The Hero Ajax | Webinar for "Building the Future, Encounter with Greek Theater" project

Ajax: Losing one’s honor

Luca Micheletti, director of Sophocles' Ajax, and Walter Lapini, lecturer and translator from Greek, talk about the play. The video opens with greetings from Marina Valensise (INDA). Introduced by Caterina Mordeglia, moderated by Francesco Morosi.

Ajax Phaedra

The voices of confrontation

"Ajax is an isolated hero, not just because no one is on his side, but because he is a timeless hero out of context. A hero of shame in the civilization of guilt."

Walter Lapini, lecturer and translator

Group of people sitting on outdoor stone steps, smiling at the camera. One person holds a book titled "Elettra." Sunny day with a blue sky.

"My Ajax will be a man wounded by meeting for the first time the part of himself he thought he did not possess, essentially seeing himself as insane. He is an out of place, excessive hero."

Luca Michieletti, director

A man and a woman attentively listening in an audience setting. The woman rests her chin on her hand, and both wear glasses.

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