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This book contains the Classical Greek text of Sophocles' Ajax with vocabulary and explanatory notes in English. Each page of the commentary includes 15 lines of Greek verse (Francis Storr’s 1912 Loeb edition) with all corresponding vocabulary and grammar notes below on the same page. The vocabulary contains all words occurring 4 or fewer times, arranged alphabetically in two columns. The grammatical notes are organized according to line numbers and likewise arranged in two columns. The advantage of this format is that it allows me to include as much information as possible on a single page and yet insure that entries are distinct and readily accessible to readers. To complement the vocabulary within the commentary, I have added a core running list of words occurring 5 or more times in the introduction of this book and recommend that readers review this list before they read the selected pages. An alphabetized list of the same core words is found in the glossary. Together, this book has been designed in such a way that, once readers have mastered the core vocabulary list, they will be able to rely solely on the Greek text and commentary and not need to turn a page or consult dictionaries as they read.