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.
