GREEK MYTHOSThe Godsunder Codex · Places
GYRAEAN ROCK (region in Tenos)
Possibly mythical islet where Ajax the Lesser died
- Kind of place
- Region
- Region
- Tenos
- Where
- 37.53° N, 25.21° E
The rock split apart and fell into the sea due to a divine earthquake, drowning Ajax. Odyssey 4 ¶42 The Gyraean Rock is the sea location where Neptune drove the shipwrecked Ajax, who was struggling against the waves. Odyssey 4 ¶42
Stories and history
The man clung to the rock with his hands while it was being destroyed. Quintus 14 ¶33 The Shaker of Earth caused an earthquake that shook the sea and land around the rock. Quintus 14 ¶33