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Polyxena

Daughter of Priam and Hecuba, demanded by the ghost of Achilles as a bride for his shade; lured to the sacrifice under cover of a false marriage to Pyrrhus, she meets the sword with defiant courage.

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The Trojan Women tragedy · 3 mentions

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