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Polytropos Ajax
Roots, Evolution, and Reception of a Multifaceted HeroTrends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes, Band 168 1. Aufl.
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99,95 € |
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| Verlag: | De Gruyter |
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| Veröffentl.: | 07.10.2024 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783111450469 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 231 |
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Beschreibungen
<p>Meanings are realized at the point of reception and this volume intends to offer an in-depth discussion of some of the meanings associated with and raised by the figure of Telamonian Ajax at various, specifically contextualized, and yet somehow connectable ‘points of reception’. </p>
<p>Part 1 looks at how, and from where, and with what effects, the epic and tragic figure of Ajax is constructed and re-defined in archaic and classical Greece. Part 2 moves on to Roman Ajax(es), evaluating how he is used in and by Latin literature as a tool for window-references and innovation, and for reflecting on national identity and cultural categories. Part 3 discusses various ways in which the myth of Ajax, especially in its Sophoclean version, has been translated into theatrical, psychological, and philosophical discussions. </p>
<p>This is not an attempt to look for Ajax’s true nature (an ill-posed question in itself). Nor is it a claim to evaluate Ajax’s features as if they could be placed on a straight evolutionary line (they never can be). On the contrary, the volume provides a multiform and interconnected ensemble of relevant patterns, always particularly situated, and constantly changing. </p>
<p>Part 1 looks at how, and from where, and with what effects, the epic and tragic figure of Ajax is constructed and re-defined in archaic and classical Greece. Part 2 moves on to Roman Ajax(es), evaluating how he is used in and by Latin literature as a tool for window-references and innovation, and for reflecting on national identity and cultural categories. Part 3 discusses various ways in which the myth of Ajax, especially in its Sophoclean version, has been translated into theatrical, psychological, and philosophical discussions. </p>
<p>This is not an attempt to look for Ajax’s true nature (an ill-posed question in itself). Nor is it a claim to evaluate Ajax’s features as if they could be placed on a straight evolutionary line (they never can be). On the contrary, the volume provides a multiform and interconnected ensemble of relevant patterns, always particularly situated, and constantly changing. </p>
<p><strong>Silvia Speriani</strong>, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; <strong>Stephen J. Harrison</strong>, Professor of Latin Literature at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK. </p>
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