Ajax
the name of two heroes of the Trojan War. (1) Ajax, son of Telamon, King of Salamis, was next in warlike prowess to Achilles. His chief exploits, AJAX recorded in the "Iliad," are his duel with Hector (7th book), and his obstinate defense of the ships in the protracted battle described in the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th books. After Achilles' death, the armor of that hero was to be given as a prize to him who had deserved best of the Greeks. Ajax and Ulysses alone advanced their claims, and the assembled princes awarded the splendid prize to Ulysses. Ajax was so much mortified at this that he went mad, and afterward slew himself. (2) Ajax, son of Oileus, remarkable for swiftness of foot and skill in using the bow and javelin. When the Greeks had entered Troy, Ulysses accused Ajax of having violated Cassandra in the temple of Pallas. He AKBAR exculpated himself with an oath; but the anger of the goddess at last overtook him, and he perished in the waves of the sea.
The young prince AKBAR (äk'bar) [i. e., "the Great," his proper name being Jelal-el-din-Mo- AKBAR (äk'bar) [i. e., "the Great," hammed], Mogul Emperor of India, the greatest Asiatic monarch of modern times. His father, Humayun, was deprived of the throne by usurpers, and had to retire for refuge into Persia; and it was on the way thither, in the town of Amarkot, that Akbar was born in 1542. Humayun recovered the throne of Delhi after an exile of 12 years; but died within a year. at first committed the administration to died within a year. The young prince his au authority degenerating into tyranny, he shook it off at the age of 18 and took the power into his own hands. In 10 or 12 years Akbar's empire embraced the tains, but in southern India he was less successful. He promoted commerce by tains, but in southern India he was less form system of weights and measures, and a vigorous police.
He exercised the utmost vigilance over his viceroys of provinces and other officers to that no extortion was practiced and that justice was impartially admin of provinces and other officers to see For a born Mohammedan, the tolerance with which he treated other religions was wonderful. He was fond of inquiries as to religious beliefs; and Porwith which he treated other religions at his request to give him an account of the Christian faith. He even attempted to promulgate a new religion of his own.
Literature received the greatest encouragement. Schools were established for the education both of Hindus and Mohammedans; and numbers of Hindu works were translated from Sanskrit into Persian. Akbar died in 1605.