Eurysakes
Eurysakes ( Greek Εὐρυσάκης = broad shield ) was the son of Ajax and the prisoner of war Tekmessa in Greek mythology . He is sometimes referred to as the brother and sometimes the father of Philaeus . He took his name from his father's famous shield. In the tragedy Aias by the poet Sophocles , this was the only item Ajax gave to his son before he committed suicide. After the father's death, Eurysakes was raised by Ajax's brother Teukros . Eurysakes succeeded his grandfather Telamon as King of Salamis . According to Attic legend, Eurysakes and Philaeus later handed the island over to the Athenians , for which they were granted Attic citizenship. Eurysakes then settled in Attica in the municipality of Melite . There he later received cultic veneration in his own sanctuary, the Eurysakeion , because he was the ancestor of the Salaminians.
Sophocles wrote a tragedy "Eurysakes", which has not survived.
literature
- Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen : Eurysakes. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, Sp. 1352.