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Mythology-Chap. 20
For Barry B. Powell's Classical Myth 6th Ed.
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04/25/2013

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Penthesilea
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Leader of a force of Amazons on behalf of the Trojans; killed by Achilles.
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Neoptolemus
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Son of Achilles; kills a son of Priam in front of his father's eyes.
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Laocoon
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Trojan priest of Poseidon who tries to warn the Trojans against the Trojan Horse.
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Polyxena
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Youngest daughter of Priam; sacrificed after the war to the ghost of Achilles.
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Orestes
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Avenging son of Agamemnon; tried and acquitted of the murder of his mother in Athens before the first Court of the Areopagus
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Electra
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Faithful daughter of Agamemnon; assists her brother Orestes to exact revenge in Mycenae.
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Furies
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Ancient pursuer of those who spill familial blood; chase Orestes to Athens, where they are finally disabled.
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Eumenides
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"Kindly Ones"; new name for the Furies after being tamed by Athena.
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