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Ajax at first gets the better of the encounter, wounding Hector with his spear and knocking him down with a large stone, but Hector fights on until the heralds, acting at the direction of Zeus, call a draw: the action ends without a winner and with the two combatants exchanging gifts, Ajax giving Hector a purple sash and Hector giving Ajax a sharp sword.
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Odysseus, at least, accused him of this crime and Ajax was to be stoned to death, but saved himself by establishing his innocence with an oath.
According to the Bibliotheca, no one had realised that Ajax had raped Cassandra until Calchas, the Greek seer, warned the Greeks that Athena was furious at the treatment of her priestess and she would destroy the Greek ships if they didn't kill him immediately.
In Book 14, Ajax throws a giant rock at Hector which almost kills him.
According to Hyginus, in total, Ajax killed 28 people at Troy.
Ajax then became an Attic hero ; he was worshiped at Athens, where he had a statue in the market-place, and the tribe Aiantis was named after him.
Ajax plays at the Amsterdam Arena, which opened in 1996.
Johan Cruijff played at Ajax between 1959 – 73 and 1981 – 83, winning 3 European Cups ; his # 14 is the only squad number Ajax has ever retired.
Dutch national first-team players Ryan Babel, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart, Maarten Stekelenburg, Eljero Elia, André Ooijer, John Heitinga and Nigel de Jong had also came through the ranks at Ajax and all are now playing for top-flight clubs.
After signing Andy Carroll from Newcastle for a British record transfer fee of £ 35 million and Luis Suárez from Ajax for £ 22. 8 million at the end of January ( in the wake of Fernando Torres's sale to Chelsea for £ 50 million ), some journalists noted that Dalglish had begun to assert his authority at the club.
Camp X, at Ajax, near Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, where an " assassination and elimination " training program was operated by the British Special Operations Executive.
* The 1986 book " Camp X " by David Stafford is the most accurate account of the activities and personnel of Camp X the secret agent training camp for sabotage and guerrilla warfare at Ajax near Oshawa Ontario, Canada, that was administered by the British Special Operations Executive.
Like Ajax, he is represented as living after his death in the island of Leuke, at the mouth of the Danube River, where he is married to Helen.
Dennis Nicolaas Bergkamp (; born 10 May 1969 ) was a Dutch professional footballer and now is the assistant manager to Frank de Boer at Ajax.
He was spotted by Ajax at the age of 11 and made his professional debut in 1986.
Bergkamp at Ajax
On 22 July 2006, a testimonial was played in his honour at the new stadium as Arsenal played his old club Ajax.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar had earlier opened the scoring for Ajax, making him the first goalscorer at the Emirates Stadium .< ref >
Ajax and first
Ajax is the son of Telamon, who was the son of Aeacus and grandson of Zeus, and his first wife Periboea.
Ajax achieved their first Eredivisie championship in 1957 and again in 1960.
In 1977, Ajax won their first domestic championship since 1973.
However, when, under manager Jack Kirwan, the club got promoted to the top flight of Dutch football for the first time in 1911 ( then the Eerste Klasse or ' First Class ', later named the Eredivisie ), Ajax were forced to change their colours because Sparta Rotterdam already had exactly the same outfit.
:: 1973, 1995 *( Ajax also won in 1972, however, UEFA only sanctioned the UEFA Super Cup for the first time in 1973 so the 1972 edition was an unofficial one.
AZ's second championship was the first Eredivisie title in 28 years, and the first time since then that the Eredivisie was won by a team other than the " big three " ( Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord ).
Bergkamp scored his first senior goal for the club against HFC Haarlem on 22 February 1987 in a match Ajax won 6 – 0.
The first half was played by members of Arsenal and Ajax's current squads, while the second was played by famous ex-players from both sides, including Ian Wright, Patrick Vieira, Marc Overmars, Emmanuel Petit and David Seaman for Arsenal, and Marco van Basten, Danny Blind, Johan Cruijff, Frank and Ronald de Boer for Ajax.
The club is historically one of the three clubs that have dominated the first tier of Dutch football, the others being Ajax and PSV.
With his eventual hiring as Feyenoord manager, Koeman became the first to ever serve as both player and head coach at all teams of the so-called " traditional big three " of Dutch football: ( AFC Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord itself ) Moreover, he played and managed these teams in the same order.
The first big activity was held on 10 December 2000 when Feyenoord faced Ajax and 40 fog machines were activated when the players entered the pitch.
He played his first game for Ajax in April 1982, scoring a debut goal in the 5 – 0 victory over NEC.
His first stint as a manager was as an assistant to his former teammate John van't Schip with the second team of Ajax in 2003 – 04.
For probably the first time in decades, none of the " Big Three " Clubs ( Ajax, PSV, and Feyenoord ) provided the backbone for the national team.
Hesione was taken home by Telamon, married him and bore him a son Teucros who would be half-brother to Telamon's son from his first marriage Ajax.
On her first, and only, day of fighting, Penthesilea kills many men and clashes with Telamonian Ajax, although there is no clear victor, before she comes face to face with Achilles, who had been summoned by Telamonian Ajax.
Next, he fought with great Ajax in an armed sparring contest where the winner was to draw blood first.
He fought valiantly and is often listed amongst the first rank of Greek heroes such as Idomeneus, Diomedes, Ajax, etc.
* 1989: Barcelona 2 – 0 Sampdoria-Johan Cruyff became the first manager to win the CWC with two different teams, having managed Ajax in their 1987 final victory.
Ajax and better
He even got the better of Ajax, son of Telamon, in an armed sparring tournament, but the bout was called off prematurely.
For example, the lyrics " they've got more fur than any turtle ever had " imply that the Samurai Pizza Cats are better than the similarly themed cartoon series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, while the lyrics " they're stronger than old cheese, tougher than dirt " refer to an advertising slogan once used for the industrial cleaner Ajax.
Their opponents AFC Ajax, were in both matches clearly better, winning twice 3-1.
The second half of the season playing in this line-up Ajax performed better and were able to reach the newly born Eredivisie play-offs a being ranked fifth in the regular competition.
Ajax and Hector
In the Iliad, Ajax is notable for his abundant strength and courage, seen particularly in two fights with Hector.
In Book 7, Ajax is chosen by lot to meet Hector in a duel which lasts most of a whole day.
The second fight between Ajax and Hector occurs when the latter breaks into the Mycenaean camp, and fights with the Greeks among the ships.
In Book 16, Hector and Ajax duel once again.
Hector is able to disarm Ajax ( although Ajax is not hurt ) and Ajax is forced to retreat, seeing that Zeus is clearly favoring Hector.
Ajax argues that because of his strength and the fighting he has done for the Greeks, including saving the ships from Hector, and driving him off with a massive rock, he deserves the armor.
Palamedes, Creugas and Damoxenus, the Combat of Theseus and the Centaur, and Hercules and Lichas may close the class of heroic compositions, although the catalogue might be swelled by the enumeration of various others, such as Hector and Ajax, King Ferdinand of Naples, and others.
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