Penthesilea, the Glossary
Penthesilea (Penthesíleia) was an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, the daughter of Ares and Otrera and the sister of Hippolyta, Antiope, and Melanippe.[1]
Table of Contents
107 relations: Achilles, Act (drama), Adolf Furtwängler, Aeneas, Aeneid, Aethiopis, Agostino Strozzi, Altavilla, Amazons, Anatolia, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Andrea Acciaioli, Antianeira, Antiope (Amazon), Aphrodisias, Arctinus of Miletus, Ares, Axe, Bassae, Bassae Frieze, Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), Bibliotheca historica, Black-figure pottery, Bremusa, Calabria, Camilla (mythology), Carthage, Chivalric romance, Chivalry, Christine de Pizan, Cour Carrée, De Mulieribus Claris, Derinoe (mythology), Diodorus Siculus, Epic Cycle, Euboea, Evandre (mythology), Giovanni Boccaccio, Greek alphabet, Greek mythology, Hector, Heinrich von Kleist, Heracles, Hippodamia (mythology), Hippolyta, Homer, Hugo Wolf, Iliad, ... Expand index (57 more) »
- Amazons of the Trojan war
- Necrophilia
- Queens of the Amazons
Achilles
In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus (Achilleús) was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors.
Act (drama)
An act is a major division of a theatre work, including a play, film, opera, ballet, or musical theatre, consisting of one or more scenes.
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Adolf Furtwängler
Johann Michael Adolf Furtwängler (30 June 1853 – 10 October 1907) was a German archaeologist, teacher, art historian and museum director.
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Aeneas
In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (from) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus).
Aeneid
The Aeneid (Aenē̆is or) is a Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
Aethiopis
The Aithiopis (Greek: Αἰθιοπίς, Aíthiopís), Latinized as) also spelled Aethiopis is the lost epic of ancient Greek literature. It was one of the Epic Cycle, that is, the Trojan cycle, which told the entire history of the Trojan War in epic verse. The story of the Aethiopis might comes chronologically immediately after that of the Homeric Iliad, and could be followed by that of the Little Iliad.
Agostino Strozzi
Agostino Strozzi (c.1450 – after 1505) was an Augustinian abbot and author.
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Altavilla
Altavilla is a village and former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Amazons
In Greek mythology, the Amazons (Ancient Greek:, singular; in Latin) are portrayed in a number of ancient epic poems and legends, such as the Labours of Heracles, the Argonautica and the Iliad. Penthesilea and Amazons are Children of Ares.
Anatolia
Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.
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Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
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Andrea Acciaioli
Andrea Acciaioli or Acciaiuoli was an Italian noblewoman, as the Countess of Altavilla in the 14th century.
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Antianeira
Antianeira (a match for men) was the name of a number of women in Greek mythology. Penthesilea and Antianeira are Amazons of the Trojan war.
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Antiope (Amazon)
In Greek mythology, Antiope (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόπη, derived from αντι anti, "against, compared to, like," and οψ ops, "voice" or "confronting") was an Amazon, daughter of Ares and sister to Melanippe, Hippolyta, Penthesilea and possibly Orithyia, queens of the Amazons. Penthesilea and Antiope (Amazon) are Children of Ares and queens of the Amazons.
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Aphrodisias
Aphrodisias (Aphrodisiás) was a small ancient Greek Hellenistic city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Asia Minor, today's Anatolia in Turkey.
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Arctinus of Miletus
Arctinus of Miletus or Arctinus Milesius (Ἀρκτῖνος Μιλήσιος) was a Greek epic poet whose reputation is purely legendary, as none of his works survive.
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Ares
Ares (Ἄρης, Árēs) is the Greek god of war and courage.
Axe
An axe (sometimes ax in American English; see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split, and cut wood, to harvest timber, as a weapon, and as a ceremonial or heraldic symbol.
Bassae
Bassae (Bassae, Βάσσαι - Bassai, meaning "little vale in the rocks") is an archaeological site in Oichalia, a municipality in the northeastern part of Messenia, Greece.
Bassae Frieze
The Bassae Frieze is the high relief marble sculpture in 23 panels, 31 m long by 0.63 m high, made to decorate the interior of the cella of the Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassae.
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Benoît de Sainte-Maure
Benoît de Sainte-Maure (died 1173) was a 12th-century French poet, most probably from Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine near Tours, France.
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Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)
The Bibliotheca (Ancient Greek: label), also known as the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus, is a compendium of Greek myths and heroic legends, genealogical tables and histories arranged in three books, generally dated to the first or second century CE.
