{"product_id":"polytropos-ajax-silvia-speriani-9783111450353","title":"Polytropos Ajax: Roots, Evolution, and Reception of a Multifaceted Hero","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeanings are realized at the point of reception and this volume intends to offer an in-depth discussion of some of the meanings associated with and raised by the figure of Telamonian Ajax at various, specifically contextualized, and yet somehow connectable 'points of reception'. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 1 looks at how, and from where, and with what effects, the epic and tragic figure of Ajax is constructed and re-defined in archaic and classical Greece. Part 2 moves on to Roman Ajax(es), evaluating how he is used in and by Latin literature as a tool for window-references and innovation, and for reflecting on national identity and cultural categories. Part 3 discusses various ways in which the myth of Ajax, especially in its Sophoclean version, has been translated into theatrical, psychological, and philosophical discussions. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is not an attempt to look for Ajax's true nature (an ill-posed question in itself). Nor is it a claim to evaluate Ajax's features as if they could be placed on a straight evolutionary line (they never can be). On the contrary, the volume provides a multiform and interconnected ensemble of relevant patterns, always particularly situated, and constantly changing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Silvia Speriani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 311145035X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783111450353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Silvia Speriani","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46110879842559,"sku":"9783111450353","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7958ba5-3cd7-4a45-ab1d-ac6212ca7f9c.jpg?v=1725470035","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/polytropos-ajax-silvia-speriani-9783111450353","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}