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AJAX.


PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.


Athena.

Ajax.

Odysseus.

Tecmessa.

Teucer.

Menelaus.

Agamemnon.

Chorus of Salaminian Sailors.


Mute Persons.

The child Eurysaces and his attendant.—Two heralds, accompanying Menelaus (v. 1046: see v. 1115).—Two bodyguards, in attendance on Agamemnon.—Attendants of Teucer (v. 1003: cp. vv. 1402 ff.).




Scene: (1) At first, before the tent of Ajax, at the eastern end of the Greek camp, near Cape Rhoeteum on the northern coast of the Troad. (2) After verse 814, a lonely place on the shore of the Hellespont, with underwood or bushes.