num_pages: 266
description: Ajax, perhaps the earliest surviving tragedy of Sophocles, presents the downfall and disgrace of a great hero whose suicide leads to his rehabilitation through the enlightened magnanimity of one of his enemies.
language: English
title: Sophocles: Ajax
titlecomplete: Sophocles: Ajax (Aris and Phillips Classical Texts)
characters: Menelaus, Tecmessa, Odysseus, Agamemnon, Ajax, Teucer, Athena (Greek goddess)
genres: Literature, Classics, Mythology, Drama, Ancient, Tragedy, Plays, Fiction, Poetry, Theatre
ratings_count: 5587
publisher: Liverpool University Press