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Great Ajax — Class. Myth. Ajax (def. 1) … Useful english dictionary
Ajax — may refer to: Mythology * Ajax (mythology), son of Telamon and a hero in the Trojan war, also known as Ajax the Great * Ajax the Lesser, son of Oileus and also a hero in the Trojan warPeople*Ajax (missionary), Arian missionary who converted the… … Wikipedia
Ajax — name of two Greek heroes in the Trojan War (Great Ajax, son of Telamon, and Little Ajax, son of Oileus), Latin, from Gk. Aias, perhaps originally the name of an earth god, from aia earth. The Elizabethans punned on the name as a jakes a privy … Etymology dictionary
Ajax — /ay jaks/, n. 1. Also called Great Ajax, Telamonian Ajax. Class. Myth. a Greek hero in the Trojan War who rescued the body of Achilles and killed himself out of jealousy when Odysseus was awarded the armor of Achilles. 2. Also called Ajax the… … Universalium
Ajax the Lesser — raping Cassandra For other uses of this name, see Ajax (disambiguation). Ajax (Greek: Αἴας) was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. He was called the lesser or Locrian Ajax … Wikipedia
Great Books of the Western World — is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952 by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. to present the western canon in a single package of 54 volumes. The series is now in its second edition and contains 60 volumes. The list of… … Wikipedia
Ajax (mythology) — Aias redirects here. For other uses of this name, see AIAS and Ajax. Ajax or Aias (Greek: polytonic| Αἴας , gen. Αἴαντος) was a mythological Greek hero, the son of Telamon and Periboea and king of Salamis [… … Wikipedia
Ajax II — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Ajax II caption = sire = Heroic grandsire = Valais dam = Medmenham damsire = Prince Galahad sex = Stallion foaled = 1934 country = Australia colour = Chestnut breeder = Widden Stud owner = trainer =… … Wikipedia
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ajax powder — ˈāˌjaks.ˌ noun Usage: usually capitalized A Etymology: after Ajax, one of the Greek heroes in Homer s Iliad, possessed of great stature and strength, from Latin, from Greek Aias : an explosive used in coal mining consisting chiefly of… … Useful english dictionary
