Penthesilea
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Penthesilea was an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, the daughter of Ares and Otrera and the sister of Hippolyta, Antiope, and Melanippe. She assisted Troy in the Trojan War, during which she was ki
Ancient Greek depiction of Penthesilea
Achilles kills Penthesilea; tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, 470–460 BC, found at Vulci
Penthesilea on a late antique mosaic
Attic red-figure volute krater attributed to the Painter of the Berlin Hydria, dating c. 450 BCE, depicting Achilles slaying Penthesilea, Eskenazi Museum of Art
Aethiopis
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The Aithiopis, also spelled Aethiopis, is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature. It was one of the Epic Cycle, which told the entire history of the Trojan War in epic verse. The story of the Aethiop
Penthesilea
…during which she was killed by Achilles or Neoptolemus. The asteroid 271 Penthesilea, discovered in 1887, was named in her honor. In the five-book epic Aethiopis, which was part of the Epic Cycle (or Cycle of Troy) on the Trojan War, the coming to Troy of Penthesilea and Memnon was described in detail. The…
Drinking bowl with scenes from the Aethiopis epic, Attic, c. 540 BC