Antibrote (mythology)

In Greek Mythology, Antibrote (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιβρότη) was one of the Amazons, a race of warrior-women.[1] She was one of Penthesilea's twelve companions at Troy.[2]

Mythology

Antibrote was killed in the Trojan War by the hero Achilles, according to Quintus Smyrnaeus's Fall of Troy:[3]

Notes

Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 1.45
Rosenberg, Michelle (2019). Warriors and Wenches: Sex and Power in Women's History. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-4738-9938-4.
Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 1.532

References

Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library

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