Eurysaces

Eurysaces was named after his father's famous shield.

In Sophocles' tragedy Ajax, the protagonist hands the shield to his young son before committing suicide.

Eurysaces was then taken to Ajax's native land, Salamis Island, and he soon became king there.

Sophocles wrote a play titled Eurysaces, but only one quotation from it survives.

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