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Sophocles, Ajax, 133
nan than another in strength of hand or in depth of ample wealth. For a day can press down all human things, and a day can raise them up. But the gods embrace men of sense and abhor the evil. Exit Odysseus and Athena. Enter the Chorus of Salaminian Sailors, followers of Ajax. Choru

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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. Pindar, Pythian Odes, 8.76-8.78, 8.92-8.96 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
4. 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
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, 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
8. Euripides, Trojan Women, 79-97, 78 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
9. Sophocles, Ajax, 10, 100-109, 11, 110, 1103-1104, 111-112, 1128, 113-116, 1168, 117-119, 12, 120-129, 13, 130-131, 1318-1319, 132, 1320-1369, 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, 450-453, 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, 60-61, 611, 62-64, 646-649, 65, 650-659, 66, 660-669, 67, 670-679, 68, 680-689, 69, 690-692, 7, 70-75, 756-759, 76, 760-769, 77, 770-779, 78-79, 8, 80-86, 861, 87-89, 891-893, 9, 90-92, 924, 93-95, 952-959, 96, 960-969, 97, 970, 98, 989, 99, 1 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
10. Sophocles, Antigone, 1006-1024, 1031-1032, 1040-1041, 1043-1044, 1048-1052, 1064-1071, 1103-1104, 1347-1353, 577-581, 603-605, 743-745, 754-755, 773-776, 1005 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
11. Sophocles, Electra, 281, 280 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
12. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 864-872, 887-888, 895-896, 863 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
13. Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1036-1037, 510-518, 1035 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
14. Sophocles, Women of Trachis, 281-282, 280 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 280. For the gods do not love criminal behavior either. So those men, who gloried in bitter speech, are themselves residents of Hades, all of them, and their city is enslaved. And the women whom you see, fallen from happiness to misery

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
aeschylus	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 175
agamemnon	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 477, 534
ajax, and athena	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 369
ajax, gods	Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 184, 185
ajax	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 473, 474; Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 430, 442, 477, 534; Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 175, 177
ajax (sophocles), athena in	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 369
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	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 477; Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 177, 178
antigone (sophocles), and wisdom	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 369
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
ares	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 65
artemis	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 65, 442
athena, as the voice of the gods	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 369
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) 65, 430, 442, 534; Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 175, 177
athens	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 442
audience	Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
blasphemy	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 175
calchas	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 430, 442
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
clytaemestra	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 430
corpse as source of pollution	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 177, 178
creon, and wisdom	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 369
creon	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 430, 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
divine punishment/retribution	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 175, 178
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
fragility, of the human condition	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 369
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) 369
gods, difficult to hold responsible	Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 184, 185
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; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 430
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) 369
hymn, to reverent purity	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 175
iliad	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 477
justice, in sophocles	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 178
lichas	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 430
madness	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 177
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) 65, 430, 477
messenger, tragic	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 430
misfortunes, pity on	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 369
morality, in ajax (sophocles)	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 369
neoptolemus	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 430
odysseus, and ajax	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 369
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) 430, 442, 534
oedipus	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 175
on high, staging of gods	Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
parker, r.	Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 185
phaedra	Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 84
philoctetes	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 430
phren/phrenes, seat of purity/impurity, in the ajax	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 177
phren/phrenes, seat of purity/impurity, in the antigone	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 177, 178
pindar, on human fragility	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 369
pity, on misfortune	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 369
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	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 177
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) 369
prologue, of ajax (sophocles)	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 473, 474
pythian odes, on human fragility	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 369
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
sophoclean language, ambiguous, elliptic or vague	Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 185
sophocles, and the rhesus	Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 80
sophocles	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 175, 177, 178
sophronein/sophrosyne, in sophocles'	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 177
spectators, text uncertain	Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 184
structure, of ajax (sophocles)	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 473, 474
tecmessa	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 442
teiresias	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 178
theseus	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 430
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) 369
warning, divine	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 369
wisdom, and human fragility	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 369
zeus	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 430; Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 177, 178