Triumvir Clio's School of Classical Civilization

Greek Tragedy X: Sophocles’s Ajax, or When Good Heroes Go Bad


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A content warning for today's episode:  This play deals with suicide.  And with that, welcome to Sophocles!

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References

"ᐅ AJAX - SOPHOCLES | PLAY SUMMARY & ANALYSIS | Ancient Greece". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_sophocles_ajax.html. Accessed 9 Mar 2020.

Cartwright, Mark. "Sophocles." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 29 Sep 2013. Web. 13 Mar 2020.

"Sophocles' Ajax". People.Duke.Edu, http://people.duke.edu/~wj25/UC_Web_Site/tragedy/ajax.html. Accessed 9 Mar 2020.

Sophocles.  Electra and Other Plays.  Translated by E. F. Watling.  Penguin, 1953.

Wasson, Donald L. "Ajax [Play]." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 01 May 2019. Web. 09 Mar 2020.

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