Polyxena
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In Greek mythology, Polyxena was the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba. She does not appear in Homer, but in several other classical authors, though the details of her stor
The sacrifice of Polyxena by the triumphant Greeks (Attic black-figure Tyrrhenian amphora, ca. 570–550 BC)
A Renaissance illustration of the killing of Polyxena in Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris
The Rape of Polyxena, Pio Fedi (1855–1865), Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence.
The Sacrifice of Polyxena, 1647, by Charles Le Brun, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Hecuba
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In Greek mythology, Hecuba was the wife of King Priam and queen of Troy during the Trojan War. With Priam, she was the mother of the warriors Hector and Troilus; Helen's suitor Paris; and the prophete
Polyxena
…In Greek mythology, Polyxena (; Ancient Greek: Πολυξένη, romanized: Poluxénē) was the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba. She does not appear in Homer, but in several other classical authors, though the details of her story vary considerably. After the fall of Troy, she…
Hecuba depicted on a vase of the 6th century BC
The death of Hector on a Roman sarcophagus, c. 200 AD
Hecuba and Polyxena by Merry-Joseph Blondel
Hecuba Offering the Robe to Pallas by Antonio Canova