Ajax son of Oileus
Also known as: Ajax / Fleet Ajax / son of Oileus / swift Ajax · Family: Achaean · Role: warrior and chieftain · First appears: BOOK XII
🌐 Also appears in: Greek Mythology — A Family Orrery (as Ajax son of Oileus) · Greek Tragedy — The Same Myth, Three Voices (as Ajax son of Oileus)
In Book XII, Ajax son of Telamon heeded a message and spoke to Ajax son of Oileus. In Book XIII, Ajax son of Oileus never left the side of Ajax son of Telamon, and Neptune spoke to the two Ajaxes. Book XIV names Oileus as his parent; Ajax son of Oileus then wounded Satnius with his spear. In Book XVI, he sprang on Cleobulus, took him alive in the crush, and killed him.
In Book XVII, Menelaus and Meriones carried Patroclus’s body toward the ships under the protection of Ajax son of Telamon. In Book XXIII, Ajax son of Oileus joined Ulysses and Antilochus as rivals in a race, and Idomeneus took him up rudely.
Relationship record
Life events
- Menelaus and Meriones lifted Patroclus’s body and carried it toward the ships under Ajax’s protection.(BOOK XVII · 📍 the ships)
- With: Menelaus Meriones Ajax son of Telamon Patroclus
- “On this Menelaus and Meriones took the dead man in their arms and lifted him high aloft with a great effort.”
BOOK XII
- with Ajax son of Telamon (interaction) “Great Ajax son of Telamon heeded the message, and at once spoke to the son of Oileus”
- with Ajax son of Telamon (interaction) “Great Ajax son of Telamon heeded the message, and at once spoke to the son of Oileus”
BOOK XIII
- siblings with Ajax son of Telamon “Ajax son of Oileus, never for a moment left the side of Ajax, son of Telamon”
- friends with Ajax son of Telamon “Ajax son of Oileus, never for a moment left the side of Ajax, son of Telamon”
- with Neptune (interaction) “First he spoke to the two Ajaxes, who were doing their best already”
BOOK XIV
- parent: Oileus “Ajax son of Oileus”
- enemies with Satnius “Ajax fleet son of Oileus began by springing on Satnius son of Enops, and wounding him with his spear”
BOOK XVI
- enemies with Cleobulus “Ajax son of Oileus sprang on Cleobulus and took him alive”
- with Cleobulus (interaction) “Ajax son of Oileus sprang on Cleobulus and took him alive as he was entangled in the crush; but he killed him then and there”
BOOK XVII
- parent: Oileus “Fleet Ajax son of Oileus”
BOOK XXIII
- rivals with Ulysses “Forthwith uprose fleet Ajax son of Oileus, with cunning Ulysses, and Nestor’s son Antilochus, the fastest runner among all the youth of his time.”
- rivals with Idomeneus “Ajax the son of Oileus took him up rudely”
- rivals with Antilochus “Forthwith uprose fleet Ajax son of Oileus, with cunning Ulysses, and Nestor’s son Antilochus”
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Extracted from the original text of The Iliad. Made with Rho MD.