Eurysakes

Eurysakes (Greek Εὐρυσάκης = broad shield) was the Greek mythology the son of the Ajax and the war prisoners Tekmessa. He is sometimes referred to as a brother and sometimes as the father of Philae. He took his name from the famous shield of his father. In the tragedy of the poet Sophias, this was the only object which Ajax handed over to his son before he committed suicide. After his 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 Philaios later handed the island to the Athenians, for which they received Attic civil rights. Eurysakes then settled in Attica in the municipality of Melite. There he later became cultic worship in his own sanctuary, the Eurysakeion, because he was the ancestor of the sex of the Salaminians.

Sophocles wrote a tragedy "Eurysakes", which is not preserved. Edit source text Single-level Edit source text

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