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Chapter companions for Ajax by Sophocles.
Chapter 1
Dramatis Personae
A list of characters and setting for the play, including the Greek heroes Ajax, Odysseus, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and others, set on the shore before Ajax's tent in the Troad.
Chapter 2
Ajax
Ajax — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
Chapter 3
Endnotes
The endnotes provide scholarly annotations on the text, clarifying references to Odysseus's parentage, wordplay on Ajax's name, the meaning of Eurysaces, textual variants, Homeric divergences, the reproachful term 'archer,' and an allusion to the story of Cresphontes.