Ajax
By: Sophocles ; translated by John Tipton ; foreword by Stanley Lombardo
Contributors: Tipton, John
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Flood Editions
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780978746759
Subjects: Drama
Work titles: Ajax
Description: "Written in the fifth century BC, 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." "Formally terse, this translation conveys the force and urgency of Sophocles' Greek."--BOOK JACKET.