οὐ γὰρ often introduces an indignant retort: Ant. 20“ΙΣ. τί δ᾽ ἔστι;” ... | “ΑΝ. οὐ γὰρ τάφου νῷν, κ.τ.λ.” Cp. Ar. Ach. 576, Ar. Pl. 856, Vesp. 836. κλύοντές ἐσμεν=“κλύομεν”: cp. 1062 “ἐστὶ.. σθένων”: 1324 “δρῶν..ἦν”: 1330 “εἴην..φρονῶν.” ἀρτίως is joined with the present tense as in El. 347“λέγεις..ἀρτίως” (‘you have just been saying’).
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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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