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archaicwonder: “Greek Silver Triobol from Opuntii, Lokris c. 340-330 BC The wreathed head of Demeter right. On the reverse, Ajax advancing right, a; helmet crest between his legs, a coiled serpent on the inside of his shield. Lokrian Ajax (the...
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Greek Silver Triobol from Opuntii, Lokris c. 340-330 BC

The wreathed head of Demeter right. On the reverse, Ajax advancing right, a; helmet crest between his legs, a coiled serpent on the inside of his shield.

Lokrian Ajax (the Lesser) was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Lokris. He was the leader of the Lokrian contingent during the Trojan War. He was called the “lesser” or “Lokrian” Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. He is a significant figure in Homer’s Iliad and is also mentioned in The Odyssey and Virgil’s Aeneid.

Ancient Opuntii, near modern Atalandi, was on a narrow slip of the eastern coast of central mainland Greece, opposite Euboea.  Its harbor was at Cynus.

Source: edgarlowen.com
i went 'what IS that thing between ajax' legs??' and then laughed at the question *reads descrption* okay a helmet crest. why though demeter locrian ajax
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Benedikt Piringer, 1780-1826

Ajax the lesser affronts Cassandra at the foot of Athena's statue, illustration 19th century of Greek Vase Illustration of Cassandra with Apollo and Minerva

Photo by © Historical Picture Archive/Corbis via Getty Images

this one drives me crazy because i keep finding artistic renderings of this particular vase but i've never seen photos of the vase itself the flaring of ajax' chlamys is very distinct it must have been SOMEWHERE where 19th century european artists could gawk at it locrian ajax cassandra of troy not sure who the other guy is. i don't think that's apollo despite the description. coroebus? or just a random trojan?
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Attributed to the Ethiop Painter

[Cassandra / Athena] Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar), ca. 450 BCE, Culture Greek, Attic, terracotta red-figure, 28.3 cm

The Met Fifth Avenue Inv. 56.171.41

Obverse, the Greek hero Ajax seizes Cassandra, a Trojan princess and prophetess, during the sack of Troy
A number of ancient Greek texts recount that, when the Greeks sacked Troy, Cassandra, the most beautiful daughter of the Trojan king Priam, took refuge at the statue of Athena, but Ajax tore her away and raped her, thus committing sacrilege against Athena. The legendary actions of heroes were the basis for numerous rituals that took place in Greece. In Locris, which was Ajax's native region, the citizens expiated his crime for a thousand years by sending two virgins every year to serve in the temple of Athena at Troy. (MET)

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Attributed to The Danaid Group

Kassandra, Campanian (Naples) production, ca.340BC/320BC, red-figured hydria, pottery, 33.50x24.50x20.50 cm

British Museum London,  Inv. 1824,0501.35

Depicted on this hydria is the rape of Kassandra by the lesser Ajax, son of Oileus, in Athena’s temple at Troy. In the centre, the Trojan princess Kassandra kneels on the base of the statue of Athena, the Palladion. Her hair is loose and her drapery hangs from her left shoulder, leaving her upper body bare. She embraces the statue. (British Museum)

locrian ajax cassandra of troy i'm very intrigued by the goddess above them holding up what is possibly the apple of discord the museum description suggests it might be aphrodite which is. hm. narratively interesting
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Cassandra and Ajax the lesser 350-340 BCE

"ATHENA: Dost not know the insult done to me and to the shrine I love?

POSEIDON: Surely, in the hour that Aias tore Cassandra thence.

ATHENA: Yea, and the Achaeans did naught, said naught to him.

POSEIDON: And yet 'twas by thy mighty aid they sacked Ilium.

ATHENA: For which cause I would join with thee to work their bane.

POSEIDON: My powers are ready at thy will. What is thy intent?

ATHENA: A returning fraught with woe will I impose on them.

POSEIDON: While yet they stay on shore, or as they cross the briny deep?

ATHENA: When they have set sail from Ilium for their homes. On them will Zeus also send his rain and fearful hail, and inky tempests from the sky; yea, and he promises to grant me his levin-bolts to hurl on the Achaeans and fire their ships. And do thou, for thy part, make the Aegean strait to roar with mighty billows and whirlpools, and fill Euboea's hollow bay with corpses, that Achaeans may learn henceforth to reverence my temples and regard all other deities."

-Euripides, The Trojan Women

https://paganimagevault.blogspot.com/2019/11/cassandra-and-ajax-lesser-350-340-bce.html

locrian ajax cassandra of troy i'm not sure who the second woman is meant to be. hecuba?
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