Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• Poseidon Rallies the Greeks (*Iliad* 13)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 13 · Homeric — Poseidon’s covert aid against Zeus’s will
• Ajax Defends the Ships (*Iliad* 15–16)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / teichomachy aftermath / ships in peril · Homeric — Telamonian Ajax as last bulwark before Patroclus enters
• Ajax Carries Achilles’ Body from the Fight (*Aethiopis*)
  Trojan — Epic Cycle / *Aethiopis* / death of Achilles aftermath · Cyclic — Ajax bears the corpse while Odysseus covers the retreat
• Poseidon as Calchas Rallies the Ajaxes (*Iliad* 13)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 13 / divine aid to the Achaeans · Homeric — Poseidon’s disguised encouragement at the ships

Places appearing with them

• Achaean council
• Achaean ships and camp
• Aegae
• Assembly
• Mysia
• Ships
• The deep
• Trojan plain at the ships

Themes

• Birth
• Contest
• Prophecy
• War