From the Greek
Πολυξενη (Polyxene) which meant "many foreigners", derived from
πολλοι (polloi) "many" and
ξενοι (xenoi) "foreigners, strangers". In Greek legend she was a daughter of
Priam and Hecuba, beloved by
Achilles. After the Trojan War, Achilles' son
Neoptolemus sacrificed her.
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