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Penthesilea
Πενθεσίλεια grc
Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, daughter of Ares and Otrera
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One office on record
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
- Dates unrecorded queen of Amazons
Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 8
Kinship in an account 2
Family 6
- child of (father) Ares Greek god of war and combat
- child of (child) Otrera daughter of Euros in Greek mythology
- partner of Achilles Greek mythological hero of the Trojan War
- sibling of Antiope Greek mythological figure: Amazon, daughter of Ares, wife of Theseus
- sibling of Hippolyta queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology
- sibling of Melanippe Amazon in Greek mythology
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