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'''Ajax''' may refer to:
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==Greek mythology and tragedy==
'''Ajax''' can refer to:
* ], a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea
* ], a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
* ], by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, about Ajax the Great


== Mythology and literature == ==Arts and entertainment==
===Fictional characters===
* ], also known as Telamonian Ajax or Ajax the Great, a Greek hero and legendary king of Salamis who plays an important role in Homer's ''Iliad''
* ], in the animated television series ''Duckman''
* ], or Oilean Ajax, a Greek hero and legendary king of Locris who appears in Homer's ''Iliad''
* Marvel Comics:
* ], a tragedy by the Greek playwright Sophocles, whose main character is Telamonian Ajax
** Ajax the Greater, another name for ], one of the Eternals from Marvel Comics
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** Ajax the Lesser, another name for Arex, ]
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** ], a fictional supervillain first appearing in ''Deadpool'' #14
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* ], a DC Comics superhero called Ajax in Brazil and Portugal
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== Vehicles == ===Music===
* ], a South Korean boy band
* ], Aigner, Switzerland
* ], Briscoe, France * ], an electronic music band from New York City
* ], by the French composer Toussaint Bertin de la Doué
* ], prototype, U.S.
* ] (1971–2013; born Adrian Thomas), an Australian electro mashup DJ
* ], Nash Motors, 1925–1926, U.S.
* ], several ships of the Royal Navy * ] (born 1998), Swedish singer
* ], several ships of the United States * ], a song by Tante Leen, 1969
* ], a former North American record company
* Ajax (1860 - 1884), one of the eight ] steam locomotives
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===Other arts and entertainment===
== Fiction ==
* ], a fictional cartoon company * ], a painting by John Steuart Curry
* ], a character in the animated television series ''Duckman'' * ], a fictional company (the Disney equivalent of Looney Tunes' Acme Corporation)
* ], a 1987 Konami arcade game
* ], a comic superhero called Ajax in Brazil
* Ajax, character from the 1979 film '']'', played by James Remar
* War Rocket Ajax, a weapon deployed by Ming the Merciless in the 1980 film '']''


== Music == ==Computing==
* ], from New York City * ], a floppy disk controller fitted to the Atari STE
* ], Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, a method used in web application development, and a software framework for it
* ], a record label
* ], a record label active in the 1920s


== Sport == ==Places==
===Canada===
* ] (Also known as Ajax Orlando), an American soccer team from Orlando, Florida, United States
* ], in the Durham Region of Ontario
* ], an association football club from Amsterdam, the Netherlands
* ], in Ontario
* ], a South African association football club
* ], a Moroccan futsal (indoor football) club * ], a town in the Greater Toronto Area
* ], a champion Australian racehorse of the 1930s
* ], a Maltese football club
* Ajax Skoteras, a Greek football team from "Skotera" village in Aitoloakarnania, Greece
* ] (ASC), a cricket and football club in Leiden, The Netherlands


== Places == ===United States===
* ], Canada * ], an unincorporated community
* ], a ghost town
* ], a summit near Telluride, Colorado
* ], an unincorporated community
* ], a ghost town
* ], an unincorporated community
* ], an unincorporated community
* ], also known as Ajax Mountain * ], also known as Ajax Mountain


== Other uses == ===Elsewhere===
* ], part of the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctic
* ] (shorthand for ''Asynchronous JavaScript and XML''), a technique used in web application development
* ], an asteroid
* ], vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Konami in 1987

* ], household cleaner
==People==
* ], a 1953 Anglo-American covert operation to overthrow the government of Iran
* ], Arian missionary who converted the Suevi to Christianity ({{circa}} 466)
* ''] ajax'', the type species of the ''Apatosaurus'' genus of sauropod dinosaurs
* Ajax, pen name of ] (1873–1946), Australian naturalist and ornithologist
* ], an ]
* Ajax, nickname of ] (1909–1977), German World War II U-boat commander
* Ajax, an early ] invented in England in 1596

==Sport==

===Association football (soccer)===
* ], a football club in Amsterdam, Netherlands
* ], a South African football club
* ], a Brazilian football club
* ], a Congolese football club
* ], an Estonian football club
* ], American soccer team from Orlando, Florida, a.k.a. Ajax America
* ], American women's soccer team from California
* ], a football club in Salamina, Greece
* ], a cricket and football club in Leiden, Netherlands
* ], a Maltese football club
* ], a football club in Trujillo, Honduras
* ], a Surinamese football club

===Other sports===
*], a Greek sports club
* ], a Moroccan futsal (indoor football) club
* ], a Danish handball team
* ] (born 1901), a French Champion racehorse
* ] (born 1934), an Australian Champion racehorse

==Military==
* {{HMS|Ajax}}, several ships of the Royal Navy
* {{USS|Ajax}}, several ships of the US Navy
* ], a family of armoured fighting vehicles for the British Army
* ], the 1953 Iranian coup d'état

==Transport==
* ], a Swiss automobile
* ], a French automobile by the American Briscoe brothers
* ], an American automobile by Ajax Motors Co. of Seattle, Washington
* ], an American prototype that was not produced
* ], an automobile brand of Nash Motors, 1925–1926
* ], several train locomotives
* ], manufactured in England between 1923 and 1924
* ], a floating crane used to install the Panama Canal locks
* ], various ships
* ], a train and bus station in Ajax, Ontario, Canada
* ], an American carmaker, manufacturer of the Ajax (1914 automobile)

==Other uses==
* ], a brand of household cleaning products
* ], a sports company associated with AFC Ajax
* ], Temagami, Ontario, also known as Ajax Mine
* ], a public high school in Ajax, Ontario, Canada
* ], a type of open hearth furnace


==See also==
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* ], the world's first operational surface-to-air missile
* ] (Ajax), a hypersonic waverider aircraft program started in the Soviet Union
* ] ({{langx|ru|link=no|Аякс|Ayaks|Ajax}})


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Latest revision as of 10:09, 4 January 2025

Ajax may refer to:

Greek mythology and tragedy

  • Ajax the Great, 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

Music

Other arts and entertainment

Computing

Places

Canada

United States

Elsewhere

People

Sport

Association football (soccer)

Other sports

Military

Transport

Other uses

See also

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