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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8277985, member: 57495&quot;]I&#039;ll ask to be excused for posting a literal legend, but I&#039;ve always thought the one below interesting for depicting the actual death scene.&nbsp; Ajax the Telamonian was the second greatest Greek hero in the Trojan War, but he killed himself in shame when he was cheated of the honour of claiming his friend Achilles&#039;s armor and after he was struck mad by the goddess Athena. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461778[/ATTACH]<b>CARACALLA</b></p><p>AE Diassarion. 7.45g, 24.4mm. BITHYNIA, Prusa ad Olympum, AD 198-217. SNG Cop 596 (same dies); SNG von Aulock 873 (same obv die); RG 102. O: AYT•K•M•AYP•ANTΩNINOC•CЄ KA•, laureate head right. R: ΠPOYCAЄΩ/N, Ajax the Telamonian, nude but for helmet and balteus, falling on his sword; before, pile of stones; on ground line, shield.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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