Αἴας
κράτιστοι δ᾽ ἂν τὴν ψυχὴν δικαίως κριθεῖεν οἱ τά τε δεινὰ καὶ ἡδέα σαφέστατα γιγνώσκοντες καὶ διὰ ταῦτα μὴ ἀποτρεπόμενοι ἐκ τῶν κινδύνων → the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it | and they are most rightly reputed valiant who, though they perfectly apprehend both what is dangerous and what is easy, are never the more thereby diverted from adventuring
English (LSJ)
αντος, ὁ, Ajax, masc. pr. n., borne by two heroes, the Greater, son of Telamon, the Less, son of Oiïleus, Hom.:—nom.
A Αἶᾰς Alcm.68; voc. Αἶαν Pi.Fr.184, Aeol. Αἴαν Alc.48 A: pl. Αἴαντες, of tragedies named after Ajax, Arist.Po.1455b34. (S. derives it fancifully from αἰαῖ, Aj.430.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Αἴᾱς: αντος, ὁ, Λατ. Ajax, ἀρσ. κύρ. ὄνομα δύο ἡρώων, ὧν ὁ μείζων ἢ μέγας ἦν υἱὸς Τελαμῶνος καὶ ἐκαλεῖτο Τελαμώνιος ἢ Τελαμωνιάδης, ὁ δὲ μικρὸς υἱὸς τοῦ Ὀϊλέως καὶ ἐλέγετο ὁ τοῦ Ὀϊλῆος ἢ Ὀϊλιάδης, Ὅμ. - Ὀνομ. Αἶᾰς ἀπαντᾷ παρ’ Ἀλκμᾶνι 68, αἰτ. Αἶαν, ἐν Πινδ. Ἀποσπ. 179· κλητ. πανταχοῦ παρὰ Τραγ. Αἴας· μόνον ἐν Σοφοκλ. Αἴαντι 482 κατὰ Σουΐδ. (ὅστις ἀναφέρει τὸ χωρίον) εἶναι ἡ κλητ. Αἶαν, ἀλλ’ αἱ ἄρισται ἐκδ. ἔχουσιν Αἴας, ἴδε Σουΐδ. ἐν λέξει ὑπόβλητον· παρ’ Ὁμήρῳ ἡ κλητ. εἶναι ἀείποτε Αἶαν· - πληθ. Αἴαντες, παροιμ. ἐπὶ σοβαρῶν τραγῳδιῶν, Ἀριστ. Ποιητ. 18. 6. (ὁ Σοφ. παράγει φαντασιωδῶς τὴν λέξιν ἐκ τοῦ αἰαῖ, Αἴ. 430).
