Ajax

Description

Ajax is a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles in the 5th century BCE. It is the story of the warrior Ajax and takes place after the events of the Iliad and before the end of the Trojan war. After Achilles is killed in battle, the two kings, Agamemnon and Menelaus award his armor to Odysseus. However, Ajax feels that it should have been given to him and as revenge, decides to kill them. Instead, he is led by Athena into killing the spoils of the Greek army and when he realises what he has done, he is overcome with shame and decides to take his life.

Part of the Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Great Books of the Western World set.

This book has 11,661 words, and 39 pages in the PDF version. This translation by R. C. Trevelyan was first published in 1919.

Production notes: This ebook of Ajax was published by Global Grey on the 12th July 2018, and updated on the 5th December 2022. The artwork used for the cover is 'Odysseus before Alcinous, King of the Phaeacians' by August Malmström.