Telamonian Ajax: a study of his reception in archaic and classical Greece

Thesis

This thesis is a systematic study of the representations of Telamonian Ajax in archaic and classical Greece. Its aim is to trace, examine, and understand how and why the constitutive elements of his myth evolved in the way they did in the long chain of its receptions. Particular attention is paid to the historical, socio-cultural and performative contexts of the literary works and visual representations I analyse as well as to the audience for which these were produced. The study is divide...

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Authors: Bocksberger, S

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Keywords: Ajax
• Subjects: Antisthenes, approximately 445 B.C.-approximately 360 B.C.; Aeschylus; Pindar; Ajax (Greek mythological figure); Ajax (Sophocles); Iliad (Homer); Greece--Aegina Island