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  Penthesilea
Penthesilea was the queen of the Amazons and the daughter of Ares and Otrere.
Penthesilea is said to have defeated Machaon, son of Asclepius, and Podarces, brother of Protesilaus.
Penthesilea, a fierce Scythian, once dared to attack by horse the Greek ships with arrows; After the gilded metal helmet [was removed and] her forehead exposed, her brilliant form conquered the man (Achilles), the victor.
www.stanford.edu /~plomio/penthesilea.html   (699 words)

  
 woa.tv :: Penthesilea
After accidentally killing her beloved sister during an unfortunate hunting accident, Penthesilea led a team of Amazons to liberate the ancient city of Troy with the hopes that she would be killed in battle.
He spotted Penthesilea in all her bloody glory across the battlefield, and approached with the intention of killing his seemingly unstoppable female enemy.
Penthesilea, with a cry of rage, leapt at him and cut off the arm that had slain her Amazon companion.
www.woa.tv /articles/hi_penthesilea.html   (1151 words)

  
 Literary Encyclopedia: Penthesilea
A possible further reason for Goethe’s discomfort was the play’s representation of the Classical world, which some have seen as deliberately conceived in opposition to the humane, rational culture portrayed in works such as Goethe’s Iphigenie auf Tauris [Iphigenie in Tauris, 1787].
Kleist chose not to portray the better known story of Achilles’; defeat of the Amazon queen Penthesilea, but rather a variant on this story that he found in Benjamin Hederich’s Mythological Lexicon (1724), according to which Penthesilea defeated Achilles.
In Scene 4, the Greeks try to make Achilles return to the discipline of a battle-plan, but he insists that he will not rejoin the battle until he has subjugated Penthesilea and made her his bride.
www.litencyc.com /php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=13126   (545 words)

  
 penthesilea-monument
"Penthesilea" is one of very few sculptures of the Austrian sculptor Josef Thorak, which is still to be seen in the public.
Penthesilea was discoverd by art historians in search after missing works of well-known artists.
The commission for the sculpture Penthesilea for the Kleist Gymnasium, which was built in 1928, was a great public recognition for the artist.
www.meaus.com /penthesilea-monument.htm   (511 words)

  
 Mythography | The Greek Heroine Penthesilea in Myth and Art
Penthesilea was a legendary heroine in Greek mythology.
According to some ancient sources, Penthesilea was the daughter of Ares (the blood-thirsty god of war).
Penthesilea then requested that Priam, the king of Troy, purify her of this blood-guilt.
www.loggia.com /myth/penthesilea.html   (374 words)

  
 Penthesilea - Kleist
Penthesilea und Achilles sind beide voneinander fasziniert und stellen sich einander immer wieder zum Kampf.
Penthesileas Vertraute Prothoe überredet ihn aber, die Ohnmächtige glauben zu lassen, sie habe gewonnen.
Penthesilea ist nicht besonnen wie Iphigenie, sondern wird von Gefühlen getrieben.
cornelia.siteware.ch /literatur/litzusammenfassungen/penthesilea.html   (439 words)

  
 Area51's Community Newspaper: Amazonia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Because of this altered perspective, the Amazon Queen Penthesilea's involvement in the events at Troy made her not a villain, but a hero, in the eyes of the Romans.
The plot is the same: Penthesilea brings her army of Amazons to the aid of the Trojans.
Penthesilea shows great battle prowess, and many Greeks are slain by her hand.
outer-rim.lweb.net /mythos/9amazon.html   (552 words)

  
 Tales of Troy - Chapter 9
Penthesilea was the tallest and most beautiful of the Amazons, and shone among her twelve maidens like the moon among the stars, or the bright Dawn among the Hours which follow her chariot wheels.
In the morning Penthesilea sprang up from sleep and put on her glorious armour, with spear in hand, and sword at side, and bow and quiver hung behind her back, and her great shield covering her side from neck to stirrup, and mounted her horse, and galloped to the plain.
Then the Trojans burned Penthesilea in the midst of her dead maidens, on a great pile of dry wood, and placed their ashes in a golden casket, and buried them all in the great hill-grave of Laomedon, an ancient King of Troy, while the Greeks with lamentation buried them whom the Amazon had slain.
worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/fantasy/TalesofTroy/chap9.html   (5585 words)

  
 Naming Your Amazon
Due to this, she fought with Penthesilea at Troy, against Achilles.
An Amazon who was one of Penthesilea's twelve companions at Troy, where she died.
Penthesilea was so shocked and ashamed, that she left the Amazons, taking twelve of her Amazons with her to Troy.
www.diabloii.net /characters/amazon/naming-your-amazon.shtml   (1377 words)

  
 Penthesilea (Asteroid) - Wikipedia
(271) Penthesilea ist ein Asteroid des äußeren Asteroiden-Hauptgürtels, der am 13.
Benannt wurde der Himmelskörper nach Penthesilea, einer Königin der Amazonen aus der griechischen Mythologie.
Penthesilea bewegt sich in einem Abstand von 2,7173 (Perihel) bis 3,3031 (Aphel) astronomischen Einheiten in 5,2228 Jahren um die Sonne.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penthesilea_%28Asteroid%29   (83 words)

  
 PENTHESILEA AND ACHILLES
Penthesilea and her Amazons were striking into the Myrmidons from the rear, sandwiching their forces between themselves and the Trojans.
Penthesilea, magnificent astride her stallion, sat gazing at him, her remaining three captains behind her and the gates of Troy, invitingly open, behind them.
Penthesilea, he knew, was delaying him; delaying him until the hard-pressed Trojans could get their forces to safety inside.
necrobabes.org /samiam/stories/achilles.htm   (14183 words)

