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NARYX (Ancient city) LOKRIDA
Aias was the son of Oileus and leader of the Locrians in the Trojan War. Physically, he was of small stature compared to Aias the Telamonian, but an excellent fighter (Il. 2.527).
He lost all his ships during his return home from Troy, while he was saved in a storm with the help of Poseidon. But his claim that this occurred without the willing of the gods caused the anger of Poseidon, who provoked a crack on the rock, where Aias was saved, resulting his drowning (Od. 4.499).
Aiax (Aias, Ajax). Son of Oileus, king of the Locrians, also called the lesser Aiax, sailed against Troy in forty ships. He is described as small of stature, but skilled in throwing the spear, and, next to Achilles, the most swiftfooted among the Greeks. On his return from Troy his vessel was wrecked; he himself safely reached a rock through the assistance of Poseidon; but, as he boasted that he would escape in defiance of the immortals, Poseidon split the rock with his trident, and Aiax was swallowed up by the sea. This is the account of Homer. Others tell us that the anger of Athene was excited against him because on the night of the capture of Troy he violated Cassandra in the temple of the goddess.
This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Ajax. The son of Oileus, king of the Locrians, who is also called the Lesser Ajax
(Hom. Il. ii. 527). His mother's name was Eriopis. According to Strabo (ix.) his
birthplace was Naryx in Locris, whence Ovid (Met. xiv. 468) calls him Narycius
heros. According to the Iliad (ii. 527, &c.) he led his Locrians in forty ships
(Hygin. Fab. 97, says twenty) against Troy. He is described as one of the great
heroes among the Greeks, and acts frequently in conjunction with the Telamonian
Ajax. He is small of stature and wears a linen cuirass (linothorex), but is brave
and intrepid, especially skilled in throwing the spear, and, next to Achilles,
the most swift-footed among all the Greeks (Il. xiv. 520, &c., xxiii. 789, &c.).
His principal exploits during the siege of Troy are mentioned in the following
passages: xiii. 700, &c., xiv. 520, &c., xvi. 350, xvii. 256, 732, &c. In the
funeral games at the pyre of Patroclus he contended with Odysseus and Antilochus
for the prize in the footrace; but Athena, who was hostile towards him and favoured
Odysseus, made him stumble and fall, so that he gained only the second prize (xxiii.
754, &c.). On his return from Troy his vessel was wrecked on the Whirling Rocks
(Gurai petrai), but he himself escaped upon a rock through the assistance of Poseidon,
and would have been saved in spite of Athena, but he used presumptuous words,
and said that he would escape the dangers of the sea in defiance of the immortals.
Hereupon Poseidon split the rock with his trident, and Ajax was swallowed up by
the sea (Od. iv. 499, &c.).
In later traditions this Ajax is called a son of Oileus and the nymph
Rhene, and is also mentioned among the suitors of Helen (Hygin. Fab. 81, 97; Apollod.
iii. 10.8). According to a tradition in Philostratus (Her. iii. 1), Ajax had a
tame dragon, five cubits in length, which followed him everywhere like a dog.
After the taking of Troy, it is said, he rushed into the temple of Athena, where
Cassandra had taken refuge, and was embracing the statue of the goddess as a suppliant.
Ajax dragged her away with violence and led her to the other captives (Virg. Aen.
ii. 403 ; Eurip. Troad. 70, &c.; Dict. Cret. v. 12; Hygin. Fab. 116). According
to some statements he even violated Cassandra in the temple of the goddess (Tryphiod.
635; Q. Smyrn. xiii. 422 ; Lycophr. 360, with the Schol.); Odysseus at least accused
him of this crime, and Ajax was to be stoned to death, but saved himself by establishing
his innocence by an oath (Paus. x. 26.1, 31.1). The whole charge, is on the other
hand, said to have been an invention of Agamemnon, who wanted to have Cassandra
for himself. But whether true or not, Athena had sufficient reason for being indignant,
as Ajax had dragged a suppliant from her temple. When on his voyage homeward he
came to the Capharean rocks on the coast of Euboea, his ship was wrecked in a
storm, he himself was killed by Athena with a flash of lightning, and his body
was washed upon the rocks, which henceforth were called the rocks of Ajax (Hygin.
Fab. 116; comp. Virg. Aen. i. 40, &c., xi. 260). For a different account of his
death see Philostr. Her. viii. 3, and Schol. ad Lycophr. l. c. After his death
his spirit dwelled in the island of Leuce (Paus. iii. 19.11). The Opuntian Locrians
worshipped Ajax as their national hero, and so great was their faith in him, that
when they drew up their army in battle array, they always left one place open
for him, believing that, although invisible to them, he was fighting for and among
them. The story of Ajax was frequently made use of by ancient poets and artists,
and the hero who appears on some Locrian coins with the helmet, shield, and sword,
is probably Ajax the son of Oileus.
This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Oct 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Ajax: Various WebPages
THRONION (Ancient city) LOKRIDA
Thronium participated in the Trojan War and it is listed in the Homeric Catalogue of the Ships. It was at the bank of Voagrios river (Il. 2.533).
NARYX (Ancient city) LOKRIDA
They were the parents of Aias the Locrian. Oileus was also the father of Medon by Rhene (Il. 2.527 & 727, 13.697, 15.336).
Oileus. The son of Hodoedocus and Laonome, grandson of Cynus, and great-grandson of Opus, was a king of the Locrians, and married to Eriopis, by whom he became the father of Aiax, who is hence called Oilides, Oiliades, and Aiax Oilei. Oileus was also the father of Medon by Rhene. He is mentioned among the Argonauts.
This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Oileus & Eriopis: Perseus Encyclopedia
The mother of Medon by Oileus (Il. 2.728).
THRONION (Ancient city) LOKRIDA
It is to the W of Thronion and, nowadays, is called "flume of Platania". It empties into the Maliakos Gulf (Il. 2.533).
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