Ajax
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Ajax can refer to:
In mythology and literature:
- Ajax, also known as Telamonian Ajax or Ajax the Great, a Greek hero and legendary king of Salamis who plays an important role in Homer's Iliad
- Ajax the Lesser, or Oilean Ajax, a Greek hero and legendary king of Locris who appears in Homer's Iliad
- Ajax (Sophocles), a tragedy by the Greek playwright Sophocles, whose main character is Telamonian Ajax
Automobiles:
- Ajax (1906 automobile), Aigner, Switzerland
- Ajax (1913 automobile), Briscoe, France
- Ajax (1921 automobile), prototype, U.S.
- Ajax (automobile), Nash Motors, 1925–1926, U.S.
Other uses:
- Ajax Amsterdam, professional football team of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Ajax (band), from New York City
- Ajax (arcade game), by Konami
- Ajax (horse), a champion Australian racehorse which raced in the 1930s
- Ajax (programming), Asynchronous JavaScript and XML for web development
- HMS Ajax, several ships of the Royal Navy
- Ajax cleanser household cleaner
- Ajax Duckman, a character in the animated television series Duckman
- Ajax, Ontario, Canada
- Ajax Records
- Ajax Kenitra, a Moroccan futsal club
- Operation Ajax, a 1953 Anglo-American covert operation to overthrow the government of Iran
- Aspen Mountain (Colorado), alternatively called Ajax Mountain
- Ajax (Mickey Mouse), a fictional company in Mickey Mouse cartoons; see Acme Corporation
- Ajax (aircraft), a Russian hypersonic aircraft project based on plasma stealth technology
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