δηλώσω … γεγώς: cp. Thuc. 1. 21§ 2 “δηλώσει...μείζων γεγενημένος”: Andoc. or. 4 § 14 “ἐδήλωσε τῶν νόμων καταφρονῶν.” μή τοι φύσιν γ̓: for “μή τοι...γε”, see on El. 518.τοι (‘at any rate,’ Lat. sane) limits, while γε emphasises the word which it follows. Note that οὔ τοι could be used here, if the result were viewed simply as a fact; O. C. 1353（“ἀκούσας”) “τοιαῦθ᾽ ἃ τὸν τοῦδ᾽ οὔ ποτ᾽ εὐφρανεῖ βίον”. But μή τοι is used, because the result is viewed as an aim; i.e., the relative clause is virtually a final clause: cp. Isocr. or. 11 § 49 “τοιαῦτα ζητήσεις λέγειν, ἐξ ὧν μήτ᾽ αὐτὸς χείρων εἶναι δόξεις μήτε τοὺς μιμουμένους λυμανεῖ μήτε τὴν περὶ τοὺς λόγους παίδευσιν διαβαλεῖς.” ἄσπλαγχνος, only here in this sense; but cp. “κακόσπλαγχνος” ( Aesch. Th. 237), “θρασύσπλαγχνος”: and “εὐσπλαγχνία” [Eur. ] Rhes. 192.
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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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