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Penthesilea
Penthesilea (Greek: Πενθεσίλεια) or
Penthesileia was an
Amazonian queen in
Greek mythology, the daughter of
Ares and
Otrera and the sister of
Hippolyta,
Antiope and
Melanippe.
Quintus Smyrnaeus explains more fully than
pseudo-Apollodorus how Penthesilea came to be at Troy: Penthesilea had killed Hippolyta with a spear when they were hunting deer; this accident caused Penthesilea so much grief that she wished only to die, but, as a warrior and an Amazon, she had to do so honorably and in battle. She therefore was easily convinced to join in the
Trojan War, fighting on the side of
Troy's defenders.
Penthesilea
[Greek heroic] Queen of the Amazons who, in the post-Homeric legends, fought for Troy after Hector's death. She was slain by Achilles, who at that same moment was moved by her courage and beauty. However, there is more than one version of Achilles versus Penthesilea. In several of these, it was Achilles who died, not she. (See: Heinrich von Kleist, Penthesilea (Drama) and Robert Graves, The Greek Myths Vol II, page 313.)
