Aias: A New Translation (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)

by Sophocles

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With the Trojan War won, the Greeks' last great hero, Arias, has suddenly become obsolete. The world is changing - as he witnesses when the armor of his fallen cousin Achilles is awarded not to him but to his crafty comrade Odysseus. When Aias swears vengeance, the goddess Athena clouds his mind with madness - and when his senses clear, he discovers that men he believed he fought and murdered were only the helpless animals and defenseless herdsmen seized by his own army as spoils of war. Shamed beyond redemption, Aias takes his own life, an act that leaves...Read more
  • ISBN10 0062132148
  • ISBN13 9780062132147
  • Publish Date 16 August 2012 (first published 1 July 1999)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Imprint HarperPerennial
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 160
  • Language English