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Ajax the Lesser
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mythological Greek character, son of Oileus
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Oileus
- Occupation
- politician
- Conflict
- Trojan War
- Image
- Ajax the Lesser, Son of Oileus, by Francesco Sabatelli 1829.png
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- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- Commons category
- Ajax the Lesser
- present in work
- Iliad
- different from
- Ajax the Great
- name in native language
- Αἴᾱς
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Encyclopedic overview
Ajax the Lesser and Cassandra on an Attic-red figure cup, Louvre. Scene from the Trojan War: Cassandra clings to the Palladium, the wooden cult image of Athene, while Ajax the Lesser is about to drag her away in front of her father Priam (standing on the left). Fresco from the atrium of the Casa del Menandro (I 10, 4) in Pompeii. Ajax, 1820 painting by Henri Serrur
Ajax (Ancient Greek: Αἴας, romanized: Aíās) was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. He was called the "Ajax the Less", the "lesser" or "Locrian" Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. He was the leader of the Locrian contingent during the Trojan War. He is a significant figure in Homer's Iliad and is also mentioned in the Odyssey, in Virgil's Aeneid and in Euripides' The Trojan Women. In Etruscan legend, he was known as Aivas Vilates.
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