Word Origin & History
Ajax
name of two Gk. heroes in the Trojan War (Great Ajax, son of Telamon, and Little Ajax, son of Oileus), L., from Gk. Aias, probably originally the name of an earth-god, from aia "earth."
Word Origin & History
name of two Gk. heroes in the Trojan War (Great Ajax, son of Telamon, and Little Ajax, son of Oileus), L., from Gk. Aias, probably originally the name of an earth-god, from aia "earth."