Aias
mythological figure · 4 works · 5 mentions · 7 anchored passages
Ajax · a second Aias · son of Telamon
in the texts
Helen
Son of Telamon, half-brother of Teucer; killed himself after losing the contest for Achilleus's armor, precipitating Teucer's exile.
The death of my brother Aias at Troy was my ruin.
Teucer:
Teucer:
The Trojan Women
Achaean warrior (the Lesser Ajax) who violently dragged Cassandra from Athena's shrine, an act of sacrilege that motivates the gods' plot against the Achaean fleet.
when Aias dragged away Cassandra by force.
it seems a second Aias has appeared to wrong your daughter;
Alcibiades
Legendary Homeric hero, father of Eurysaces, ancestral figure claimed by Alcibiades' family.
The family of Alcibiades, it is thought, may be traced back to Eurysaces, the son of Aias, as its founder;
Theseus
Hero identified as the son of Periboea, Theseus's wife.
also to have married Periboea, the mother of Aias, and Phereboea afterwards, and Iope, the daughter of Iphicles;