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Ajax by Sophocles

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Author Biography

Name: Sophocles
Birth Date: 496 B.C.
Death Date: 406 B.C.
Place of Birth: Colonus
Nationality: Greek
Gender: Male
Occupations: dramatist

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Biography of Sophocles
5009 words, approx. 16.7 pages
During the fifth century B.C., the Golden Age of Athens, new forms of art and literature were being developed with extraordinary speed and energy. One of the most important of these forms was Tragedy, and the preeminence of Aeschylus. Sophocles, and Euri...
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Biography of Sophocles
4901 words, approx. 16.3 pages
During the fifth century B.C., the Golden Age of Athens, new forms of art and literature were being developed with extraordinary speed and energy. One of the most important of these forms was Tragedy, and the preeminence of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euri...
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Biography of Sophocles
1740 words, approx. 5.8 pages
The Greek tragedian Sophocles (496-406 BC) ranks foremost among Greek classical dramatists and has been called the poet of Greek humanism par excellence. The son of Sophilus, a well-to-do industrialist, Sophocles was born in Colonus near Athens and grew...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Ajax Information
548 words, approx. 2 pages
Ajax Ajax preparing for suicide Written by Sophocles Chorus Sailors from Salamis Characters Athena Odysseus Ajax Tecmessa Messenger Teucer Menelaus Agamemnon Mute Attendants Servants Soldiers Eurysaces For other things named Ajax, see Ajax Ajax is...


News and Journals
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Reuters North American News Service
Soccer-South Africa name squads for U.S. and Canada friendlies
11/7/2007: 304 words, approx. 1 pages
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 7 (Reuters) - South Africa named two separate squads on Wednesday for international friendlies against the United States and Canada later this month. Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said he would use the matches to look at various options before settling on the...
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AP News
Wigan beats Newcastle in Premier League
2/25/2007: 313 words, approx. 1 pages
Wigan improved its chances of avoiding relegation by beating Newcastle 1-0 Sunday in the Premier League.Matt Taylor scored with a 25-yard free kick after U.S. defender Oguchi Onyewu fouled Leighton Baines in the 40th minute. Twelve minutes earlier, Wigan goalkeeper John Filan saved a penalty...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Ruth Scodel
11,883 words, approx. 40 pages
In the following excerpt, Scodel describes the society Sophocles lived in and its history, presents a character study of Ajax, and analyzes the dual themes of hybris and sophrosyne in the play.
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Critical Essay by Cedric H. Whitman
9,913 words, approx. 33 pages
In the following excerpt, Whitman explores Ajax's motivation as a hero, commenting on whether what he displays is actually hybris, and on what ideas Sophocles expresses concerning the individual and society.
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Critical Essay by Marc Ringer
8,266 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following excerpt, Ringer explores the metatheatrical elements of the Ajax as well as Sophocles's technique for depicting his hero as a displaced man full of contradictions.
 
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Essay Grade: 88%
Comparison of Sophocles's "Ajax" and "Oedipus the King"
668 words, approx. 2 pages
In "Ajax" and "Oedipus the King" by the ancient Greek writer Sophocles, Ajax and Oedipus are different in their position, yet similar in the manner in which pity is engendered through their punishment. These two aspects of the plays are essential, for both deal with the reason and justification for death and blindness, which are central to understanding Ajax and Oedipus the King.


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Ajax by Sophocles

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