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Penthesilea
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English
Alternative forms
en Penthesilia
Proper noun
en Greek mythology A queen of the Amazons and daughter of Ares and Otrera.
Latin
Etymology
From la grc Πενθεσίλεια she who causes men to mourn, suffer, from grc πενθέω to mourn, worry, from grc πένθος mourning.
Pronunciation
Penthesilēa
Proper noun
Penthesilēa<1>
la Greek mythology A queen of the Amazons and daughter of Ares and Otrera
Declension
Penthesilēa<1>
References
Penthesileia
Lipschitz, Susan (2012): Tearing the Veil: Essays on Femininity, p. 110