# Pity and Compassion in Ajax

> Theme guide for Ajax by Sophocles.

Despite being Ajax's foe, Odysseus expresses pity for him in his distress, and later persuades Agamemnon to allow Ajax's burial, showing that compassion can transcend personal enmity and political power.

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