by Sófocles · Signatura Ediciones de Andalucia · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495122650
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«Ayax» is the Greek tragedy by Sophocles, published by Signatura Ediciones de Andalucía in paperback (88 pages, in Spanish).
Greek tragedy featuring Ajax, hero of classical mythology. Sophocles shows how the character's honor clashes with fate and leads to madness and suffering. The work explores dignity and the human condition, with a protagonist marked by his pride and personal tragedy.
Published in 2002, the work falls within ancient and classical literature and classical texts.
For students of classical literature and readers interested in Greek theatre and mythology.
Sophocles was an ancient Greek tragedian, one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote more than 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens, which took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia. He competed in 30 competitions, won 24, and was never judged lower than second place. Aeschylus won 13 competitions and was sometimes beaten by Sophocles; Euripides won four.