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Bibliotheca historica
Bibliotheca historica (Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική) is a work of universal history by Diodorus Siculus.
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Black-figure pottery
Black-figure pottery painting, also known as the black-figure style or black-figure ceramic (μελανόμορφα||), is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases.
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Bremusa
In Greek Mythology, Bremusa (Ancient Greek: Βρεμούσα means " furious female" was one of a group of 12 Amazonian warriors. She was born in Themiskyra in 1204 BC and fought with Penthesilea. Penthesilea and Bremusa are Amazons of the Trojan war.
Calabria
Calabria is a region in southern Italy.
Camilla (mythology)
In Virgil's Aeneid, Camilla of the Volsci is the daughter of King Metabus and Casmilla.
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Carthage
Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia.
Chivalric romance
As a literary genre, the chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the noble courts of high medieval and early modern Europe.
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Chivalry
Chivalry, or the chivalric language, is an informal and varying code of conduct developed in Europe between 1170 and 1220.
Christine de Pizan
Christine de Pizan or Pisan (born Cristina da Pizzano; September 1364 –), was an Italian-born French poet and court writer for King Charles VI of France and several French dukes.
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Cour Carrée
The Cour Carrée (Square Court) is one of the main courtyards of the Louvre Palace in Paris.
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De Mulieribus Claris
De Mulieribus Claris or De Claris Mulieribus (Latin for "Concerning Famous Women") is a collection of biographies of historical and mythological women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccaccio, composed in Latin prose in 1361–1362.
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Derinoe (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Derinoe (Ancient Greek: Δηρινόη) was one of the Amazons, a race of warrior-women. Penthesilea and Derinoe (mythology) are Amazons of the Trojan war.
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Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus or Diodorus of Sicily (Diódōros; 1st century BC) was an ancient Greek historian.
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Epic Cycle
The Epic Cycle (Epikòs Kýklos) was a collection of Ancient Greek epic poems, composed in dactylic hexameter and related to the story of the Trojan War, including the Cypria, the Aethiopis, the so-called Little Iliad, the Iliupersis, the Nostoi, and the Telegony.
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Euboea
Euboea (Εὔβοια Eúboia), also known by its modern spelling Evia, is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete, and the sixth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Evandre (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Evandre (Ancient Greek: Εὐάνδρη) was one of the Amazons, a race of warrior-women. Penthesilea and Evandre (mythology) are Amazons of the Trojan war.
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Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio (16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist.
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Greek alphabet
The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC.
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Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.
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Hector
In Greek mythology, Hector (label) is a Trojan prince, a hero and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War.
Heinrich von Kleist
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist.
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Heracles
Heracles (glory/fame of Hera), born Alcaeus (Ἀλκαῖος, Alkaios) or Alcides (Ἀλκείδης, Alkeidēs), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.
Hippodamia (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Hippodamia, Hippodamea or Hippodameia (Ancient Greek: Ἱπποδάμεια, "she who masters horses" derived from ἵππος hippos "horse" and δαμάζειν damazein "to tame") may refer to these female characters.
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Hippolyta
In Greek mythology, Hippolyta, or Hippolyte (Ἱππολύτη Hippolytē), was a daughter of Ares and Otrera,Hyginus, Fabulae, 30 queen of the Amazons, and a sister of Antiope and Melanippe. Penthesilea and Hippolyta are Children of Ares and queens of the Amazons.
Homer
Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder.
Iliad
The Iliad (Iliás,; " about Ilion (Troy)") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
James George Frazer
Sir James George Frazer (1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941) was a Scottish social anthropologist and folkloristJosephson-Storm (2017), Chapter 5.
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John Beazley
Sir John Davidson Beazley, (13 September 1885 – 6 May 1970) was a British classical archaeologist and art historian, known for his classification of Attic vases by artistic style.
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John Gower
John Gower (c. 1330 – October 1408) was an English poet, a contemporary of William Langland and the Pearl Poet, and a personal friend of Geoffrey Chaucer.
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John Lydgate
John Lydgate of Bury was an English monk and poet, born in Lidgate, near Haverhill, Suffolk, England.
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Kingdom of Pontus
Pontus (Πόντος) was a Hellenistic kingdom centered in the historical region of Pontus in modern-day Turkey, and ruled by the Mithridatic dynasty of Persian origin, which may have been directly related to Darius the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty.
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Knight
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.
Lesbos
Lesbos or Lesvos (Lésvos) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea.
List of women warriors in folklore
This is a list of women who engaged in war, found throughout mythology and folklore, studied in fields such as literature, sociology, psychology, anthropology, film studies, cultural studies, and women's studies.
