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Polyxena is a Trojan princess from Greek mythology.
She is the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy
and his queen Hecuba.
With Hecuba, wife of King Priam of Troy, Apollo had a son named Troilius. An oracle prophesied that Troy would not be defeated as
long as Troilius reached the age of twenty alive. He and his sister, Polyxena were ambushed and Troilius was killed by Achilles, who later fell in love with Polyxena. During a truce, Achilles was killed
visiting her.
The ghost of Achilles appeared to the survivors of the war, demanding Polyxena, the Trojan princess, be sacrificed before
anybody could leave. Neoptolemus did so.
External Link
http://www.stanford.edu/~plomio/polyxena.html
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