Penthesilea

<p><b >Penthesilea</b>&nbsp;(Greek: Πενθεσίλεια) or&nbsp;<i >Penthesileia</i>&nbsp;was an&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons" title="Amazons" >Amazonian</a>&nbsp;queen in&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology" >Greek mythology</a>, the daughter of&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares" title="Ares" >Ares</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otrera" title="Otrera" >Otrera</a><sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penthesilea#cite_note-0" >[1]</a></sup>&nbsp;and the sister of&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyta" title="Hippolyta" >Hippolyta</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiope_(mythology)" title="Antiope (mythology)" class="mw-redirect" >Antiope</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanippe" title="Melanippe" >Melanippe</a>.&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintus_Smyrnaeus" title="Quintus Smyrnaeus" >Quintus Smyrnaeus</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penthesilea#cite_note-1" >[2]</a></sup>&nbsp;explains more fully than&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheke" title="Bibliotheke" class="mw-redirect" >pseudo-Apollodorus</a>&nbsp;how Penthesilea came to be at Troy: Penthesilea had killed Hippolyta with a spear when they were hunting deer; this accident caused Penthesilea so much grief that she wished only to die, but, as a warrior and an Amazon, she had to do so honorably and in battle. She therefore was easily convinced to join in the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War" title="Trojan War" >Trojan War</a>, fighting on the side of&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy" title="Troy" >Troy</a>'s defenders.</p>

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