Ajax the Lesser Ajax the Lesser Ajax ( "Aias") was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. He was called the "lesser" or "Locrian" Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. He was the leader of the Locrian contingent during the Trojan War. He is a significant figure in Homer's "Iliad" and is also mentioned in the "Odyssey", in Virgil's "Aeneid" and in Euripides' "The Trojan Women". In Etruscan legend, he was known as "Aivas Vilates". Ajax's mother's name was Eriopis. According to Strabo, he was born in Naryx in Locris, where Ovid calls him
Tous son of Nowzar Tous son of Nowzar Tous son of Nowzar () is a mythological Iranian prince and hero from the "Pishdadian-Dynasty", whose deeds and adventures were told in Ferdowsi's "Shahnameh". Tous was a wise and brave man but also proud and pugnacious. And because of these characteristics he did not possess the king's divine glory (Middle Persian: "khvarrah"; Persian: "farr") and was not elected by the other nobles of Iran as heir to his father King Nowzar. Instead, his cousin Zav became the new king of Iran and founder of the famous Kayanian dynasty. Nevertheless, Tous was a loyal vassal to the