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G. E. Stechert
&
Alfred Hafner
New York
Co.
u-c>«.^».^o \^-^^*cjr»vA ^ZA^>^\Ji
THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY EDITED BY E.
CAPPS, Ph.D., LL.D.
T. B.
PAGE,
Litt.D.
W. H. D. ROUSE, Litt.D.
SOPHOCLES II
SOPHOCLES WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
STORR,
F.
B.A.
FOKMKULY SCHOLAR OF TRTNITV COLLEGE, CAMBRIUOS
JN TWO VOLUMES II
AJAX ELECTRA TRACHINIAE PHILOCTETES
LONDON
:
NEW YORK
WILLIAM HEINEMANN :
G.
P.
PUTNAM'S SONS
MCMXTX
JUL - 5 1943 First printed
19\X
Reprinted 1919.
CONTENTS fAOE
AJAX ELECTRA
»,«..•*
6va).
^
AJAX Him and none other I have tracked full lonff. Last night a monstrous thing he wrought on us^ 'tis all surmise. If it be he in sooth So for the hard task of discovery I volunteered. This very morn we found herds,, spoil the of war, all hacked and hewn. Our Slain with their herdsmen by some human hand. On him with one consent all lay the guilt And by a scout who marked him o'er the plain. In mad career, alone, with reeking sword, I duly was informed, and instantly I sped upon the spoor, and now the tracks
—
recognise, and now am all at fault. Without a clue to tell me whose they are. Most welcome then thy advent thine the hand That ever guided and shall guide my path. I
;
ATHENA know, Odysseus, and set forth betimes To meet thee and abet thee in this chase. I
ODYSSEUS Tell me, dear mistress, will
Know
that the guilty
my
quest succeed
ATHENA is he thou
man
?
seek'st.
ODYSSEUS
What moved him
to this rash, insensate
deed ?
ATHENA Resentment touching dead Achilles' arms. ODYSSEUS
Why He
did he
thought
fall
his
upon the innocent sheep ? ATHENA hands were gory with your blood.
AIA2 OAY25EY2 77
Afat
TO povXevfx w?
evr
ApyeioL^; too 7]v;
A0HNA i^CTrpd^ar,
/faz^
el Kanj/jLeXyja* iyo).
OAT25EY5 TToiaiaL ToXfiai^ raiahe koX (ppevcov Opda-ei;
A0HNA vvKTODp 60'
uyLta? B6\ioa\(0Ti8a9, etirep 6(f>da\fxol
ye Tot9 avTol^i opa;
A0HNA €7w 12
(TKordxrco
PKe(^apa kuI BeSopKOTa,
80
AJAX Be of good heart and stand thy ground no Shall come from him, for I will turn aside ;
harm
he should behold thy face. (To AJAX within the tent.) Ho, thou that bind'st with cords behind their backs Thy captives' hands, ho Ajax, hear'st thou not ? His
I
vision, lest
summon
What
thee to come before the tent.
ODYSSEUS dost thou, Goddess ? Nowise call
him
forth.
ATHENA Bridle thy tongue
Nay, nay
What
;
;
suffice it
fear'st
thou
earn not a coward's name. ODYSSEUS that he bide within.
ATHENA he not,
Is
?
as erst, a
man ?
ODYSSEUS
Yea, and to
me
sworn foeman, and
is still.
ATHENA
What mockery sweeter than Enough
for
me
to
mock
at foes
?
ODYSSEUS that he abide within.
ATHENA What, I
fear to see a
madman
face to face
?
ODYSSEUS had not quailed to face him, were he sane.
ATHENA Insane, he shall not see thee now, though near. If
he has eyes as
erst,
ODYSSEUS how can that be
?
ATHENA I will
obscure his vision, howe'er clear. 13
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Te^^vcD/jbivov.
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av
/cvpei (701
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toO Aaepriov,
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6^oia-i y avTov
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