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  Polyxena - LoveToKnow 1911
POLYXENA, in Greek legend, daughter of Priam, king of Troy, and Hecuba.
The shade of Achilles afterwards appeared to the returning Greeks in the Thracian Chersonese and demanded the sacrifice of Polyxena, who was put to death by Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, on his father's grave (Ovid, Metam.
According to Philostratus (Heroica, 20, 18), Polyxena fled to the Greeks after the murder of Achilles and committed suicide on his tomb.
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 Polyxena - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Polyxena dies by the hand of Neoptolemus on the tomb of Achilles.
Polyxena is a Trojan princess from Greek mythology.
Polyxena never actually appears in Homer's original Illiad, and was only added to the tale by later poets, perhaps eager to add romance to Homer's austere tale.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Polyxena   (169 words)

  
 CHURCH FATHERS: The Life of Xanthippe, Polyxena and Rebecca
And as Polyxena lay upon the couch she saw this dream, that a dragon, hideous in appearance, came and signified to her to come to him, and when she did not obey him to go to him, he came running and swallowed her.
Polyxena, knowing this, went forth by night and departed, but he that had charge of Polyxena said, Taking the tunic of Philip, I shall go forth alone to meet them; but as he said this it was announced to him that the maid was not there.
Polyxena, however, going out of the city, and not knowing by what way she should walk, found herself in desert places of the hills, and sitting down said thus with tears, Woe is me, outcast and captive, that I cannot find even a wild beast's den to rest in.
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 Polyxena 1, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
At the fall of Troy, Polyxena 1 was given to Neoptolemus to be sacrificed on his father's tomb at the request of Odysseus (5.13).
Dares 27 says, however, that Achilles saw Polyxena 1 for the first time, when she and her parents visited the tomb of Hector 1 on the first anniversary of his funeral.
While Troy was being plundered, Hecabe 1 fled with Polyxena 1, whom she entrusted to Aeneas, who in turn concealed her at the home of Anchises 1, his father (41).
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 Polyxena
Polyxena was the youngest daughter of Priam, king of Troy, and Hecuba.
Polyxena, probably at the prompting of Paris, sent for Achilles and asked him to meet her and Deiophobus, her brother, in the temple of Thymbraean Apollo (Bell, 377).
Some authors give the fate of Polyxena a romantic twist, stating that her sacrifice was actually her marriage to Achilles and, after her death, Polyxena went to live with Achilles on the White Isle, with his mother, Thetis (Tripp, 9).
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 Polyxena corymbosa
Polyxena corymbosa is one of five members of a dwarf genus of brightly coloured, bulbous geophytes, most closely related to the endemic southern African genus Lachenalia.
This has the effect of lifting the capsules into the air, which then bend over and fall to the ground a short distance away from the adult plants, releasing the seeds that can then be further dispersed by raindrops and wind.
The generic name Polyxena honours the Greek mythological figure of Polyxena, a daughter of Priam, the last King of Troy, and was established by the German botanist C.S. Kunth in 1843.
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 hecuba
In the Iliad she remains in the background fulfilling the role of the bereaved queen destined to survive the sack of Troy and the loss of her husband and nearly all her children.
In The Trojan Women of Euripides, she is allotted as spoils of war to Odysseus, and has to endure the sacrifice of her daughter Polyxena to Achilles' tomb and the murder of Hector's only son Astyanax.
But Polyxena, a striking figure, prefers death to slavery, and willingly goes to her sacrifice.
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 The Internet Classics Archive | Hecuba by Euripides
It is the Achaeans' will to sacrifice thy daughter Polyxena at the mound heaped o'er Achilles' grave; and they appoint me to take the maid and bring her thither, while the son of Achilles is chosen to preside o'er the sacrifice and act as priest.
Be not forcibly torn from her, nor match thy might 'gainst mine; recognize the limits of thy strength, and the presence of thy troubles.
Defer awhile, Agamemnon, the burial of Polyxena lately slain, that brother and sister may be laid on the same pyre and buried side by side, a double cause of sorrow to their mother.
classics.mit.edu /Euripides/hecuba.html   (0 words)

  
 POLYXENA - Online Information article about POLYXENA
sacrifice of Polyxena, who was put to See also:
Sophocles, of which only a few fragments remain.
Philostratus (Heroica, 20, 18), Polyxena fled to the Greeks after the See also:
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 Polyxena
Neoptolemus, a Greek warrior who entered Troy concealed in the famous wooden horse, avenged his father Achilles by sacrificing Polyxena, daughter of the ruler Priam, on the parental grave.Sculpture, bronze statuette, dark brown patina; nude figure of Neoptolemus with dagger in right hand standing behind seated nude figure of Polyxena.
“Evasion, digression, those are always my tactics when her name comes up for discussion: Polyxena.
She was the woman I could not be.
www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/cas/ashp/NEWhp252/portnov/polyxena.html   (267 words)

