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[Facts] Penthesilea
Penthesilea was an Amazon queen. I'd like to know what her name means (suppose it's Greek).Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the lights
~J.K. Rowling
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From Greek words "PENTHOS" (mourning, grief) + "EILO" (grip, squeeze, wring, grab, grasp), the name PENTHESILEA literally means "mournful grip".
“ If you live by nature, you will never be poor; if you live by what men think, you will never be rich. Nature demands little, opinion a great deal.”
(EPICUROS 341-270 BCE)

This message was edited 2/14/2006, 10:57 AM

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Eucharistó!
Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the lights
~J.K. Rowling
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Na 'sai kala!
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...such a name makes sense, metaphorically speaking, for a Amazon queen who "meant business" in the battlefield.A more diachronic pseudo-etymology of Penthesilea could be: "penthera" (mother-in-law) and "eilo" (grip), i.e., "caught in the clutches of one's mother-in-law" :P
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HAHAHAH!
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