Ajax the Locrian (Ajax the Lesser). Engraving

Ajax the Locrian (Ajax the Lesser). Engraving circa 1615, by Leonard Gaultier. Gaultier, or Galter, was a French engraver, born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641. During the sack of Troy as Ajax violated Cassandra in the temple of Athena he pulls down the image of the goddess. He was called the lesser or Locrian Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. when Ajax came to the Capharean Rocks on the coast of Euboea, his ship was wrecked in a fierce storm, he himself was lifted up in a whirlwind and impaled with a flash of rapid fire from Athena in his chest, and his body thrust upon sharp rocks, which afterwards were called the rocks of Ajax

1561 1615 1641 Afterwards Ajax Athena Cassandra Distinguish Engraver Euboea Flash Galte Galter Gaultier Impaled Lesser Lifted Mainz Pulls Rapid Sack Sharp Telamon Thrust Trojan Troy Violated Whirlwind Wrecked

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