Ajax was a man of giant stature，daring but slow．When the Trojan War was about to break out he led his forces from Salamis to join the GREek army at Aulis．As one of the trustiest champions of the Greek cause，he was given thejob of guarding one end of the Greek camp near Troy．He was noted in the battlefield for his bravery and courage．After Achilles' death he became one of the two hot contestants for the dead hero's shield and armour，the other being Odysseus．When the weapons were finally judged to his rival，Ajax went mad for grief．Unable to get over the hardships，he took his own life．When，in order to seek the advice of，Odysseus came to visit the lower world，the shade of Ajax frowned uponhim．In the lower world Ajax chose to be a lion，guided clearly by the bitter recollection of his former life．

埃杰克斯是位身材魁梧、驍勇善戰(zhàn)、但頭腦遲鈍的人。當(dāng)特洛伊戰(zhàn)爭即將爆發(fā)時(shí)，他率領(lǐng)軍隊(duì)從薩拉米斯到達(dá)奧爾墨斯加入了希臘軍隊(duì)。作為一名為希臘事業(yè)奮斗的最可信賴的斗士，他被派去保衛(wèi)靠近特洛伊的希臘軍營邊界。戰(zhàn)場上，他因作戰(zhàn)勇猛而出名。阿基里斯死后，他成為兩個(gè)最有可能獲得阿基里斯的盾甲的有力競爭對手之一。另一名對手是奧德修斯。最后，他的對手勝利了，并得到了盾甲。埃杰克斯悲傷至極，無法自拔，最終結(jié)束了自己的生命。奧德修斯為了得到盲人底比斯的忠告而來到陰間；埃杰克斯的幽靈沖著他直皺眉頭。在陰間，由于受到前世痛苦記憶的折磨，埃杰克斯選擇了做一頭獅子。