  
 Guiseppe Piamontini / Neoptolemus and Polyxena / c. 1725
Guiseppe Piamontini / Neoptolemus and Polyxena / c.
This image is one of over 108,000 from the AMICA Library (formerly The Art Museum Image Consortium Library- The AMICO Library™), a growing online collection of high-quality, digital art images from over 20 museums around the world.
Subject Description: Neoptolemus, a Greek warrior who entered Troy concealed in the famous wooden horse, avenged his father Achilles by sacrificing Polyxena, daughter of the ruler Priam, on the parental grave.Sculpture, bronze statuette, dark brown patina; nude figure of Neoptolemus with dagger in right hand standing behind seated nude figure of Polyxena
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 Polyxena to Pyxis * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
P to Peitho Pelasgians to Phaedrias Phaeo to Pitys Plataea to Polyphemos 2 Polyxena to Pyxis 2
One of the daughters of the last king and queen of the city of Troy, Priam and Hekabe (Hecabe); after the city was sacked by the Argives, she was sacrificed at the tomb of Akhilleus (Achilles) by his son, Neoptolemus.
Hardship; one of the children of Eris (Discord).
www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/_p1005.html   (3492 words)

  
 The Acts of Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca   (Site not responding. Last check: )
And as Polyxena lay upon the couch she saw this dream, that a dragon, hideous in appearance, came and signified to her to come to him, and when she did not obey him to go to him, he came running and swallowed her.
Polyxena, knowing this, went forth by night and departed, but he that had charge of Polyxena said, Taking the tunic of Philip, I shall go forth alone to meet them; but as he said this it was announced to him that the maid was not there.
Polyxena, however, going out of the city, and not knowing by what way she should walk, found herself in desert places of the hills, and sitting down said thus with tears, Woe is me, outcast and captive, that I cannot find even a wild beast's den to rest in.
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 Polyxena
Polyxena was the youngest daughter of Priam and Hecuba.
During the time when the Greeks and Trojans gathered together in peace for the burial rites of Hector, Achilles spotted Polyxena and immediately fell in love with her.
The princess was dragged to the altar, where the son of Achilles, Neoptolemus, ruthlessly slayed her.
www.pantheon.org /articles/p/polyxena.html   (176 words)

  
 PBSWiki - Polyxena
Polyxena is a genus in the Hyacinthaceae family native to South Africa and closely related to Lachenalia, Massonia, and Daubenya.
Polyxena brevifolia (Ker-Gawl.) A.M. van der Merwe is the name for the Gordon's Bay variety of Polyxena corymbosa that has a racemose inflorescence instead of a corymbose one.
Polyxena pygmaea Kunth is not recognized by Manning and Goldblatt who consider it a form of Polyxena (Lachenalia) ensifolia but it looks different enough from that species that I am listing it separately as some might wish to grow this form.
www.pacificbulbsociety.org /pbswiki/index.php/Polyxena   (847 words)

  
 History of the Macedonian People from Ancient times to the Present - Part V, by Risto Stefov
Polyxena knew that the treaty had already been signed and she, whether for love or alliance, was a part of the agreement.
Polyxena barely remembered the symbolic yoking of the couple with its ritual blessing by the priest, the cutting and sharing of the bread by she and her husband, the dancing, the food, the wine, or the endless jokes and toasts.
Polyxena thought briefly, as she walked by him, of her silly childhood wish to marry her Uncle Leonidas but as they reached the outside and Arybbas gave her hand to Philip, she forgot the past.
www.maknews.com /html/articles/stefov/stefov22.html   (8078 words)

  
 The Sacrifice of Polyxena by PITTONI, Giambattista   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Polyxena was a daughter of Priam, king of Troy.
After the sack of Troy by the Greeks the ghost of Achilles appeared to the other Greek chieftains and demanded that Polyxena be sacrificed on his tomb.
Polyxena is beside the tomb, the executioner is Neoptolemus the son of Achilles.
www.wga.hu /html/p/pittoni/polyxena.html   (96 words)

