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Ajax at first gets the better of the encounter, wounding Hector with his spear and knocking him down with a large stone, [8] but Hector battles on until the heralds, acting at the direction of Zeus, call a draw, with the two combatants exchanging gifts, Ajax giving Hector his "war-belt, glistening purple" and Hector giving Ajax his "silver ...
Ajax preparing for suicide in a depiction by the black-figure vase painter Exekias, ca. 540 BCE. Ajax, as he appears in this play, in the Iliad, and other myths, is a heroic figure, a "rugged giant", with strength, courage and the ability to think quickly well beyond the normal standards of mankind. He was considered a legendary character to ...
Ajax (Ancient Greek: Αἴας Aias according to Graves means "of the earth". [1]) was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. He was called the "Ajax the Less", the "lesser" or "Locrian" Ajax, [2] to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. He was the leader of the Locrian contingent during the Trojan War.
Laodamas was a Trojan warrior killed by Ajax. [26] Laodamas, a Lycian killed by Neoptolemus during the Trojan War. [27] Laodamas, son of Hector and Andromache and brother of Astyanax. [28] Unlike Astyanax, he was spared by the Greeks and stayed by his mother's side. [29] Laodamas, a prince of Scheria as son of King Alcinous and Arete of the ...
Ajax the Greater: Agelaus Ajax the Greater: Eniopeus Diomedes: Meneclus Nestor: Scylaceus Hector Achilles: Agenor Neoptolemus: Ennomus Neoptolemus: Menes Neoptolemus: Simoisius Ajax the Greater: Hippothous Ajax the Greater: Agestratus Ajax the Greater: Enyeus Ajax the Greater: Menoetes Teucer: Socus Odysseus: Memnon Achilles: Alastor Odysseus ...
He was not alone, for with him were the two sons of Antenor, Arkhilokhos and Akamas, both skilled in all the arts of war." [24] While in Book 14, Acamas avenged the death of his brother, who had been killed by Ajax, by slaying Promachus the Boeotian. "But he knew well who it was, and the Trojans were greatly vexed with grief [akhos].
In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (/ æ ɡ ə ˈ m ɛ m n ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Ἀγαμέμνων Agamémnōn) was a king of Mycenae who commanded the Achaeans during the Trojan War.He was the son (or grandson) of King Atreus and Queen Aerope, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra, and the father of Iphigenia, Iphianassa, Electra, Laodike, Orestes and Chrysothemis. [1]
In the Iliad, Hector's exploits in the war prior to the events of the book are recapitulated. He had fought the Greek champion Protesilaus in single combat at the start of the war and killed him. A prophecy had stated that the first Greek to land on Trojan soil would die. Thus, Protesilaus, Ajax, and Odysseus would not land. Finally, Odysseus ...