Aias Mastigophoros: Divine Ostentation within a Play

The paper analyses a short scene that forms part of the opening of Sophocles’ Aias (66–133): Aias, suffering from the madness that was inflicted upon him by Athena, is displayed by the goddess to Odysseus. In the corpus of extant ancient drama, this inset appears to be unique. Its expressive power...

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Main Author: Andreja Inkret
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2019-12-01
Series:Clotho
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/clotho/article/view/8866