οἷσιν εἴχετ᾽ ἐν κακοῖς=“κακοῖς ἐν οἷς εἴχετο”: cp. 1144: Her. 9. 37“ἐν τούτῳ τῷ κακῷ ἐχόμενος”. The antecedent “κακοῖς” is drawn into the relative clause, though here its case is not thereby affected: cp. Ant. 404“θάπτουσαν ὃν σὺ τὸν νεκρὸν ι ἀπεῖπας”. φρονοῦντας is far better than the v.l. βλέποντας: it hints what is meant by the vague κακοῖς.
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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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