Ajax


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A·jax

 (ā′jăks′)
n. Greek Mythology
1. The son of Telamon of Salamis and a warrior of great stature and prowess who fought against Troy.
2. The son of Ileus of Locris and a warrior of small stature and arrogant character who fought against Troy.
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Ajax

(ˈeɪdʒæks)
n
1. (Classical Myth & Legend) the son of Telamon; a Greek hero of the Trojan War who killed himself in vexation when Achilles' armour was given to Odysseus
2. (Classical Myth & Legend) called Ajax the Lesser, a Locrian king, a swift-footed Greek hero of the Trojan War
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A•jax

(ˈeɪ dʒæks)

n.
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.
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Noun1.Ajax - a mythical Greek heroAjax - a mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad
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Ajax

[ˈeɪdʒæks] N → Áyax
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Ajax

[ˈeɪdʒæks] n → Aiace m
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All in all, Ajax, as he had been dubbed, was considered the most remarkable and intelligent ape that any one aboard the Marjorie W.
came to England, and there the officers and the scientists, filled with compassion for the pitiful wreck of a man they had rescued from the jungles, furnished Paulvitch with funds and bid him and his Ajax Godspeed.
Upon the dock and all through the journey to London the Russian had his hands full with Ajax. Each new face of the thousands that came within the anthropoid's ken must be carefully scrutinized, much to the horror of many of his victims; but at last, failing, apparently, to discover whom he sought, the great ape relapsed into morbid indifference, only occasionally evincing interest in a passing face.
This man was much impressed with Ajax with the result that he agreed to train him for a lion's share of the profits of exhibiting him, and in the meantime to provide for the keep of both the ape and his owner.
And so came Ajax to London, and there was forged another link in the chain of strange circumstances that were to affect the lives of many people.
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Forthwith Ajax, son of Telamon, slew the fair youth Simoeisius, son of Anthemion, whom his mother bore by the banks of the Simois, as she was coming down from Mt.
The son of Atreus went on, glad at heart, till he came upon the two Ajaxes arming themselves amid a host of foot-soldiers.
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