Marpesia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The queen of the Amazons, who ruled with her sister Lampedo, and helped to establish the Greek city of Ephesus.

Word forms

Marpesia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαρπησία (Marpēsía, literally “snatcher”).

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