Synopsis
Sophocles Plays 2 - Ajax & Women of Trachis & Electra & Philoctetes
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Ajax plots the downfall of Odysseus's greatest Trojan enemy - who
slaughters a whole herd of cattle before killing himself
In Women of Trachis the seemingly docile Deianira prepares a lethal homecoming for her womanising husband Heracles
In Electra the son and daughter of the ill-starred Agamemnon plan their revenge on their usurping stepfather and mother
And finally Philoctetes in which Sophocles brilliantly explores the themes of pain, love and the betrayal of trust