Editing Thalestris (section)

==Modern references==
Thalestris is also the name of a character in [[Mary Renault]]'s [[historical novel]] ''[[The King Must Die]]'', set in the time of the mythological [[Theseus]], who lived - if he existed at all - a thousand years or more before Alexander. The Thalestris character is depicted by Renault as a skilled Amazonian [[Bull-leaping|bull-dancer]] and valiant warrior - which is presumably why the writer gave her the name of an Amazon queen.

In [[Alexander Pope]]’s [[Mock-heroic|mock heroic]] poem [[The Rape of the Lock]], Thalestris is the name of a ‘fierce’ supporter of Belinda, whose lock of hair is stolen - a ‘[[Virago]]’ who urges Belinda into combat to regain the lock.

There is also a brief reference to the courtship between Alexander and Thalestris in Beaumarchais' ''[[The Marriage of Figaro (play)|Le Mariage De Figaro]]''.