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Woman, who could bring To Thebes the story of that manslaying?

From Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Murray, Gilbert

Arctinus represented the Amazons as coming to Troy after the death of Hector, and distressing the Greeks till Achilles slew their queen, the beautiful "Penthesilea, the daughter of the dread, manslaying Ares."

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max