Ajax the Great

Ajax or Aias (/ˈaɪ.əs/; <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek_language/LIK7NlUh">Ancient Greek</a>: Αἴας, <a href="/facts/Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek/KTELT9Aq">romanized</a>: Aíās [aí̯.aːs], gen. Αἴαντος Aíantos; <a href="/facts/Archaic_Greek_alphabets/hkBDo1WD">archaic</a> ΑΣϜΑϺ [aí̯.waːs]) is a <a href="/facts/Greek_mythology/M7k4FvW8">Greek mythological</a> <a href="/facts/Greek_hero_cult/fHxaMIhM">hero</a>, the son of King <a href="/facts/Telamon/2Hzfq2Hy">Telamon</a> and <a href="/facts/Periboea/gPwGfhEf">Periboea</a>, and the half-brother of <a href="/facts/Teucer/ND8lhM8W">Teucer</a>. He plays an important role in the <a href="/facts/Trojan_War/pBG5VawT">Trojan War</a>, and is portrayed as a towering figure and a warrior of great courage in <a href="/facts/Homer/Xw8Ur53U">Homer</a>'s <a href="/facts/Iliad/HceJKUGB">Iliad</a> and in the <a href="/facts/Epic_Cycle/TJoYkuvh">Epic Cycle</a>, a series of <a href="/facts/Epic_poems/MJfH1Es0">epic poems</a> about the <a href="/facts/Trojan_War/pBG5VawT">Trojan War</a>, being second only to <a href="/facts/Achilles/op3emMbv">Achilles</a> among Greek heroes of the war. He is also referred to as "Telamonian Ajax" (Αἴας ὁ Τελαμώνιος, in <a href="/facts/Etruscan_language/WjW6Ff0T">Etruscan</a> recorded as Aivas Tlamunus), "Greater Ajax", or "Ajax the Great", which distinguishes him from Ajax, son of <a href="/facts/Oileus/VdvwWVKD">Oileus</a>, also known as <a href="/facts/Ajax_the_Lesser/Rq55e3Wu">Ajax the Lesser</a>.

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