Lycophron In the 3rd century BC, Lycophron went against the grain of the Homeric tradition. The poet had been born in Euboea, the site of a shrine to wounded Amazons who had fought in a mythic Battle for Athens. Lycophron tells the story of the young Amazon Clete, Penthesilea's attendant, who had been left behind in Pontus. Clete sets out with a company of Amazons to search for Penthesilea when she does not return from the Trojan War. The ship with Amazons is swept off course and after a shipwreck on the toe of Italy in Bruttium, Clete becomes the queen of the Amazons that settle there.
Lycophron In the 3rd century BC Lycophron went against the grain of the Homeric tradition The poet had been born in Euboea the site of a shrine to wounded Amazons who had fought in a mythic Battle for Athens Lycophron tells the story of the young Amazon Clete Penthesilea's attendant who had been left behind in Pontus Clete sets out with a company of Amazons to search for Penthesilea when she does not return from the Trojan War The ship with Amazons is swept off course and after a shipwreck on the toe of Italy in Bruttium Clete becomes the queen of the Amazons that settle there