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Sophocles, Ajax, 434-438


nanAiai! Who would ever have thought that my name would so descriptively suit my troubles? For well now may Ajax cry Aiai —yes, twice and three times. Such are the harsh troubles with which I have met. Look, I am one whose father’


nanprowess won him the fairest prize of all the army, whose father brought every glory home from this same land of Ida; but I, his son, who came after him to this same ground of Troy with no less might and proved the service of my hand in no meaner deeds


nanprowess won him the fairest prize of all the army, whose father brought every glory home from this same land of Ida; but I, his son, who came after him to this same ground of Troy with no less might and proved the service of my hand in no meaner deeds


nanprowess won him the fairest prize of all the army, whose father brought every glory home from this same land of Ida; but I, his son, who came after him to this same ground of Troy with no less might and proved the service of my hand in no meaner deeds


nanprowess won him the fairest prize of all the army, whose father brought every glory home from this same land of Ida; but I, his son, who came after him to this same ground of Troy with no less might and proved the service of my hand in no meaner deeds


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1. Homer, Iliad, 4.406-4.410, 5.638-5.642, 5.649-5.651 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

4.406. /We declare ourselves to be better men by far than our fathers: we took the seat of Thebe of the seven gates, when we twain had gathered a lesser host against a stronger wall, putting our trust in the portents of the gods and in the aid of Zeus; whereas they perished through their own blind folly. 4.407. /We declare ourselves to be better men by far than our fathers: we took the seat of Thebe of the seven gates, when we twain had gathered a lesser host against a stronger wall, putting our trust in the portents of the gods and in the aid of Zeus; whereas they perished through their own blind folly. 4.408. /We declare ourselves to be better men by far than our fathers: we took the seat of Thebe of the seven gates, when we twain had gathered a lesser host against a stronger wall, putting our trust in the portents of the gods and in the aid of Zeus; whereas they perished through their own blind folly. 4.409. /We declare ourselves to be better men by far than our fathers: we took the seat of Thebe of the seven gates, when we twain had gathered a lesser host against a stronger wall, putting our trust in the portents of the gods and in the aid of Zeus; whereas they perished through their own blind folly. 4.410. /Wherefore I bid thee put not our fathers in like honour with us. Then with an angry glance from beneath his brows stalwart Diomedes addressed him:Good friend, abide in silence, and hearken to my word. I count it not shame that Agamemnon, shepherd of the host, should urge on to battle the well-greaved Achaeans; 5.638. /They speak but a lie that say thou art sprung from Zeus that beareth the aegis, seeing thou art inferior far to those warriors that were sprung from Zeus in the days of men of old. of other sort, men say, was mighty Heracles, my father, staunch in fight, the lionhearted 5.639. /They speak but a lie that say thou art sprung from Zeus that beareth the aegis, seeing thou art inferior far to those warriors that were sprung from Zeus in the days of men of old. of other sort, men say, was mighty Heracles, my father, staunch in fight, the lionhearted 5.640. /who on a time came hither by reason of the mares of Laomedon with but six ships and a scantier host, yet sacked the city of Ilios and made waste her streets. But thine is a coward's heart, and thy people are minishing. In no wise methinks shall thy coming from Lycia prove a defence to the men of Troy 5.641. /who on a time came hither by reason of the mares of Laomedon with but six ships and a scantier host, yet sacked the city of Ilios and made waste her streets. But thine is a coward's heart, and thy people are minishing. In no wise methinks shall thy coming from Lycia prove a defence to the men of Troy 5.642. /who on a time came hither by reason of the mares of Laomedon with but six ships and a scantier host, yet sacked the city of Ilios and made waste her streets. But thine is a coward's heart, and thy people are minishing. In no wise methinks shall thy coming from Lycia prove a defence to the men of Troy 5.649. /though thou be never so strong, but thou shalt be vanquished by my hand and pass the gates of Hades. And to him Sarpedon, captain of the Lycians, made answer:Tlepolemus, thy sire verily destroyed sacred Ilios through the folly of the lordly man, Laomedon 5.650. /who chid with harsh words him that had done him good service, and rendered him not the mares for the sake of which he had come from afar. But for thee, I deem that death and black fate shall here be wrought by my hands, and that vanquished beneath my spear thou shalt yield glory to me, and thy soul to Hades of the goodly steeds. 5.651. /who chid with harsh words him that had done him good service, and rendered him not the mares for the sake of which he had come from afar. But for thee, I deem that death and black fate shall here be wrought by my hands, and that vanquished beneath my spear thou shalt yield glory to me, and thy soul to Hades of the goodly steeds.
2. Bacchylides, Dithyrambi, 17 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

