The Ajax (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Ajax There is, perhaps, no extant work of Sophocles in which his power over crude material is better displayed than in the Ajax. N 0 other exhibits higher skill in varying a story of few elements; in untwisting rough strands of thought, and leading them into finer threads in relieving the breadth of epic colour ing with new lights and shadows; 'and this without breaking the contour, without marring the severity, of shapes long held divine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.