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Sophocles, Ajax, 1216-1219


nanto a malignant divinity. What joy, then, what delight awaits me anymore? O to be where the wooded wave-washed cape fences off the deep sea


nanto a malignant divinity. What joy, then, what delight awaits me anymore? O to be where the wooded wave-washed cape fences off the deep sea


nanto a malignant divinity. What joy, then, what delight awaits me anymore? O to be where the wooded wave-washed cape fences off the deep sea


nanto a malignant divinity. What joy, then, what delight awaits me anymore? O to be where the wooded wave-washed cape fences off the deep sea


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

7 results
1. Homer, Iliad, 2.557-2.558, 7.180, 10.484 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

2.557. /Only Nestor could vie with him, for he was the elder. And with him there followed fifty black ships.And Aias led from Salamis twelve ships, and stationed them where the battalions of the Athenians stood.And they that held Argos and Tiryns, famed for its walls 2.558. /Only Nestor could vie with him, for he was the elder. And with him there followed fifty black ships.And Aias led from Salamis twelve ships, and stationed them where the battalions of the Athenians stood.And they that held Argos and Tiryns, famed for its walls 7.180. /or else on the king himself of Mycene rich in gold. So spake they, and the horseman, Nestor of Gerenia, shook the helmet, and forth therefrom leapt the lot that themselves desired, even the lot of Aias. And the herald bare it everywhither throughout the throng, and showed it from left to right to all the chieftains of the Achaeans; 10.484. /to stand idle with thy weapons; nay, loose the horses; or do thou slay the men, and I will look to the horses. So spake he, and into the other's heart flashing-eyed Athene breathed might, and he fell to slaving on this side and on that, and from them uprose hideous groaning as they were smitten with the sword, and the earth grew red with blood.
2. Homer, Odyssey, 3.305-3.307 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

3. Aeschylus, Persians, 10, 100-109, 11, 110-119, 12, 120-129, 13, 130-139, 14-15, 150-154, 16-19, 2, 20-29, 3, 30-39, 4, 40-49, 5, 50-59, 6, 60-69, 7, 70-79, 8, 80-89, 9, 90-99, 1 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1. Τάδε μὲν Περσῶν τῶν οἰχομένων 1. Here we are, the faithful Council of the Persians, who have gone to the land of placeName key=
4. Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 10-19, 21-29, 40-49, 5-6, 66-69, 7, 70-77, 8-9, 1 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1. Κάδμου πολῖται, χρὴ λέγειν τὰ καίρια 1. Men of Cadmus’s city, he who guards from the stern the concerns of the State and guides its helm with eyes untouched by sleep must speak to the point. For if we succeed, the responsibility is heaven’s;
5. Euripides, Iphigenia At Aulis, 10-11, 115-119, 12, 120-129, 13, 130-139, 14, 140-149, 15, 150-159, 16, 160-162, 17-19, 2, 20-29, 3, 30-39, 4, 40-48, 5-9, 1 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1. Old man, come here and stand before my dwelling. This edition starts with the traditional line 49. Traditional line 1 appears following line 114. Regular numbering resumes at line 115. The print source represents these lines in the usual order. Old man
6. Euripides, Rhesus, 361-367, 360 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

360. And men shall tell of thee, Ilion mine
7. Sophocles, Ajax, 1048-1215, 1217-1420, 201-202, 443, 464, 485-524, 600-606, 719-814, 861, 942-943, 1047 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
achaeans, the Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 63
aeschylus, and pseudo-euripides rhesus Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 81
agamemnon, and mycenae Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
ajax, and salamis Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
ajax, chorus Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 238
ajax, chorus and army Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 238
ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 479; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 357
ajax (sophocles), and minor characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 302
ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153, 479
ajax evaluated' "378.0_238.0@ajax's philoi" Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 238
argos, and orestes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
athens, and salamis Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
audience, theatre Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 63, 357
catalog of ships Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
characters, tragic/mythical, rhesus Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 81
characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 302
chorus, antigone, flexible Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 238
chorus, antigone, in danger and safe Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 238
chorus, antigone, part of 'the large group'" Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 238
chorus, the, as minor characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 302
chorus Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 238
clytemnestra (sophocles), death of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
death, of ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 302
episodes, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 479
erechtheids Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
euripides, and the rhesus Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 81
euripides, rhesus Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 81
exodos, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 479
groups, and individuals Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 238
groups, threatened and safe Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 238
hector Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 63
humble, minor characters as the Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 302
iliad (homer), and the catalog of ships Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
misfortunes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 302
mycenae, and orestes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
myths, and sophocles Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
narrative pace Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 357
narrative power Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 357
odysseus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 63
perspective Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 238
reliance on passages from earlier drama Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 81
rhesus by pseudo-euripides, language and style Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 81
sailors, in ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 302
salamis, mythic image of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
sophocles, and the rhesus Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 81
stasima, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 479
structure, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 479
tecmessa' Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 63
tecmessa, and minor characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 302
teucer, and minor characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 302