person
Ajax
also: Aiax, Aiacem
The Greek hero who, maddened, slaughtered the army's flocks thinking them his enemies; contrasted with Agamemnon's 'sane' sacrifice of his own daughter.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.15 Ajax
Telamonian Ajax, 'swift in pursuit,' one of the Greeks who will hunt Paris down.
- The Odes §2.4 Ajax, son of Telamon
Telamonian Ajax, mastered in turn by the beauty of his captive Tecmessa.
- The Satires §2.3 does Ajax
The Greek hero who in madness slaughtered the army's flocks for his enemies; set against Agamemnon's cold killing of his daughter.