Penthesilea is one of the Amazonian queens that appear in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of Ares, the Greek god of war, and Otrera, queen and founder of the Amazons. It is said that she has several sisters.
According to legend, Penthesilea accidentally killed her sister Hippolyta, and as penance for her actions, she joined in the Trojan War, leading the Amazons to battle. She joined the war in its tenth and final year, and was said to have killed Achilles, but Zeus brought him back to life, and Achilles killed her.
When the hero lifted her helm he fell in love and agreed to return her body unharmed to the Trojans for proper burial. The brutish Thersites mocked him for the mercy and, some say, gouged out Penthesilea's eye with a spear. For this Achilles slew him.
Penthesileia's name means "mourned by the people" from the Greek words penthos and laôs.
Penthesilea is the initial Persona of Mitsuru Kirijo. She carries an affinity to Ice, and appears as an iron-masked queen wielding a rapier and a parrying dagger. Her left breastplate has its armor reinforced.
Penthesilea is shown to have similar abilities to Fuuka's Persona, Lucia, but to a much less powerful extent. Mitsuru has to aid her in communicating with her motorbike, and even then, she reaches her limit when S.E.E.S. explores the Arqa Block, at which point communications begin to cut out, eventually becoming almost completely garbled during S.E.E.S.' mission to rescue Fuuka. When Arcana Emperor and Arcana Empress attack, Mitsuru's motorbike is damaged in the chaos, destroying the equipment Mitsuru and Penthesilea rely on to maintain communications. After Fuuka joins S.E.E.S., she takes over as the group's tactical advisor, and Mitsuru joins the front lines.
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"A queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology. She fought for the Trojans during the Trojan War, but was slain by Achilles. When Achilles took off her helmet and saw her beautiful face, he felt great remorse for killing her."
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Penthesilea has an Arche form, Arche-Penthesilea, which serves as a boss in the game.
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