Tecmessa’s Family Tree

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Family

• Ajax(spouse),Eurysaces(child)— Consort

  Ajax took the Phrygian princess Tecmessa as his captive concubine after killing her father. She bore him a son, Eurysaces, named for Ajax's famous broad shield.

Associated with

• Menelaus

  In Sophocles's Ajax, Menelaus joins Agamemnon in attempting to deny Ajax burial, threatening the fate of Tecmessa and Eurysaces who guard the body.

• Teucer

  After Ajax's suicide in Sophocles's tragedy, Teucer arrives and takes charge of the mourning. Ajax had entrusted Eurysaces to Teucer's guardianship, making him protector of Tecmessa and her son.