An odd note from Servius, Commentary on The Aeneid 1.41:
“To be sure, this Ajax, the son of Oileus, is reported by many of the Greek historians to have had a third hand behind his back; this is obviously a fabrication, stemming from the fact that he used his hands so quickly in battle, that he was thought to have a third.”
sane hic Aiax, Oilei filius a multis historicis Graecis tertiam manum dicitur post tergum habuisse quod ideo dicitur fictum, quia sic celeriter utebatur in proelio manibus, ut tertiam habere putaretur.
