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Ajax | Sophocles
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Poetry. Translated from the Greek by John Tipton. Written in the fifth century B.C., Sophocles' tragedy concerns the shame and death of Ajax, a Greek who had won fame for his prodigious strength in the Trojan War. A brutal farewell (…more)
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batsy
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I'd forgotten how visceral the Greek tragedies can be, especially the ones written by Sophocles. Ajax plunges you right into the horrors of death & grief, but also madness as how the ancient Greeks saw it: as determined by the gods. I read the version translated by John Moore, & the way in which Athena ruins Ajax's clarity of mind & vision because of his prior hubris (refusing her help during a war) was pretty chilling & devastating.

Sophronisba I haven't read the Greek tragedies since college. 3y
LeahBergen @Sophronisba I haven‘t, either! 3y
batsy @Sophronisba @LeahBergen Same here! I'm enjoying exploring it again this year via this readalong idea https://wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-ancient-greek-plays-in.ht... 3y
Graywacke Sophocles would have been master of contemporary film scriptwriting. 3y
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McJacob
Ajax | Sophocles
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Had to read it for a class, it was one of the better stories I had to read

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