Sophocles, 1: Ajax/Women of Trachis/Electra/Philoctetes

Ajax

Ajax or Aias (Ancient Greek: Αἴας, gen. Αἴαντος) was a mythological Greek hero, the son of Telamon and Periboea, and king of Salamis. After Achilles, he was the mightiest of the Greek heroes in the Trojan War. Ajax was a huge man, head and shoulders large...