Get to know Polyxena better with 2 real example sentences.
Polyxena in a sentence
Context around Polyxena
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Polyxena
- In this selection, "polyxena" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include marriage of polyxena and achilles and priam for polyxena s hand. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "polyxena" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with polyxena
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Achilles asks Priam for Polyxena's hand in marriage. (9 words)
But while Priam is overseeing the private marriage of Polyxena and Achilles, Paris, who would have to give up Helen if Achilles married his sister, hides in the bushes and shoots Achilles with a divine arrow, killing him. (38 words)
But while Priam is overseeing the private marriage of Polyxena and Achilles, Paris, who would have to give up Helen if Achilles married his sister, hides in the bushes and shoots Achilles with a divine arrow, killing him. (38 words)
Achilles asks Priam for Polyxena's hand in marriage. (9 words)
Example sentences (2)
Achilles asks Priam for Polyxena's hand in marriage.
But while Priam is overseeing the private marriage of Polyxena and Achilles, Paris, who would have to give up Helen if Achilles married his sister, hides in the bushes and shoots Achilles with a divine arrow, killing him.