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Looking Backward
Looking Backward: 2000–1887 is a utopian science fiction novel by the American journalist and writer Edward Bellamy first published in 1888.
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Ludovic Morlot
Ludovic Morlot (born 11 December 1973) is a French conductor.
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Lycophron
Lycophron (Lukóphrōn ho Chalkidéus; born about 330–325 BC) was a Hellenistic Greek tragic poet, grammarian, and commentator on comedy, to whom the poem Alexandra is attributed (perhaps falsely).
Mario Equicola
Mario Equicola (c. 1470 – 26 July 1525) was an Italian Renaissance humanist: a Neo-Latin author, a bibliophile, and a courtier of Isabella d'Este and Federico II Gonzaga.
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Mary of Burgundy
Mary of Burgundy (Marie de Bourgogne; Maria van Bourgondië; 13 February 1457 – 27 March 1482), nicknamed the Rich, was a member of the House of Valois-Burgundy who ruled a collection of states that included the duchies of Limburg, Brabant, Luxembourg, the counties of Namur, Holland, Hainaut and other territories, from 1477 until her death in 1482.
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Melanippe
In Greek mythology, the name Melanippe referred to several different people. Penthesilea and Melanippe are Children of Ares.
Memnon
Memnon is a prominent heroic figure.
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
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Neoptolemus
In Greek mythology, Neoptolemus, originally called Pyrrhus at birth, was the son of the warrior Achilles and the princess Deidamia, and the brother of Oneiros.
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Odyssey
The Odyssey (Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.
Oral storytelling
Oral storytelling is an ancient and intimate tradition between the storyteller and their audience.
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Orithyia (Amazon)
In Greek and Roman legendary history, Orithyia, "woman raging in the mountains", was the daughter of Marpesia. Penthesilea and Orithyia (Amazon) are Children of Ares and queens of the Amazons.
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Othmar Schoeck
Othmar Schoeck (1 September 1886 – 8 March 1957) was a Swiss Romantic classical composer, opera composer, musician, and conductor.
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Otrera
In Greek mythology, Otrera (Ὀτρήρη Otrērē) was the founder and first Queen of the Amazons; the consort of Ares and mother of Hippolyta and Penthesilea. Penthesilea and Otrera are queens of the Amazons and women in Greek mythology.
Panaenus
Panaenus (Πάναινος), brother or nephew of Phidias, was an ancient Greek painter who worked in conjunction with Polygnotus and Micon at Athens.
Pascal Dusapin
Pascal Georges Dusapin (born 29 May 1955) is a French composer.
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Pausanias (geographer)
Pausanias (Παυσανίας) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD.
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Penthesilea (Kleist)
Penthesilea is an 1808 tragedy by the German playwright Heinrich von Kleist about the mythological Amazon queen, Penthesilea, described as an exploration of sexual frenzy.
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Penthesilea (opera)
Penthesilea is a one-act opera by Othmar Schoeck, to a German-language libretto by the composer, after the work of the same name by Heinrich von Kleist.
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Penthesilea Painter
The Penthesilea Painter (active between 470 and 450 BC at Athens) was a Greek vase painter of the Attic red-figure style.
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Phrygia
In classical antiquity, Phrygia (Φρυγία, Phrygía) was a kingdom in the west-central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River.
Posthomerica
The Posthomerica (τὰ μεθ᾿ Ὅμηρον, translit. tà meth᾿ Hómēron; lit. "Things After Homer") is an epic poem in Greek hexameter verse by Quintus of Smyrna.
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Priam
In Greek mythology, Priam (Πρίαμος) was the legendary and last king of Troy during the Trojan War.
Queen regnant
A queen regnant (queens regnant) is a female monarch, equivalent in rank, title and position to a king.
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Quintus Smyrnaeus
Quintus Smyrnaeus (also Quintus of Smyrna; Κόϊντος Σμυρναῖος, Kointos Smyrnaios) was a Greek epic poet whose Posthomerica, following "after Homer", continues the narration of the Trojan War.
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Robert Graves
Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic.
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Roman de Troie
Le Roman de Troie (The Romance of Troy) by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, probably written between 1155 and 1160,Roberto Antonelli "The Birth of Criseyde - An Exemplary Triangle: 'Classical' Troilus and the Question of Love at the Anglo-Norman Court" in Boitani, P. (ed) The European Tragedy of Troilus (Oxford: Clarendon Press) 1989 pp.21-48.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
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Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
Sakarya River
The Sakarya (Sakarya Nehri; 𒀀𒇉𒊭𒄭𒊑𒅀|translit.
