Ajax won fame in the Trojan War as a feared warrior, but he spirals into a rage when his generals give the slain Achilles’ armor to his rival, Odysseus.

Salamis once boasted the Trojan War hero Ajax as its most famous native son. Archaeologists have been investigating the sunken remains of the classical city of Salamis for several years; ...

Ajax is one of Sophocles’ great plays, ... whose stratagem of the Trojan Horse eventually won the war. Ajax is driven mad by the gods to prevent his attack on the Greeks’ own leaders.

In "The Iliad," Ajax fights in the Trojan War alongside his cousin, Achilles. Ajax later took his own life with the sword of the fallen Trojan prince, Hector, and so died "unconquered." ...

The title character of Sophocles’ play “Ajax” is a Greek hero–the strongest of them all–who falls into a funk upon returning from the Trojan War. The play was written 2,500 years ago, but producer ...

Among the ruins of a 3,200-year-old palace near Athens, researchers are piecing together the story of legendary Greek warrior-king Ajax, hero of the Trojan War.

In lieu of a set and props, the horror of the scene is painted on Tecmessa’s face. Her husband, the warrior Ajax, is reeling from the death of his friend Achilles in the Trojan War. To add insult to ...

This is the Greek name of the Trojan War hero the Romans called Ajax, the subject and title character of the oldest surviving play by the tragedian Sophocles, currently presented by Scena Theatre ...

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 ...