Ajax (described in the Iliad as ‘Ajax of the Seven Fold Shield,’ a reference to the size and thickness of his shield, having seven layers of leather or hide) and the cunning Odysseus performed two very different roles. Odysseus was cunning and sneaky, while Ajax was gigantic wall who physically held the invading Greeks together (at one point, near the beginning of the Iliad, the Trojans are driving the Greeks back into the water, with soldiers drowning and their ships on the verge of being burnt; eventually, Zeus decides to save the Greeks from total destruction, but before the god stepped in, it was Ajax who kept things together, physically pushing back several charges and rallying the troops into some kind of formation to hold the line).
Poor Ajax, the hard worker, was taken advantage and finally lost it and tried to throttle the Greek commanders. Meanwhile, Odysseus never failed to get rewarded for his work behind the scenes.
Hint: the CEOs getting billions on bonuses are Odysseus and the rest of us are Ajax.
the coffee philosopher 