Penthesilea

For other uses, see Penthesilea (disambiguation).
Penthesilea
Member of the Amazons
Ancient Greek depiction of Penthesilea
Genealogy
ParentsAres and Otrera
SiblingsHippolyta, Antiope, Melanippe

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. The asteroid 271 Penthesilea, discovered in 1887, was named in her honor.

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