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The sacrifice of Polyxena

Daughter of the Trojan king Priam, Polyxena organised a conspiracy to kill Achilles, despite the fact that the Greek hero was in love with her. After the conquest of Troy, Achilles' shadow ordered the Greeks to sacrifice the girl on his tomb. Burning brazier, seventeenth-century crater, warrior's dress, women's brocade dress, priests

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