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Polyxena

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In Greek mythology, Polyxena (; Ancient Greek: Πολυξένη, romanized: Poluxénē) was the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Polyxena is the 2,586th most popular politician (up from 3,142nd in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 354th in 2019) and the 161st most popular Turkish Politician.

Polyxena is most famous for being the youngest daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, and the sister of Hector, Paris, and Cassandra. Polyxena was sacrificed by her father to appease the ghost of Achilles.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Polyxena ranks 2,586 out of 19,576. Before her are Childebert II, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Stamford Raffles, Karl Radek, and Necmettin Erbakan. After her are Daniel of Galicia, Aslan Maskhadov, Damdin Sükhbaatar, Kaidu, Leopold V, Duke of Austria, and Traian Băsescu.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Polyxena ranks 299 out of 1,347. Before her are Gregory of Narek (951), Fatih Terim (1953), Julius Martov (1873), Tudḫaliya IV (-1300), Necmettin Erbakan (1926), and Isidore of Miletus (442). After her are Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179), Evagrius Ponticus (345), Ignatios of Constantinople (797), Tarasios of Constantinople (730), Attalus III (-170), and Kassia (810).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Polyxena ranks 161. Before her are Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (1948), John VII Palaiologos (1370), Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348), Julius Martov (1873), Tudḫaliya IV (-1300), and Necmettin Erbakan (1926). After her are Attalus III (-170), Abgar V (-1), Barsine (-363), Constantine Laskaris (1170), Şehzade Abdullah (1776), and Cevdet Sunay (1899).

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