Achilles and the Amazon Penthesilea (on the ground) as depicted on the Bassae Frieze. Credit: Sarah Murray/Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY 2.0 The famed ancient Greek hero Achilles was known as a fierce ...

An Achilles tear is a serious and painful injury to endure. Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard went down with the non-contact injury in Game 4 of his team's first-round matchup with the Indiana ...

Ares, the god of war, gave it to her. Another famous Amazon, Penthesilea, fought valiantly in the Trojan War. Her combat skills and bravery were legendary, and she even confronted the Greek hero ...

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In first and second-century Rome, Amazon would have been recognizable as a representation of the Amazonian Queen Penthesilea. Achillia, her opponent, was a feminized version of Achilles.

When Achilles pierced Penthesile's breast with his dagger and ... Elongated beads of oil dripped like sheets around Penthesilea's neck, teats, knees, wrapped around her charred torso. She was ...

Two of the most famous examples of female gladiators are Amazon and Achillia, stage names probably chosen as a nod to the story of Achilles and the Amazon queen Penthesilea. Their likeness was ...

Now it's clear why Christian McCaffrey went to Germany for treatment on his Achilles. He doesn't merely have Achilles tendonitis. He has bilateral Achilles tendonitis, which means he has it in ...

The legendary hero Achilles was heralded as the greatest of all the Greeks, so shouldn’t that make Achilles: Legends Untold the greatest of all the video games? Well, to put it succinctly ...

Arbo’s reimagining of the myth presents an unravelling of gender and sexuality: both Penthesilea and Achilles come from single-sex tribes, and Arbo makes the desire and intimacy within each of ...

With Achilles a handsome heel who does likewise as he and Penthesilea spar, songs are used as weapons of intent before becoming a soundtrack for disaster. This makes for a pretty wild affair ...

It centres around the queen of the Amazons, Penthesilea, and her intense obsession with defeating Achilles, described by her as “son of the gods”. Sometimes gig theatre can feel indulgently cringey, ...