Type: Limited edition prints
Size: 48cm x 33cm
Tirage: 50 copies
A pencil drawing of a bronze statue of Teucer, made in 1882 by Sir William Hamo Thornycroft RA.
In Greek mythology, Teucer, also Teucrus or Teucros (Greek: Τεῦκρος), was the son of King Telamon of Salamis Island and his second wife Hesione, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy.
He fought alongside his half-brother, Ajax, in the Trojan War and is the legendary founder of the city of Salamis on Cyprus. Through his mother, nephew of King Priam of Troy and the cousin of Hector and Paris—all of whom he fought against in the Trojan War.
During the Trojan War, Teucer was mainly a great archer, who loosed his shafts from behind the giant shield of his half-brother Ajax the Great. When Hector was driving the Achaeans back toward their ships, Teucer gave the Argives some success by killing many of the charging Trojans, including Hector's charioteer, Archeptolemus son of Iphitos.
However, every time he shot an arrow at Hector, Apollo, the protector of the Trojans, would foil the shot.
After Ajax's suicide, Teucer guarded the body to make sure it was buried, insulting Menelaus and Agamemnon when they tried to stop the burial. Finally Odysseus persuaded Agamemnon to let the burial happen. Because of his half-brother's suicide, Teucer stood trial before his father, where he was found guilty of negligence for not bringing his dead half-brother's body or his arms back with him.
He was disowned by his father, wasn't allowed back on Salamis Island, and set out to find a new home.
