Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Penthesile'a

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

“Good-night, Penthesilea [my fine woman].”

Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, ii. 2.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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