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Penthesileʹa

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Queen of the Amazons, slain by Achilles. Sir Toby Beleh says to Maria, in the service of Olivia—

Good-night, Penthesilea [my fine woman].”—Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, ii. 2.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Pennyroyal
Pennyweight
Pennyworth or Penoth
Pension
Pensioners
Pentacle
Pentapolin
Pentapolis. (Greek, pente polis.)
Pentateuch
Pentecost (Greek, pentecostê, fiftieth)
Penthesilea
Penthouse
Pentreath (Dolly)
Peony (The)
People
People’s Charter (The)
Pepper
Pepper Gate
Pepper-and-Salt
Peppercorn Rent (A)
Peppy Bap

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Penthesilea