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Sophocles, Ajax, 121-129


nanI know of no one, but in his misery I pity him all the same, even though he hates me, because he is yoked beneath a ruinous delusion—I think of my own lot no less than his.


nanI know of no one, but in his misery I pity him all the same, even though he hates me, because he is yoked beneath a ruinous delusion—I think of my own lot no less than his.


nanI know of no one, but in his misery I pity him all the same, even though he hates me, because he is yoked beneath a ruinous delusion—I think of my own lot no less than his.


nanI know of no one, but in his misery I pity him all the same, even though he hates me, because he is yoked beneath a ruinous delusion—I think of my own lot no less than his.


nanFor I see that all we who live are nothing more than phantoms or fleeting shadow. Athena


nanFor I see that all we who live are nothing more than phantoms or fleeting shadow. Athena


nanTherefore since you witness his fate, see that you yourself never utter an arrogant word against the gods, nor assume any swelling pride, if in the scales of fate you are weightier


nanTherefore since you witness his fate, see that you yourself never utter an arrogant word against the gods, nor assume any swelling pride, if in the scales of fate you are weightier


nanTherefore since you witness his fate, see that you yourself never utter an arrogant word against the gods, nor assume any swelling pride, if in the scales of fate you are weightier


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1. Homer, Iliad, 2.155-2.182 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

