{"product_id":"9780862920098","title":"Sophocles: Ajax","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSophocles; Stanford, W.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBristol Classical Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophocles' \u003ci\u003eAjax\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most disturbing and powerful \u003cbr\u003esurviving ancient tragedies. But it is also difficult to understand and \u003cbr\u003einterpret. What are we to make of its protagonist's extremism? Does Ajax\u003cbr\u003e deserve the isolation and divine punishment he experiences? Why is his \u003cbr\u003estate of mind so difficult to determine? Dr Hesk offers answers to these\u003cbr\u003e and many other questions by drawing together the very latest critical \u003cbr\u003ework on the play and introducing the reader to key frames for its \u003cbr\u003einterpretation, including Sophoclean heroism, language and form; Homeric\u003cbr\u003e intertextuality and Athens' 'masculinist' culture, and the \u003cbr\u003etwentieth-century reception of \u003ci\u003eAjax\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bristol Classical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43355326349567,"sku":"9780862920098","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_09f50f1c-1f92-423e-9d36-058adaf96ed2.jpg?v=1706102716","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780862920098","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}