Pentesilea and Achilles, bas relief

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Pentesilea, mythological Amazon queen about to be killed by Greek hero Achilles, in a scene from the Trojan War. Achilles was said to have fallen in love with the amazon at the very moment he killed her with his spear. Bas relief, Piraeus Archaeological Museum.

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