Sophocles II: Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra & Philoctetes - The Complete Greek Tragedies, Vol 09

Sophocles

University Of Chicago Press

1992

260 páginas

8h 40m

ISBN-13: 9780226307862

"Ajax" is probably the earliest extant play of Sophocles. Sophocles is the earliest known playwright to use painted scenery. He also decreased the importance of the chorus, added a third actor, and abandoned the trilogy format (each play is complete by itself). Ajax is the classical Greek tragedy about the downfall of a man who is sinned against and has a tragic flaw; in this case, insolence and pride