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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Penthesilea |
(p n´´ths l ´) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, an Amazon queen. In the Trojan War, she led a troop of Amazons against the Greeks. She was killed by Achilles, who then fell in love with her dead body. |
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