Penthesilea

Family: Amazons · Role: queen · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 11

In Book 5, Chapter 11, at Olympia, Penthesilea died while Achilles supported her; paintings there depicted the scene. By Book 10, Chapter 31, Paris was clapping to attract her notice. She looked at him and, with a toss of her head, seemed to despise him and jeer at him as a boy.

Relationship record

Life events

• Penthesilea died while Achilles supported her.(Book 5 · Chapter 11 · 📍 Olympia)
  • With: Achilles
  • “The last paintings are Penthesilea dying and Achilles supporting her”

Book 5 · Chapter 11

• with Achilles (Achilles supports the dying Penthesilea.) “The last paintings are Penthesilea dying and Achilles supporting her,”

Book 10 · Chapter 31

• admirer: Paris (Paris attempts to attract Penthesilea's notice.) “He is clapping his hands like a rustic, apparently to attract the notice of Penthesilea, who looks at him, but by the toss of her head seems to despise him, and jeer at him as a boy.”
• with Paris (Paris attempts to attract Penthesilea's notice, while she despises and jeers at him.) “He is clapping his hands like a rustic, apparently to attract the notice of Penthesilea, who looks at him, but by the toss of her head seems to despise him, and jeer at him as a boy.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.