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↳ 8d. Demigods | PenthesileaPenthesileais an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, the daughter of Ares, the god of war, and Otrera and the sister of Hippolyta, Antiope and Melanippe. She fought in the Trojan War, on the side of the Trojans, and was ultimately killed by Achilles.
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↳ michelle yeoh as penthesileia
For a few years after the campaign of Heracles against them, they say, during the time of the Trojan War, Penthesileia, the queen of the surviving Amazons, who was a daughter of Ares and had slain one of her kindred, fled from her native land because of the sacrilege. And fighting as an ally of the Trojans after the death of Hector she slew many of the Greeks, and after gaining distinction in the struggle she ended her life heroically at the hands of Achilles.
Now they say that Penthesileia was the last of the Amazons to win distinction for bravery and that for the future the race diminished more and more and then lost all its strength; consequently in later times, whenever any writers recount their prowess, men consider the ancient stories about the Amazons to be fictitious tales.
diodorus siculus, library of history, 2.46.5-6 (x)
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I was super excited to do this one, as I knew it would be full of dark drama. Ares; god of war, courage, and …civil order? (huh, who knew?) Here we have our raging, wrathful deity unleashing his fury in the bloodlust of battle. His sacred weapons glittering; the golden helmet, spear and shield.
Let’s dive into the symbolic imagery. I put a boar head icon on the shield to symbolize Ares turning into a boar and gorging the youth Adonis to death, after being jealous of the youth’s affair with Aphrodite. The serpents are creatures associated with Ares: the Colchian dragon (which guards the golden fleece in the sacred grove of Ares- from the Jason and the Argonauts myth) and the Ismenian dragon (which guards the sacred spring of Ares near Thebes)
Flying above Ares shoulder is his daughter, the goddess of Victory, Nike. In the upper right are vultures, animals associated with Ares, and his sister Eris; goddess of discord. (the goddess who, unable to enter the banquet of the gods, threw in the golden apple inscribed “for the farest” causing strife for the women and ultimately bringing Paris into judge, as a precursor to Helen and the Trojan war).
Galloping into battle below are three Scythian Amazon warrior women, the leader being Ares daughter; Queen Penthesilea, (who Achilles killed in battle at Troy and fell in love with her as she lay dying.)
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Full-body version of Penthesilea, one of my original characters. Born in a rich famiy, after the death of her father and a shipwreck She loses everything starting a new life. #stefanomarinetti #oc #penthesilea #medfantasy #fantasy #castaway #digitalart #characterdesign #woman #warrior #survival #drawing #disegno #illustration #illustrazione #lapianadeglidei https://www.instagram.com/p/BmL_emvHhXr/?igshid=3v4uiviz62c2
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