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Polytropos Ajax: Roots, Evolution, and Reception of a Multifaceted Hero

Polytropos Ajax: Roots, Evolution, and Reception of a Multifaceted Hero

Speriani, Silvia
Harrison, Stephen

Hardcover

Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes, Book 168

Literary CriticismArchaeology

ISBN10: 311145035X
ISBN13: 9783111450353
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: Oct 7 2024
Pages: 231
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Meanings are realized at the point of reception and this volume intends to offer an in-depth discussion of some of the meanings associated with and raised by the figure of Telamonian Ajax at various, specifically contextualized, and yet somehow connectable 'points of reception'.

Part 1 looks at how, and from where, and with what effects, the epic and tragic figure of Ajax is constructed and re-defined in archaic and classical Greece. Part 2 moves on to Roman Ajax(es), evaluating how he is used in and by Latin literature as a tool for window-references and innovation, and for reflecting on national identity and cultural categories. Part 3 discusses various ways in which the myth of Ajax, especially in its Sophoclean version, has been translated into theatrical, psychological, and philosophical discussions.

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