Ajax

Sophocles

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

  1. Yes, so that never again will they dishonor Ajax.
Athena
  1. The men are dead, as I interpret your words.
Ajax
  1. Dead they are. Now let them rob me of my arms!
Athena
  1. I see. And the son of Laertes, how does his fortune with respect to you? Has he escaped you?
Ajax
  1. That blasted fox! You ask me where he is?
Athena
  1. Yes, I do. I mean Odysseus, your adversary.
Ajax
  1. My most pleasing prisoner, mistress, he sits inside. I do not wish him to die just yet.
Athena
  1. Until you do what? Or win what greater advantage?