Penthesilea2.0010_Macfarlane

Penthesilea2.0010_Macfarlane

OGCMA s.v. "Penthesilea"
Classical Sources:
Arctinus Aethiopis 1
Diod. Sic. Bibl. 2.46
Vergil Aeneid 1.490-93
Apollodorus Libr. E5.1-2
Hyginus Fabulae 112
Quint. Smyrn. Posthomerica 1.538-629

Jane Davidson Reid, comp., The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s (Oxford University Press, 1994), s.v. "Penthesilea".

The Trojan War

Penthesilea,

the spoils of Eros and

Menis, bleeds for you.

— Roger T. Macfarlane

For further reading, consider:
Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th ed., s.v. "Penthesilea"

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300 - 1990's, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University press.
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