Aias

Similarly, if a hero was called Aias, and came to great sorrow, one could see that he was so called from 'Aiai,'"Alas!"

The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes 525 BC-456 BC Aeschylus 1911

And in memory of that omen Telamon named his son "Aias"; that is, "Eagle."

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Padraic Colum 1926

"Go, noble Thootes, and run, and call Aias: or rather the twain, for that will be far the best of all, since quickly here will there be wrought utter ruin.

The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882

Alas, alas! it seems a second Aias hath appeared to wrong thy daughter; but there be other ills for thee.

The Trojan Women 2008

Surely, in the hour that Aias tore Cassandra thence.

The Trojan Women 2008

Aias and the son of Tydeus are, I take it, no whit his inferiors; there is Odysseus too, a noisy knave to talk, but bold enough withal, of all men he country.

Rhesus 2008

If he survive this night until to-morrow's dawn, neither Achilles nor Aias, stout spearman, can stay him from utterly destroying the Argive fleet, razing its palisades and carrying the onslaught of his lance far and wide within the gates; slay him, and all is thine; let Hector's sleep alone, nor hope to leave him a weltering trunk, for he shall find death at another hand.

Rhesus 2008

Surely, in the hour that Aias tore Cassandra thence.

The Trojan Women 2008

Yon fleet of ships from Argos sent, never brought, nor formerly nor now, among all its warriors a braver than thee; how I wonder will Achilles, how will Aias stand the onset of thy spear?

Rhesus 2008

Salamis, was joining his right wing to the left of those near whom he was posted, closing the line with his outermost ships-twelve barques obedient to the helm-as I heard and then saw the crews; no safe return shall he obtain, who bringeth his barbaric boats to grapple Aias.

Iphigenia at Aulis 2008