Sophocles: Ajax

by A. F. Garvie

Overview

Ajax, perhaps the earliest surviving tragedy of Sophocles, presents the downfall and disgrace of a great hero whose suicide leads to his rehabilitation through the enlightened magnanimity of one of his enemies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780856686603
Publisher:	Liverpool University Press
Publication date:	02/01/1998
Series:	Aris and Phillips Classical Texts
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 5.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

A. F. Garvie is Professor Emeritus of Greek in the University of Glasgow. He has written widely on Greek tragedy and edited Aeschylus: Choephori (Oxford, 1986), Homer: Odyssey VI-VIII (Cambridge, 1994) and Sophocles: Ajax (Warminster, 1998).

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Bibliography
Ajax: Text and translation
Commentary
Metrical Appendix
Index