![]() ![]() Penthesilea's Amazons cannot inhabit settlements and instead roam the land on horseback. While her sibling Hippolyta ruler over Amazon society, Penthesilea led their younger, hot-blooded sisters to war. ![]() Penthesilea was the Warrior-queen of the Amazons during the Trojan War. In other versions of the legend, it was not Achilles but Penthesilea who slew prince Hector in battle. Achilles himself killed her in single combat, only to fall in love with her upon removing her helmet. Taking on the name- Penthesilea (strong grief), she offered her life to the bloodthirsty god Ares, swearing to visit vengeance upon those who had dared desecrate the golden capital.Īccording to the Homeric tradition, she fought against the Achaeans in the war, rescuing Troy from certain defeat. Born Melanippe (black mare), she witnessed, fifteen years prior, the devastation of Themiscyra by Athenian raiders, as well as the murder of her beloved elder sister Antiope.
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