Sylvia Liouliou
Ajax, by Sophocles
Does Ajax’ suicide signify the end of the values of the ancient world? Does the dispute over the burial of the solitary hero mark the passage from a “shame culture” to a “guilt culture”? When Achilles’ armour is unfairly awarded to Odysseus, Ajax vows revenge on those who disgraced him. Blinded by the rage that Athena inflicts upon him, he slaughters the Achaeans’ flocks. Humiliated, the Homeric hero chooses to end his life. With Ajax (circa 450 BC) Sylvia Liouliou and a creative group of young artists begin their investigation into ancient Greek drama by tracing the journey of the first suicide in Sophocles’ tragedies.
For the needs of the performance, parts of the historical and literary translation (and interpretation) in Demotic Greek prose by Prof. Panagis Lorentzatos (1932) were reviewed by Nikos A. Panagiotopoulos.
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Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus
- 31/07/2015 at 21:30
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