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Sophocles, Ajax, 457-459


nannot that I wanted their escape. But if a god sends harm, it is true that even the base man can elude the worthier. And now what shall I do, when I am plainly hated by the gods, abhorred by the Greek forces and detested by all Troy and all these plains?


nannot that I wanted their escape. But if a god sends harm, it is true that even the base man can elude the worthier. And now what shall I do, when I am plainly hated by the gods, abhorred by the Greek forces and detested by all Troy and all these plains?


nannot that I wanted their escape. But if a god sends harm, it is true that even the base man can elude the worthier. And now what shall I do, when I am plainly hated by the gods, abhorred by the Greek forces and detested by all Troy and all these plains?


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

12 results
1. Homer, Iliad, 6 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

2. Aeschylus, Libation-Bearers, 973 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

973. ἴδεσθε χώρας τὴν διπλῆν τυραννίδα 973. Behold this pair, oppressors of the land, who murdered my father and ransacked my house! They were majestic then, when they sat on their thrones
3. Euripides, Bacchae, 218-239, 352-354, 435-450, 616-635, 918-922, 217 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

217. γυναῖκας ἡμῖν δώματʼ ἐκλελοιπέναι
4. Euripides, Hercules Furens, 1282-1298, 1326-1333, 1281 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

5. Sophocles, Ajax, 1130, 118-121, 1214-1215, 122-133, 137-140, 148, 151-152, 158-186, 188, 196, 198-199, 201-202, 220, 243-256, 278-280, 298-299, 301, 311-327, 349-350, 364-367, 372-376, 379-383, 387-391, 394-395, 401-402, 412-413, 434-440, 443, 450-456, 458-466, 473, 478-480, 485-524, 534, 542-543, 545-582, 586, 589-595, 646-647, 65, 658-659, 66, 660-665, 67, 672-673, 677, 679, 68, 680-683, 69-73, 110 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

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

7. Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 1001-1043, 1156-1181, 1199, 1249, 1254-1396, 1413-1446, 1514-1515, 1518-1555, 394, 720-1000 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

8. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 83, 82 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

9. Sophocles, Women of Trachis, 178 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

178. Hush—no more ill-omened words! I see a man approaching who is crowned with garlands as if for joyous news. Enter the Messenger. Messenger:
10. Aristotle, Poetics, 18 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

11. Cicero, On The Ends of Good And Evil, 1.49 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

1.49. Eadem fortitudinis ratio reperietur. nam neque laborum perfunctio neque perpessio dolorum per se ipsa allicit nec patientia nec assiduitas assiduitates ANV nec vigiliae nec ea ea om. BE ipsa, quae laudatur, industria, ne fortitudo quidem, sed ista sequimur, ut sine cura metuque vivamus animumque et corpus, quantum efficere possimus, possimus AEN possumus molestia liberemus. ut enim mortis metu omnis quietae vitae status perturbatur, et ut succumbere doloribus eosque humili animo inbecilloque ferre miserum est, ob eamque debilitatem animi multi parentes, parentis R multi amicos, non nulli patriam, plerique autem se ipsos penitus perdiderunt, sic robustus animus et excelsus omni est liber cura et angore, cum et mortem contemnit, qua qui qui quia A 1 BE affecti sunt in eadem causa sunt, qua ante quam nati, et ad dolores ita paratus est, ut meminerit maximos morte finiri, parvos multa habere intervalla requietis, mediocrium nos esse dominos, ut, si tolerabiles sint, feramus, si minus, animo aequo e vita, cum ea non placeat, tamquam e theatro exeamus. quibus rebus intellegitur nec timiditatem ignaviamque vituperari nec fortitudinem patientiamque laudari suo nomine, sed illas reici, quia dolorem pariant, has optari, quia voluptatem.
12. Lucretius Carus, On The Nature of Things, 3.79-3.82 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
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, 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; Long, Immortality in Ancient Philosophy (2019) 175
ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472, 474, 475
apollo Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 432
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 Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 319
athens, athenian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 319
bias of priene Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 68
bull Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 319
children Long, Immortality in Ancient Philosophy (2019) 175
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
cicero Long, Immortality in Ancient Philosophy (2019) 175
clytemnestra (sophocles), corpse of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
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
cult, cultic acts for specific cults, the corresponding god or place Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 319
dactylic hexameter Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 720
daimon Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 432
denouement, and complication Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
dionysos, dionysos xenos Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 319
dionysos Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 319
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
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
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
god, gods, and suicide Long, Immortality in Ancient Philosophy (2019) 175
hades Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 432
happiness/joy Kazantzidis and Spatharas, Medical Understandings of Emotions in Antiquity: Theory, Practice, Suffering (2012) 154
heracles Long, Immortality in Ancient Philosophy (2019) 175
iliad (homer), and ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472
insanity/mental disorders, mania Kazantzidis and Spatharas, Medical Understandings of Emotions in Antiquity: Theory, Practice, Suffering (2012) 153
ismene Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 432
knox, b.m.w. Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 61
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
lydia, lydian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 319
machines, use of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
mania μανία, maniacal Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 319
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, 68
misfortunes, of ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
odyssey (homer), and ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472
orestes, role of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
pentheus Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 319
platforms, use of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
politics, political and social obligations Long, Immortality in Ancient Philosophy (2019) 175
poseidon Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 432
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
pylades, role of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
sequence, mythic, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472
setting, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 472
structure, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474, 475
suicide, and cicero Long, Immortality in Ancient Philosophy (2019) 175
suicide, in epicureanism Long, Immortality in Ancient Philosophy (2019) 175
suicide, in tragedy Long, Immortality in Ancient Philosophy (2019) 175
tecmessa, role of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 233
tecmessa Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 432
theater, theatrical Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 319
thebes, theban Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 319
tragedy Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
weeping (and crying) Kazantzidis and Spatharas, Medical Understandings of Emotions in Antiquity: Theory, Practice, Suffering (2012) 154
woman' Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 319