Silence gives the proper grace to women.

γύναι, γυναιξὶ κόσμον ἡ σιγὴ φέρει.

Sophocles

Ajax

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Discreet women Patriarchy

Speaker

Tecmessa

Author

Sophocles

Source

Ajax

Medium

Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

440 BC 440s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Sophocles. Αἴας [Ajax]. c. 441 BCE, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Sophocles. "Ajax." Electra and Other Plays, translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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