doom threatened by fate! Hurry, some of you, to speed Teucer’s coming;