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The book is a pleasure to read, and one always has the feeling that B. writes both as a meticulous academic and as a true enthusiast of ancient Greece. The major strength of the book lies in its multidisciplinary approach: its promenade in Ajax's company is investigated in the true spirit of lebendiges Ganzes philology. Therefore, it will constitute the new reference work on the hero, and thanks to the many and various topics addressed it will interest scholars of ancient history, religion, art and literature. * GIACOMO SCAVELLO, The Classical Review * This book will reward patient readers with important new insights into the nature of Athenian law and democracy. * Matthew Pincus, University of Virginia, Religious Studies Review *

The book is a pleasure to read, and one always has the feeling that B. writes both as a meticulous academic and as a true enthusiast of ancient Greece. The major strength of the book lies in its multidisciplinary approach: its promenade in Ajax's company is investigated in the true spirit of lebendiges Ganzes philology. Therefore, it will constitute the new reference work on the hero, and thanks to the many and various topics addressed it will interest scholars of ancient history, religion, art and literature. * GIACOMO SCAVELLO, The Classical Review *

The book is a pleasure to read, and one always has the feeling that B. writes both as a meticulous academic and as a true enthusiast of ancient Greece. The major strength of the book lies in its multidisciplinary approach: its promenade in Ajax's company is investigated in the true spirit of lebendiges Ganzes philology. Therefore, it will constitute the new reference work on the hero, and thanks to the many and various topics addressed it will interest scholars of ancient history, religion, art and literature. * GIACOMO SCAVELLO, The Classical Review *

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Sophie Marianne Bocksberger read Classics, English Literature, and Old French at the University of Lausanne, after which she studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. She received a scholarship from the Berrow Foundation to write a DPhil in Classics at the University of Oxford, which she completed in 2016. She has taught at Oxford (Somerville College and Brasenose College) since then. In 2018, she was awarded a fellowship by the Swiss National Fund, and in 2019 she became an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin. She is currently working on ancient dance.

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