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[Facts] Re: Penthesilea
...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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