χάριζ χάριν ψάρ έστιν ή τίκτονσ' άεί. Una lectura de Sófocles, Áyax 522

χάριζ and the ethics of reciprocity that this concept involves are essential to understand Ajax, the first Sophoclean tragedy which is still extant. In particular, we propose a reflexion about the use of this term in v. 522 and a new reading, which involves a revaluation of the scene and a better comprehension of the rhetorical effect that underlies in the passage and, in general, along Tecmessa’s speech, to which this verse belongs.