person
Ajax (son of Oileus)
Ajax the Locrian
also: Oilean Ajax, Locrian Ajax
Ajax son of Oileus, leader of the Locrians; in the storm he defies Pallas's lightning and is drowned when Neptune splits his rock. Distinct from the Telamonian Ajax.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §549 Ajax struggles on
Ajax son of Oileus, the Locrian, who alone defies the storm and Pallas's lightning before Neptune drowns him.