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Ajax
Greek hero of the Trojan War, 'lord of the sevenfold shield'; maddened by the loss of Achilles' arms, he slaughtered flocks of sheep mistaking them for the Greek chiefs.
Reading notes
- The Loves §1.7 Ajax
Greek hero who, maddened at losing the arms of Achilles, butchered flocks of sheep mistaking them for his enemies.
- The Art of Love §2.32 son of Telamon
Ajax, son of Telamon, mightiest of the Greeks in arms after Achilles.
- The Heroides §3 sons of Telamon
Ajax, son of Telamon, one of the envoys sent to win Achilles back; 'the brother of Teucer.'
- Letters from the Black Sea §4.7 the Greek ships, Ajax
Ajax, who in the Iliad held off Hector's firebrands from the beached Greek ships; the heroic standard to which Ovid likens Vestalis's stand.
- Metamorphoses §10.296 bravest of heroes
Ajax, son of Telamon, whose name (AIAS) the hyacinth's marks AI AI would later also recall.
- Metamorphoses §12.383 the sons of Telamon
The great Telamonian Ajax, one of the two who dare contend for Achilles's arms.
- Metamorphoses §13.384 Ajax
The greater Ajax, son of Telamon, bearer of the huge sevenfold shield; the mightiest Greek after Achilles.