Ajax the Greater

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Achaean warrior Greek mythological hero Homeric character mythological figure of the Trojan War

Ajax the Greater is a towering Greek hero of the Trojan War renowned for his immense strength, courage, and steadfast defense of his comrades.

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Label	Occurrences
Ajax the Greater canonical	9
Ajax the Great	5

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Achaean warrior ⓘ Greek mythological hero ⓘ Homeric character ⓘ mythological figure of the Trojan War ⓘ
alliedWith	Achaeans ⓘ
associatedWith	Trojan War ⓘ
burialPlace	near Troy (in myth) ⓘ
causeOfMadness	loss of contest for Achilles' armor ⓘ
contestedFor	Achilles' armor ⓘ
culture	Greek ⓘ
deathCause	suicide ⓘ
deathMethod	fell on his own sword ⓘ
enemyOf	Trojans ⓘ
epithet	Telamonian Ajax ⓘ surface form: Ajax son of Telamon Telamonian Ajax ⓘ bulwark of the Achaeans ⓘ the Greater ⓘ
father	Telamon ⓘ
foughtAgainst	Hector ⓘ Trojans at the ships ⓘ
foughtIn	defense of the Greek ships ⓘ duel with Hector ⓘ
fullName	Aias ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
halfBrother	Teucer ⓘ
ledForcesFrom	Salamis Island ⓘ surface form: Salamis
lostContestTo	Odysseus ⓘ
mentionedIn	Epic Cycle ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
mother	Periboea ⓘ
nameInGreek	Αἴας ⓘ
notableFor	courage ⓘ immense physical strength ⓘ skill with the spear ⓘ steadfast defense ⓘ
origin	Salamis Island ⓘ surface form: Salamis
relative	Achilles ⓘ Peleus ⓘ Teucer ⓘ
relativeType	second cousin of Achilles ⓘ
rescued	Achilles' body ⓘ Patroclus' body ⓘ
rival	Odysseus ⓘ
ruledOver	Salamis Island ⓘ surface form: Salamis
shieldDescription	tower-like shield ⓘ
weapon	huge shield ⓘ spear ⓘ