Children in Greek tragedy
GM Sifakis - Bulletin of the Institute of Classical studies, 1979 - JSTOR
GM Sifakis
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical studies, 1979•JSTORIn the Ajax of Sophocles Eurysakes, the son of Ajax and Tekmessa, who must be less than
ten years ol is on stage from line 544 to line 595 and is addressed by Ajax in a long speech;
he reappears at line 1 1 is bid by Teukros to stay near the body of Ajax, and remains in view
of the audience until the end of play (that is, for about 250 lines). At the end of Oedipus
Tyrannus Oedipus is allowed to say farewell to his two daughters. They must be very young,
for he says that he would have many things to tell them had they been able to unders him …
ten years ol is on stage from line 544 to line 595 and is addressed by Ajax in a long speech;
he reappears at line 1 1 is bid by Teukros to stay near the body of Ajax, and remains in view
of the audience until the end of play (that is, for about 250 lines). At the end of Oedipus
Tyrannus Oedipus is allowed to say farewell to his two daughters. They must be very young,
for he says that he would have many things to tell them had they been able to unders him …
In the Ajax of Sophocles Eurysakes, the son of Ajax and Tekmessa, who must be less than ten years ol is on stage from line 544 to line 595 and is addressed by Ajax in a long speech; he reappears at line 1 1 is bid by Teukros to stay near the body of Ajax, and remains in view of the audience until the end of play (that is, for about 250 lines).
At the end of Oedipus Tyrannus Oedipus is allowed to say farewell to his two daughters. They must be very young, for he says that he would have many things to tell them had they been able to unders him (151 1-12). A number of children sit among the suppliants to Oedipus at the beginning of the sam play. But neither these children nor Oedipus' daughters say anything.
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