Welcome to Assassin's Creed Wiki! Log in and join the community.

Ajax: Difference between revisions

From the Assassin's Creed Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Sadelyrate
Trivia point made moot by the addition of the Lokrian Ajax
imported>Lady Kyashira
mNo edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Era|Individuals}}
{{Era|Individuals}}
{{Youmay|the son of [[Telamon]]|[[Lokrian Ajax|Ajax]], the son of Oileus}}
{{Youmay|the son of Telamon|[[Lokrian Ajax|Ajax]], the son of Oileus}}
{{WP-REAL|Ajax the Great}}
{{WP-REAL|Ajax the Great}}
[[File:ACOD_Ajax_skeleton.jpg|thumb|250px|Ajax's skeleton in his tomb]]
[[File:ACOD_Ajax_skeleton.jpg|thumb|250px|Ajax's skeleton in his tomb]]
Line 7: Line 7:
After his death, Ajax was buried in a [[Mycenaean Tomb of Ajax|tomb]] located on the [[Isle of Salamis]]. He also had a [[Ruined Sanctuary of Ajax|sanctuary]] dedicated to him on the island which, by the 5th century BCE, had been rendered a ruin, and [[bandits]] had set up camp there.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
After his death, Ajax was buried in a [[Mycenaean Tomb of Ajax|tomb]] located on the [[Isle of Salamis]]. He also had a [[Ruined Sanctuary of Ajax|sanctuary]] dedicated to him on the island which, by the 5th century BCE, had been rendered a ruin, and [[bandits]] had set up camp there.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>


During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited Ajax's sanctuary in search of a treasure buried there by the [[Athens|Athenian]] general [[Themistokles]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Prince of Persia]]</ref>
During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited Ajax's sanctuary in search of a treasure buried there by the [[Athens|Athenian]] general [[Themistokles]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Prince of Persia]]</ref>


Around the same time she also visited Ajax's tomb and recovered Ajax's [[Golden Feather of Ajax|golden feather]] which had ended up in the possession of some bandits camped at the tomb entrance.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Birds of a Feather (Odyssey)|Birds of a Feather]]</ref>
Around the same time, she also visited Ajax's tomb and recovered Ajax's [[Golden Feather of Ajax|golden feather]] which had ended up in the possession of some bandits camped at the tomb entrance.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Birds of a Feather (Odyssey)|Birds of a Feather]]</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==

Revision as of 17:58, 15 April 2019

This article is about the son of Telamon. You may be looking for Ajax, the son of Oileus.


Ajax's skeleton in his tomb

Ajax was a legendary hero, the son of Telamon, and a participant in the Trojan War in Greek mythology. He died by his own hand at the end of the war.

After his death, Ajax was buried in a tomb located on the Isle of Salamis. He also had a sanctuary dedicated to him on the island which, by the 5th century BCE, had been rendered a ruin, and bandits had set up camp there.[1]

During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra visited Ajax's sanctuary in search of a treasure buried there by the Athenian general Themistokles.[2]

Around the same time, she also visited Ajax's tomb and recovered Ajax's golden feather which had ended up in the possession of some bandits camped at the tomb entrance.[3]

Trivia

  • In the myths, Ajax’s body is never brought back to Salamis from Troy and 2nd century geographer Pausanias would later attribute a giant skeleton found near Sigeion to that of Ajax.

Appearances

References

  1. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  2. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyPrince of Persia
  3. Assassin's Creed: OdysseyBirds of a Feather