“Recognizing that your suffering has been caused by no one else magnifies the pain”
τὸ γὰρ ἐσλεύσσειν οἰκεῖα πάθη,
μηδενὸς ἄλλου παραπράξαντος,
μεγάλας ὀδύνας ὑποτείνει.
But did Ajax really cause all of this pain for himself?
Sophocles Ajax 260-2
“Recognizing that your suffering has been caused by no one else magnifies the pain”
τὸ γὰρ ἐσλεύσσειν οἰκεῖα πάθη,
μηδενὸς ἄλλου παραπράξαντος,
μεγάλας ὀδύνας ὑποτείνει.
But did Ajax really cause all of this pain for himself?