ξυναρπασθεῖσαν. Ajax being now viewed as a public enemy (1132), his property, including the “δούλη” and her son, would be seized by the Greek chiefs.— δουλίαν: the comparative rarity of the fem. form led to δούλιν displacing it in some MSS. (cr. n.); but cp. Aesch. Ag. 1084“δουλίᾳ..φρενί”: Her. 3. 14“ἐσθῆτι δουλίῃ” (or “δουληίῃ”). The Attic prose word would be “δουλικήν.” τροφή, mode of life; El. 1183“δυσμόρου..τροφῆς”: O.C. 1687 “δύσοιστον ἕξομεν τροφάν”.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part VII: The Ajax. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1907.
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