Ajax's club crest bears the image of Ajax the Great, the hero of Greek myth who was a key figure in the Trojan War. Joosep Martinson - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images / Heritage Art/Heritage Images via ...

Like many battles between Greek heroes, the one between Ajax and Heracles was a long one. Despite their superiority on paper, Ajax had trouble breaking down the tight, almost phalanx-like defence ...

Greek archaeologists say they have unearthed the remains of a 13th Century BC palace linked to the legendary warrior-king Ajax. In Homer's classic tale The Iliad the Achaean hero Ajax the Great fought ...

Sophocles’ tragedy tells of Ajax–a great hero of the Trojan War, but never the greatest, a warrior associated with old-fashioned valor and physical courage. After the Greek victory over the ...

Salamis once boasted the Trojan War hero Ajax as its most famous native son ... In a translated statement, the Greek Ministry of Culture noted that the ruins of Salamis are exactly as Pausanias ...

If you’re like me, you’ve been marveling at Google Maps, which is one of the best known sites using a set of technologies that programming geeks have dubbed Ajax. (It’s an acronym for ...

After Ajax beat Panathinaikos 1-0 in Athens last week, the Greek side leveled the tie with an 89th-minute goal from Tetê in the second leg. When the two teams couldn’t be separated by an ...

The club is named after one of Greek mythology's most famous heroes: Ajax the Great. In "The Iliad," Ajax fights in the Trojan War alongside his cousin, Achilles. Ajax later took his own life with ...