https://periodicos.unb.br:443/index.php/archai/issue/feed 2021-02-22T15:44:20-03:00 Gabriele Cornelli archaijournal@unb.br Open Journal Systems <div style="text-align: justify;"> <p><em>Archai: The Origins of Western Thought</em> is published by Archai: The Origins of Western Thought UNESCO Chair. It is published in Brazil (University of Brasília/Annablume) and in Portugal (Coimbra University Press, IUC) in print and with free online access to the electronic version. All manuscripts will undergo <em>blind-review</em> by peers. It is indexed by <em>Web of Science (Clarivate), Scopus (Elsevier), SciELO, L’Année Philologique</em>,<em> Philosopher‘s Index</em>,<em> <a href="https://philpapers.org/pub/89414" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Phil Papers </a>, European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences </em>(ERIH Plus)<em>, </em>DOAJ<em>, Phil Brasil</em>,<em> Latindex</em>,<em> Cengage Learning</em>,<em> Google Schoolar</em>,<em> BASE</em>,<em> Diadorim</em>,<em> PKP Index and </em>in the<em> Portal de Periódicos - </em>CAPES, Brazil. <em>Archai</em> is classified as A2, the second best grade of its field (Philosophy) in the latest Qualis CAPES evaluation<em>. </em>Follow the <em>Archai </em>journal on <a title="https://www.facebook.com/revistarchai/?ref=ts&amp;fref=ts" href="https://www.facebook.com/revistarchai/?ref=ts&amp;fref=ts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a>.</p> </div> https://periodicos.unb.br:443/index.php/archai/article/view/36608 2021-02-22T15:44:20-03:00 Esteban Singh Caro estebanscaro@usal.es

<p>In Sophocles’ Ajax, a recurring conflict between two axiological systems gets thematized: the archaic, in which agonal values and personal excellence predominate, and the enlightened, which corresponds to the demands of already-developed cities (<em>poleis</em>) and their values of equality and communal deliberation. This conflict is developed from a topic typical of the practical ideology of the time: the problem of measure and excess (<em>metron</em>/<em>hybris</em>). The present work will account for the peculiar Sophoclean treatment of this problem through the analysis of the lexicon in different passages of the work. As will be seen, characters as antagonistic as Ajax, Menelaus, and Agamemnon nonetheless concord in word choice when substantiating their decisions regarding how to act in situations of conflict. These words define common concepts typical of the archaic heroic code. On the contrary, other characters such as Tecmesa, the sailors’ choir, Odysseus himself, and Athena take different perspectives that are linked to enlightened demands.<strong>&nbsp; </strong></p>

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