Meaning and history
Latinized form of Greek Πολυξένη (Polyxene), derived from πολύξενος (polyxenos), meaning “entertaining many guests” or “very hospitable,” itself from πολύς (polys), “many,” and ξένος (xenos), “foreigner” or “guest.” In Greek legend, Polyxena was a daughter of Priam and Hecuba and the beloved of Achilles; after the Trojan War, she was sacrificed by Achilles’ son Neoptolemus.