"Brought boldly to life by Herbert Golder and Richard Pevear's translation and contextualized by Herbert Golder's eloquent introduction, this early Sophoclean tragedy tells the story of the Homeric hero better known as Ajax, who was second only to Achilles among the Greek warriors. In...

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1. Verfasser:	Sophocles ca. 497/496 v. Chr.-406 v. Chr (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English Ancient Greek
Veröffentlicht:	New York [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 1999
Schlagworte:	Ajax (Greek mythology) > Drama Tragedies
Zusammenfassung:	"Brought boldly to life by Herbert Golder and Richard Pevear's translation and contextualized by Herbert Golder's eloquent introduction, this early Sophoclean tragedy tells the story of the Homeric hero better known as Ajax, who was second only to Achilles among the Greek warriors. In Greek tradition, Aias figures as the archaic warrior who dies in shame after his betrayal by the Greeks. Sophocles turns tradition inside out, portraying Aias' suicide not as a disgrace but as heroism. He endows Aias' suicide with a meaning radically different from previous versions of the Aias myth - Aias is not the hero whom time has passed by, but rather the man who steps beyond time. Most previous versions and interpretations have equivocated over Sophocles' bold vision. This edition of Aias translates precisely that transformation of the hero from the bygone figure to the man who transcends time."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	Text engl. - Aus dem Griech. übers.
Beschreibung:	IX, 100 S.
ISBN:	0195128192