Ajax

Sophocles

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

  1. Beloved Ajax, brother whose face was so dear to me, have you truly fared as the mighty rumor says?
Chorus
  1. He is dead, Teucer. Take it as fact.
Teucer
  1. Then I am destroyed by my heavy fortune!
Chorus
  1. When things stand as they do—
Teucer
  1. Ah, misery, misery!
Chorus
  1. —you have cause to mourn.
Teucer
  1. O rash passion!
Chorus
  1. Yes, Teucer, far too rash.