Salamis Island
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Salamis or Salamina is the largest Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, about two kilometres from the coast of Athens' port of Piraeus and about 16 km west of Athens center.
View of Salamis
Coin of Salamis, 339–318 BC. Obverse: Female head. Reverse: Boeotian shield (shield of Ajax) and sword in sheath
Salamis Naval Base
Batsi beach
Ajax the Great
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Ajax or Aias is a Greek mythological hero, the son of King Telamon and Periboea, and the half-brother of Teucer. He plays an important role in the Trojan War, and is portrayed as a towering figure and
A black-figure amphora with Ajax carrying the dead Achilles. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
The Belvedere Torso, a marble sculpture carved in the first century BC probably depicting Ajax.
A copy of the 4th century BC fresco from the François Tomb, showing the sacrifice of Trojan slaves. Ajax the Great is the second from the right
The Argument between Ajax and Odysseus over Achilles' armour, by Agostino Masucci