# Dramatis Personae explained — Ajax

> Chapter companion for Ajax by Sophocles.

## What happens

A list of characters and setting for the play, including the Greek heroes Ajax, Odysseus, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and others, set on the shore before Ajax's tent in the Troad.

## Character check-ins

### Ajax

Son of Telamon and Euboea, leader of the Salaminians.

### Odysseus

King of Ithaca.

### Tecmessa

Captive wife of Ajax, daughter of Teleutas.

### Eurysaces

Infant son of Ajax and Tecmessa.

### Teucer

Son of Telamon by Hesione.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ajax_se/chapters/dramatis-personae
- Book: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ajax_se
- All chapters: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ajax_se/chapters