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Ajax abducts Cassandra at the Palladium, Pompeiian fresco

Ancient Roman fresco depicting a mythological scene with figures, soldiers, and women, possibly a abduction or battle narrative

In the sack of Troy, King Priam can only watch as his daughter, Cassandra, is removed from a place where she should find sanctuary.

The Palladium represents Athena, the defense of Troy and of chastity. But, in the onslaught of the Achaians, there is no safety.

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1400 – 1990’s, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.