Ajax
quoted 15 times by 3 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Ajax the figure
Most often quoted — the words themselves, in quotation. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
12 quoted · 3 reported
15 neutralin the voice of Hektor 2 , Menelaos 2 , Achilles 1 , Athena 1 , Chorus 1 , Helen 1 , Idaios 1 , Messenger 1 , Odysseus 1 , Patroklos 1
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in the voice of Hektor
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Iliad Homer 10 neutral 10 citations · 11 passages
book 3 2 passages anchored here · book 7 4 passages anchored here · book 9 · book 11 · book 15 · book 16 · book 17Hektor responds directly to Ajax, asserting his own martial experience before they fight.
And Hektor answered, "Noble Ajax, son of Telamon, leader of the host, treat me not as though I were some puny boy or woman that cannot fight.
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in the voice of Athena
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Ajax Sophocles 4 neutral 4 citations · 6 passages
Athena's calls are direct speech commands.
To Ajax.
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in the voice of Odysseus
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Odyssey Homer 1 neutral 1 citation
Odysseus's attempt to pacify Ajax is presented as direct speech.
"When I saw him I tried to pacify him and said, ‘Ajax, will you not forget and forgive even in death, but must the judgment about that hateful armor still rankle with you?
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