"Penthesilia" published June 5, 1938 in the American Weekly Sunday magazine painted by Edmund Dulac. Among the greatest of fighting women was Penthesilea, beautiful amazon Queen who, the Greek epic poet Homer tells, led her women soldiers to help defend Ancient Troy after the godlike Hector was slain. Her Amazons fought the Greeks, blow for blow, their skirling war cry striking fear in the bravest of hearts. Nor could any man withstand Penthesilea, warrior queen, except Achilles, noblest of Troy’s enemies, whose javelin pierced her heart. Here green robed Achilles gazes down at her.
In 1923, “Edmund Dulac, the Distinguished English Artist,” as he was billed on the covers, was contracted by the Hearst organization to paint watercolors for The American Weekly Sunday magazine. The contract lasted 30 years and Dulac painted 107 watercolors for thirteen different series until his last Arabian Nights in 1951.
Size: 9775px × 13521px
Photo credit: © Albert Seligman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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