When the grammatical dual form of Ajax is used in the Iliad, it was once believed that it indicated the lesser Ajax fighting side-by-side with Telamonian Ajax, but now it is generally thought that that usage refers to the Greater Ajax and his brother Teucer.

In later traditions, this Ajax is called a son of Oileus and the nymph Rhene and is also mentioned among the suitors of Helen.

The story of Ajax was frequently made use of by ancient poets and artists, and the hero who appears on some Locrian coins with the helmet, shield, and sword is probably this Ajax.

To distinguish him from Ajax, son of Oileus ( Ajax the Lesser ), he is called " Telamonian Ajax ," " Greater Ajax ," or " Ajax the Great ".

Ajax is the son of Telamon, who was the son of Aeacus and grandson of Zeus, and his first wife Periboea.

After Achilles, Ajax is the most valuable warrior in Agamemnon's army ( along with Diomedes ), though he is not as cunning as Nestor, Diomedes, Idomeneus, or Odysseus, he is much more powerful and just as intelligent.

Most notably, Ajax is not wounded in any of the battles described in the Iliad, and he is the only principal character on either side who does not receive personal assistance from any of the gods who take part in the battles.

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.

Pausanias also relates that a gigantic skeleton, its kneecap in diameter, appeared on the beach near Sigeion, on the Trojan coast ; these bones were identified as those of Ajax.

* Ajax ( mythology ), son of Telamon, ruler of Salamis and a hero in the Trojan War, also known as " Ajax the Great "

* Ajax Orlando Prospects, also known as Ajax America, an American soccer team from Orlando, Florida

* Aspen Mountain ( Colorado ), United States, also known as Ajax Mountain

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Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax ( after the legendary Greek hero ), is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Cruijff departed prior to the second Cup Winners Cup final and with most of the 80's stars such as van Basten also leaving, Ajax once again declined.

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.

Ajax also regularly supplies the Dutch national youth teams with local talent.

Ajax has also expanded its talent searching program to South Africa with Ajax Cape Town.

Ajax has also had a satellite club in the United States under the name Ajax America, until it filed for bankruptcy.

:: 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.

That victory meant Ajax had won every tournament ( 5 in total ) they entered that year, a feat Celtic achieved in 1967 ( with 6 trophies ) and Barcelona ( also 6 trophies ) repeated in 2009.

Ajax also hunted the Trojan flocks, both on Mount Ida and in the countryside.

The alternative term, telamones, also is derived from a later mythological hero, Telamon, one of the Argonauts, who was the father of Ajax.

Feyenoord also have a fierce rivalry abroad in Tottenham Hotspur, who following several violent clashes with the club coupled with a link to Ajax are not popular with the Rotterdam club.

* " Atlas " was the former name for ASP. NET AJAX, Microsoft software, a set of ASP. NET extensions providing Ajax functionality

: For other uses of this name, see Ajax ( disambiguation ).

For other uses of this name, see AIAS ( disambiguation ) and Ajax ( disambiguation ).

* Ajax, pen name of Australian nature writer Sidney William Jackson

* Ajax ( comics ), the name of two fictional characters from the Marvel Universe

Ajax, sometimes called the Ajax Corporation, is a name brand which makes several appearances in Mickey Mouse stories ( probably parodying The Acme Corporation from Warner Bros .' s Looney Tunes.

The name Ajax Corporation makes several appearances in the television series Mickey Mouse Works and Disney's House of Mouse.

There is disagreement as to the name of Ajax's mother: Homer names Eriopis as the legal wife of Oileus, but scholiasts cite other authors, some of whom agreed with Homer in considering Eriopis ( or Eriope ) the mother of Ajax, but others stated that the mother of Ajax by Oileus was Alcimache, and yet others asserted that Alcimache was simply another name for Eriopis.

* Meliboea is also an alternate name for Periboea or Eriboea, mother of Ajax the Great, who was also said to have been married to Theseus.

Ajax got his name from a trucking company Cornfed was driving for when he and Duckman first met.

A great number of the technologies and rocket systems used for developing the Nike Ajax were re-used for a number of functions, many of which were given the " Nike " name ( after Nike, the goddess of victory from Greek mythology ).

* Typhoon, the name outside of Japan for the video game Ajax

Litmanen decided to return to Ajax, and was given a hero's welcome with the crowd again singing his name.

The Chairman and CEO of the company, Charles W. Nash, ordered that the Ajax models be marketed as the " Nash Light Six ", a known and respected automobile brand that was the name of the company's founder.

He was signed by Ajax, and made a name for himself under Ronald Koeman.

The final was played as a double match, and clearly lost with a total score of 6: 1 to Ajax, but Tomasson left a mark of his name in the history books, by scoring the one and only goal for Feyenoord.

After making a name for himself at Ajax, with whom he won one Champions League, he went on to represent three teams in three different countries, namely appearing for FC Barcelona, for which he played in more than 200 official games in seven years.

Blind is the father of professional footballer Daley Blind, who is contracted to the same club that Danny made his name at, AFC Ajax.