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Cassandra clung so tightly to the statue of the goddess that Ajax knocked it from its stand as he dragged her away. The actions of Ajax were a sacrilege because Cassandra was a supplicant at the sanctuary, and under the protection of the goddess Athena and Ajax further defiled the temple by raping Cassandra.
Ajax the Lesser by Francesco Sabatelli, 1829 Scene from the Trojan War: Cassandra clings to the Palladium, the wooden cult image of Athene, while Ajax the Lesser is about to drag her away in front of her father Priam (standing on the left). Fresco from the atrium of the Casa del Menandro (I 10, 4) in Pompeii. Ajax, 1820 painting by Henri Serrur
Ajax the Lesser, one of the Greek warriors, sought Cassandra at the temple, dragged her from the statue and brutally raped her. As well as defiling the Temple, the rape was an act of sacrilege as Cassandra was a supplicant there and thus under the protection of Athena.
Ajax at first gets the better of the encounter, wounding Hector with his spear and knocking him down with a large stone, [8] but Hector battles on until the heralds, acting at the direction of Zeus, call a draw, with the two combatants exchanging gifts, Ajax giving Hector his "war-belt, glistening purple" and Hector giving Ajax his "silver ...
Agamemnon had made it back to his kingdom with Cassandra in his possession after some stormy weather. He and Cassandra were slain by Aegisthus (in the oldest versions of the story) or by Clytemnestra or by both of them. Electra and Orestes later avenged their father, but Orestes was the one who was chased by the Furies. See below for further ...
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Ajax and Cassandra (1886). In the collection of the Art Gallery of Ballarat in Victoria, Australia [1] Portrait of French mezzo-soprano Blanche Marchesi. Solomon Joseph Solomon RA RBA (16 September 1860 – 27 July 1927) was a British painter, a founding member of the New English Art Club and member of the Royal Academy.