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Greek mythology and tragedy

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Ajax the Great Ajax () or Aias (; , ''Aíantos''; Archaic Greek alphabets, archaic ) is a Greek mythology, Greek mythological Greek hero cult, hero, the son of King Telamon and Periboea, and the half-brother of Teucer. He plays an important role in the T ...
, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, about Ajax the Great


Arts and entertainment


Fictional characters

* Ajax Duckman, in the animated television series '' Duckman'' * Marvel Comics: ** Ajax the Greater, another name for Ajak, one of the Eternals from Marvel Comics ** Ajax the Lesser, another name for Arex, one of the Eternals from Marvel Comics ** Ajax, a member of the Pantheon appearing in Marvel Comics ** Ajax (Francis Freeman), a fictional supervillain first appearing in ''Deadpool'' #14 * Martian Manhunter, a DC Comics superhero called Ajax in Brazil and Portugal * Ajax, a '' Call of Duty: Black Ops 4'' operative * Ajax, the real name of Tartaglia, a character in 2020 video game '' Genshin Impact''


Music

* A-Jax (band), a South Korean boy band * Ajax (band), an electronic music band from New York City * ''Ajax'' (opera), by the French composer Toussaint Bertin de la Doué * DJ Ajax (1971–2013; born Adrian Thomas), an Australian electro mashup DJ * Lisa Ajax (born 1998), Swedish singer * "Ajax" (song), a song by Tante Leen, 1969 * Ajax Records, a former North American record company


Other arts and entertainment

* ''Ajax'' (painting), a painting by John Steuart Curry * Ajax (Disney), a fictional company (the Disney equivalent of Looney Tunes' Acme Corporation) * A-Jax (video game), a 1987 Konami arcade game


Computing

* Ajax (floppy disk controller), a floppy disk controller fitted to the Atari STE *
Ajax (programming) Ajax (also AJAX ; short for "asynchronous I/O, asynchronous JavaScript and XML") is a set of web development techniques that uses various web technologies on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications. With Ajax, web applications c ...
, Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, a method used in web application development, and a software framework for it


Places


Canada

* Ajax (federal electoral district), in the Durham Region of Ontario * Ajax (provincial electoral district), in Ontario *
Ajax, Ontario Ajax (; 2021 Canadian census, 2021 population: 126,666) is a waterfront town in Regional Municipality of Durham, Durham Region in Southern Ontario, Canada, located in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area. The town is named for , a Royal N ...
, a town in the Greater Toronto Area


United States

* Ajax, Louisiana, an unincorporated community * Ajax, Missouri, a ghost town * Ajax Peak, a summit near Telluride, Colorado * Ajax, South Dakota, an unincorporated community * Ajax, Utah, a ghost town * Ajax, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Ajax, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Aspen Mountain (Colorado), also known as Ajax Mountain


Elsewhere

* Mount Ajax, part of the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctic * 1404 Ajax, an asteroid


People

* Ajax (missionary), Arian missionary who converted the Suevi to Christianity ( 466) * Ajax, pen name of Sidney William Jackson (1873–1946), Australian naturalist and ornithologist * Ajax, nickname of Heinrich Bleichrodt (1909–1977), German World War II U-boat commander


Sport


Association football (soccer)

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AFC Ajax Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or commonly Ajax, is a Dutch professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. ...
, a football club in Amsterdam, Netherlands * Ajax Cape Town F.C., a South African football club * Ajax Futebol Clube, a Brazilian football club * Ajax de Ouenzé, a Congolese football club * FC Ajax Lasnamäe, an Estonian football club * Ajax Orlando Prospects, American soccer team from Orlando, Florida, a.k.a. Ajax America * Ajax America Women, American women's soccer team from California * Aias Salamina F.C., a football club in Salamina, Greece * Ajax Sportsman Combinatie, a cricket and football club in Leiden, Netherlands * Rabat Ajax F.C., a Maltese football club * Unión Ájax, a football club in Trujillo, Honduras * V.V. Ajax, a Surinamese football club


Other sports

* Aias Evosmou, a Greek sports club * Ajax Kenitra, a Moroccan futsal (indoor football) club * Ajax København, a Danish handball team *
Ajax (horse) Ajax (1901 – 15 February 1915) was an undefeated French Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse who won the 1904 Prix du Jockey Club and Grand Prix de Paris and was an influential sire. Breeding Bred and raced by Edmond Blanc, he was by Flyin ...
(born 1901), a French Champion racehorse * Ajax II (born 1934), an Australian Champion racehorse


Military

* , several ships of the Royal Navy * , several ships of the US Navy * General Dynamics Ajax, a family of armoured fighting vehicles for the British Army * Operation Ajax, the 1953 Iranian coup d'état


Transport

* Ajax (1906 automobile), a Swiss automobile * Ajax (1913 automobile), a French automobile by the American Briscoe brothers * Ajax (1914 automobile), an American automobile by Ajax Motors Co. of Seattle, Washington * Ajax (Nash Motors), an automobile brand of Nash Motors, 1925–1926 * ''Ajax'' (locomotive), several train locomotives * Ajax (motorcycle), manufactured in England between 1923 and 1924 * ''Ajax'' (crane barge), a floating crane used to install the Panama Canal locks * ''Ajax'' (ship), various ships * Ajax GO Station, a train and bus station in Ajax, Ontario, Canada * Ajax Motors Co., an American carmaker, manufacturer of the Ajax (1914 automobile)


Other uses

* Ajax (cleaning product), a brand of household cleaning products * AFC Ajax N.V., a sports company associated with AFC Ajax * Kanichee Mine, Temagami, Ontario, also known as Ajax Mine * Ajax High School, a public high school in Ajax, Ontario, Canada * AJAX furnace, a type of open hearth furnace * ''Ajax'', a taxonomic synonym for the plant genus '' Narcissus''


See also

* * * Nike Ajax, the world's first operational surface-to-air missile * Ayaks (Ajax), a hypersonic waverider aircraft program started in the Soviet Union * Ayaks (disambiguation) () {{disambiguation, geo