  
 Articles - Penthesilea   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In Greek mythology, Penthesilea (also spelled "Penthesilia") was an Amazonian queen, daughter of Ares and Otrera, sister of Hippolyte, Antiope and Melanippe.
Penthesilea killed Hippolyte with a spear when they were hunting deer.
She therefore was easily convinced to join in the Trojan War, fighting on the side of the city's defenders.
lastring.com /articles/Penthesilia?mySession=b002fecc8a45a9295bc7846...   (226 words)

  
 Schoeck Penthesliea [RB]: Classical CD Reviews- April 2003 MusicWeb(UK)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Penthesilea, in true Amazon fashion, can only love a man she has defeated in battle.
The Amazonian high priestess condemns Penthesilea for betrayal of her people in the cause of Achilles' love.
In Penthesilea Schoeck takes his lead from the priests of dissonance softening the elbows and angularities with a misty aureole.
musicweb-international.com /classrev/2003/May03/schoeck_penthesliea.htm   (752 words)

  
 Penthesilea
In Greek mythology, Penthesilea (also spelled "Penthesilia") was an Amazonian queen, daughter of Ares and Otrera, sister of Hippolyte.
Penthesilea killed Hippolyte with a spear, when they where hunting deer.
She fought on the side of Troy in the Trojan War but was killed by Achilles, or killed him in battle.
www.ukpedia.com /p/penthesilea.html   (132 words)

  
 Penthesilea: A Tragic Drama
His 1808 verse drama Penthesilea (one of eight works he wrote for the stage) not only broke the rules of Aristotelian tragedy-it takes place without traditional acts in 24 consecutive scenes-but also contested the prevailing Goethean view of classical antiquity.
Playful Achilles challenges her to single combat, but appears unarmed, ready to be defeated by her in accordance with Amazon law and led back to her city as her love slave (much to the disgust of his comrade in arms Odysseus).
Penthesilea, blinded by her injured pride and volcanic passions, arrives with murder in her eyes.
bostonreview.net /BR24.1/dowden.html   (1285 words)

  
 Sept of Renewed Spirit   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In her early life, Penthesilea was a good-natured cub, well-loved by her mother, the pick of the Alpha.
After her Rite of Passage, she began traveling, earning her living playing guitar for other bands (both rock and fair), living life to the fullest, eager to help her sisters and to fight the Wyrm wherever she is needed.
Penthesilea is naturally calm and well composed, rarely losing her temper.
www.cs.helsinki.fi /u/vniemine/srs/characters/lifesing.htm   (359 words)

  
 Perseus Vase: Munich 2688   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Penthesilea pushes against Achilles' arm and chest, trying to keep him from pushing his sword deeper; she gazes up into his face, as he stares down into hers, but except for Penthesilea's hands, they do not touch one another.
Achilles is nude except for his armor: greaves, a helmet, and a mantle draped over his back; he carries a shield and a scabbard over his shoulder.
Although the scene is the fight for Troy, Penthesilea is unarmed, wearing only a short chiton with short sleeves, a headband, and jewelry: earrings, bracelets and an ankle bracelet, which accentuate the beauty of the Amazon queen.
www.perseus.tufts.edu /cgi-bin/vaseindex?lookup=Munich+2688   (419 words)

  
 Penthesilea
She was slain by Achilles, who at that same moment was moved by her courage and beauty.
However, there is more than one version of Achilles versus Penthesilea.
Article "Penthesilea" created on 05 September 1998; last modified on 09 May 2002 (Revision 2).
www.pantheon.org /articles/p/penthesilea.html   (85 words)

  
 Penthesilea   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Penthesilea is a theatreplay (a drama, to be exact) by Heinrich von Kleist.
Therefore, I gave 'my' Penthesilea a nature-like costume with wooden pieces on the assymetric corsage, pieces of leaves lined up in a kind of Voodoo-way, and simple dark brown pants and bare feet.
On her side and her feet, she has some Maori-like tattoos (they were painted with a kajal-eyeliner), which also shows her group-refences.
www.geocities.com /paulsimoneve/page_30.htm   (225 words)

  
 ekathimerini.com | Penthesilea’s impossible love   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Stein, on the other end of the telephone, “orates,” totally taken by the “destructive power of desire” that is negotiated in “Penthesilea.” “A happy love affair in the theater does not interest me. Love is a wonderful thing, but life exists for death.
In the great love scene, Penthesilea is very tender and wholly feminine; she gives herself completely.
Penthesilea becomes confused when she realizes the actual situation: Achilles is not her enemy, nor is he her captive, in a political sense.
www.ekathimerini.com /4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=17801   (965 words)

  
 The Spear of Penthesilea - Part 1 of 2
She was Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons who, having answered the call of Priam, now fought the Greek hero.
Penthesilea felt the cold bronze enter through her right breast and cleave her lung.
The spear of Penthesilea would have been lost in the ruins of the Phrygian city had it not been for the brave Antandre, one of the Amazons Penthesilea had taken to Troy.
ausxip.com /fanfiction/s/spear.html   (14473 words)

  
 Perseus Vase: London B 210   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Achilles plunges his spear into Penthesilea's throat, from which blood gushes.
He is bearded, and wears a short chiton, greaves, a cuirass, sword, a high-crested helmet and carries a shield.
Penthesilea, falling on one knee, tries in vain to defend herself with her spear; she wears a short chiton and pardalis, a sword and holds a shield.
www.perseus.tufts.edu /cgi-bin/vaseindex?entry=London+B+210   (260 words)

  
 Moviefone: Penthesilea Movie
The NY Times review of Heinrich Penthesilea Von Kleist, a film starring Elisabeth Trissenaar and Hermann Treusch.
Penthesilea movie trailer, showtimes, tickets and reader reviews are also...
The film version of »Penthesilea« after Heinrich von Kleist for example,...
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