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8505867 No.8505867 [Reply] [Original]

This is such a great play. Poor Ajax, a noble hero tricked into humiliation and suicide by that sociopathic asshole Odysseus. His speech about change is beautiful.

>> No.8505950

I just reread this a couple hours ago and it's hilarious that you apparently couldn't even grasp the basic plot of it.

>> No.8506125

>>8505867
You know Odysseus didn't trick him, right? He even felt bad for Ajax.

Did you just totally gloss over Athena's involvement in the entire play?

>> No.8506461

>>8505950
>>8506125
>sneering at someone that they didn't understand the plot of a play when you yourself can't even grasp the purpose, tone and intention of an image board post

wow oh wow this truly is irony in it's purest form

>> No.8506479

>>8505950
So far as I understood the play was about the conflict between the old Homeric code of honour and the needs of the modern (classical Greek) community. Doesn't stop me from admiring the former more than the latter.

>>8506125
Odysseus tricked him in the awarding of the armour of Achilles, which by rights should have gone to Ajax.

>Did you just totally gloss over Athena's involvement in the entire play?

No, I just hate Odysseus.