Polyxena
Britishnoun
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In Florence, Italy, the mayor, Dario Nardella, posted a warning on his Facebook page in June after someone broke off a finger from Pio Fedi’s statue of the Rape of Polyxena.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2015
Helen was too puzzling, as well as too Greek; Andromache only a faithful wife; Cassandra a scolding sorceress; Polyxena a victim.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury
It was Polyxena Jatinsky who pronounced this summary criticism of the solemn ceremonial, close to Zinka.
From Our Own Set A Novel by Ossip Schubin
When Achilles died, the Greeks erected a superb tomb to his memory upon the shores of the Hellespont, and after the taking of Troy, Polyxena was sacrificed to the manes of Achilles.
From Heathen Mythology by Various
It has been decreed by the Greeks to offer on the lofty mound of Achilles's tomb thy daughter Polyxena.
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
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