 This interweaving of the Penthesilea legend with the founding legend of Rome can be traced to Lycophron.In his universal history "Bibliotheca historica" Diodorus Siculus in the 1st century BC celebrated Penthesilea as the last Amazon to win renown for valour in war.Diodorus wrote that after the Trojan War the Amazons diminished and tales of their former glory began to be considered mere legends.