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Semiramis
Semiramis (ܫܲܡܝܼܪܵܡ Šammīrām, Շամիրամ Šamiram, Σεμίραμις, سميراميس Samīrāmīs) was the legendary Lydian-Babylonian wife of Onnes and of Ninus, who succeeded the latter on the throne of Assyria, according to Movses Khorenatsi.
Severe style
The Severe style, or Early Classical style, was the dominant idiom of Greek sculpture in the period ca.
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Spear
A spear is a polearm consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head.
Stesichorus
Stesichorus (Στησίχορος, Stēsichoros; c. 630 – 555 BC) was a Greek lyric poet native of Metauros (Gioia Tauro today).
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Symphonic poem
A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music, usually in a single continuous movement, which illustrates or evokes the content of a poem, short story, novel, painting, landscape, or other (non-musical) source.
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Terme River
The Terme River (Terme Çayı; Thermeh; Θερμώδων, rendered Thermodon) is a short river in Samsun Province, Turkey draining into the Black Sea.
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The Book of the City of Ladies
The Book of the City of Ladies, or Le Livre de la Cité des Dames, is a book written by Christine de Pizan believed to have been finished by 1405.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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Thermodosa (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Thermodosa (Ancient Greek: Θερμώδωσα) was one of the Amazons, a race of warrior-women. Penthesilea and Thermodosa (mythology) are Amazons of the Trojan war and women in Greek mythology.
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Thersites
In Greek mythology, Thersites (Ancient Greek: Θερσίτης) was a soldier of the Greek army during the Trojan War.
Theseus
Theseus (Θησεύς) was a divine hero and the founder of Athens from Greek mythology.
Thracians
The Thracians (translit; Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history.
Tomyris
Tomyris (Saka:; Tomuris; Tomyris) also called Thomyris, Tomris, or Tomiride, is known only from the Greek historian Herodotus.
Trojan War
The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology that took place around the 12th or 13th century BC.
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Troy
Troy (translit; Trōia; 𒆳𒌷𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭|translit.
Troy Book
Troy Book is a Middle English poem by John Lydgate relating the history of Troy from its foundation through to the end of the Trojan War.
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (traditional dates 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.
271 Penthesilea
Penthesilea (minor planet designation: 271 Penthesilea) is a mid-sized main belt asteroid that was discovered by Viktor Knorre on 13 October 1887 in Berlin.
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See also
Amazons of the Trojan war
- Alcibie
- Antandre
- Antianeira
- Antibrote (mythology)
- Bremusa
- Clonie (Greek myth)
- Derimacheia (mythology)
- Derinoe (mythology)
- Evandre (mythology)
- Harmothoe (mythology)
- Hippothoe
- Penthesilea
- Thermodosa (mythology)
Necrophilia
- Deltona massacre
- Incidents of necrophilia
- Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal
- Killing of Sharon Lopatka
- Murder of Elyse Pahler
- Murder of Jun Lin
- Murder of Patricia Alatorre
- Murder of Shad Thyrion
- Necrophiles
- Necrophilia
- Necrophilia in popular culture
- Nowthatsfuckedup.com
- Penthesilea
- United States v. Thomas (1962)
Queens of the Amazons
- Aegea
- Antiope (Amazon)
- Eurypyle (Amazon)
- Hippolyta
- Lampedo
- Marpesia
- Myrina (mythology)
- Orithyia (Amazon)
- Otrera
- Penthesilea
- Thalestris
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penthesilea
Also known as Pentasilia, Penthelisea, Penthesileia, Penthesilia, Penthilesea, Πενθεσίλεια.
, Italy, James George Frazer, John Beazley, John Gower, John Lydgate, Kingdom of Pontus, Knight, Lesbos, List of women warriors in folklore, Looking Backward, Ludovic Morlot, Lycophron, Mario Equicola, Mary of Burgundy, Melanippe, Memnon, Middle Ages, Neoptolemus, Odyssey, Oral storytelling, Orithyia (Amazon), Othmar Schoeck, Otrera, Panaenus, Pascal Dusapin, Pausanias (geographer), Penthesilea (Kleist), Penthesilea (opera), Penthesilea Painter, Phrygia, Posthomerica, Priam, Queen regnant, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Robert Graves, Roman de Troie, Roman Empire, Routledge, Sakarya River, Semiramis, Severe style, Spear, Stesichorus, Symphonic poem, Terme River, The Book of the City of Ladies, The Guardian, Thermodosa (mythology), Thersites, Theseus, Thracians, Tomyris, Trojan War, Troy, Troy Book, Virgil, 271 Penthesilea.