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The Debate of Ajax and
Ulysses: Book XIII Metamorphoses French translation by Jacques Colin, published 1535–40 Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
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| This manuscript contains the episode in Book XIII of Ovid's Metamorphoses in which the heroes Ajax and Ulysses debate their claims to the armour of Achilles before the assembled Greek leaders following his death. Ulysses prevails through his eloquence and cunning, while Ajax, overcome by humiliation and grief, takes his own life. |
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