The sources of Ajax
Where Ajax names another work or author, the harvest records the passage that does it and the chapter that passage stands in. 2 citations across 1 chapter, drawn from 2 named sources; 0 of those sources stand in the library. 2 works in the library quote it back.
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2 sourcesEach stands at a single passage. The chapter carries the anchors.
- ajax 2 sources
- Prophecy of Calchas concerning Ajax · Proverb about gifts of enemies
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2 citations · from 2 worksThe harvest records where a citation is made: the paragraph in the citing book, and the chapter that paragraph stands in. It does not record which page of this book is meant. Where the citing text names a locus, you will find it in the quotation.
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Stromata Clement of Alexandria 1 neutral 1 citation
The quoted lament matches the tragic hero Ajax's speech from Sophocles's play of that name.
" Nor is Ajax silent, but, about to slay himself, cries out:
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Dissertations on Early Law and Custom Henry Sumner Maine 1 neutral 1 citation
Explicitly cited by line reference.
There is a startling contrast between the last prayer of Ajax to Zeus that he be at least buried, so that dogs and birds eat not his body, and the prayer of the devout Zoroastrian that he be not buried, and that dogs and birds do eat his remains.
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