Flaxman: Ajax attacking the sheep | Dickinson College Commentaries

Ajax (center) steps forward with his left leg toward a flock of sleeping sheep (right). Holds a short sword or dagger high over his right soldier preparing to swing down. Athene hovering to the left and sightly behind Ajax, urges him on.

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Ajax attacks sleeping sheep to right, urged on by Athene to left. John Flaxman (1755-1826), illustration to "Ajax," by Sophocles. Pen and grey ink and grey wash. British Museum 1888,0503.35. © Trustees of the British Museum. Used by permission.

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Ovid, Amores 1.7

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