Polyxena sarcophagus of the spouses

          The sarcophagus was discovered in It's dated to BC, that is during the Persian control of the area....

          Here Giovanni Battista Pittoni depicted the ghost of Achilles demanding that his bride be killed.

        1. In Greek mythology, Polyxena (/pəˈlɪksɪnə/; Ancient Greek: Πολυξένη, romanized: Poluxénē) was the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba.
        2. The sarcophagus was discovered in It's dated to BC, that is during the Persian control of the area.
        3. The front shows the armistice celebrated between Aqueans and Trojans to celebrate the marriage of Achilles to the Trojan princess, Polyxena.
        4. Polyxena Sarcophagus is the earliest marble sarcophagus with figural scenes ever to have been found in Anatolia.

          5. Polyxena

          Princess of Troy in Greek mythology

          For other uses, see Polyxena (disambiguation).

          In Greek mythology, Polyxena (; Ancient Greek: Πολυξένη, romanized: Poluxénē) was the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba.[1] She does not appear in Homer, but in several other classical authors, though the details of her story vary considerably.

          After the fall of Troy, she dies when sacrificed by the Greeks on the tomb of Achilles, to whom she had been betrothed and in whose death she was complicit in many versions.[2]

          Description

          Polyxena was described by the chronicler Malalas in his account of the Chronography as "tall, pure, very white, large-eyed, black-haired, with her hair worn long behind, a good nose and cheeks, blooming-lipped, small-footed, virgin, charming, very beautiful, 18 years old when they killed her".[3] Meanwhile, in the account of Dares the Phrygian, she was illustrated as ".

          . .fair, tall,