Ulysses, the friend /enemy
Abstract
In the Ajax, Sophocles has created a wise Ulysses, who mirrors the central subject of the tragedy, namely that of friendship / enmity (in the prologue, second episode and exodus), elaborated from Il. VII 299-302. Ulysses has the ability to transform his enmity (prologue: first scene) into friendship (exodus) thanks to the compassion that he acquires through knowledge (prologue: third scene). Ulysses acts with sophrosyne, in other words, to measure his behaviour. This also reflects the harmonic measure which structures the whole play.
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