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ilions-end · 29 days ago

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the way teucer's first action as he mourns ajax is to find ajax' young son and protect him, because "some enemy [might] snatch him up, like the cub of a lioness robbed of her mate" (and you know he's talking about enemies within the greek camp, ajax' and his comrades-in-arms). his immediate, almost instinctual, concern for a warbride's low-status son lacking a normal familial system of protection! it breaks my heart! he's so aware of the risks eurysaces faces. does teucer want to become to eurysaces what ajax was to him, or what telamon wasn't?

#i keep thinking about how teucer is thrown into such a vulnerable position in the midst of despairing over his brother's death #he's suddenly the sole unprivileged defender of himself and his brother and his family against severely hostile and prejudiced authority #but his first thought is still to care for a defenseless young boy even before learning that was exactly what ajax wanted him to #AUGH TEUCERRRR #sophocles your words haunt me forever #the ajax #teucer

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