Ajax (n.)
[pron: 'ayjaks, OP also a'jayks] son of Telemon, king of Salamis (also called Ajax Telemonius); fought against Troy; proverbial for his size and strength
2H6 V.i.26[York to himslf] now, like Ajax Telamonius, / On sheep or oxen could I spend my fury
AC IV.xiv.38[Antony to himself] The sevenfold shield of Ajax cannot keep / The battery from my heart
Cym IV.ii.252[Guiderius to Arviragus] Thersites' body is as good as Ajax' / When neither are alive
KL II.ii.123.1[Kent to all, of servants like Oswald] None of these rogues and cowards / But Ajax is their fool
LLL IV.iii.7[Berowne alone] This love is as mad as Ajax
LLL V.ii.574[Costard to Nathaniel] Your lion, that holds his pole-axe sitting on a close-stool, will be given to Ajax
Luc.1394In Ajax and Ulysses, O what art / Of physiognomy might one behold
TC I.ii.14.1[Alexander to Cressida] A lord of Trojan blood, nephew to Hector; / They call him Ajax
Tit I.i.382[Marcus to Titus] The Greeks upon advice did bury Ajax / That slew himself
TS III.i.51[Lucentio to Bianca] Aeacides / Was Ajax, called so from his grandfather
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