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    Leaving the circle of consulting chiefs

    Where sat the Atreidae�察�Calchas went aside��

    And with kind purpose grasping Teucer's hand

    Enjoined him that by every artifice

    He should restrain Ajax within his tents

    This whole day�察�and not leave him to himself��

    If he wished ever to behold him alive。

    For on this day alone�察�such were his words��

    Would the wrath of divine Athena vex him。

    For the overweening and unprofitable

    Fall crushed by heaven´sent calamities

    ��So the seer spoke���察�whene'er one born a man

    Has conceived thoughts too high for man's estate��

    And this man�察�when he first set forth from home��

    Showed himself foolish�察�when his father spoke to him

    Wisely�此 �My son�察�seek victory by the spear��

    But seek it always with the help of heaven。;

    Then boastfully and witlessly he answered��

    ;Father�察�with heaven's help a mere man of nought

    Might win victory�此�but I�察�albeit without

    Their aid�察�trust to achieve a victor's glory。;

    Such was his proud vaunt。 Then a second time

    Answering divine Athena�察�when she urged him

    To turn a slaughterous hand upon his foes��

    He gave voice to this dire�察�blasphemous boast��

    ;Goddess�察�stand thou beside the other Greeks。

    Where I am stationed�察�no foe shall break through。;

    By such words and such thoughts too great for man

    Did he provoke Athena's pitiless wrath。

    But if he lives through this one day�察�perchance��

    Should heaven be willing�察�we may save him yet。

    So spoke the seer�察�and Teucer from his seat

    No sooner risen�察�sent me with this mandate

    For you to observe。 But if we have been forestalled��

    That man lives not�察�or Calchas is no prophet。

  LEADER ��calling��

    Woful Tecmessa�察�woman born to sorrow��

    Come forth and hear this man who tells of a peril

    That grazes us too close for our mind's ease。

                                     ��TECMESSA enters from the tent。��

  TECMESSA

    Why alas do you break my rest again

    After brief respite from relentless woes��

  LEADER

    Give hearing to this messenger�察�who brings

    Tidings that grieve me of how Ajax fares。

  TECMESSA

    Ah me�察�what sayest thou�察�man�拭�Are we undone��

  MESSENGER

    I know not of thy fortune�察�but for Ajax��

    If he be gone abroad�察�my mind misgives。

  TECMESSA

    Yes�察�he is gone。 I am racked to know thy meaning。

  MESSENGER

    Teucer commands you to keep him within doors��

    And not to let him leave his tent alone。

  TECMESSA

    And where is Teucer�察�and why speaks he thus��

  MESSENGER

    He has but now returned�察�and he forebodes

    That this going´forth will prove fatal to Ajax。

  TECMESSA

    Woe's me�察�alas� �From whom has he learned this��

  MESSENGER

    From the seer�察�Thestor's son�察�this very day��

    Which is fraught either with his death or life。

  TECMESSA

    Ah me�察�my friends�察�avert this threatening doom

    Speed some of you to hasten Teucer hither��

    Others go search the bays�察�some west�察�some east��

    And track my lord's ill´omened going´forth。

    Yes�察�now I know I have been deceived by him��

    And from his former favour quite cast out。

    Alas�察�child�察�what shall I do�拭�Sit still I must not��

    But far as I have strength I too will go。

    Let us start quickly´'tis no time for loitering��

    If we would save one who is in haste to die。

  LEADER

    I am ready�察�as not words alone shall prove��

    But speed of act and foot to make words good。

    ��The CHORUS�察�TECMESSA and MESSENGER go out。 The scene

    changes to a lonely place by the sea´shore。 Bushes and under´

    brush are in the background。 AJAX enters alone。��

  AJAX

    The slayer stands so that his edge may cleave

    Most surely ��if there be leisure for such thought����

    Being the gift of Hector�察�of all friends

    Most unloved�察�and most hateful to my sight。

    Then it is planted in Troy's hostile soil��

    New´sharpened on the iron´biting whet。

    And heedfully have I planted it�察�that so

    With a swift death it prove to me most kind。

    Thus have I made all ready。 Next be thou

    The first�察�O Zeus�察�to aid me�察�as is right。

    It is no mighty boon that I shall crave。

    Send some announcer of the evil news

    To Teucer�察�that he first may lift me up��

    When I have fallen upon this reeking sword��

    Lest ere he come some enemy should espy me

    And cast me forth to dogs and birds a prey。

    This�察�O Zeus�察�I entreat thee�察�and likewise call

    On Hermes�察�guide to the underworld�察�to lay me

    Asleep without a struggle�察�at one swift bound��

    When I have thrust my heart through with this sword。

    Next I call on those maidens ever´living

    And ever watchful of all human miseries��

    The dread swift´striding Erinyes�察�that they mark

    How by the Atreidae I have been destroyed��

    And these vile men by a vile doom utterly