3. Sophocles, Ajax, 436-446, 450, 457-466, 473, 479-480, 485-524, 550-551, 560-564, 435 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)



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achilles, arms of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 129
aegisthus, role of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
aetheopis Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472
agamemnon Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 61, 68
ajax, and athena Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
ajax, and calchas Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
ajax, and chronology Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128, 129
ajax, as an epic hero Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 321
ajax, role of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472, 474, 475
ajax (sophocles), and chronology Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128, 129
ajax (sophocles), athena in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
ajax (sophocles), seer in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472, 474, 475
alcman Castagnoli and Ceccarelli, Greek Memories: Theories and Practices (2019) 100
andromache Castagnoli and Ceccarelli, Greek Memories: Theories and Practices (2019) 100; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 70
antigone (sophocles), a seer in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
antigone (sophocles), and chronology Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 129
argonauts Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
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
astyanax Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 70
athena, as the voice of the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
bias of priene Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 68
birth, noble Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 321
calchas, as the voice of the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 321
chorus, the, arrival of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
chrestomathy (proclus), and ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472
clytemnestra (sophocles), corpse of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
cnossos Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
colchis Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
commoi, examples of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 720
complication, and denouement Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
corpses, and the eccyclema Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
creon, arrival of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
crete Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
dactylic hexameter Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 720
denouement, and complication Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
destiny, of ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 321
destiny Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 321
dioscouroi Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
dramatis personae Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 727
eccyclema Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233, 475
epirrhemata Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 720
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, 475
episodes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
eurysaces Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 68, 70
farewells, in ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472
friends and enemies (theme) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 68
ganymedes Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
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
general theseus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128
generations, and the two great wars Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128
gods, and humans Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
happiness/joy Kazantzidis and Spatharas, Medical Understandings of Emotions in Antiquity: Theory, Practice, Suffering (2012) 154
hector Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 70
heracles, vs. troy Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128, 129
heracles Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 70
heroes, epic Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 321
hesiod, on the two great wars Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128
hesione Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
homer, and mythic chronology Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128, 129
humans, and the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
iliad Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 70
iliad (homer), and ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472
impiety, of ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
insanity/mental disorders, mania Kazantzidis and Spatharas, Medical Understandings of Emotions in Antiquity: Theory, Practice, Suffering (2012) 153
knox, b.m.w. Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 61
laomedon Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
laughter Kazantzidis and Spatharas, Medical Understandings of Emotions in Antiquity: Theory, Practice, Suffering (2012) 153, 154
little iliad, and ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472
machines, use of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
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) 61
menelaus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 68
minos Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
minotaur Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
misfortunes, of ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233, 321, 372
morality Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 321
myths, and sophocles Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128, 129
nature, of epic heroes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 321
nestor Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
nobility, of ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 321
odyssey (homer), and ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472
oedipus, and chronology Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 129
oedipus at colonus (sophocles), and chronology Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 129
oedipus at colonus (sophocles), and theseus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128
oedipus the king (sophocles), and chronology Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 129
oedipus the king (sophocles), seer in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
orestes, role of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
origin, of epic heroes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 321
philoctetes, as an epic hero Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 321
platforms, use of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
poseidon Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
proclus, and ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472
prologue, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
prophecy, as the voice of the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
punishment, by the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
pylades, role of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
seers, as the voice of the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
sequence, mythic, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472
sequence, mythic Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128, 129
setting, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472
seven, against thebes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128
structure, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474, 475
tears, and heroes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 729
tecmessa, role of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
telamon, and ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 321
telamon Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 129
teucer, and ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 321
teucer, and calchas Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
thales Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
theseus v, xv, ch. Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
time, and tragic myth Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128, 129
tiresias, as the voice of the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
tlepolemus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128, 129
tragedy Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
trojan war, first Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128
tros Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31
tutor Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 727
voice, of the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 372
war of the epigoni Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128
wars, two great Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128
weeping (and crying) Kazantzidis and Spatharas, Medical Understandings of Emotions in Antiquity: Theory, Practice, Suffering (2012) 154
zeus, sons of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 128
zeus Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 31