Penthesilea (Greek: Πενθεσίλεια, romanized: Penthesíleia) 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 killed by Achilles or Neoptolemus.

2023年3月11日 · Penthesilea, daughter of Ares and Otrera, was an Amazon queen who fought and died in the Trojan War. After Hector, the leader of the Trojan army, was killed in the final year of the war, Penthesilea arrived with a small but highly skilled troop of Amazon warriors to help the doomed city against the Greeks.

PENTHESILEIA (Penthesilea) was an Amazon queen who led her troops to Troy in support of King Priamos during the Trojan War. Some say she was a mercenary seeking gold, others that she had accidentally killed her sister and sought redemption.

Penthesilea, in Greek mythology, a queen of the Amazons, well respected for her bravery, her skill in weapons, and her wisdom. She led an army of Amazons to Troy to fight against the Greeks. She was said to have killed Achilles, but Zeus brought him …

Penthesilea was a daughter of Ares and the Amazon queen Otrera. Penthesilea had three sisters, Antiope, Hippolyta, and Melanippe, all of whom were relatively famous in Greek mythology. Stories concerning the various Amazon daughters of Otrera are confusing, but Penthesilea comes to prominence because of the death of Hippolyta.

A daughter of Ares and Otrera, and queen of the Amazons. 1 In the Trojan war she assisted the Trojans, and offered gallant resistance to the Greeks. 2 After the fall of Hector she fought a battle against the Greeks, but was defeated: she herself fell by the hand of Achilles, who mourned over the dying queen on account of her beauty, youth, and v...

2014年9月23日 · Penthesilea was an Amazonian Queen from Greek mythology. She was the daughter of Ares and Otrera and the sister of Hippolyta, Antiope and Melanippe. One of many …

2021年2月9日 · 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...

Penthesilea (Greek: Πενθεσίλεια, Penthesileia) was a queen of the Amazonian in Greek mythology. Her parents were Ares and Otrera. She was the sister of Hippolyta, Antiope and Melanippe. She and her sisters were allies of the Trojans during the Trojan War.

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. [1] . Goethe rejected it as "unplayable". [2] . It was first performed on 25 April 1876 at the Königliches Schauspielhaus in Berlin, 65 years after the author's death.