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Stilled for ever was the beating of her heart. She fell, as falls a graceful-shafted pine hewn mid the hills by woodmen: heavily, sighing through all its boughs, it crashes down. So with a wailing shriek she fell, and death unstrung her every limb: her breathing soul mingled with multitudinous-sighing winds." [4]
The Amazon Klonie, after slaying her first opponent, is in turn killed. Penthesilea mows through the Greek lines, killing eight warriors, and cuts the arm off the Greek warrior who had killed Klonie. Penthesilea's Amazon comrades Bremusa, Evandre and Thermodosa fight valiantly alongside her but are slain, and so are Derinoe, Alkibie and Derimachea.
Reconstruction of the late antique Hunting Amazons mosaic. The Amazons were a group or race of female warriors in Ancient Greek mythology. Most of them are only briefly named in one or two sources, either as companions of Penthesilea at the Trojan War, or as being killed by Heracles during his 12 labours.
Departure of the Amazons, by Claude Deruet, 1620, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The origin of the word is uncertain. [13] It may be derived from an Iranian ethnonym *ha-mazan-'warriors', a word attested indirectly through a derivation, a denominal verb in Hesychius of Alexandria's gloss "ἁμαζακάραν· πολεμεῖν.
This Amazon is believed to be the Amazon queen Hippolyta. Behind Heracles is a scene of a Greek warrior clashing shields with an Amazon warrior. Another slab displays a mounted Amazon charging at a Greek, who is defending himself with a raised shield. This Greek is believed to be Theseus, who joined Heracles during his labors.
On October 24, 2022, Jamie Glenn Burnam, aged 49, was found dead at the scene in the Wood Heights area near Excelsior Springs, Mo., after being mauled to death by two aggressive dogs on his delivery route. The animals, a German shepherd and English mastiff, were later killed by an armed officer. [12]
An Amazon name Aella broke free from both tribes and fell in love with a human, but was separated and landed in Brazil where she met a female Brazilian warrior tribe and gave birth to Yara, however the Greek Gods killed Aela as punishment for deserting the Amazons tribes.
Egeria — A lieutenant in the Amazon army and Captain of the Guard; she died defending Doom's Doorway (first appearance: Wonder Woman Annual #1). Epione — A chief healer (first appearance: Wonder Woman #2). Euboea — A warrior and companion to Diana (first appearance: Wonder Woman #10).