Ajax - Definition and Overview

The name Ajax, or Aîas can refer to:

• one of two figures in Homer's Iliad:
  • Ajax the Lesser King of Locris
  • Ajax the Great King of Salamis, a legendary hero of ancient Greece; sometimes called "Telamonian Ajax"
• Ajax, a tragedy by Sophocles
• One of four different automobiles:
  • Swiss version
  • French version
  • First American version
  • Second American version
• Ajax Amsterdam, the major football team of Amsterdam
• Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ajax
• Ajax, Ontario, Canada named after one of the Royal Navy ships.
• Ajax cleanser, a trademarked line of household cleaning products made by Colgate-Palmolive
• Ajax was a character on the animated TV series Duckman.