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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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