Alcibie

Alcibie

In Greek Mythology Alcibie was an Amazon who fought with Penthesilea at Troy. [Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy, 1.40. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html] ]

Her name, broken down, means "strength; force" [ [http://www.csulb.edu/~dbouvier/Entities/i3224.htm Alcibie ] ]

She was killed in battle by Diomedes [ [http://www.romansonline.com/Persns.asp?IntID=7833&Ename=Alcibie Who was Who in Roman Times: Data on Persons: Alcibie ] ] (he supposedly beheaded her).

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