Ajax

Sophocles, W. Stanford

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Bristol Classical Press
01 June 1991

Literary essays; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Ancient Greek

Series: BCP Greek Texts

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Sophocles' Ajax is one of the most disturbing and powerful

surviving ancient tragedies. But it is also difficult to understand and

interpret. What are we to make of its protagonist's extremism? Does Ajax

deserve the isolation and divine punishment he experiences? Why is his

state of mind so difficult to determine? Dr Hesk offers answers to these

and many other questions by drawing together the very latest critical

work on the play and introducing the reader to key frames for its

interpretation, including Sophoclean heroism, language and form; Homeric

intertextuality and Athens' 'masculinist' culture, and the

twentieth-century reception of Ajax.

By: Sophocles
Edited by: W. Stanford
Imprint: Bristol Classical Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9780862920098
ISBN 10: 0862920094
Series: BCP Greek Texts
Pages: 375
Publication Date: 01 June 1991
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active