[ey-jaks] 
| 1. | Also called Great Ajax, Telamonian Ajax. Classical Mythology. 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 Lesser. Classical Mythology. a Locrian king, noted for his fighting during the Trojan War, who was said to have been killed in a shipwreck as punishment for violating a shrine of Athena. |
| 3. | (italics ) a tragedy (c440 b.c.) by Sophocles. |
| 4. | a town in S Ontario, in S Canada. 20,774. |