Last Ride of the Amazons: Penthesilea vs. Achilles | A Tale from Greek Mythology

The Amazon Queen Penthesilea Fights at Troy The Trojan War is nearing its end, as new champions arrive at Troy to help fight the besieging Greeks: the Amazon queen Penthesilea and her twelve elite guardians. Driven by her quest for glory and a deep sorrow from her past, Penthesilea enters battle to save Troy, and takes on the deadliest of the Greek champions, the godlike warrior Achilles.
A story from Greek mythology, based on Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica, Book 1 (3rd century AD), featuring: Penthesilea, Priam, Achilles, Ajax, Diomedes, Thersites
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CREDITS
Video footage from Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft, 2018)
Music by Giuseppe Rizzo, Suite Tracks Music, and William Van De Crommert (www. storyblocks.com)
Thumbnail Image:
Scene of Amazons fighting Greeks, with Achilles and Penthesilea in the center, from a marble sarcophagus (Roman Empire, 3rd century AD: commons.wikime...)
Logo Materials:
Image: Kylix with Apollo playing the lyre and pouring a libation: c. 470 BC, Delphi Archeological Museum (commons.wikime...)
Video: Coast of Santorini, Greece (www.videvo.net...)
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[@brucewimperis2396]

A riveting tale from the Trojan War, wonderfully composed and delivered in the style of Homer! These stories just keep getting better and better. Thanks!!

[@anthonylenci645]

As always, wonderfully read and amazingly told. Thank you for keeping such great stories alive and going for many folks.

[@WineDarkSea]

Thanks so much for the kind words! It’s always such a pleasure to relive the old myths.

[@TheRealTomahawk]

Why do you call that the last ride of the Amazons? The Amazon Queen met with Alexander the Great as well.

[@WineDarkSea]

It’s the last ride for these 13 Amazons, at least-and thanks for mentioning that Alexander story, historical-era Amazon encounters would make for a good future video!

[@eddiesid1149]

​@Wine-Dark Sea Stories speaking of which would you consider doing a video on the Athenian Wrestler Dioxippus v the Macedonian Coragus

[@Peter-jo6yu]

Please put more Roman Christian stuff brother

[@WineDarkSea]

There are one or two stories in the works!