ὑμεῖς τε, the Chorus. It has been proposed to read δὲ instead of τε, but needlessly. “δέ” would mark the change in the persons addressed; “τε” marks the continuity of the precepts. Cp. El. 421（“ἔκ τε τοῦδ᾽ ἄνω”), Tr. 462（“ἥδε τ̓”), where the reason for retaining “τε” is similar. ἀντ᾽ ἀνδρῶν: cp. 1020 “δοῦλος.. ἀντ᾽ ἐλευθέρου”.
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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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