Death of Aias
event · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Aias's suicide · fell on his own sword
in the texts
Helen
The suicide of Aias by his own sword after losing the contest for Achilleus's armor, which leads to Teucer's exile.
Teucer:
The death of my brother Aias at Troy was my ruin.
Isthmean
The suicide of the hero Aias, who fell on his own sword after being overcome by trickery, bringing blame on the Greek army.
Indeed, you know of the bloodstained might of Aias, which late at night he pierced by falling on his own sword, thus bringing blame on all the sons of the Greeks who went to Troy.