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
"Oedipus in Athens," "Fingal," "Demetrius Donskoi," and "Polyxena," are the best known of his tragedies.
From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Spalding, Henry
If we now pass back several centuries, we find Euripides attributing to Polyxena a trait precisely similar to that which was attributed to Perpetua.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
"Baroness Wolnitzka! the wonderful old woman we saw with you yesterday in the Piazza di Spagna?" cried Polyxena.
From Our Own Set A Novel by Schubin, Ossip
It was Polyxena Jatinsky who pronounced this summary criticism of the solemn ceremonial, close to Zinka.
From Our Own Set A Novel by Schubin, Ossip
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