2.155. /Then would the Argives have accomplished their return even beyond what was ordained, had not Hera spoken a word to Athena, saying:Out upon it, child of Zeus that beareth the aegis, unwearied one! Is it thus indeed that the Argives are to flee to their dear native land over the broad back of the sea? 2.156. /Then would the Argives have accomplished their return even beyond what was ordained, had not Hera spoken a word to Athena, saying:Out upon it, child of Zeus that beareth the aegis, unwearied one! Is it thus indeed that the Argives are to flee to their dear native land over the broad back of the sea? 2.157. /Then would the Argives have accomplished their return even beyond what was ordained, had not Hera spoken a word to Athena, saying:Out upon it, child of Zeus that beareth the aegis, unwearied one! Is it thus indeed that the Argives are to flee to their dear native land over the broad back of the sea? 2.158. /Then would the Argives have accomplished their return even beyond what was ordained, had not Hera spoken a word to Athena, saying:Out upon it, child of Zeus that beareth the aegis, unwearied one! Is it thus indeed that the Argives are to flee to their dear native land over the broad back of the sea? 2.159. /Then would the Argives have accomplished their return even beyond what was ordained, had not Hera spoken a word to Athena, saying:Out upon it, child of Zeus that beareth the aegis, unwearied one! Is it thus indeed that the Argives are to flee to their dear native land over the broad back of the sea? 2.160. /Aye, and they would leave to Priam and the Trojans their boast, even Argive Helen, for whose sake many an Achaean hath perished in Troy, far from his dear native land. But go thou now throughout the host of the brazen-coated Achaeans; with thy gentle words seek thou to restrain every man 2.161. /Aye, and they would leave to Priam and the Trojans their boast, even Argive Helen, for whose sake many an Achaean hath perished in Troy, far from his dear native land. But go thou now throughout the host of the brazen-coated Achaeans; with thy gentle words seek thou to restrain every man 2.162. /Aye, and they would leave to Priam and the Trojans their boast, even Argive Helen, for whose sake many an Achaean hath perished in Troy, far from his dear native land. But go thou now throughout the host of the brazen-coated Achaeans; with thy gentle words seek thou to restrain every man 2.163. /Aye, and they would leave to Priam and the Trojans their boast, even Argive Helen, for whose sake many an Achaean hath perished in Troy, far from his dear native land. But go thou now throughout the host of the brazen-coated Achaeans; with thy gentle words seek thou to restrain every man 2.164. /Aye, and they would leave to Priam and the Trojans their boast, even Argive Helen, for whose sake many an Achaean hath perished in Troy, far from his dear native land. But go thou now throughout the host of the brazen-coated Achaeans; with thy gentle words seek thou to restrain every man 2.165. /neither suffer them to draw into the sea their curved ships. So spake she, and the goddess, flashing-eyed Athene, failed not to hearken. Down from the peaks of Olympus she went darting, and speedily came to the swift ships of the Achaeans. There she found Odysseus, the peer of Zeus in counsel 2.166. /neither suffer them to draw into the sea their curved ships. So spake she, and the goddess, flashing-eyed Athene, failed not to hearken. Down from the peaks of Olympus she went darting, and speedily came to the swift ships of the Achaeans. There she found Odysseus, the peer of Zeus in counsel 2.167. /neither suffer them to draw into the sea their curved ships. So spake she, and the goddess, flashing-eyed Athene, failed not to hearken. Down from the peaks of Olympus she went darting, and speedily came to the swift ships of the Achaeans. There she found Odysseus, the peer of Zeus in counsel 2.168. /neither suffer them to draw into the sea their curved ships. So spake she, and the goddess, flashing-eyed Athene, failed not to hearken. Down from the peaks of Olympus she went darting, and speedily came to the swift ships of the Achaeans. There she found Odysseus, the peer of Zeus in counsel 2.169. /neither suffer them to draw into the sea their curved ships. So spake she, and the goddess, flashing-eyed Athene, failed not to hearken. Down from the peaks of Olympus she went darting, and speedily came to the swift ships of the Achaeans. There she found Odysseus, the peer of Zeus in counsel 2.170. /as he stood. He laid no hand upon his benched, black ship, for that grief had come upon his heart and soul; and flashing-eyed Athene stood near him, and said:Son of Laërtes, sprung from Zeus, Odysseus of many wiles, is it thus indeed that ye will fling yourselves 2.171. /as he stood. He laid no hand upon his benched, black ship, for that grief had come upon his heart and soul; and flashing-eyed Athene stood near him, and said:Son of Laërtes, sprung from Zeus, Odysseus of many wiles, is it thus indeed that ye will fling yourselves 2.172. /as he stood. He laid no hand upon his benched, black ship, for that grief had come upon his heart and soul; and flashing-eyed Athene stood near him, and said:Son of Laërtes, sprung from Zeus, Odysseus of many wiles, is it thus indeed that ye will fling yourselves 2.173. /as he stood. He laid no hand upon his benched, black ship, for that grief had come upon his heart and soul; and flashing-eyed Athene stood near him, and said:Son of Laërtes, sprung from Zeus, Odysseus of many wiles, is it thus indeed that ye will fling yourselves 2.174. /as he stood. He laid no hand upon his benched, black ship, for that grief had come upon his heart and soul; and flashing-eyed Athene stood near him, and said:Son of Laërtes, sprung from Zeus, Odysseus of many wiles, is it thus indeed that ye will fling yourselves 2.175. /on your benched ships to flee to your dear native land? Aye, and ye would leave to Priam and the Trojans their boast, even Argive Helen, for whose sake many an Achaean hath perished in Troy, far from his dear native land. But go thou now throughout the host of the Achaeans, and hold thee back no more; 2.176. /on your benched ships to flee to your dear native land? Aye, and ye would leave to Priam and the Trojans their boast, even Argive Helen, for whose sake many an Achaean hath perished in Troy, far from his dear native land. But go thou now throughout the host of the Achaeans, and hold thee back no more; 2.177. /on your benched ships to flee to your dear native land? Aye, and ye would leave to Priam and the Trojans their boast, even Argive Helen, for whose sake many an Achaean hath perished in Troy, far from his dear native land. But go thou now throughout the host of the Achaeans, and hold thee back no more; 2.178. /on your benched ships to flee to your dear native land? Aye, and ye would leave to Priam and the Trojans their boast, even Argive Helen, for whose sake many an Achaean hath perished in Troy, far from his dear native land. But go thou now throughout the host of the Achaeans, and hold thee back no more; 2.179. /on your benched ships to flee to your dear native land? Aye, and ye would leave to Priam and the Trojans their boast, even Argive Helen, for whose sake many an Achaean hath perished in Troy, far from his dear native land. But go thou now throughout the host of the Achaeans, and hold thee back no more; 2.180. /and with thy gentle words seek thou to restrain every man, neither suffer them to draw into the sea their curved ships. So said she, and he knew the voice of the goddess as she spake, and set him to run, and cast from him his cloak, which his herald gathered up, even Eurybates of Ithaca, that waited on him. 2.181. /and with thy gentle words seek thou to restrain every man, neither suffer them to draw into the sea their curved ships. So said she, and he knew the voice of the goddess as she spake, and set him to run, and cast from him his cloak, which his herald gathered up, even Eurybates of Ithaca, that waited on him. 2.182. /and with thy gentle words seek thou to restrain every man, neither suffer them to draw into the sea their curved ships. So said she, and he knew the voice of the goddess as she spake, and set him to run, and cast from him his cloak, which his herald gathered up, even Eurybates of Ithaca, that waited on him.
2. Pindar, Nemean Odes, 8.23, 8.26-8.27 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

3. Euripides, Alcestis, 65-71, 64 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

64. Ah! kind companion of my bondage, for such thou art to her, who, erst thy queen, is now sunk in misery; what are they doing? What new schemes are they devising in their eagerness to take away my wretched life? Maid
4. Euripides, Electra, 1201 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1201. πάλιν, πάλιν φρόνημα σὸν 1201. Again, again your thought changes with the breeze; for now you think piously, though you did not before, and you did dreadful things
5. Euripides, Hecuba, 36-50, 35 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

