Penthesilea

Πενθεσίλεια
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Historicity

  • Legendary figure
    Probable
    Probable
    One source places her in myth; the other implies it.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
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    One source places her in myth; the other implies it.
    “was an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology”
    — Penthesilea - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
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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 info

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 info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPXX4P5X37DB4SXR8RA
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Cite and reuse

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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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