person
Ajax
also: Αἴας
A great Achaean warrior at Troy (son of Telamon) who died on the voyage home, drowned by Poseidon on the Gyraean rocks after boasting he had escaped the gods' will.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §1.131 Ajax
Son of Telamon and, after Achilles, the Achaeans' mightiest warrior; a massive, steady defensive fighter, famous for his great shield, who holds the line and duels Hector to a draw in Book 7.
- The Odyssey §3.103 Ajax
A great Achaean warrior who died at Troy; Nestor names him among the fallen, and Menelaus's tale (Book 4) recounts his drowning at sea for his own boastfulness.
- The Odyssey §4.492 Ajax
The Achaean warrior whose drowning at the Gyraean rocks Proteus recounts to Menelaus, in full and gruesome detail.
- The Odyssey §11.510 Ajax, son of Telamon
Still furious even in death that Odysseus won Achilles's armour over him in the judgement of the Argives; he refuses to speak and withdraws in silence.
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The Iliad
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