Historicity
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Legendary figure
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One source places her in myth; the other implies it.
“was an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology”
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“According to Greek mythology, the Amazons were a fierce tribe of warrior women”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Description
Amazon queen of Greek mythology, daughter of Ares and sister of Hippolyta, who
fought for Troy and was killed by Achilles.
Sources
“Homer tells us in the Iliad (eighth century BCE) that they were “the equal of
men,” fighting on the side of the Trojans, where ultimately, the Amazonian queen
Penthesilea was slain by Achilles.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPXX4P5X37DB4SXR8RA
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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Penthesilea. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPXX4P5X37DB4SXR8RA - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5JWHXPXX4P5X37DB4SXR8RA, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Penthesilea}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPXX4P5X37DB4SXR8RA}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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