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  • When he rallied his men for a new charge Hector succeeded only in taking a direct hit on the chest from a stone hurled by Telamonian Ajax.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • When he rallied his men for a new charge Hector succeeded only in taking a direct hit on the chest from a stone hurled by Telamonian Ajax.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • The huge butcher, fifteen stone, -- two hundred and ten pounds, -- good weight, -- steps out like Telamonian Ajax, defiant.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 Various

  • Telamonian Ajax, the aged Nestor, and many more -- the most valiant heroes of all Hellas.

    General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

  • Ulysses contended afterwards with Telamonian Ajax, the stoutest of all the Grecians, except Achilles, for the arms of that hero, which were awarded to him by the judges, who were won by the charms of his eloquence.

    Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway

  • Among the shadows whose voices ascend from darkness "like moanings of the sea," the poet discovers Telamonian Ajax, the giant who is utterly absorbed in the world within him, the source of his light and life, and Goethe, the Teutonic poet, who turns to the world about himself as a flower to the sun, and whose heart "longs and thirsts for light."

    Life Immovable First Part Kostes Palamas 1901

  • The huge butcher, fifteen stone, -- two hundred and ten pounds, -- good weight, -- steps out like Telamonian Ajax, defiant.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • The huge butcher, fifteen stone, -- two hundred and ten pounds, -- good weight, -- steps out like Telamonian Ajax, defiant.

    The Professor at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • Telamonian Ajax is routing them, for I know him well, for around his shoulders he bears a broad shield.

    The Iliad of Homer (1873) 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1840

  • But him Telamonian Ajax answering, addressed: "So also to me are my strong hands upon my spear eager, and my courage is aroused, and I am hurried along by both my feet under me; and I eagerly long, even alone, to combat with Hector, the son of Priam, insatiably raging."

    The Iliad of Homer (1873) 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1840

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