See also:

• AJAX
• AJAX (Gr. Alas)

AJAX (Gr. Alas)  , a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero, son of 011eus, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Locris, called the " lesser " or Locrian See also:

• AJAX
• AJAX (Gr. Alas)

Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax, son of Telamon . In spite of his small stature, he held his own amongst the other heroes before See also:

• TROY
• TROY, JEAN FRANCOIS DE (1679–1752)

Troy; he was brave, next to See also:

• ACHILLES
• ACHILLES (Gr. 'AxtXXeus)

Achilles in swiftness of See also:

• FOOT

foot and famous for throwing the See also:

• SPEAR (O. Eng. spere, O. H. Ger. sper, mod. Ger. speer, &c., cf. Lat. sparrs; probably related to " spar, " a beam)

spear . But he was boastful, arrogant and quarrelsome; like the Telamonian Ajax, he was the enemy of See also:

• ODYSSEUS (in Latin Ulixes, incorrectly written Ulysses)

Odysseus, and in the end the victim of the vengeance of Athene, who wrecked his See also:

• SHIP

ship on his homeward voyage (Odyssey, iv . 499) . A later See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story gives a more definite See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the offence of which he was guilty . It is said that, after the fall of Troy, he dragged See also:

• CASSANDRA

Cassandra away by force from the statue of the goddess at which she had taken See also:

• REFUGE

refuge as a suppliant, and even violated her (See also:

• LYCOPHRON

Lycophron, 36o, See also:

• QUINTUS

Quintus Smyrnaeus x111 . 422) . For this, his ship was wrecked in a See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• EUBOEA (pronounced Evvia in the modern language)

Euboea, and he himself was struck by See also:

• LIGHTNING

lightning (See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil, Aen. i . 40) . He was said to have lived after his See also:

• DEATH

death in the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Leuke . He was worshipped as a See also:

• NATIONAL

national hero by the Opuntian Locrians (on whose coins he appears), who always See also:

• LEFT

left a vacant See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place for him in the ranks of their See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army when See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up in See also:

• BATTLE

battle See also:

• ARRAY (from the O. Fr. areyer, Med. Lat. arredare, to get ready)

array . He was the subject of a lost tragedy by See also:

• SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.c.)

Sophocles .

The See also:

• RAPE
• RAPE (from Lat. rapere, to seize)
• RAPE (Lat. rapum or rapa, turnip)

rape of Cassandra by Ajax was frequently represented in Greek See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• ART

art, for instance on the See also:

• CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

chest of Cypselus described by See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias (v . 17) and in extant works .