Ajax the Lesser

Died c. 1184 BCE

Swift leader of the Locrians in the Iliad, drowned on his way home in the Odyssey.

Ajax the Lesser is a Greek hero from legend and epic tradition.

This is a figure of legend or epic. The dates are estimates from the setting of the story, not historical facts.

Known as

Greek hero

Category

Legends & Epics

Died

c. 1184 BCE, Gyraean Rock

From the same age of legend

• Achilles Died c. 1184 BCE, Greek hero
• Ajax the Great Died c. 1184 BCE, Greek hero
• Deiphobus Died c. 1184 BCE, Trojan prince
• Hector Died c. 1184 BCE, Trojan hero
• Paris Died c. 1184 BCE, Trojan prince
• Priam Died c. 1184 BCE, Trojan king

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