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1 tragedy. The word “tragedy” is derived from the Greek “ : a goat’s skin;
: of or for a goat; II of or for a tragedy, tragic”. Liddell and Scott. 1986.
Greek-English Lexicon.
2 kanji for woman. The Japanese pictograph for woman represents a demure woman
with hands folded on her knees.
3 limbo. When Wittig in Across the Acheron sets out on her journey through limbo to
paradise with Manastabal, her guide, she does not know where the journey will
lead nor how long it will take.
4 Penthesileia (). came to the aid of the Trojans after their local hero,
Hector, son of King Priam, was killed. Penthesileia killed many Greek warriors
until Achilles was persuaded to rejoin the fray, he then slew Penthesileia. For a
lesbian reading of this story see Finola Moorhead. 2001. Darkness More Visible. In
this telling Achilles is no hero, but rather a villain who does not respect the rules
of war as he avenges his loss of Patroclus by raping Penthesileia.
5 Hippolyta (‘). Associated in Athenian legend with Theseus. Some sources
indicate that she was one of the Amazons to attack Athens, the war
commemorated on the amazonomachy (the frieze of the Amazon’s attack) still
visible at the Parthenon. In other stories Theseus led or participated in an
expedition against the Amazons and won Hippolyta the Queen. He then took her
back with him to Athens and married her, whereupon the Amazons attacked to
rescue their queen.
6 names. The Greek word hippos () means horse. Both Lysippe () and
Hippolyta (‘) probably come from the same root. luo (), the verb
which means to loosen, to make free has verbal parts accommodating both the s
and the t. - is a common prefix, while luto is a third person singular part of the
verb. Alternatively, the luss- prefix could come from the word for rage or fury. In
any event, both names imply wild horses, whether the wild be taken to mean free
or angry. Melanippe () means black mare, while Alcippe ()
means powerful mare.