Μία ερμηνευτική άποψις επί της τρίτης «ρήσεως» του Αίαντος (στ. 646—692)
Part of : Πλάτων : περιοδικό της Εταιρείας Ελλήνων Φιλολόγων ; Vol.ΚΔ, No.47-48, 1972, pages 106-111
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Ajax's third monologue (646—92) has caused a great dispute, which is still alive. Briefly speaking, there are two schools of thought about this matter : (1) Some scholars are of the epinion that Ajax is speaking sincerely here and that he has decided to give way to divine and human authority, but his decision is frustrated, because the frenzy reappears and strikes him again. (2 ) The majority of scholars believe that Ajax still intends to commit suicide and deliberately uses equivocal speech, so that he can deceive his wife and the Salaminian sailors and kill himself without hindrance. But neither of these views seem to be satisfactory. In this paper it is my contention that Ajax's speech is a piece of s a r c a s t i c i r o n y directed against the idea of the c o m p u l s i o n of f a t e (αναγκαία τύχη), suggested to Ajax by his wife (485). Of course, Tecmessa and the Chorus misunderstand the hero's speech but this is not Ajax's fault ; rather his hearers are unable to perceive the storm of passion behind the curtain of his mind, and accordingly are deluded.
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