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The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology that took place around the 12th or 13th century BC. The war was waged by the Achaeans ( Greeks) against the city of Troy after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta.
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Hecuba, in Greek legend, the principal wife of the Trojan king Priam, mother of Hector, and daughter, according to some accounts, of the Phrygian king Dymas. When Troy was captured by the Greeks, Hecuba was taken prisoner.
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- Artemisia, Queen of Caria. Artemisia was queen of Caria, a Greek city-state in the Empire of Xerxes I, great-grandson of Cyrus the Great. When Xerxes attempted to conquer the Greek mainland Artemisia contributed and commanded five ships in his grand fleet.
- Tomyris, Queen of the Massagetae. Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Empire and turned it into the largest empire in the world. In 530 BCE he took on Tomyris, queen of the Massagetae.
- Fu Hao, Queen of Shang Dynasty China. Lady Fu Hao (~1200 BCE) was the wife of King Wu Ding. While the king took 60 wives to sure up alliances with neighbouring kingdoms it is safe to say that he only had one Fu Hao.
Hecuba or Hecabe was the queen of Troy in Greek mythology, wife of King Priam and mother to nineteen children, the most famous of them being Hector, Paris and Cassandra.
Gorgo (/ ˈ ɡ ɔːr ɡ oʊ /; Greek: Γοργώ [ɡorɡɔ͜ɔ́]; fl. 480 BC) was a Spartan woman and wife to King Leonidas I (r. 489–480 BC). She was the daughter and the only known child of Cleomenes I, Leonidas' half-brother and King of Sparta (r. 520–490 BC).
In Greek mythology, Hippolyta, or Hippolyte [1] ( / hɪˈpɒlɪtə /; Greek: Ἱππολύτη Hippolytē ), was a daughter of Ares and Otrera, [2] queen of the Amazons, and a sister of Antiope and Melanippe. She wore her father Ares' zoster, the Greek word found in the Iliad and elsewhere meaning "war belt".
Penthesilea, in Greek mythology, a queen of the Amazons, well respected for her bravery, her skill in weapons, and her wisdom. She led an army of Amazons to Troy to fight against the Greeks. She was said to have killed Achilles, but Zeus brought him back to life, and Achilles killed her.
