AJAX, the son of Oileus, was one of the principal generals that went to the siege of Troy: he ravished Cassandra the daughter of Priam, even in the temple of Minerva, where she thought to have found sanctuary. It is said, he made a serpent of fifteen feet long so familiar with him, that it eat at his table, and followed him like a dog. The Locrians had a singular veneration for his memory.