hatred

Core Vocab: ekhthros

This time the Core Vocab word, taken from terms in H24H and the associated Sourcebook, is ekhthros [ἐχθρός], glossed as ‘enemy [within the community], non-philos.’ It seemed appropriate to look at this word initially in the context of this month's Book Club selection, Sophocles' Ajax, in which it appears several times and might be considered one of the key words for this drama. Read more