Ajax

Ajax (or 'Ajax the Great' to distinguish him from 'Ajax the Lesser') was the son of Telamon and Periboea, and a descendent of Zeus. He was king of Salamis and played an important role in the Trojan War, where he was the tallest and strongest of all the Greek warriors, and (with the exception of his cousin Achilles and perhaps Diomedes) the most valuable on the battlefield. After the fall of Troy, he lost a dispute with Odysseus over the magical armour of the dead Achilles, and was later sent mad by Athena. Shamed at the atrocities he had committed in his madness, he killed himself with his own sword.