Sophocles' AJAX Complete

Translated by R. Trevelyan.

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Page 6

Odysseus: Well, all is possible, when 'tis a god contrives.

Athena: Stand then silent, abiding as thou art.

Odysseus: Stay I must; yet I fain would be far hence.

Athena: Ho, Ajax! Once again I summon thee.
So slight is thy regard for thine ally? (Ajax appears in the tent
door, with a blood-stained scourge in his hand.)

Ajax: Oh hail, Athena! Hail thou Zeus-born maid!
Nobly hast thou stood by me. Now will I crown thee
With trophies all of gold for this rich conquest.

Athena: Thy words are welcome. But now tell me this:
Hast thou dyed well thy sword in the Argive host?

Ajax: Such vaunt is mine. I disclaim not that glory.

Athena: Against the Atreidae didst thou arm thy hand?

Ajax: So that Ajax nevermore shall they insult.

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