Penthesilea

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An army of Amazons sets out to conquer Greek heroes for the purpose of stocking their womens state with new female offspring. They blast into the midst of the Trojan War confusing Greeks and Trojans alike and for a moment forcing those enemies into a terrified alliance. When Achilles the pride and mainstay of the Greeks and Penthesilea (Pen-te-sil-lay-uh) queen of the Amazons meet a chase begins The like of which not even the wildest storms Set loose to thunder across the plain of heaven Have yet presented to the astonished world and it is the queen who is hunting Achilles to the uncomprehending horror of the Greeks. Thus begins a tragedy of love in a world governed by the rules of war on which "the gods look down but from afar." For the first time in this splendidly illustrated book an English translation recreates the audaity romance and poetry of one of the strangest and most beautiful works of Western literature.