Penthesileia
deity earth Amazon warriors single tradition · 1
Penthesileia is a daughter of Ares who arrives at Troy with a group of Amazon warriors. She has come to share the hardships of war and to escape her people after accidentally killing her sister. Priam thinks she will save Troy and kill Achilles.
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 0
- Historical notes
- Posthomerica is thought to have been written around the 8th century BCE.
Relationships
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Book 1 tells of the arrival of the proud Amazon queen Penthesileia, the welcome she receives from the hard-pressed Trojans, her initial successes in battle, and her defeat by Achilles, who kills Thersites for mocking his admiration for the beautiful victim.”
#40916 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001