Editing Ajax the Great (section)

=== Description ===
In the account of [[Dares Phrygius|Dares the Phrygian]], Ajax was illustrated as ". . .powerful. His voice was clear, his hair black and curly. He was perfectly single-minded and unrelenting in the onslaught of battle."<ref>[[Dares Phrygius]], ''History of the Fall of Troy'' [https://www.theoi.com/Text/DaresPhrygius.html 13]</ref> Meanwhile, In Homer's ''Iliad'' he is described as of great stature, colossal frame, and strongest of all the [[Achaeans (Homer)|Achaeans]]. Known as the "bulwark of the [[Achaeans (Homer)|Achaeans]]",<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+6.5 6.5].</ref> he was trained by the [[centaur]] [[Chiron]] (who had trained Ajax's father Telamon and Achilles' father [[Peleus]] and later died of an accidental wound inflicted by a poison arrow belonging to [[Heracles]]). He was described as fearless, strong, and powerful but also with a very high level of combat intelligence. Ajax commands his army wielding a huge shield made of seven cowhides with a layer of bronze. Most notably, Ajax is not wounded in any of the battles described in the ''Iliad'', and he is the only principal character on either side who does not receive substantial assistance from any of the gods (except for Agamemnon) who take part in the battles, although, in book 13, [[Poseidon]] strikes Ajax with his staff, renewing his strength. Unlike [[Diomedes]], [[Agamemnon]], and [[Achilles]], Ajax appears as a mainly defensive warrior, instrumental in the defense of the Greek camp and ships and that of [[Patroclus]]' body. When the Trojans are on the offensive, he is often seen covering the retreat of the Achaeans. Significantly, while one of the deadliest heroes in the whole poem, Ajax has no [[aristeia]] depicting him on the offensive.[[File: The Belvedere Torso depicting Ajax.jpg|thumb|The [[Belvedere Torso]], a marble sculpture carved in the first century BC depicting Ajax.]]