Ajax

The name Ajax, or Aîas can refer to:

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• One of two figures in Homer's Iliad:
• Ajax the Great, King of Salamis, a legendary hero of ancient Greece; sometimes called "Telamonian Ajax"
• Ajax the Lesser, King of Locris
• Ajax, a tragedy by Sophocles whose protagonist is Ajax the Great
• Ajax cleanser, a trademarked line of household cleaning products made by Colgate-Palmolive
• Ajax (programming), Asynchronous JavaScript + XML for web development.
• Ajax Mountain is an alternative name for Aspen Mountain (Colorado)
• Ajax Amsterdam, the major football team of Amsterdam
• Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ajax
• A fictional company in the Mickey Mouse cartoons. Similar to Acme Corporation
• One of four different and unrelated automobiles:
• Switzerland, 1906 (Aigner)
• France, 1913 (Briscoe)
• U.S., 1921 (prototype)
• U.S., Nash Motors, 1925-26
• Ajax, Ontario, Canada named after one of the Royal Navy ships.
• Ajax was a character on the animated TV series Duckman.
• Ajax, a Scrolling shooter arcade game by Konami.
• Ajax Records, the name of two record labels.
• Nike Ajax, a U.S. anti-aircraft missile of the late 1940s.
• Operation Ajax, a 1953 Anglo-American covert operation to overthrow the government of Iran.