num_pages: 122
description: 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 to the valor and values of the heroic world, the play moves through a series of reversals: old allies become enemies, honor becomes disgrace, and divine power becomes temporal authority.
language: English
title: Ajax
titlecomplete: Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)
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: Cambridge University Press