{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg0011.tlg003.local002","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.local002","title":"Αἴας","titleGreek":"Αἴας","alternateTitles":[],"author":"Sophocles","authorityName":"SOPHOCLES Trag.","authorUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg0011-sophocles/","authorityUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg0011-sophocles/","editors":["Francis Storr"],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Trustees of Tufts University","sourceTitle":"Sophocles","edition":null,"publisher":"William Heinemann Ltd.","place":"London","date":"1913","volume":"2","series":"The Loeb classical library","citation":null,"citationShort":null},"rights":{"text":null,"url":null},"provenance":{"authority":"Perseus Project","sponsors":["Perseus Project, Tufts University"],"funders":["The Annenberg CPB/Project"],"principal":"Gregory Crane","responsibilities":[{"role":"Prepared under the supervision of","names":["Lisa Cerrato","William Merrill","Elli Mylonas","David Smith"]}]},"corpus":{"version":"2.2.0","date":"2026-08-29"},"revisionDate":"2026-08-15","sourceUrl":"https://archive.org/details/sophoclesstor02sophuoft/page/6/mode/2up","sourceLinkType":null,"sourceRights":null,"citation":"Sophocles. Αἴας. ed. Francis Storr. Sophocles, London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1913. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.local002","excerpt":"Ἀθήνα ἀεὶ μέν, ὦ παῖ Λαρτίου, δέδορκά σε πεῖράν τινʼ ἐχθρῶν ἁρπάσαι θηρώμενον· καὶ νῦν ἐπὶ σκηναῖς σε ναυτικαῖς ὁρῶ Αἴαντος, ἔνθα τάξιν ἐσχάτην ἔχει, πάλαι κυνηγετοῦντα καὶ μετρούμενον ἴχνη τὰ κείνου νεοχάραχθʼ, ὅπως ἴδῃς εἴτʼ ἔνδον εἴτʼ οὐκ ἔνδον. εὖ δέ σʼ ἐκφέρει κυνὸς Λακαίνης ὥς τις εὔρινος βάσις. ἔνδον γὰρ ἁνὴρ ἄρτι τυγχάνει, κάρα στάζων ἱδρῶτι καὶ χέρας ξιφοκτόνους. καί σʼ οὐδὲν εἴσω τῆσδε παπταίνειν πύλης ἔτʼ ἔργον ἐστίν, ἐννέπειν δʼ ὅτου χάριν σπουδὴν ἔθου τήνδʼ, ὡς παρʼ εἰδυίας μάθῃς. Ὀδυσσεύς ὦ φθέγμʼ Ἀθάνας, φιλτάτης ἐμοὶ θεῶν, ὡς εὐμαθές σου, κἂν ἄποπτος ᾖς ὅμως, φώνημʼ ἀκούω καὶ ξυναρπάζω φρενὶ χαλκοστόμου κώδωνος ὡς Τυρσηνικῆς. καὶ νῦν ἐπέγνως εὖ μʼ ἐπʼ ἀνδρὶ δυσμενεῖ βάσιν κυκλοῦντʼ, Αἴαντι τῷ σακεσφόρῳ· κεῖνον γάρ, οὐδένʼ ἄλλον, ἰχνεύω πάλαι. νυκτὸς γὰρ ἡμᾶς τῆσδε πρᾶγος ἄσκοπον ἔχει περάνας, εἴπερ εἴργασται τάδε· ἴσμεν γὰρ οὐδὲν τρανές, ἀλλʼ ἀλώμεθα· κἀγὼ ʼθελοντὴς…","divisions":[{"label":"Episode 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-1"},{"label":"Choral 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-2"},{"label":"Episode 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-3"},{"label":"Choral 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-4"},{"label":"Episode 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-5"},{"label":"Choral 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-6"},{"label":"Episode 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-7"},{"label":"Choral 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-8"},{"label":"Episode 9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-9"},{"label":"Choral 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-10"},{"label":"Episode 11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-11"},{"label":"Choral 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-12"},{"label":"Episode 13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-13"},{"label":"Choral 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-14"},{"label":"Episode 15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/#tlg0011-tlg003-local002-15"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0011.tlg003.local002.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0011/tlg003/local002.json.gz"}}