Penthesilea

“Penthesilea’s women. Aeneas (it now appeared) had led them here by a safe route. He, with his white hands, walked along beside dark Penthesilea with her wild black hair that stood out from her head in all directions.” (Pg. 115)

“Who was Penthesilea? Clearly I did not give her enough credit, and she did not give enough credit to me. Sharp-eyed and sharp-tongued, she was a shade too strident for my taste. Her every appearance, her every sentence, was a challenge to someone. She was not looking for allies among us. She was not merely fighting the Greeks: she was fighting all men. I saw that Priam was afraid of her, and Eumelos surrounded her with a thick security cordon.” (Pg. 117)

"Achilles was beside himself with amazement when he ran across
Penthesilea during the battle. He began to play with her, she thrust at
him. They say that Achilles shook himself; he must have believed he was
out of his mind. A woman-greeting him with a sword! The fact that she
forced him to take her seriously was her last triumph. They fought for a
long time; all the Amazons had been thrust away from Penthesilea. He
threw her down, wanted to take her captive; she scratched him with her
dagger and forced him to kill her."
(Pg. 120)