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ὤμοι τάλαιν᾽ : Εὐρύσακες , ἀμφὶ σοὶ βοᾷ.
τί ποτε μενοινᾷ ; ποῦ ποτ᾽ εἶ ; τάλαιν᾽ ἐγώ.
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Αἴας
Τεῦκρον καλῶ . ποῦ Τεῦκρος ; ἢ τὸν εἰσαεὶ
λεηλατήσει χρόνον , ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἀπόλλυμαι;
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Χορός
ἁνὴρ φρονεῖν ἔοικεν . ἀλλ᾽ ἀνοίγετε.
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τάχ᾽ ἄν τιν᾽ αἰδῶ κἀπ᾽ ἐμοὶ βλέψας λάβοι.
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Τέκμησσα
ἰδού , διοίγω : προσβλέπειν δ᾽ ἔξεστί σοι
τὰ τοῦδε πράγη , καὐτὸς ὡς ἔχων κυρεῖ.
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Αἴας
ἰὼ
φίλοι ναυβάται , μόνοι ἐμῶν φίλων,
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μόνοι ἔτ᾽ ἐμμένοντες ὀρθῷ νόμῳ,
ἴδεσθέ μ᾽ οἷον ἄρτι κῦμα φοινίας ὑπὸ ζάλης
ἀμφίδρομον κυκλεῖται.
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Χορός
οἴμ᾽ ὡς ἔοικας ὀρθὰ μαρτυρεῖν ἄγαν.
355
δηλοῖ δὲ τοὔργον ὡς ἀφροντίστως ἔχει.
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Αἴας
ἰὼ
γένος ναΐας ἀρωγὸν τέχνας,
ἅλιον ὃς ἐπέβας ἑλίσσων πλάταν,
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σέ τοι σέ τοι μόνον δέδορκα πημονὰν ἐπαρκέσοντ᾽:
ἀλλά με συνδάϊξον.
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Χορός
εὔφημα φώνει : μὴ κακὸν κακῷ διδοὺς
ἄκος , πλέον τὸ πῆμα τῆς ἄτης τίθει.
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Αἴας
ὁρᾷς τὸν θρασύν , τὸν εὐκάρδιον,
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τὸν ἐν δαΐοις ἄτρεστον μάχαις,
ἐν ἀφόβοις με θηρσὶ δεινὸν χέρας;
ὤμοι γέλωτος , οἷον ὑβρίσθην ἄρα.
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Τέκμησσα
μή , δέσποτ᾽ Αἴας , λίσσομαί σ᾽ , αὔδα τάδε.
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Αἴας
οὐκ ἐκτός ; οὐκ ἄψορρον ἐκνεμεῖ πόδα;
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αἰαῖ αἰαῖ.
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Χορός
ὦ πρὸς θεῶν ὕπεικε καὶ φρόνησον εὖ.
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Αἴας
ὦ δύσμορος , ὃς χερὶ μὲν
μεθῆκα τοὺς ἀλάστορας , ἐν δ᾽ ἑλίκεσσι
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βουσὶ καὶ κλυτοῖς πεσὼν αἰπολίοις
ἐρεμνὸν αἷμ᾽ ἔδευσα.
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Χορός
τί δῆτ᾽ ἂν ἀλγοίης ἐπ᾽ ἐξειργασμένοις;
οὐ γὰρ γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ταῦθ᾽ ὅπως οὐχ ὧδ᾽ ἔχειν.
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Αἴας
ἰὼ πάνθ᾽ ὁρῶν ἁπάντων τ᾽ ἀεὶ
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κακῶν ὄργανον , τέκνον Λαρτίου,
κακοπινέστατόν τ᾽ ἄλημα στρατοῦ,
ἦ που πολὺν γέλωθ᾽ ὑφ᾽ ἡδονῆς ἄγεις.
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Χορός
ξύν τοι θεῷ πᾶς καὶ γελᾷ κὠδύρεται.
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Αἴας
ἴδοιμι μήν νιν , καίπερ ὧδ᾽ ἀτώμενος.
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ἰώ μοί μοι.
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Χορός
μηδὲν μέγ᾽ εἴπῃς : οὐχ ὁρᾷς ἵν᾽ εἶ κακοῦ;
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Αἴας
ὦ Ζεῦ , προγόνων προπάτωρ,
πῶς ἂν τὸν αἱμυλώτατον , ἐχθρὸν ἄλημα,
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τούς τε δισσάρχας ὀλέσσας βασιλῆς
τέλος θάνοιμι καὐτός;
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Τέκμησσα
ὅταν κατεύχῃ ταῦθ᾽ , ὁμοῦ κἀμοὶ θανεῖν
εὔχου : τί γὰρ δεῖ ζῆν με σοῦ τεθνηκότος;
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Αἴας
ἰὼ
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σκότος , ἐμὸν φάος,
ἔρεβος ὦ φαεννότατον , ὡς ἐμοί,
ἕλεσθ᾽ ἕλεσθέ μ᾽ οἰκήτορα,
ἕλεσθέ μ᾽ : οὔτε γὰρ θεῶν γένος οὔθ᾽ ἁμερίων
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ἔτ᾽ ἄξιος βλέπειν τιν᾽ εἰς ὄνασιν ἀνθρώπων.
