person
Theoxena
A Thessalian widow, daughter of Herodicus, who chose death for her household over surrender to Philip V's cruelty.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 40 §6 Theoxena
A Thessalian noblewoman who, rather than yield her own and her sister's children to Philip's edict, leads them in a family suicide by poison, sword, and the sea.