  
 All Info About Myths & Legends: The Sacrifice of Polyxena
Polyxena was the youndest daughter of Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba.
The terrible tale began when Polyxena was out with her brother Troilus when they stopped at a fountain to water his horse.
Polyxena knew that the Greek warrior was almost invincible but that he had one weak spot.
www.allinfoaboutmyths.com /sacrifice_of_polyxena.html   (508 words)

  
 The Sacrifice of Polyxena by PITTONI, Giambattista   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Polyxena was a daughter of Priam, king of Troy.
After the sack of Troy by the Greeks the ghost of Achilles appeared to the other Greek chieftains and demanded that Polyxena be sacrificed on his tomb.
Polyxena is beside the tomb, the executioner is Neoptolemus the son of Achilles.
gallery.euroweb.hu /html/p/pittoni/polyxena.html   (128 words)

  
 Playwright Michael Bettencourt - Writing Plays In The Time Of War
Polyxena sees this as an opportunity to get revenge on Achilles, so she agrees and lures Achilles back to the same temple in order to seal the deal.
The play is about the collateral damage of war -- Polyxena is innocent of any responsibility for starting or maintaining the war, yet her death, the last of the conflict, is supposedly justified by a righteous anger grounded in Achilles’; petulance and bombast.
It is a play full of blood and cynicism, of Polyxena’s anger as she tries to make the senseless make sense, to make her death mean more than butchery and the auguries of continuing bloodiness.
www.m-bettencourt.com /thoughts/war.html   (794 words)

  
 The Classics Pages - Greek Vase Painting: Top of the Pots
In a fantastic composite image he is simultaneously running at her (reminding me of an English public school prefect administering a beating) and standing still gripping her by the hair - holding her head up so his sword can penetrate the neck.
Polyxena's face is distorted - prefiguring one of the bomb victims in Picasso's Guernica.
She is not quite a sexless tube: although her arms would seem to have been pinioned inside her top, she has breasts round which Amphilochus grasps her firmly and a rather pathetic little bottom.
www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~loxias/vasepainting.htm   (657 words)

  
 The Polyxena Species
Polyxena is one of my favourites as I have enjoyed its flowers for many years.
It is one of the first to flower of the Autumn growing species and it is so dainty it would be easy to miss it in a garden overgrown with other plants or weeds.
Polyxena is from the Hyacinthaceae family from South Africa.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/bulbs_and_plants/71338   (525 words)

  
 The Sacrifice of Polyxena (Getty Museum)
At Polyxena's request, Achilles came to make a sacrifice to Apollo, but he was ambushed by Paris, Polyxena's brother, as he knelt at the altar.
Before he died, Achilles vengefully proclaimed that the treacherous Polyxena be sacrificed at his tomb.
Polyxena, wearing a white wedding gown, extends her arm toward the priest brandishing a knife and with great dignity steps forward toward the tomb.
www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=694   (171 words)

  
 Reading and Theorizing Women   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The third chapter examines the construction of the second half of the tale, the Polyxena tale.
I argue that the Polyxena tale intentionally rewrites the Acts of Thecla.
I propose that the character of Polyxena was intentionally created to revise the tradition of Thecla and provide a submissive role model for women.
web.rollins.edu /~jgorman/abstract.html   (326 words)

  
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meanwhile, Polyxena had fallen in love with the Greek warrior Achilles, who was killed during an earlier battle after being struck by an arrow on the back of his ankle.
His ghost has requested Polyxena to be sacrificed at his tomb, and in exchange he will provide a calm sea for the Greek ships to return home.
While Cassandra makes wild protests, and foretells terrible fates for Agamemnon and the Greeks, Polyxena accepts her fate bravely and is slaughtered by Neoptolemus, the ruthless son of Achilles, who had also murdered Polyxena's father, King Priam.
www.brooklyn.cuny.edu /bc/spotlite/slpress/042502.htm   (667 words)

  
 Hecuba, By Euripides
POLYXENA Odysseus, I see thee hiding thy right hand beneath thy robe and turning away thy face, that I may not touch thy beard.
POLYXENA There in Hades' courts shall I be laid apart from thee.
POLYXENA Come veil my head, Odysseus, and take me hence; for now, ere falls the fatal blow, my heart is melted by my mother's wailing, and hers no less by mine.
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 Amazon.com: Polyxena   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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 Polyxena ensifolia
I only have the greeny-white Polyxena (P. ensifolia syn P. odorata) and hope to one day collect some of the other colours.
I think however that the leaves may be too wide for a Polyxena, although the different species may vary that way.
The two bulbs of Polyxena resident at my house in Western Australia are not happy campers.
www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/alpines_and_bulbs/80982   (516 words)

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