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After the successful ruse using the Trojan Horse, the Greeks sacked Troy. During the sack, Cassandra fled to the Temple of Pallas, clutching the wooden statue to request Athena's protection. Ajax the Lesser, one of the Greek warriors, sought Cassandra at the temple, dragged her from the statue and brutally raped her.
Cassandra or Kassandra (/ k ə ˈ s æ n d r ə /; [2] Ancient Greek: Κασσάνδρα, pronounced, sometimes referred to as Alexandra; Ἀλεξάνδρα) [3] in Greek mythology was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. In modern usage her name is employed as a ...
Pictorial representations of the Trojan Horse earlier than, or contemporary to, the first literary appearances of the episode can help clarify what was the meaning of the story as perceived by its contemporary audience. There are few ancient (before 480 BC) depictions of the Trojan Horse surviving.
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Detail showing the oldest known depiction of the Trojan Horse. (Note the warriors peeking out through portholes in the horse's side.) The Mykonos vase, a pithos, is one of the earliest dated objects (Archaic period, c. 675 BC) to depict the Trojan Horse from Homer's telling of the Fall of Troy during the Trojan War in the Odyssey. [1]
The Trojan Women (Ancient Greek: Τρῳάδες, romanized: Trōiades, lit."The Female Trojans") is a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, produced in 415 BCE.Also translated as The Women of Troy, or as its transliterated Greek title Troades, The Trojan Women presents commentary on the costs of war through the lens of women and children. [1]
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