35. πάντες δ' ̓Αχαιοὶ ναῦς ἔχοντες ἥσυχοι 35. Meanwhile all the Achaeans sit idly here in their ships at the shores of Thrace ; for the son of Peleus, Achilles, appeared above his tomb and stopped the whole army of Hellas , as they were making straight for home across the sea
6. Euripides, Ion, 68-73, 67 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

7. Euripides, Medea, 1323 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1323. Accursed woman! by gods, by me and all mankind abhorred as never woman was
8. Euripides, Rhesus, 528-564, 595-681, 683-691, 762-769, 773-774, 780-789, 792-793, 802-803, 527 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

527. Say, whose is the watch? Who exchange
9. Euripides, Trojan Women, 79-97, 78 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

10. Sophocles, Ajax, 10, 100-109, 11, 110-116, 1168, 117-119, 12, 120, 122-129, 13, 130-131, 1318-1319, 132, 1320-1329, 133, 1330-1369, 137, 1370-1379, 138, 1380-1389, 139, 1390-1399, 14, 140, 1400-1401, 148, 15, 151-152, 158-159, 16, 160-169, 17, 170-179, 18, 180-186, 188, 19, 196, 198-199, 2, 20, 201-202, 21-22, 220, 23-24, 243-249, 25, 250-256, 26-27, 278-279, 28, 280, 29, 298-299, 3, 30, 301, 31, 311-319, 32, 320-327, 33-34, 349, 35, 350, 36, 364-367, 37, 379, 38, 380-383, 387-389, 39, 390-391, 394-395, 4, 40, 401-402, 41, 412-413, 42-44, 443, 45, 450, 457-459, 46, 460-466, 47, 473, 479, 48, 480, 489, 49, 490-491, 5, 50, 500-505, 507-509, 51, 510-513, 52, 522, 53, 534, 54, 542-543, 545-549, 55, 550-559, 56, 560-569, 57, 570-579, 58, 580-582, 586, 589, 59, 590, 594-595, 6, 60-64, 646-649, 65, 650-659, 66, 660-669, 67, 670-679, 68, 680-689, 69, 690-692, 7, 70-76, 760-769, 77, 770-777, 78-79, 8, 80-89, 9, 90-96, 962-963, 97-98, 989, 99, 1 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

11. Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 255, 461, 556, 728, 734, 739, 743-753, 944-945, 254 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

12. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 1296, 1473, 1477, 1295 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

13. Sophocles, Philoctetes, 806, 631 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

14. Aristotle, Poetics, 6 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
actors Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 473
aeschylus, and ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 473
aeschylus, and pseudo-euripides rhesus Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 80
agamemnon Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 343, 477, 534
ajax, and athena Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 473, 474; Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 140; Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 343, 477, 534, 572
ajax (sophocles), athena in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 473, 474
alcestis Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
antigone Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 140; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 477
aphrodite Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
apollo Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
aristotle, on pity Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
aristotle aristotle Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 159
athena, as the voice of the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
athena Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 534, 572
athens Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 159
audience Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
characters, in ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 473
characters, tragic/mythical, rhesus Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 80
chorostatas (kho-), in postclassical tragic plays/performances Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 80
chorus Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 159
creon Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 159; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 477
death / thanatos (personification) Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
deianeira Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 534
epiphany, passim – meaning, exclusive, prologue epiphany Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
episodes, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
euripides, and the rhesus Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 80
euripides, rhesus Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 80
frenzy Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
general parodos, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
gods, and humans Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
hector Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 477
heracles Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
hermes Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
homer Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 80
humans, and the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
iliad Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 343, 477
justification, of odysseus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
killing Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 140
madness, of ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
mechane/mechanè Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 473, 474
menelaus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 343, 477
misfortunes, pity on Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
morality, in ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
odysseus, and ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
odysseus Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 534
odyssey Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 572
oedipus, pity on Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
oedipus Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 159; Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 140
oedipus the king (sophocles), and pity Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
on high, staging of gods Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
phaedra Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
phaedrus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 343
philoctetes (sophocles), and pity Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
pity, on misfortune Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
plot Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
polydorus Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
polyneices Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 140
poseidon Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
power, of athena Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
praise' Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 159
prologue, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 473, 474
reliance on passages from earlier drama Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 80
rhesus by pseudo-euripides, language and style Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 80
rhesus by pseudo-euripides, metre and diction Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 80
satyr drama Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 80
scholia, on ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 473
sequence, mythic, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 473
setting, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 473
sign Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
sophocles, and the rhesus Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 80
sophocles Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 159; Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 140
spectacle, of ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
structure, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 473, 474
theseus Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 159; Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 140
visibility Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
voice, of the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 368
with Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 140