If we are to trust Odysseus’ words, after having met Achilles in the Underworld, he was surrounded by the ghosts of many other dead people; all of them wanted to tell him their melancholy stories; all of them wanted to ask him things about life on earth. Ajax ’s wife, Tecmessa, after explaining to the Chorus how Ajax is filled with remorse on discovering what he has done, expresses her fear that he may do something even more dreadful, and pleads with him not to leave her and her child unprotected. ("Agamemnon", "Hom.

View a map of the most frequently mentioned places in this document. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. Commentary references to this page “Even if we are not allowed to burn him on a pyre,” Teucer says, “it is too cruel to leave the great Ajax to be the food of vultures and dogs.” However, Agamemnon declined Teucer’s demand, even though Odysseus himself urged him not to. Über Tekmessas späteres Schicksal schweigt die Überlieferung. Ajax becomes furious about this and decides to kill them.

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Ajax is mortified he wasn't chosen so intended to butcher the generals of the Greek army outside the walls of Troy- Odysseus, Agamemnon and Menelaus.

It was left to Agamemnon, the leader of the Achaeans, to make the final decision.

Tekmessa (altgriechisch ΤέκμησσαTékmēssa) ist in der griechischen Mythologie die Tochter des phrygischen Königs Teleutas, der bei Dictys Cretensis Teuthras genannt wird.

The daughter of the Phrygian king Teleutas, whose territory was ravaged by the Greeks during a predatory excursion from Troy. by Bryan Doerries. (1): Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page Now, some say that, as far as Agamemnon was concerned, this decision wasn’t at all problematic.

Athena, as always, favours Odysseus and afflicted Ajax with delusional madness so he slaughtered the cattle and sheep the Greeks had as captured spoils.


Edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. Sophocles’ Ajax tells the story of a fierce warrior who slips into a depression near the end of The Trojan War, after losing his best friend, Achilles. 9.1", "denarius").

Download Pleiades ancient places geospacial dataset for this text. Chorus [525] Ajax, I wish that pity touched your heart as it does mine. changes, storing new additions in a versioning system. Leaving Tecmessa behind him to guard Ajax’s corpse, Teucer went straight to Agamemnon demanding a proper funeral for such a great hero. Leaving Tecmessa behind him to guard Ajax’s corpse, Teucer went straight to Agamemnon demanding a proper funeral for such a great hero. (1): Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page This work is licensed under a Tecmessa’s plea to Ajax for a sympathetic response is strengthened by a description of how she and Eurysaces will be brutalized by the Atridae should Ajax remain heedless (485–524); cf.

Ajax and Odysseus were the clear favorites to get it from the outset: not only both of them were accomplished and fearsome warriors in their own right, but also, it was none other than them who courageously managed to defend the body of Achilles after his heel was pierced by an arrow of Paris.

Ajax didn’t take the decision lightly; on the contrary, in fact, he started planning his revenge the minute he heard it. The Tecmessa Project presents readings of Sophocles’s Ajax, an ancient play about the visible and invisible wounds of war, as the catalyst for discussions focusing on the unique challenges faced by military family members, including couples, children, caregivers, and communities. Enter Tecmessa, with Eurysaces.