Sophocles' Ajax 221-230
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Χορός
οἵαν ἐδήλωσας ἀνέρος αἴθονος
ἀγγελίαν ἄτλατον οὐδὲ φευκτάν ,
τῶν μεγάλων Δαναῶν ὕπο κλῃζομέναν ,
τὰν ὁ μέγας μῦθος ἀέξει .
οἴμοι φοβοῦμαι τὸ προσέρπον : περίφαντος ἁνὴρ
θανεῖται , παραπλάκτῳ χερὶ συγκατακτὰς
κελαινοῖς ξίφεσιν βοτὰ καὶ βοτῆρας ἱππονώμας .
οἵαν ἐδήλωσας ἀνέρος αἴθονος
ἀγγελίαν ἄτλατον οὐδὲ φευκτάν ,
τῶν μεγάλων Δαναῶν ὕπο κλῃζομέναν ,
τὰν ὁ μέγας μῦθος ἀέξει .
οἴμοι φοβοῦμαι τὸ προσέρπον : περίφαντος ἁνὴρ
θανεῖται , παραπλάκτῳ χερὶ συγκατακτὰς
κελαινοῖς ξίφεσιν βοτὰ καὶ βοτῆρας ἱππονώμας .
Chorus
What tidings of the fiery man you reveal ,
unbearable and unavoidable ,
made famous by the great Danaans ,
which their great words spread .
Alas , I fear what creeps onward : the man
will die in plain sight , because
with a dark sword in his frenzy-stricken hand
he slew together the herds and the horsekeeping herdsmen .
What tidings of the fiery man you reveal ,
unbearable and unavoidable ,
made famous by the great Danaans ,
which their great words spread .
Alas , I fear what creeps onward : the man
will die in plain sight , because
with a dark sword in his frenzy-stricken hand
he slew together the herds and the horsekeeping herdsmen .