Biostrophe

Biostrophe ( ancient Greek Βιοστροφή ) is an Amazon of Greek mythology .

She appears in Johannes Tzetzes as one of the companions of Penthesilea who assisted the Trojans in the Trojan War . While fighting at the gates of Troy, she is killed by Achilles .

literature

• Adolf Klügmann : Biostrophe . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 786 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Johannes Toepffer : Biostrophe . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 487.

Remarks

1. ^ Johannes Tzetzes, Posthomerica 179.