    May they cut off�察�even as they see me here。

    Come�察�O ye swift avenging Erinyes��

    Spare not�察�touch with affliction the whole host。

    And thou�察�whose chariot mounts up the steep sky��

    Thou Sun�察�when on the land where I was born

    Thou shalt look down�察�check thy gold´spangled rein��

    And announce my disasters and my doom

    To my aged sire and her who nurtured me。

    She�察�woful woman�察�when she hears these tidings

    Will wail out a loud dirge through all the town。

    But I waste labour with this idle moan。

    The act must now be done�察�and that with speed。

    O Death�察�Death�察�come now and look upon me。´

    No�察�'tis there I shall meet and speak to thee。

    But thee�察�bright daylight which I now behold��

    And Helios in his chariot I accost

    For this last time of all�察�and then no more。

    O sunlight� �O thou hallowed soil�察�my own

    Salamis�察�stablished seat of my sire's hearth��

    And famous Athens�察�with thy kindred race��

    And you�察�ye springs and streams�察�and Trojan plains��

    Farewell�察�all ye who have sustained my life。

    This is the last word Ajax speaks to you。

    All else in Hades to the dead will I say。

    ��He falls on his sword。 His body lies partially concealed by the

      underbrush。 SEMI´CHORUS 1 enters。��

  SEMI´CHORUS 1 ��chanting��

    'Tis toil on toil�察�and toil again。

    Where� �where��

    Where have not my footsteps been��

    And still no place reveals the secret of my search。

    But hark��

    There again I hear a sound。

                                              ��SEMI´CHORUS 2 enters。��

  SEMI´CHORUS 2 ��chanting��

    'Tis we�察�the ship´companions of your voyage。

  SEMI´CHORUS 1 ��chanting��

    Well how now��

  SEMI´CHORUS 2 ��chanting��

    We have searched the whole coast westward from the ship。

  SEMI´CHORUS 1 ��chanting��

    You have found nought��

  SEMI´CHORUS 2 ��chanting��

    A deal of toil�察�but nothing more to see。

  SEMI´CHORUS 1 ��chanting��

    Neither has he been found along the path

    That leads from the eastern glances of the sun。

  CHORUS ��singing��



                                                              strophe



    From whom�察�oh from whom�拭�what hard son of the waves��

    Plying his weary task without thought of sleep��

    Or what Olympian nymph of hill or stream that flows

    Down to the Bosporus' shore��

    Might I have tidings of my lord

    Wandering somewhere seen

    Fierce of mood�拭�Grievous it is

    When I have toiled so long�察�and ranged far and wide

    Thus to fail�察�thus to have sought in vain。

    Still the afflicted hero nowhere may I find。

                            ��TECMESSA enters and discovers the body。��

  TECMESSA

    Alas�察�woe�察�woe��

  CHORUS ��chanting��

    Whose cry was it that broke from yonder copse��

  TECMESSA

    Alas�察�woe is me��

  LEADER OF THE CHORUS

    It is the hapless spear´won bride I see��

    Tecmessa�察�steeped in that wail's agony。

  TECMESSA

    I am lost�察�destroyed�察�made desolate�察�my friends。

  LEADER

    What is it�拭�Speak。

  TECMESSA

    Ajax�察�our master�察�newly slaughtered lies

    Yonder�察�a hidden sword sheathed in his body。

  CHORUS ��chanting��

    Woe for my lost hopes of home��

    Woe's me�察�thou hast slain me�察�my king��

    Me thy shipmate�察�hapless man��

    Woful´souled woman too��

  TECMESSA

    Since thus it is with him�察�'tis mine to wail。

  LEADER

    By whose hand has he wrought this luckless deed��

  TECMESSA

    By his own hand�察�'tis evident。 This sword

    Whereon he fell�察�planted in earth�察�convicts him。

  CHORUS ��chanting��

    Woe for my blind folly� �Lone in thy blood thou liest�察�from

friends'

      help afar。

    And I the wholly witless�察�the all unwary��

    Forbore to watch thee。 Where�察�where

    Lieth the fatally named�察�intractable Ajax��

  TECMESSA

    None must behold him。 I will shroud him wholly

    In this enfolding mantle�察�for no man

    Who loved him could endure to see him thus

    Through nostrils and through red gash spouting up

    The darkened blood from his self´stricken wound。

    Ah me�察�what shall I do�拭�What friend shall lift thee��

    Where is Teucer�拭�Timely indeed would he now come��

    To compose duly his slain brother's corpse。

    O hapless Ajax�察�who wast once so great��

    Now even thy foes might dare to mourn thy fall。

  CHORUS ��chanting��



                                                          antistrophe



    'Twas fate's will�察�alas�察�'twas fate then for thou

    Stubborn of soul at length to work out a dark

    Doom of ineffable miseries。 Such the dire

    Fury of passionate hate

    I heard thee utter fierce of mood

    Railing at Atreus' sons

    Night by night�察�day by day。

    Verily then it was the sequence of woes

    First began�察�when as the prize of worth

    Fatally was proclaimed the golden panoply。

  TECMESSA

    Alas�察�woe�察�woe��

  CHORUS ��chanting��

    A loyal grief pierces thy heart�察�I kn
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