Robert Graves On Penthesilea
In Robert Graves' homonymous poem, Penthesilea is "despoiled of her arms by Prince Achilles". Yet, Achilles slays Thersites for his disrespect towards Penthesilea.
A different tradition, attested in a lost poem of Stesichorus makes Penthesilea the slayer of Hector, seen as a son of Apollo.
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