Ajax
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Ajax is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes the downfall and suicide of the great warrior Ajax after the Trojan War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ajax canonical | 5 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek tragedy
ⓘ
play ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| author | Sophocles ⓘ |
| basedOn | myth of Ajax son of Telamon ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
conflict between individual and community
ⓘ
heroic code ⓘ honor ⓘ madness ⓘ shame ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| exploresConcept |
divine influence on human actions
ⓘ
loyalty to comrades ⓘ reputation after death ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
Greek warrior
ⓘ
divine intervener ⓘ tragic hero ⓘ |
| featuresDeity |
Athena
ⓘ
Olympian gods ⓘ
surface form:
gods of Olympus
|
| featuresEvent |
Odysseus arguing for mercy toward Ajax
ⓘ
dispute over Ajax’s burial ⓘ suicide of Ajax ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasForm | verse drama ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalContext | Trojan War ⓘ |
| hasStructureElement |
episodes
ⓘ
exodos ⓘ parodos ⓘ prologue ⓘ stasima ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Classical Greek drama ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Athenian tragedy ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Agamemnon
ⓘ
Ajax self-linksurface differs ⓘ Athena ⓘ Chorus of Salaminian sailors ⓘ Menelaus ⓘ Odysseus ⓘ Tecmessa ⓘ Teucer ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf |
fragments of Sophocles
ⓘ
surface form:
Sophoclean corpus
|
| plotSummary | Ajax is driven mad by Athena, slaughters livestock thinking they are his enemies, regains his senses, and ultimately commits suicide from shame ⓘ |
| setting | Greek camp at Troy ⓘ |
| survivingStatus | extant Greek tragedy ⓘ |
| timeOfSetting | after the events of the Iliad ⓘ |
| title | Ajax self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ajax (Sophocles)