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grbs-9561	Burian, Peter	Supplication and Hero Cult in Sophocles’ Ajax	1972	6	.pdf	application/pdf	2624	148	71	151 FOR JOHN V. A. FINE Supplication and Hero Cult in Sophocles~ Ajax Peter Burian JEBB' in his edition of Ajax, suggested the hero's cult in Attica as a clue to the play's dramatic unity.1 On this view, the death of Ajax is not the climax of the tragedy; the securing of funeral rites is essential for his consecration as a hero, and thus would be, for an Athenian audience, the natural goal of the action. 151 152 SUPPLICATION AND HERO CULT IN SOPHOCLES' AJAX Tecmessa returns with the child, the dramatic focus of the play has shifted to the issue of Ajax's burial.	cache/grbs-9561.pdf	txt/grbs-9561.txt