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Sophocles, Ajax, 243-256


nanthe other he bound upright to a pillar, and seizing a heavy strap from a horse’s harness he flogged it with a whistling, doubled lash, while he cursed it with awful imprecations which a god, and no mortal, had taught him. Choru


nanthe other he bound upright to a pillar, and seizing a heavy strap from a horse’s harness he flogged it with a whistling, doubled lash, while he cursed it with awful imprecations which a god, and no mortal, had taught him. Choru


nanThe time has come for each of us to veil his head and steal away on foot, or to sit and take on the swift yoke of rowing


nanThe time has come for each of us to veil his head and steal away on foot, or to sit and take on the swift yoke of rowing


nanThe time has come for each of us to veil his head and steal away on foot, or to sit and take on the swift yoke of rowing


nanThe time has come for each of us to veil his head and steal away on foot, or to sit and take on the swift yoke of rowing


nanThe time has come for each of us to veil his head and steal away on foot, or to sit and take on the swift yoke of rowing


nangiving her way to the sea-faring ship. So angry are the threats which the brother-kings, the sons of Atreus, speed against us! I fear to share in bitter death beneath an onslaught of stones


nangiving her way to the sea-faring ship. So angry are the threats which the brother-kings, the sons of Atreus, speed against us! I fear to share in bitter death beneath an onslaught of stones


nangiving her way to the sea-faring ship. So angry are the threats which the brother-kings, the sons of Atreus, speed against us! I fear to share in bitter death beneath an onslaught of stones


nangiving her way to the sea-faring ship. So angry are the threats which the brother-kings, the sons of Atreus, speed against us! I fear to share in bitter death beneath an onslaught of stones


nangiving her way to the sea-faring ship. So angry are the threats which the brother-kings, the sons of Atreus, speed against us! I fear to share in bitter death beneath an onslaught of stones


nancrushed at this man’s side, whom an untouchable fate holds in its grasp. Tecmessa


nancrushed at this man’s side, whom an untouchable fate holds in its grasp. Tecmessa


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

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1. Aristophanes, Birds, 545 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

545. ἀγαθὴν ἥκεις ἐμοὶ σωτήρ.
2. Sophocles, Ajax, 1130, 118-121, 1214-1215, 122-133, 137-139, 14, 140, 148, 151-152, 158-179, 18, 180-186, 188, 19, 196, 198-199, 20, 201-202, 21-22, 220, 23, 233-239, 24, 240-242, 244-249, 25, 250-256, 26-27, 278-279, 28, 280, 284, 29, 293, 298-299, 30, 301, 31, 311-319, 32, 320-327, 33, 349-350, 36, 364-367, 37, 379, 38, 380-383, 387-389, 39, 390-391, 394-395, 40, 401-402, 41, 412-413, 42-44, 443, 45, 450-459, 46, 460-466, 47, 473, 479, 48, 480, 489, 49, 490-491, 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, 60-65, 67, 748-783, 91, 110 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

3. Sophocles, Antigone, 833, 832 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

4. Sophocles, Electra, 1407 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

5. Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 1706-1723, 324-454, 1705 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

6. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 1330, 1329 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

7. Sophocles, Women of Trachis, 1160-1171, 555-581, 1159 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1159. Hear, then, your task. You have come to where you will reveal what sort of man you are, who are called my son. It was foreshown to me by my father far in the past that I would


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
ajax, gods Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 144, 145
ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
antigone Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 146
apollo Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 432
aristotle, on singing Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
aristotle, on tragedy Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
arrival, of creon Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
arrival, of the chorus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
athena Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 146
burial, as singing Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
burkert, w. Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 144
chorus, the, arrival of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
chorus, the, in the commoi Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
clytemnestra (sophocles), and the commoi Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
commoi Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
complication, and denouement Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
creon, arrival of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
daimon Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 144, 145; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 432, 433
death Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 146
denouement, and complication Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
dialogue, sung Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
electra, in the exodos Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
electra (sophocles), and the exodos Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
epiparodos Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 64
episodes, length of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
episodes, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
episodes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
general parodos, and the choruss arrival Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
general parodos, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
gods, named and unnamed Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 144, 145
hades Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 432
ismene, singing of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
ismene Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 432
laius Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 433
lamentation, song of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
mechane/mechanè Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
menelaus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 64
names, gods named and unnamed Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 144, 145
odysseus Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 146
oedipus, death of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
oedipus Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 146
oedipus at colonus (sophocles), singing in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
oracles Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 433
orestes, in the exodos Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
poetics (aristotle), on singing Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
poseidon Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 432
prologue, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
re-enactment Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 146
retrospective reference Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 146
structure, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
tecmessa' Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 432
tecmessa, in the commoi Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272
tragedy Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
women, in the commoi Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 272