person
Teucer
also: Teucrum
Ajax's half-brother; even in his frenzy Ajax did him no harm, the point being that madness has its limits the 'sane' criminal lacks.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.7 Teucer
Exiled from Salamis by his father, he heartens his comrades and founds a 'second Salamis' on Cyprus.
- The Odes §1.15 Salaminian Teucer
The great archer of Salamis, bearing fearlessly down on Paris.
- The Odes §4.9 Teucer
Not the first archer; 'not once was Ilium harried.'
- The Satires §2.3 harm to Teucer
Ajax's half-brother, spared even in his frenzy — madness keeps bounds the deliberate criminal does not.