Editing Cassandra (section)

====During the fall of Troy====
[[Coroebus]] and [[Othronus]] came to the aid of Troy during the Trojan War out of love for Cassandra and in exchange for her hand in marriage, but both were killed.<ref name="illinois1">{{cite web|title=Cassandra in the Classical World|url=http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/bogan/classical.htm|access-date=2014-03-24|publisher=English.illinois.edu|archive-date=2019-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511232901/http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/bogan/classical.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to one account, Priam offered Cassandra to [[Telephus]]'s son [[Eurypylus (son of Telephus)|Eurypylus]], in order to induce Eurypylus to fight on the side of the Trojans.<ref>[[Dictys Cretensis]] 4.14 (Frazer, p. 95).</ref> Cassandra was also the first to see the body of her brother [[Hector]] being brought back to the city.[[File:Jérome Martin Langlois the Younger – Cassandra Imploring the Vengeance of Minerva against Ajax.jpeg|thumb|Cassandra imploring [[Athena]] for revenge against Ajax, by [[Jérôme-Martin Langlois|Jerome-Martin Langlois]], 1810–1838.]]In ''The Fall of Troy'', told by [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], Cassandra attempted to warn the Trojan people that Greek warriors were hiding in the Trojan Horse while they were celebrating their victory over the Greeks with feasting. Disbelieving Cassandra, the Trojans resorted to calling her names and hurling insults at her. Attempting to prove herself right, Cassandra took an axe in one hand and a burning torch in the other, and ran towards the Trojan Horse, intent on destroying the Greeks herself, but the Trojans stopped her. The Greeks hiding inside the Horse were relieved, but alarmed by how clearly she had divined their plan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smyrnaeus|first=Quintus|title=THE FALL OF TROY BOOK 12|url=https://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus12.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-28|website=www.theoi.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061120145727/http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus12.html |archive-date=2006-11-20 }}</ref>
[[File:Solomon Ajax and Cassandra.jpg|left|thumb|''[[Ajax and Cassandra]]'' by [[Solomon Joseph Solomon|Solomon J. Solomon]], 1886.]]
At the fall of Troy, Cassandra sought shelter in the temple of [[Athena]]. There she embraced the wooden statue of Athena in supplication for her protection, but was abducted and brutally raped by [[Ajax the Lesser]]. 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 under the protection of the goddess Athena, and Ajax further defiled the temple by raping Cassandra.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cassandra, Ancient Princess of Troy, Priestess and Prophetess|url=http://www.rwaag.org/cassandra|access-date=2021-11-28|website=The Role of Women in the Art of Ancient Greece|language=en-US|archive-date=2019-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105083032/http://www.rwaag.org/cassandra|url-status=live}}</ref>

In Apollodorus chapter 6, section 6, Ajax's death comes at the hands of both Athena and [[Poseidon]]: "Athena threw a thunderbolt at the ship of Ajax; and when the ship went to pieces he made his way safe to a rock, and declared that he was saved in spite of the intention of Athena. But Poseidon smote the rock with his trident and split it, and Ajax fell into the sea and perished; and his body, being washed up, was buried by [[Thetis]] in [[Myconos]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Apollodorus, Epitome, book E, chapter 6, section 6|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022:text=Epitome:book=E:chapter=6:section=6|access-date=2021-11-28|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu|archive-date=2021-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128052149/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022:text=Epitome:book=E:chapter=6:section=6|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Cassandre se met sous la protection de Pallas, Aimé Millet (1819-1891), Jardin des Tuileries, Paris.jpg|alt=Cassandra puts herself under the protection of Pallas, Aimé Millet (1819–1891), Tuileries Garden, Paris|thumb|266x266px|''Cassandra puts herself under the protection of Pallas'', [[Aimé Millet]] (1819–1891), [[Tuileries Garden]], [[Paris]]]]
In some versions, Cassandra intentionally left a chest behind in Troy, with a curse on whichever Greek opened it first.<ref name="maicar1">{{cite web|title=Cassandra – Greek Mythology Link|url=http://www.maicar.com/GML/Cassandra.html|access-date=2014-03-24|publisher=Maicar.com|archive-date=2019-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423095106/http://www.maicar.com/GML/Cassandra.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Inside the chest was an image of [[Dionysus]], made by [[Hephaestus]] and presented to the Trojans by [[Zeus]]. It was given to the Greek leader [[Eurypylus (king of Thessaly)|Eurypylus]] as a part of his share of the victory spoils of Troy. When he opened the chest and saw the image of the god, he went mad.<ref name="maicar1" />