Kleist, Heinrich von,  1777-1811 <br/><br/>
Penthesilea 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penthesilea_(Kleist)  Release date is 2004-10-01 
<br/><br/>Thanks are given to Delphine Lettau for finding a huge collection of ancient German books in London  Thanks are given to Delphine Lettau for finding a huge collection of ancient German books in London 
<br/><br/> "Penthesilea" by Heinrich von Kleist is a tragedy written in 1808. The play reimagines the mythological Amazon queen who enters the Trojan War to capture Greek warriors as potential husbands—a sacred Amazon tradition. When Penthesilea and the hero Achilles meet on the battlefield, they fall passionately in love. But their mutual desire collides violently with Amazon law, which demands that warriors defeat men in combat before claiming them. A devastating misunderstanding transforms love into fury, leading to a shocking climax that explores the dangerous boundary between passion and destruction. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons -- Drama Kings and rulers -- Drama Achilles (Mythological character) -- Drama Verse drama 
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