Sophocles' AJAX Complete

Translated by R. Trevelyan.

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Page 7

Athena: The men are dead, if rightly I take thy meaning.

Ajax: Yes, dead. Now let them rob me of my arms.

Athena: 'Tis well. And what then of Laertes' son?
In what plight does he stand? Or has he escaped thee?

Ajax: Wouldst thou know where is that accursed fox?

Athena: Even so-Odysseus, thine old adversary.

Ajax: Goddess, a most dear captive in my tent
He sits. I do not mean him to die yet.

Athena: Till thou hast done what, gained what further vantage?

Ajax: Till bound fast to a pillar beneath my roof-

Athena: What evil wilt thou inflict on the poor wretch?

Ajax: His back the scourge must crimson ere he dies.

Athena: Nay, do not torture so the wretched man.

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