Swift, Laura
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Abstract
This chapter explores how Sophocles' Ajax presents the concept of the hero. It discusses the play's interrogation of Homeric values, and how it reworks the traditional conflict between the desire for glory and duty to a wider community and adapts it for a fifth century Athenian audience. It examines the different models of heroism that Sophocles presents, contrasting Ajax and Odysseus. Finally, it explores how heroic values relate to hero cult, and the prominence that this is given in the play’s ending.
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| ISBN: | 1-350-07230-3, 978-1-350-07230-5 | ||||||
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| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > Classical Studies Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) |
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| Item ID: | 57451 | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Laura Swift | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2018 16:17 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2020 20:55 | ||||||
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/57451 | ||||||
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