ἀλλά μ᾽ ἁ Διὸς
ἀλκίμα θεὸς
ὀλέθρι᾽ αἰκίζει.
ποῖ τις οὖν φύγῃ;
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ποῖ μολὼν μενῶ;
405
εἰ τὰ μὲν φθίνει , φίλοι , τοιοῖσδ᾽
ὁμοῦ πέλας , μώραις δ᾽ ἄγραις προσκείμεθα,
πᾶς δὲ στρατὸς δίπαλτος ἄν με
χειρὶ φονεύοι.
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Τέκμησσα
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ὦ δυστάλαινα , τοιάδ᾽ ἄνδρα χρήσιμον
φωνεῖν , ἃ πρόσθεν οὗτος οὐκ ἔτλη ποτ᾽ ἄν.
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Αἴας
ἰὼ
πόροι ἁλίρροθοι
πάραλά τ᾽ ἄντρα καὶ νέμος ἐπάκτιον,
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πολὺν πολύν με δαρόν τε δὴ
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κατείχετ᾽ ἀμφὶ Τροίαν χρόνον : ἀλλ᾽ οὐκέτι μ᾽ , οὐκ
ἔτ᾽ ἀμπνοὰς ἔχοντα : τοῦτό τις φρονῶν ἴστω.
ὦ Σκαμάνδριοι
γείτονες ῥοαί,
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εὔφρονες Ἀργείοις,
οὐκέτ᾽ ἄνδρα μὴ
τόνδ᾽ ἴδητ᾽ , ἔπος
ἐξερῶ μέγ᾽ , οἷον οὔτινα
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Τροία στρατοῦ δέρχθη χθονὸς μολόντ᾽ ἀπὸ
Ἑλλανίδος : τανῦν δ᾽ ἄτιμος
ὧδε πρόκειμαι.
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Χορός
οὔτοι σ᾽ ἀπείργειν οὐδ᾽ ὅπως ἐῶ λέγειν
ἔχω , κακοῖς τοιοῖσδε συμπεπτωκότα.
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Αἴας
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αἰαῖ : τίς ἄν ποτ᾽ ᾤεθ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἐπώνυμον
τοὐμὸν ξυνοίσειν ὄνομα τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς;
νῦν γὰρ πάρεστι καὶ δὶς αἰάζειν ἐμοὶ
καὶ τρίς : τοιούτοις γὰρ κακοῖς ἐντυγχάνω:
ὅτου πατὴρ μὲν τῆσδ᾽ ἀπ᾽ Ἰδαίας χθονὸς
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τὰ πρῶτα καλλιστεῖ᾽ ἀριστεύσας στρατοῦ
πρὸς οἶκον ἦλθε πᾶσαν εὔκλειαν φέρων:
ἐγὼ δ᾽ ὁ κείνου παῖς , τὸν αὐτὸν ἐς τόπον
Τροίας ἐπελθὼν οὐκ ἐλάσσονι σθένει
οὐδ᾽ ἔργα μείω χειρὸς ἀρκέσας ἐμῆς,
440
ἄτιμος Ἀργείοισιν ὧδ᾽ ἀπόλλυμαι.
καίτοι τοσοῦτόν γ᾽ ἐξεπίστασθαι δοκῶ:
εἰ ζῶν Ἀχιλλεὺς τῶν ὅπλων τῶν ὧν πέρι
κρίνειν ἔμελλε κράτος ἀριστείας τινί,
οὐκ ἄν τις αὔτ᾽ ἔμαρψεν ἄλλος ἀντ᾽ ἐμοῦ.
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νῦν δ᾽ αὔτ᾽ Ἀτρεῖδαι φωτὶ παντουργῷ φρένας
ἔπραξαν , ἀνδρὸς τοῦδ᾽ ἀπώσαντες κράτη.
κεἰ μὴ τόδ᾽ ὄμμα καὶ φρένες διάστροφοι
γνώμης ἀπῇξαν τῆς ἐμῆς , οὐκ ἄν ποτε
δίκην κατ᾽ ἄλλου φωτὸς ὧδ᾽ ἐψήφισαν.
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νῦν δ᾽ ἡ Διὸς γοργῶπις ἀδάματος θεὰ
ἤδη μ᾽ ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς χεῖρ᾽ ἐπεντύνοντ᾽ ἐμὴν
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