Sophocle, Ajax
edited by Alphonse Dain and translated by Paul Mazon, introduction by Jean Alaux
Paperback (Published)
(January 2001)
ISBN: 9782251799636
4.21 x 7.05 inches
Price: $16.00
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Ajax, ou comment la scene tragique transforme ‘un des grands de l’Iliade en un personnage egare, souffrant, voue a une mort sans gloire au nom des valeurs memes qui firent sa gloire. Sophocle scrute les silences et les ambiguites du texte homerique pour construire le portrait d’un homme victime des dieux, mais aussi de lui-meme et d’un monde ou il n’a plus sa place, celui de la cite classique: dans sa rage d’avoir ete frustre des armes d’Achille au benefice d’Ulysse, Ajax decide de massacrer les chefs grecs qu’il accuse de tromperie, mais la folie envoyee par Athena detourne sa main vers le betail de l’armee revenu a lui, entoure des siens, mais fondamentalement seul comme la plupart des grands heros sophocleens, il se suicide en se jetant sur son epee fixee au sol. Si la tragedie de Sophocle gagne a etre ancree dans l’historicite des representations grecques, la folie melancolique d’Ajax et les echos qu’elle suscite prennent place dans une tres longue duree, qui englobe notre present.
Introduction
Ajax
Quelques apparitions d'Ajax dans l'Iliade et l'Odyssee
Bibliographie
- Introduction by Jean Alaux
- Edited by Alphonse Dain
- Translated by Paul Mazon
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