Polyxena

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Polyxena is a princess of Troy in Greek mythology, often associated with the hero Achilles and the tragic events surrounding the Trojan War.

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Label Occurrences
Polyxena canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Trojan princess
mythological figure
princess
appearsIn later Roman literature
medieval retellings of the Trojan War
associatedWith Achilles
Trojan War
sacrifice
tomb of Achilles
capturedAfter Trojan War
surface form: fall of Troy
capturedBy Greeks
category Characters in Greek mythology
Princesses in mythology
Trojan War characters
childOf Hecuba
Priam
culture Greek mythology
deathCause ritual sacrifice
deathPlace near the tomb of Achilles
gender female
hasVariantTradition Achilles falls in love with her
Achilles is killed because of his love for her
honoredBy funerary rites in some versions of the myth
killedBy Neoptolemus
knownFor beauty
courage at death
tragic fate
languageOfTradition Ancient Greek
memberOf Royal House of Troy
surface form: royal house of Troy
mentionedIn Hecuba (Euripides)
surface form: Euripides' Hecuba

Trojan Women (Euripides)
surface form: Euripides' Trojan Women

Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica
mythologicalEra age of heroes
offeredAsSacrificeTo Achilles
portrayedAs chaste
loyal to Troy
noble
sacrificedBefore departure of the Greeks from Troy
siblingOf Cassandra
Deiphobus
Hector
Paris
Troilus

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Troilus siblingOf Polyxena
Cassandra sibling Polyxena
Priam father Polyxena
Priam child Polyxena
Troades character Polyxena
Helenus sibling Polyxena